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Old 05-10-2015, 12:12 PM
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And there have always been murderous, THUG police......ever look into the history of the police....where they come from, what they did.....
For Example the vaunted Texas Rangers, the first ten that Stephen Austin brought in were nothing but murdering thugs,
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Old 05-10-2015, 12:18 PM
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Dangerous, yes, but not as dangerous as many other kinds of employment.
Police officer doesn't even make the top 10.

Bob's job, as a roofer, does.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/pers...obs-us-11.aspx

Of course there's always the risk of spilling your FREE cup of Starbucks coffee on your self.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7241360.html

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Old 05-10-2015, 12:27 PM
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For Example the vaunted Texas Rangers, the first ten that Stephen Austin brought in were nothing but murdering thugs,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ae_Q_5cNs
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Old 05-10-2015, 12:32 PM
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Police officer doesn't even make the top 10.

Bob's job, as a roofer, does.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/pers...obs-us-11.aspx

Of course there's always the risk of spilling your FREE cup of Starbucks coffee on your self.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7241360.html
I freakin' HATE roofing!

Especially tar and gravel even though the risk factor there is much less.
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Old 05-10-2015, 12:35 PM
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I freakin' HATE roofing!

Especially tar and gravel even though the risk factor there is much less.
I got religion and became a carpenter...
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Old 05-10-2015, 12:50 PM
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Cops have a bitch of a job. Not only do they have to face the prospect of getting shot when doing a routine part of their job, but then they get to listen to the media, and some wonderful folks like you, second guess them and call them every name in the book.

Hope this is a reminder of what some folks do to keep some of you safe so you can sit comfortably in your homes and hate them for it.
What an incredibly ignorant statement.

I tease you and even provoke you on occasion but I can never recall you posting such complete trash.

There is no excuse for this kind of stupidity to be spread.

I am seriously disappointed in you.
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Old 05-10-2015, 01:13 PM
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Looks like Whelly had a big fat steaming bowl of bitch for breakfast this morning.
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Oh he's reveling in this.

It made his day to see that these cops got killed.

It serves to provide him with justification for all the Police brutality that has ever occurred in the past plus all future police brutality.
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Old 05-10-2015, 02:09 PM
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And it's not like excessive force by the police began with Ferguson either.

What I said was that the increased awareness of endemic police brutality has concomitantly increased the danger that the police face, not that it created it.

You don't understand anything, do you?
Sure. You're saying that the absolute myopic focus in the vast minority of police interactions that result in violence, and particularly the rush to falsely accuse a particular officer in MO, gives some among us another excuse to bleat about "injustice". You're then suggesting that such bleating may cause some extreme assholes to act out against the police.

I agree with you.
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Old 05-10-2015, 02:11 PM
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What an incredibly ignorant statement.

I tease you and even provoke you on occasion but I can never recall you posting such complete trash.

There is no excuse for this kind of stupidity to be spread.

I am seriously disappointed in you.
If you're "seriously disappointed" with me then I guess I said something accurate.
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Old 05-10-2015, 02:15 PM
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Oh he's reveling in this.

It made his day to see that these cops got killed.

It serves to provide him with justification for all the Police brutality that has ever occurred in the past plus all future police brutality.
Nah. Makes my day when you post something and make a complete fool of yourself. Congrats once again.
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