Young Turks reveal the truth about USA Police Violence and it's roots.

Except the guy wasn't running at any cop in any of the videos.


And in both videos they pumped the dude full of lead. I mean. You see how you're kind of shooting yourself in the foot here (sorry I couldn't stop myself).

 

Yeah about that

Why hold people who swore to serve and protect, and receive arms training to a higher standard than random citizens?


(what's this civil forfeiture problem you're speaking off btw?)

 

What the actual Firk

what is wrong with America

This goes against everything Belgian law stands for. I don't even. Seize random Bane Shift on the pretense that it could be used for something illegal? That's just.. wow. Awesome.

*insert rant*

/rant

 

If you guys are trying to convince me to spend my holidays in the U.S. with all those threads ... you're doing it wrong.

 

Well if you don't come the US for your holidays. At they very least you can enjoy a leisurely time on the toilet.


Courtesy of @yobanchi

 

Saw a vid on reddit where, here in Cali, police raid a medical marijuana store. They come in and tell the workers to leave. They then proceed to knock out all cameras they find... But miss one. After this you can hear and see them talking about the Mexican store owners and making fun. You then see one cop eat a marijuana baked good, and another eat a candy that we can only assume has thc in it.


This was probably about a month ago, ill try to find it.

The cops continue to laugh and talk about the workers and the marijuana. At this point there are three male cops and one female, and one of them is playing darts on the dartboard in the store! They bumm around for a bit longer before another cop comes in the store and says "fires [firemen] are here watch your mouths"

Seemed relevant to this convo, and I find it almost as infuriating as these unprovoked attakcs

 

Are you a white, middle aged, upper class, straight, able bodied male with no current regular illegal drug use or criminal history?

If so, you should be fine. Murka

 

So how do our cops manage? Are our policemen literally half-god superhumans, are yours completely incompetent, spastically flailing heaps of meat, or does your culture perhaps suck really, really hard?

The US is not a country where the people would be particulary free, politically equal, socially equal, equal in opportunity, particulary safe, probable to be treated justly or to be protected from exploitation. It's just really good at spreading propaganda.

 

Your cops manage by having different training that prioritizes dealing with perpetrators with alternatives to a gun. Like you, I would say the training is better as it helps preserve life.

I also agree that in the US we are not particularly free or equal compared to other first world countries. We're not the worst, but I believe we are in the bottom half. What I find ironic is that you recommend we give up the freedom we have of gun ownership, when that is one of the few freedoms that have been vehemently defended. If past Americans had defended other rights in the same fashion, I believe we wouldn't be in the state we are now.

 

the boyfriend of my aunt on my mothers side is a policeman, she doesn't like it when he takes his service pistol inside the house.

he once came by on a vissit since he was in the neighborhood dropping off a dead baby to the crime lab. since they needed someone to do that and he volunteered because what else are you going to do when you have extra time and a police motorcycle.

Once helped ID my uncle on my fathers side.
When my uncle was pulled over to check his alchohol level, upon being asked if he could prove his identity he pointed to my aunt's boyfriend sitting in the policecar. ( them both having been at a family gathering a few days prior)

nice guy.

 

Could you say why you think you're so poorly on the freedom scale, since America is ironically hailed as the ultimate free country (yeah studies show it's not, but perception and whatnot).

Also, what freedoms/rights do you feel you (as a people) gave up in the past that you shouldn't have done previously?

 

Ironically so.

The country that should pride itself as a mixing pot of different people/races/culture/whatever, ends up being a white male america. Although things might change. Ever so slowly.

 

That. Is not. Freedom. That is a cause of fear, tyranny and disenfranchisement. Gun proliferation is opposed to freedom.

 

Boozha ... he was agreeing with you.

 

Well, he wasn't explicitly disagreeing with the "freedom" to own guns. But the rest of his statement was very much in line with my line of thought, yes.

 

You really, really, really, really hate America and most Americans. Message received.

 

Boozha has locked in the "Hate NA frenzy". Better to let him go for a bit.

He'll calm down.. eventually.