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I am fascinated by this clip
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"Defund" is such a stupid way to ask for reform, and It's exactly the word conservatives want people to be using too.
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Crazy idea.
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Cops should go through at least a three year education, before going out on the streets.
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Anders wrote:Cops should go through at least a three year education, before going out on the streets.

It’s three or four years here and they come out none the better for it.
Thankfully police here aren’t armed though. But they do act with total impunity.
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dimejinky99 wrote:
Anders wrote:Cops should go through at least a three year education, before going out on the streets.

It’s three or four years here and they come out none the better for it.
Thankfully police here aren’t armed though. But they do act with total impunity.
I think the police here are great.
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Anders wrote:Cops should go through at least a three year education, before going out on the streets.

It’s three or four years here and they come out none the better for it.
Thankfully police here aren’t armed though. But they do act with total impunity.
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The Argonaut wrote: I am fascinated by this clip
This is worrisome. I hope someone corrects her and they give him another chance to explain.
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oh there will be plenty of angry mobs and plenty of opportunities to provide them with well-reasoned explanations
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96583UP wrote:oh there will be plenty of angry mobs and plenty of opportunities to provide them with well-reasoned explanations
consider me relieved.
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knee tunes wrote:Here is nice story

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/06/us/t ... index.html
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elliseamos wrote:
The Argonaut wrote: I am fascinated by this clip
This is worrisome. I hope someone corrects her and they give him another chance to explain.
Corrects what, exactly?
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Does this go here or in the random Pearl Jam references thread?

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Oh cool!! The unreleased version of Black Red Yellow is coming!! Great lyrics.
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Is that Katy Perry?
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The parallels are weird for us. The British have been doing this here forever
They invented the rubber bullet ffs
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B wrote:Does this go here or in the random Pearl Jam references thread?

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spike wrote:
elliseamos wrote:
The Argonaut wrote: I am fascinated by this clip
This is worrisome. I hope someone corrects her and they give him another chance to explain.
Corrects what, exactly?
That the majority of us are not saying defund to mean abolish, but to mean budget cuts and reform policy.
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