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imanamerican63

(15,905 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 07:13 AM Yesterday

Let's make this absolutely clear!

These thugs are not “police officers”, “police agents”, “law enforcement officers” or “peace officers”!

They are merely a bunch of idiots who think since Trump hired them to do his crime bidding acts.

Any police candidate goes through rigorous background checks, mental readiness and a long list of training requirements to evaluate the preparation of their willingness to be an officer.

It take a lot more than a couple of weeks to a couple of months training to be an effective officer and this here is nothing short of mindless minimum of making a thug into a criminal.

Even the military has more training than these goons.

I wish everyone would stop saying that they are police officers. They are wannabe with a badge and minimum authority. I’m betting that most of them were J-6 insurrection rioters?

That is way I look at these people “thugs with a badge and a gun, fake police”!



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Irish_Dem

(80,029 posts)
1. They are Trump's mercenary army paid for by the US taxpayer.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 07:40 AM
Yesterday

He is using them to wage war against the American people.

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,451 posts)
2. man, cops get all that training and they STILL beat and murder people, and suck at solving crimes? huh
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 07:42 AM
Yesterday

Training isn't the issue. The institutions are.

Jim__

(15,088 posts)
3. The states have an obligation top to protect their citizens from harm. ICE is there to terrify residents.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 07:43 AM
Yesterday

The states are going to have to stand up to the federal government and arrest ICE agents for assault when the agents assault residents of the state.

lastlib

(27,616 posts)
5. I wouldn't say MOST of them were Jan-6 perpetraitors......
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:07 AM
Yesterday

But, yes, a LOT of them ARE Jan-6 perpetraitors. And, probably most of them WISH they were Jan-6 perpetraitors.....

Gaugamela

(3,273 posts)
6. They are a white supremacist vigilante street gang. They're obviously recruited from
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:07 AM
Yesterday

dog shit gangs like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers as well as the J6 mob and whatever other cousin-humping degenerate scum they manage to scrape off the sidewalk.

progressoid

(52,630 posts)
7. Eh...sort of.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:19 PM
19 hrs ago

There are no standards for officer training. Standards vary from state to state.

https://apnews.com/article/accidents-ar-state-wire-ia-state-wire-wa-state-wire-iowa-009ac6cf0a174a58d88d9d01308aedd6

States require more training time to become a barber than a police officer

We wanted to see if that was true. Because every time there’s a controversial police shooting, the question comes up: How much training do officers get?

Turns out, Jacobs’ claim is right. And it’s not just in North Carolina. In California, New Mexico and New York, you can get a badge hundreds of hours sooner than you can use a pair of barber shears.

And it’s not just barbering, either. Many trade jobs require more hours of training time to get a license than it takes to get a police badge. (Important caveat, though: Police departments can choose to go beyond their state’s minimum training requirements – and many do.)

https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/us/jobs-training-police-trnd/index.html








And then there is the higher rate of family violence by police officers.

Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, (1, 2) in
contrast to 10% of families in the general population.(3) A third study of older and more experienced officers
found a rate of 24% (4), indicating that domestic violence is 2 4 times more common among police families than
American families in general. A police department that has domestic violence offenders among its ranks will not
effectively serve and protect victims in the community.5, 6, 7, 8 Moreover, when officers know of domestic
violence committed by their colleagues and seek to protect them by covering it up, they expose the department
to civil liability

...https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/132808#:~:text=Two%20studies%20have%20found%20that%20at%20least,times%20more%20common%20among%20police%20families%20than.



Cherrycheeks

(300 posts)
8. Exactly!
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:34 PM
19 hrs ago

I just finished screaming The television about this lying ass bullshit! Tarrio,proud boys and no telling who else!😠

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