[Hawkcreek]

And once again, there are no reasons for this "war". It's just the bad people (BLM), are against the wonderful peacekeepers, only because they are bad people (anarchy seeking haters). With a little anti-Obama thrown in for good luck.
This article probably runs well in Rush land. Simplistic article for simple people.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', 'A')nd once again, there are no reasons for this "war". It's just the bad people (BLM), are against the wonderful peacekeepers, only because they are bad people (anarchy seeking haters). With a little anti-Obama thrown in for good luck.
This article probably runs well in Rush land. Simplistic article for simple people.

[dohboi]

"police work should be seen like military lifestyle"

Except that most cops never shoot a gun in their entire career.

https://www.quora.com/On-average-how-ma ... cer-career

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', '&')quot;police work should be seen like military lifestyle"

Except that most cops never shoot a gun in their entire career.

https://www.quora.com/On-average-how-ma ... cer-career

[dohboi]

And of course there are lots and lots of professions more dangerous than being a police officer--logging, farming, roofing, recycling...in fact policing is #15 in this recent ranking of Most Dangerous Jobs: http://time.com/4326676/dangerous-jobs-america/

So if you have a hankering for honoring cops for their service, knock yourselves out.

But don't forget to honor the people that provide the material for your house (and much else), the folks that grow your food, the folks that actually make and patch the roof over your head...

They are putting their lives in even more danger to make sure you can survive...

(ETA: Note that the article cited above quotes a cop who said of them: "...an infinitesimal percentage, fire them more than twice." Not really comparable to soldiers in the field, thank goodness, in spite of the impression you might get from cop shows. But still, white, black or green, you're more likely to get shot by a cop in the US than in nearly any other industrial country. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -countries)

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', 'A')nd of course there are lots and lots of professions more dangerous than being a police officer--logging, farming, roofing, recycling...in fact policing is #15 in this recent ranking of Most Dangerous Jobs: http://time.com/4326676/dangerous-jobs-america/

So if you have a hankering for honoring cops for their service, knock yourselves out.

But don't forget to honor the people that provide the material for your house (and much else), the folks that grow your food, the folks that actually make and patch the roof over your head...

They are putting their lives in even more danger to make sure you can survive...

(ETA: Note that the article cited above quotes a cop who said of them: "...an infinitesimal percentage, fire them more than twice." Not really comparable to soldiers in the field, thank goodness, in spite of the impression you might get from cop shows. But still, white, black or green, you're more likely to get shot by a cop in the US than in nearly any other industrial country. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... -countries)

[Lore]

Typically farmers don't end up with much at the end of the day and either do roofers. Taking a job in public service like law enforcement or firefighting the applicant should best be aware of the dangers. If they are not acceptable in pay versus risk, then best to look elsewhere.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', ' ')Are officers where you live paid that much?

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', '(')As we watch loki's delusions spin ever further off into the realms of lala! )

[dohboi]

"Are officers where you live paid that much?"

No

Neither are any of the other 14 jobs that were listed as more dangerous than what cops do, by and large.

I'm really trying to figure out what you point is here (but maybe it's so hard to figure out because you don't really have one?? ).

Newf--pointing out people's delusions is the highest form of compassion--far from 'just hatred'...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidy%C4%81_(Buddhism) (you folks really do seem to be on a totally different planet here.)

[Loki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', 'A')nd once again, there are no reasons for this "war". It's just the bad people (BLM), are against the wonderful peacekeepers, only because they are bad people (anarchy seeking haters). With a little anti-Obama thrown in for good luck.
This article probably runs well in Rush land. Simplistic article for simple people.

[Newfie]

Loki,
Somehow I think you missed Hawks point.

I'll just state mine which I think is similar.

BOTH sides have grievences. There are good and bad on both sides. It would be refreshing if folks tried to find a way for the communities and police to work together.

But that doesn't sell newspapers or eyeballs. So the "news" men sell the hype, the blood. This is immature, selfish, and dangerous for all of us.

By and large these are still rare events. But allow ourselves to be manipulated by the media into a state of hysteria.

[dohboi]

"It would be refreshing if folks tried to find a way for the communities and police to work together."

You mean like this? :

http://thegrio.com/2016/07/18/black-liv ... joint-bbq/

Black Lives Matter and Kansas police have joint BBQ



(Not something, to my knowledge, that the WeatherUnderground or the Black Panthers ever did!)

[Newfie]

Dohboi,
You were the one calling for the end of the government a bit back.

[Newfie]

"It's only racists making asses of themselves here--actually, they don't have to 'make' themselves anything, since they already are.

When I see a coherent response to anything, I'll address--haven't seen anything close to rising to that level so far.

And yeah, when a society has become so corrupt that it's law enforcement officers feel that they are an occupying force that can shoot anyone they want for any or no reason, it's time to shut it down until we can find a better way to organize society."


Dohboi,

I guess you have seen the error of your ways and are now advocating peaceful resolutions v SHUT IT DOWN?

[Cog]

Police could simply withdraw from black communities entirely. I'm sure that would solve the problem.

[Hawkcreek]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Loki', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', 'A')nd once again, there are no reasons for this "war". It's just the bad people (BLM), are against the wonderful peacekeepers, only because they are bad people (anarchy seeking haters). With a little anti-Obama thrown in for good luck.
This article probably runs well in Rush land. Simplistic article for simple people.

[dohboi]

"If you don't understand what it say, check with Newfie."

Meanwhile...here's something that contextualizes what some people here seem to be trying to do:

https://www.thenation.com/article/the-c ... ionalists/

 The Coming War on ‘Black Nationalists’
A caricature of black radicalism is becoming the pretext for aggressive policing of racial-justice activism. We’ve been here before.

[Loki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Loki', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', 'A')nd once again, there are no reasons for this "war". It's just the bad people (BLM), are against the wonderful peacekeepers, only because they are bad people (anarchy seeking haters). With a little anti-Obama thrown in for good luck.
This article probably runs well in Rush land. Simplistic article for simple people.

[Loki]

Thomas Sowell on BLM:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')here is a ton of blame, more than enough to go around to the wide range of people and institutions that have contributed to these disasters. In addition to the murderers who have killed people they don’t even know, there are those who created the atmosphere of blind hatred in which such killers flourish.

Chief among those who generate this poisonous atmosphere are career race hustlers such as Al Sharpton and racist institutions such as the Black Lives Matter movement. All such demagogues need is a situation where there has been a confrontation where someone was white and someone else was black. The facts don’t matter to them.

The same is true of the more upscale, genteel, and sophisticated race panderers, including the president of the United States. During his first year in the White House, Barack Obama chastised a white policeman over his handling of an incident with a black professor at Harvard — after admitting that he didn’t know the specific facts.

Nor did he know the specifics when he publicly announced that, if he had a son, that son would look like Trayvon Martin. Are we to decide who is right and who is wrong on the basis of skin color? There was a long history of that in the days of the old Jim Crow South. Are we fighting against racism today or do we just want to put it under new management?

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/4 ... heightened}