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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy does this happen when discussion comes up about reigning in the police?
Chicago suffers deadliest day in 60 years with 18 murders in 24 hours7 people shot within ten minutes in three separate incidents in Brooklyn
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)to counter any progressive measure as soon as it hits the news. They come out of the woodwork from places unknown around the globe.
Happens every time with proposals on immigration, minority rights, healthcare, gun control, etc.
Until the vast billionaire-funded right-wing media machine is dismantled, it's a feature we just deal with...
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)jayfish
(10,039 posts)Where were the cops to stop these crimes?
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)are the perps.
Bonx
(2,078 posts)Nevilledog
(51,220 posts)Police laying back and allowing crimes to happen. What better way to justify their existence. Then they turn it around to support more cops, more lethal power.
Bonx
(2,078 posts)Nevilledog
(51,220 posts)Slow response time, lackadaisical investigation. Mischaracterizing arrests or incidents as more serious or violent than they were.
Reinforce the idea that the bad people are out there and the only one who can protect you from them is the police.