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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Tec, Then we agree that police need to held responsible when they use excessive force. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] G-Man, Actually, riots and violence are acceptable forms of outcry. The American revolution was violent. The Watt riots were important in the Civil Rights movement. However, suspects being sodomized with a plunger (which happened in NYC last year) is not acceptable. While the officers who shot that black man forty times may have felt that their reaction was appropriate, it clearly was not. Both incidents fuel the feeling within the black community that the police are "out to get them." Similarly, the death of Mr. Thomas does the same. Now, certainly, the vast majority of police aren't racist. But, you know the saying, "a few bad apples ruin the bunch." I don't know if you're aware of this, but in New Orleans during Mardi Gras a few years back, a drunken man was beaten nearly to death by four police officers after he walked into one of their horses. In Philidelphia a few months back, a suspect was beaten severely by Police. The beating became excessive when the suspect was clearly restrained, yet other officers continued to strike and kick the suspect. Police give into the same primal reactions which fuel riots. Again, look at the infamous Racial Profiling. That doesn't do a lot to make the black community think the police aren't specificly out to get them. Or, even worse, LA PD's Rampart scandal. Anyone remember the song "Cop Killer"? Vice President Quayle lashed out at it, calling it horrible and immoral. What Quayle didn't realize -- but a large community of blacks did -- was that in this case, the police were being horrible, and immoral. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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