Have you ever experienced police brutality?
A cop doesn’t need to get violent.
If a cop abuses his authority, that’s also a type of police brutality, IMHO. Am I right?
Also, which cops are the worst? In the media, you hear most often from the big departments like LAPD or NYPD, but I think GENERALLY police in the Midwest and South are the most corrupt. What do you think? That said, there are of course many fine upstanding and hardworking officers who put their lives on line every day to protect the American people, but–like in any big organizations–there are also the black sheep.
Seriously, it’s true. Some cops think there are 10 feet tall and bulletproof. I’ve seen some police officers abuse illegal immigrants, knowing they won’t do sh*t, since they’re afraid of getting deported. But what really ticks me off is seeing them take pride on what they did. Cops are humans and with 3 months in the academy, they’re not professionals. It’s because of cops like them, that have made a real cop’s work more difficult.
And in regards to LAPD & NYPD, for some damn reason if something happens, Los Angeles are the first ones to go through it. They were the first ones to kill a suspect for stealing a car on live television (The guy was also shooting at the police).
Another incident occured in L.A. where 3 Police Officers died in a shootout, and they found their empty magazines in their pockets. They were actually picking them up during the shootout. Since then, Police Departments across the U.S. started training differently.
What surveillance policy will be needed in 2020?
What kind of surveillance policy will be needed in 2020?
In the near future, say 2020, all kinds of nanotechnology and other technologies will have developed so much that it will probably be very easy for just about anybody to build or acquire extremely powerful weapons, maybe even weapons that can terminate mankind – if people are not even more closer watched than today. Do we want our government(s) to put microchips in us and put cameras in our homes, or would they create a dictatorship then? How to solve this dilemma? In 2020, extreme surveillance in some form will be needed, to protect mankind against terrorists who want to terminate mankind. But would the surveillance be in better hands if for example instead of the government, the people would govern it all? We could all watch each other. Then no one of us could enslave the rest of us, because the rest of us would discover that in time. This solution is suggested in David Brin’s "The Transparent Society". Is there a better one?
oh my god. Are you suggesting a police state? Is that what you are proposing? that is not done in a free society, so if that is to be done, we can no longer call us "free."
They will microchip me over my dead body!
what are the effects of political unrest to teens?
The political unrest in this country turned me into a Marxist activist. I’m a teen. There is your answer.
Do you think Americans will submit to full blown tyranny or start standing up for their freedoms?
lol, full blown or just moderate tyranny regradless. by the way, limited government constitutional libertarian types share no ideological values with marxists so that didn’t make much sense…
Time to stand up. Grab your guns and rifles buy all the ammo you can, buy a reloading kit and supplies. Stock up on food (non perishable) and begin taking back our country
I am ready I have all my supplies.
What is your definition of tyranny? can extremely high health care cost be a form of tyranny?
after all…its a life and death issue isnt it? pay or die …literally!!!!
but others say the people who want to drive down the cost to patients so care is more affordable and more available are the tyrants. what do you think?
there are plenty of other gov. run programs that fully effect our lives and health , why isn’t the right attacking:
Public Education
National Parks / Interior Department
Tax Funded Police and Fire
Labor Unions
IRS
Farm Subsidies
Maternity Leave
Medicaid / Medicare
Highways
The Mint
Sewers
Sanitation
DMV’s
Import Tariffs
Energy Credits
Lemon Laws
Anti-Discrimination / Civil Rights Laws
Civilian Conservation Corps (during the depression)
Social Security
The Military
GI Bill
Emission Standards
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
CDC
Veteran Care
Foreign Aid
OSHA
FEMA
NASA
Amtrak
FDIC
Federal Prisons
I know that each of the programs has different levels of success and effectiveness, but if that’s not enough…
The U.S. also lags when it comes to the treatment of chronic conditions.
This Commonwealth Fund report found that U.S. residents with one of seven chronic conditions- high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis and depression- were more likely to 1) forego medical care due to costs and to 2) experience medical errors than were their peers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Britain.
* 44% of U.S. residents with chronic illnesses said that they did not receive recommended medical care, fill prescriptions or visit a physician at some point because of high costs, compared with 7% of study participants from the Netherlands.
* 41% of chronically-ill patients in the U.S. spent more than $1,000 on out-of-pocket medical costs last year, compared with just 4% of folks in Britain and 5% of French patients, according to the study.
* Between 1997 and 2002, U.S. health expenditures grew 2.3 times faster than GDP.
* In comparison, health expenditures across other developed countries outpaced economic growth by just 1.7 times.
* Medicare is an expensive program overall. Medicare is expected to consume 13% of GDP in next year’s federal budget. It is crucial that legislators work to reform the Medicare program and to rein in total spending. However, when you consider the extensive health services that Medicare provides to our elderly population, it has done a remarkable job of controlling costs.
Why in the American versions of Law and Order there is police brutality,but in Law and Order UK there isn’t?
I know that in real life American police don’t do as much unless it’s in the South lol just kidding,but most police officers are good people,but it does have some truth to it.How come you don’t hear of police brutality in European countries as much as you do in American States.I’m guessing maybe because American criminals are more heinous.
And probably because its more common and well known in the U.S.
I wish the cops who arrested Mario Andriette McNeil and Antoinette Davis would have beat the crap outta them.
For ppl who don’t know, they were charged w/human Trafficking of 5 yr old Shaniya Davis.
Those ppl really deserve it!
