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13130431, Goodbye, DOJ civil rights police investigations. (partial swipe)
Posted by SoWhat, Tue Feb-28-17 05:07 PM
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13640540/trump-obama-police-brutality


It’s official: the Trump administration will “pull back” from investigating police abuses

Obama’s Justice Department uncovered horrible abuses at police departments. Trump’s attorney general said they’ll “pull back” from such investigations.

The news isn’t unexpected. On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump consistently decried what he characterized as the Obama administration’s aggressive attitude toward the police. Trump argued that the administration’s policies have fostered a broader anti-police sentiment, enabling more crime and violence against cops. And he suggested that he would allow police to be even more aggressive than they are today.

Sessions expressed a similar view. “There is a perception, not altogether unjustified, that this department, the Civil Rights Division, goes beyond fair and balanced treatment but has an agenda that’s been a troubling issue for a number of years,” Sessions said during a November 2015 Senate hearing called “The War on Police.”

When you put it all together, it always looked like the Trump administration would be less likely to launch investigations into local police departments. But it’s still a huge shame. These investigations, although limited in their scope and outcomes, offered crucial insight into just how destructive American policing can be — particularly for communities of color.


*sigh*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVw3cyseR10
13130441, Planning on removing the restrictions on private prisons too.
Posted by BigReg, Tue Feb-28-17 05:23 PM
Everything is going as planned!

My fav was him saying that even though crime is at epic lows what's popping in Chicago isn't a 'blip'

13130445, his solution will be to the turn the police loose on Chicago's
Posted by SoWhat, Tue Feb-28-17 05:27 PM
black and Latinx populations. like they were in the 80s and 90s - when the crime rate was much higher.

*sigh*
13130448, *buys prison stock*
Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Tue Feb-28-17 05:39 PM

>My fav was him saying that even though crime is at epic lows
>what's popping in Chicago isn't a 'blip'
>
>
13130453, White people better hope to everything they stay winning.
Posted by MEAT, Tue Feb-28-17 05:52 PM
Because if we come back from/survive this, it's a wrap for white supremacy benefits.
They've been living off black people "getting over" slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow, the 90s
Japan "getting over" the atom bombs
Iraq dealing with invasion
Afghanistan dealing with invasion
Pakinstan dealing with invasion
Various coups and coup attempts in South America


White americas only friend in this world is non producing ass Russia.

Like I don't even see what their end game is from all of this.
13130464, how do you see what's happening currently as a catalyst?
Posted by kinetic94761180, Tue Feb-28-17 06:13 PM
and how/why did it take this long??

(simply taking into account what you've listed)
13130471, I'm not sure if I follow you
Posted by MEAT, Tue Feb-28-17 06:45 PM
I was just listing some of the atrocities that white America has perpetuated on the world.
And it's one thing to do that when white and male was still the dominant global force.
But the world is moving to be more diverse and gender friendly and there's little they can do to stop that.

So I'm not saying these items are the catalysts, I'm saying they're items that the world and people have overlooked to a large degree because of necessity, and I don't see how people that have experienced relative freedom from white male dominance can easily go back to that.
13130465, They want war.
Posted by SoWhat, Tue Feb-28-17 06:15 PM
Bannon's ppl want war - Xtians vs Muslims and USA vs China. I'm sure they also want a race war with whites vs any of blacks and browns who wan fi test.
13130472, They most certainly do
Posted by MEAT, Tue Feb-28-17 06:46 PM
And I'm not sure how they win it or what winning will look like.
13130467, RE: White people better hope to everything they stay winning.
Posted by bearfield, Tue Feb-28-17 06:24 PM
>Like I don't even see what their end game is from all of this.

it's to solidify their position and power when 2040 comes around and with it a non-white majority america. this administration is most likely about fucking over anyone that isn't white, male, rich, and christian
13130487, End game is the same as the third reich. To be Gods on earth
Posted by Atillah Moor, Tue Feb-28-17 07:36 PM
And the unquestioned masters of it
13130470, A thing that annoys me is that folks didn't appreciate the Obama
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Feb-28-17 06:43 PM
DOJ.

We had a civil rights division of the DOJ that was actively investigating police corruption, LBGT rights issues and other progressive causes and no one seemed to see how radical and progressive that was.




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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
13130478, there are many who don't appreciate that there are Democrats in
Posted by c71, Tue Feb-28-17 06:57 PM
Congress opposing Trump right now


because there's always some "phantom" left-wingers who are going to eventually get elected and do it better...someday.


Green Party then whoever else is supposed to be forming nowadays.
13130499, democrat, republican, what does it matter we get screwed either way
Posted by Rjcc, Tue Feb-28-17 08:43 PM
people really said that.


www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
13130506, fixed it for ya
Posted by poetx, Tue Feb-28-17 09:30 PM
>DUMBASS people really said that.

smartdumb false equivalency ass ppl said that.



peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad
13130524, And we were still getting slaughtered with impunity
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Wed Mar-01-17 01:40 AM
13130534, Oh wait they didn't fix everything!?!??!
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Mar-01-17 07:26 AM
Clearly it was wasted effort on their part.


This is the mentality of cynical people who don't get shit done. If Malcolm and MOK had this mentality they would have stayed at home.

>


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
13130566, Are you still confused about where you live?
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Wed Mar-01-17 09:02 AM
Negroes have been singing "Didn't We Almost
Have It All" since 1866 with the FIRST
civil rights act. It's time for us to
understand when talking is just a bunch of talking.
13130753, You disrespecting our ancestors who lived in that time period
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Mar-01-17 02:12 PM
and the many black people who have fought to improve our lives to try and compare how we living now to how we lived then.

Get out of here with that bullshit.



I mean you can be miserable if you want but


>Negroes have been singing "Didn't We Almost
>Have It All" since 1866 with the FIRST
>civil rights act. It's time for us to
>understand when talking is just a bunch of talking.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
13131500, Lol! You're disrespecting them by not learning from their mistakes.
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Fri Mar-03-17 05:26 AM
Thinking this country is gonna give you anything
is insanity at this point. We're either gonna
do it ourselves or it's not gonna get done.
13131511, It doesn't take over 300 years to stop mistreating people just because
Posted by Atillah Moor, Fri Mar-03-17 07:31 AM
People didn't sacrifice their lives so we could beat a dead horse either. We can live better lives now. The goal has been achieved.
13130561, Didnt we almost have it all?
Posted by SoWhat, Wed Mar-01-17 08:54 AM
13130498, If he gets a justice on the supreme court..
Posted by handle, Tue Feb-28-17 08:31 PM
Then even when someone not as horrible as Trump is elected it will be impossible for them to undo all of this shit..
13130532, Goodbye to a lot of things :(
Posted by MME, Wed Mar-01-17 06:47 AM
13130570, sounds about right
Posted by Atillah Moor, Wed Mar-01-17 09:04 AM