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To: Dutchboy88

Policemen hold a unique position in society.

We the public grant them the power of arrest and even the power of life and death. With such great power, they have great responsibility.

But in the last two decades, the police have, in a determined and wholesale manner, adopted a attitude of “Us versus Them”.

This is amazingly dangerous to our republic.

If the police failed to use the powers granted to them responsibly, then they don’t deserve our trust.

And if the police treat the people they are charged with protecting as the enemy, then they are nothing less than tools of oppression.


108 posted on 07/28/2011 2:37:47 PM PDT by PanzerKardinal (Some things are so idiotic only an intellectual would believe it.)
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To: PanzerKardinal
"Policemen hold a unique position in society. We the public grant them the power of arrest and even the power of life and death. With such great power, they have great responsibility. But in the last two decades, the police have, in a determined and wholesale manner, adopted a attitude of “Us versus Them”. This is amazingly dangerous to our republic. If the police failed to use the powers granted to them responsibly, then they don’t deserve our trust. And if the police treat the people they are charged with protecting as the enemy, then they are nothing less than tools of oppression."

Sounds like a sermon from a liberal church. What exactly do any of your comments have to do with the story? What do you know that is beyond the video and the rants? If someone has proof of brutality, then the cops are wrong. Bring on the evidence. But, go look at the video and tell us what justifies this pontification.

110 posted on 07/28/2011 2:49:50 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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