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PatrickforO

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20. I guess 'dropping the dime' is getting to be a fad among

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:43 PM

Jul 2018

Trump supporter types - i.e. white racists.

That really sucks, and doubly so because the cops arrested this guy AFTER they found out he'd committed no crime. WHY??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Oh...because he committed the crime of going about his biz while being black.

It's dirtbags like the Koch brothers, the Mercers, Sheldon Adelson and the rest who do this to us. They figure if they can make me hate and mistrust black people, or immigrants, or Hispanic people or LGBTQ people, then I will be too busy with that to notice them picking my pocket.

Giant tax cuts for billionaires.

Gutting the New Deal.

Systematically transferring more and more and more of the cost of everything to taxpayers.

Busting our unions.

Taking away benefits and driving wages down.

Compromising on worker safety.

Nickel and diming us to death.

And in the meantime, there's this kid who is going to really be somebody - a PhD in materials engineering, and now because of some white dirtbag, he has an arrest on his record that he will now always have to explain. Why did the Chicago PD do that to him, anyway? They are supposedly there to serve and protect.

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Police tackled him for stealing a car. It was his own. [View all] MoonRiver Jul 2018 OP

K&R... spanone Jul 2018 #1

This is so wrong. Thank you for posting and thank you to Lawrence Crosby for writing this. greatlaurel Jul 2018 #2

My husband just reminded me that a Holocaust denier MoonRiver Jul 2018 #4

Infuriating story by what seems to be a remarkable person Hav Jul 2018 #3

"Yes, you were unless you would have called the police for a white guy getting into his car as well" MoonRiver Jul 2018 #6

This is what happens when police depts. hire people that want nothing more than to be a cop. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #5

US police are so afraid they are taught to subdue the suspect by any means necessary and ask questio TrogL Jul 2018 #7

The man had his hands in the air! MoonRiver Jul 2018 #9

Doesn't matter TrogL Jul 2018 #11

Then why didn't they just immobilize his hands? MoonRiver Jul 2018 #18

That's the problem. The training takes away any discretion or common sense, PatrickforO Jul 2018 #22

K&R gademocrat7 Jul 2018 #8

It did not happen to me! MoonRiver Jul 2018 #10

"Stop resisting" as they kept punching...sounds like an excuse to keep punching. gtar100 Jul 2018 #12

sounds so ameriKKKan heaven05 Jul 2018 #13

No kidding. :( calimary Jul 2018 #14

I hope he sues them YessirAtsaFact Jul 2018 #15

This Person Can Have His Arrest Record Expunged dlk Jul 2018 #16

It happened in the '80s to Raider running back Marcus Allen on Rodeo Dr.. oasis Jul 2018 #17

Multiple police shouting orders "hands up", "get on the ground". Ohioboy Jul 2018 #19

Yeah, I'm with you. I'm disabled because of a knee injury and if cops came after me like this, PatrickforO Jul 2018 #21

Police need to be trained to stay calm. Ohioboy Jul 2018 #23

As a disabled person with limited mobility., Kittycow Jul 2018 #29

I guess 'dropping the dime' is getting to be a fad among PatrickforO Jul 2018 #20

Find a good lawyer. Sue the fuck outta them. It is going to be the only way Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #24

I hope he does! MoonRiver Jul 2018 #30

This doesn't happen to white people. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #25

I blame it on the lack of the draft. If these people had served in the military with demigoddess Jul 2018 #26

That whole "Stop resisting" bullshit PatSeg Jul 2018 #27

for real NatBurner Jul 2018 #32

If this is what they do when they PatSeg Jul 2018 #33

. Coventina Jul 2018 #28

kick Demovictory9 Jul 2018 #31