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Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts) Sat Apr 25, 2015, 08:01 PM Apr 2015

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Violent, abusive police are needed to control the poor in a system of extreme inequality

A really smart commentary by Paul Jay.

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Violent, abusive police are needed to control the poor in a system of extreme inequality (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 OP

Wow, I'm afraid he's right rock Apr 2015 #1

K&R Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2015 #2

And there are DU'ers, supposedly politically liberal, sided with the police in rhett o rick Apr 2015 #3

I don't understand the people who say "only the police should have guns" loooneranger Apr 2015 #4

So what are you recommending? n/t GP6971 Apr 2015 #5

The post is correct . . FairWinds Apr 2015 #6

Police forces were originally created to protect property, truebluegreen Apr 2015 #7

Them belly full Fairgo Apr 2015 #8

rock

(13,218 posts)

1. Wow, I'm afraid he's right

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 08:52 PM

Apr 2015

Thanks to the bought out politicians.

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 09:13 PM

Apr 2015

Spot on.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

3. And there are DU'ers, supposedly politically liberal, sided with the police in

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 09:41 PM

Apr 2015

their brutal treatment of OWS protestors. They are the same that hates whistle-blowers and journalists.

loooneranger

(34 posts)

4. I don't understand the people who say "only the police should have guns"

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 10:28 PM

Apr 2015

Either you trust them or you dont, you can't have it both ways. In light of the history of police brutality it just seems ridiculous to insist on disarming citizens and allowing federal or state agencies to have a monopoly on force.

GP6971

(32,982 posts)

5. So what are you recommending? n/t

Reply to loooneranger (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 10:33 PM

Apr 2015

FairWinds

(1,717 posts)

6. The post is correct . .

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 10:33 PM

Apr 2015

When you create a desperate society,
you get desperate behavior.

I'm surprised that social unrest is not higher.

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

7. Police forces were originally created to protect property,

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:06 PM

Apr 2015

not people. There certainly seems to be institutional memory of that.

Fairgo

(1,571 posts)

8. Them belly full

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 12:25 AM

Apr 2015

But we hungry,
A hungry mob is an angry mob.

It is ever thus. A spiral of violence that begins innocuosly with the inception of class systems.

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