Interesting thoughts. I have great respect for the police and all those who serve us so proudly. A call to improve is not demonizing. B well
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Replying to @TimMayotte @JRBlake
but the officer,surely not intending to take down JB knowingly,has had his career ruined.as a society we have to ask is that right?
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Replying to @great_nads @TimMayotte
This shows you are not at all informed. Career not ruined. 5th excessive force complaint in less than a year. All against poc
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Replying to @JRBlake @TimMayotte
Everything else is just virtue signalling and misplaced.
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Replying to @great_nads @TimMayotte
Advocating for more accountability is not misplaced. I hope you never endure it, but it is an actual problem. Ask Philando Castile
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Replying to @JRBlake @TimMayotte
Are you really invoking Philando Castille as a moral argument? You would really second guess the officers actions like that?
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Replying to @great_nads @TimMayotte
Would Terrence Crutcher be more appropriate? Alton Sterling? Freddie Gray? Any of the 10k killed with 11 convictions? Accountability
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Replying to @JRBlake @TimMayotte
All horrible tragic incidents but I would not want to be making the call myself.accountability is important but it should be individual.
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Replying to @great_nads @TimMayotte
This fellowship allows them to be investigated individually.
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Replying to @JRBlake @TimMayotte
Yes I realise that, but the signal it sends to the vast majority of over worked and stressed cops is wrong. The job is just too hard.
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So now you are worried about the signal it sends? Instead of just worrying about those actually harmed? I'm gonna worry about actual people
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Replying to @JRBlake @TimMayotte
Good virtue signalling there, you keep worrying.are cops not actual people?
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Replying to @great_nads @TimMayotte
You are worried about the optics. Holding bad cops accountable helps good cops and how they can interact more comfortably with community
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