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When murders by cops don't move the needle for change, being hassled by bad cops probably isn't.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Aug 11 '15, 07:46

the thing is, for the segment of the populace that believes cops are good, Michael Brown attacking one means he got what he merited. To a degree, I don't disagree. You attack a cop, you're putting your fate in his shaky irrational hands.

There are a lot of cases to rally around with the black lives matter, and changing the tide...given the volume of voices in the movement, there's PR that needs to happen.

1) root out the systemic bad cops
1a) condemn the looters

Because if people are rallying for a dead kid, doing it violently isn't going to sway anyone of note.

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- Your last line...I agree - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:00 4
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    - I'm not saying that the cops shouldn't be held to account for their transgressions by higher authorities - Will Hunting Aug 11, 08:09 1
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  - Exactly. Continuing to rally around Mike Brown and to erect plaques and shit in his honor...does nothing but force the oppressors to dig their heels - Jim Aug 11, 08:03
I should just let you do my posting for me. This, exactly. I'm waiting for them to start rallying around the 18 year old kid the cops shot the other - Jim Aug 11, 07:49 3
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  - I posted something over the weekend and was instantly insulted. And if you'll recall, the Ferguson shit last year and the way people talked to me was - Jim Aug 11, 07:55 1
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When murders by cops don't move the needle for change, being hassled by bad cops probably isn't.

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