US Politics Mega-thread - Page 4279

On July 14 2016 13:06 CorsairHero wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5my7EJv42PU
Technical difficulties?

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.

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

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.

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Second one is probably more relevant to this thread.

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.

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

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.

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.

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%
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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.