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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlack people are told they must do everything a cop tells them to
and do it in the least threatening way. Just follow anything police tell you, or else.
But goddamnit! nobody has the right to tell me to wear a mask.
Freedom y'all!
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Well done, Ed.
sop
(10,243 posts)Failure to comply with police is punishable by death, and refusal to wear a mask can cause the death of others.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)edhopper
(33,615 posts)or getting shot?
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)edhopper
(33,615 posts)I was trying to be funny.
Alacritous Crier
(3,818 posts)👍🏼
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Enoki33
(1,587 posts)KWR65
(1,098 posts)edhopper
(33,615 posts)White people can carry guns or even shoot people and the cops treat them nice.
Really?
Shoot up a black church and they take you to lunch before jail.
treestar
(82,383 posts)So they just fed him while in custody.
edhopper
(33,615 posts)or Freddie Grey?
You saying there isn't a systematic problem with how Police treat black people?
Firestorm49
(4,037 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And white people can carry automatic weapons with no fear of the police.
treestar
(82,383 posts)have the argument in the courtroom, not with the cops. Cops don't want to get into an altercation either.
If you don't like what they did, complain to the judge. It has worked before.
Cops now don't want the confrontation of dealing with people not wearing masks. But it's hard to blame them, when it's clear someone is going to cause a to-do about it. City ordinance in Rehoboth Beach in Delaware (and I'm sure many cities/towns) says you have to wear one, cops there won't do anything about people not wearing them, and that's complained of too.
edhopper
(33,615 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 13, 2020, 08:55 AM - Edit history (1)
at all.
You seem to not understand what my OP is about.
So it's better to fight with cops?
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madville
(7,412 posts)Lawful orders given by the police. They still have the authority and powers granted to them by the jurisdiction they serve.
lame54
(35,321 posts)ck4829
(35,091 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)"It's a shame the officer shot the black guy, but he shouldn't have run/resisted arrest/failed to comply with his orders ..."
edhopper
(33,615 posts)should be a capital offense.