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CorsairHero
Canada9489 Posts
Technical difficulties? | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
On July 14 2016 13:06 CorsairHero wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5my7EJv42PU Technical difficulties? It's awfully convenient timing but the reporter's tweeting that she was allowed to make the points later so it probably was just technical difficulties | ||
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CorsairHero
Canada9489 Posts
Anyways, | ||
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oBlade
United States5294 Posts
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Introvert
United States4660 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Second one is probably more relevant to this thread. | ||
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NukeD
Croatia1612 Posts
On July 13 2016 23:13 Lord Tolkien wrote: If you read any of my posts and the basic analyses I do for the Electoral College, obviously Hillary. I didn't. I'll take the bet. | ||
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Surth
Germany456 Posts
also: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-highways-have-become-the-center-of-civil-rights-protest/ On July 14 2016 12:53 GGTeMpLaR wrote: So what I was worried about a few days ago is something that actually ended up happening - and this is why blocking highways is a bad thing | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States22737 Posts
On July 14 2016 15:32 Introvert wrote: If you want stuff that actually speaks to people, instead of protests and angry slogans, try this. Also works as a good substitute for Obama's constant divisive language. + Show Spoiler + Second one is probably more relevant to this thread. I couldn't get through the first video which seemed to be straight shuckin' and jivin' but the first part of the second video wasn't bad. Just be aware we've been saying this kind of stuff for decades. This is brother Malcolm ~50 years ago. It's wayyy past time y'all listen. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
The NYPD cop who claimed he was successfully suppressing crime in the subways he patrolled, secretly taped his supervisors ripping into him for not stopping enough minority teenagers or writing summonses. Officer Michael Birch was placed on special monitoring in 2011 by then commanding officer Constantin Tsachas for low activity. Birch was excoriated by the captain for making only four arrests in a nine-month period, four stop-and-frisks in six months, and nearly half the persons he stopped for jumping turnstile were female. The cop acknowledged that black and Hispanic teens commit most of the crimes in the subway. "You described for me who's committing the crimes and you're not targeting those people," Tsachas complained on the tape obtained by The Daily News. Birch insisted that were no crimes committed in stations while he was working, but that did not satisfy his numbers-hungry boss. "What are you doing to help me fight crime with two arrests," Tsachas said. "Other kids (younger cops) with less time (on the force) are doing a great job for me. They're taking bad guys off the street. I can't see how you're helping me with two arrests." "You could be out there and nothing is happening in front of you," he fumed. "Another guy you could've stopped and committed a crime, you can't measure. The pro-active is not there." NYPD officials have insisted for decades that there is no quota for summonses, arrests, or stop-and-frisk reports. Birch alleged in a lawsuit filed earlier this year in Brooklyn Federal Court that he was punished for not meeting quotas. A lieutenant present at the sit-down told Birch that "getting one or two (stop and frisk reports) a month … I think is very easy … You have the blinders on." Tsachas was recently promoted by Police Commissioner Bratton who dismissed any suggestion that the high-ranking cop had done anything improper. Birch's lawsuit, which was first reported by The News, was dismissed by Federal Judge Brian Cogan because the statute of limitations had passed on many of his claims, but he is appealing the decision. His lawyer did not return a message. Best of luck to this guy. This is the root problem with some police, they see a day without an arrest as a bad day. | ||
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Shingi11
290 Posts
Ohio white voters: Trump, 43% Clinton, 33% Ohio black voters: Trump, 0% Clinton, 88% Trump is going to have to carry like 100% of the white vote at this rate if he keeps these numbers up. I am bised to the left but is trump capturing any group outside of his base. IF anything i have been reading that he is even losing some of his core. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
I'm not sure what carrot/sticks to include so that the police actually do it. Might be hard to get such a law passed of course. But we need better data, and this seems like the most straightforward way to get it. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
I would also like anonymous reporting for police officers who have issues like the one in the story above. They should be forced to run to the media and risk termination or other forms of retaliation. | ||
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Introvert
United States4660 Posts
On July 14 2016 19:29 GreenHorizons wrote: I couldn't get through the first video which seemed to be straight shuckin' and jivin' but the first part of the second video wasn't bad. Just be aware we've been saying this kind of stuff for decades. This is brother Malcolm ~50 years ago. It's wayyy past time y'all listen. https://youtu.be/vxIh_CD7Rv0?t=16s I'm no fan of his delivery, but that's been true for others more than once these past few months already. | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France7811 Posts
On July 14 2016 15:32 Introvert wrote: If you want stuff that actually speaks to people, instead of protests and angry slogans, try this. Also works as a good substitute for Obama's constant divisive language. + Show Spoiler + Second one is probably more relevant to this thread. Errr. Obama's language is divisive? Oo How do you qualify Trump's language, just out of curiosity? After Orlando, Obama was bashed by Republicans for not being divisive enough because it's all about muslims vs non-muslims and they are the enemy. Now he is constantly divisive. Must be tiring to be POTUS. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28561 Posts
On July 13 2016 12:02 Lord Tolkien wrote: Payout is too low with current odds for me to take the risk of betting my grad school savings. I don't value posting on LL much at all: i can keep in touch with all the relevant people with skype or discord, and in the low percentile chance Trump does win, I'll need the ban anyways to make plans for dusting off my Canadian citizenship and moving. ban-betting on Hillary vs Trump is a bit of a Pascal's wager imo. If Trump wins then it would take more than 3 months before I wanted to read about anything politics related anyway. | ||
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Cowboy24
94 Posts
http://uproxx.com/news/philando-castile-gun-permit/ Still no permit, but I assume the police probably have that (if it was in the wallet) as evidence or what-not. Anyway, if this is true it will be very, very bad. I still think Officer Yanez will probably get off (not enough evidence for any conviction at this point), but the lack of a criminal record and the legal gun will cause a lot of reaction. I expect more riots and violence, and probably more targeting of cops, which will in turn lead to increased stress/pressure on cops, which will continue the cycle. The new tactic of shutting down highways is an especially disturbing trend. Emergency services and local economies absolutely depend on functioning highways. For now it seems like they're largely getting away with it, but at a certain point mayors and governors will have to step in or risk losing control. As more and more innocent people are inconvenienced or harmed by BLM marches, you'll start to see counter-movements and protests, and those may devolve into clashes. Especially with election season heating up and Trump/Trumpsters so fired up and everyone already on edge. I'm afraid we might have already reached the event-horizon on this thing. On July 14 2016 21:07 Shingi11 wrote: Poll: Trump has zero black support in Ohio, Pennsylvania Ohio white voters: Trump, 43% Clinton, 33% Ohio black voters: Trump, 0% Clinton, 88% . This is extremely troubling for the country and the nature of race relations, but it's just a continuation of trends that have been happening for a long time. From Trump's electoral point of view, this isn't all too unexpected or problematic. It could spell disaster for the country at large though, if this keeps up. | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On July 15 2016 01:06 Cowboy24 wrote: The new tactic of shutting down highways is an especially disturbing trend. Emergency services and local economies absolutely depend on functioning highways. For now it seems like they're largely getting away with it, but at a certain point mayors and governors will have to step in or risk losing control. As more and more innocent people are inconvenienced or harmed by BLM marches, you'll start to see counter-movements and protests, and those may devolve into clashes. Especially with election season heating up and Trump/Trumpsters so fired up and everyone already on edge. This is what tear gas and riot gear were made for. BLM has absolutely no business obstructing highways and major roads. They can go do their protests elsewhere. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10605 Posts
And yes, sadly, this also means that there are risks. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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