Pat Macpherson, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly; Newser.com; Politicon.com; GreenPartyOC
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| Police kill out of fear and hate with impunity. |
A recent
Rasmussen poll found 58% of citizens who responded
believe a "war on police" exists. The sentiment is being echoed publicly:
After Shannon J. Miles was
arrested for allegedly killing Sheriff Deputy Darren Goforth at a gas station in Houston, a local district attorney remarked that "there are a few bad apples in every profession. That does not mean there should be open warfare declared on law enforcement."
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| Get the F out of the way! We're coming in! |
NPR reports that some people are using this statistic as evidence of such a war: In 2013, 27 U.S. officers were "feloniously killed"; a year later, the number was 51. But Seth Stoughton, a former policeman and current assistant law professor, says
this so-called "war" is, in fact, imaginary.
"It's misleading to compare one year to another year," says Stoughton. "2013 was the safest year for police officers ever," as in, "the safest year in recorded history."
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- Anniversary of Occupy Movement marked Sept. 17th
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| NSA spies but we shoot, harass, arrest... |
Protesters gather in NYC for Occupy Wall Street... (RT) Occupy Wall Street participants take part in a protest to
mark the movement's anniversary in New York, Sept. 17...
- Occupy Wall Street anniversary: Police crackdown on Movement... (ibtimes.com) Activists from the Occupy Wall Street movement marked the
fourth anniversary of their encampment in Zuccotti Park on Thursday,
Sept. 17...
- Occupy Wall Street anniversary (Huffington Post) Wednesday
marks the third anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. On
Sept. 17, 2011, demonstrators descended on lower Manhattan to protest banking practices, police abuses, military spending...
- Occupy Wall Street protesters hold rally in New York to mark... (Telegraph.co.uk)
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| Far from there being a war on police, there is a war on private citizens -- particularly young blacks, women, Latinos, gays, protesters, and peaceful demonstrators of all kinds. Racist/sexist U.S. police protect elite with dog attacks on civilians, 1964 (blackpast.com). |
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| Chris Hedges, Jill Stein, Gayle McLaughlin, KPFK's Andrew Tonkovich (GreenPartyOC) |
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