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[–] [email protected] 258 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's time we take seditionists out of the Sheriff's Departments.

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does he care about people not caring about the rule of law?

Or is he just upset he cant run his little fiefdom like a tyrant like cops would have been able to 30 years ago before cameras and youtube?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Mr. Treehorn draws a lot of water in this town. You don't draw shit, Lebowski.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Who wants to bet we find something nasty on this dude in the next six months?

[–] [email protected] 80 points 10 months ago (4 children)

On the surface of only the quote. I agree.

If a felon was in the White House, I think we'd finally see some genuine prison reform, and if we're lucky, for profit prisons being outlawed.

Can you imagine a Danny Trejo type in the White House? Someone who deeply cares that prison is reformative and not punishment?

But not Donny Felon. He's just going to commit more crimes.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 10 months ago (3 children)

So basically he's saying he has no faith or confidence in the criminal justice system? Wouldn't that kind of... I dunno... disqualify you from a job in the criminal justice system?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Since when has that stopped any cops at all?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

I've think a lot of cops express how unhappy they are with the justice systems. Imagine getting a call for a domestic abuse. Show up and see this piece of shit beat his wife and kid. You arrest them and put them in jail. 6 months later you get another call same fucking guy same fucking thing. The courts gave him a reduced sentence. Rinse and repeat for your career. You're catching the same dirt bags over and over and the justice system keeps putting them back out there cause they either are too lenient or under funded to handle them. Cops can make the arrest but have no control over the justice system. I get a lot of us hate cops but I think we can all empathize how hard it would be to see the same people every couple months victimizing the same people

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Or we could try a system that actually tried to rehabilitate people. Nah, that's too much work. Best just keep people in jail.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Look, I'm all for equal representation and equal opportunity for everyone. The US had a black president already, which is awesome, but I'm not thinking the next step here is to "recently convicted felon". Maybe try for a woman as president first?

Just saying.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (20 children)

There's a whole long LIST of things we can try long before settling on "first felon president."

  • First Woman President

  • First Openly Gay President

  • First Asian/Pacific Islander President

  • First Albino President

  • First Teenage President

  • First Werewolf President

  • First Teenage Werewolf President

  • First Robot President

  • First Robot Teenage Werewolf President

  • First Normal President

We could go on and on too.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago

Translation: "I'm upset that my cult leader was found guilty so I'm going to stand here and throw a sarcastic little crybaby tantrum about it now"

[–] [email protected] 48 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

One more for the "Evidence 'law and order Republicans' are just racist" drawer.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago

"Bianco also challenged the idea of systemic racism or bias in law enforcement"

Yes, because no police department ever has had these kinda problems in the United States.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (16 children)

Not american but I'm honestly worried about the USA right now. This shit is crazy. Can you imagine if he wins again?!

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Something really strange about American police forces is their use of military rank insignia. Here we have an elected official overseeing a civilian law enforcement agency of ~4000 personnel wearing the rank insignia of a 4-Star general.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Not going to lie. His felon status has very little to do with why I won't vote for him

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (4 children)

So brave. To be so openly corrupt...

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Trump isn't fit for a Waffle House, let alone the White House.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Nah, waffle house accommodates larger folk all the time, pretty sure he could fit in the seats.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Oh yeah, I remember hearing about this as a local-ish. He's bum hurt about criminal justice reform in Cali (non violent offenders getting less or no jail time, that kinda thing). Makes this job "harder" he says.

It hasn't been smooth sailing, mind you-- but it's at least the government trying to do something about an overcrowded prison system.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Makes his job harder? GOOD. Policing communities should never be an easy job. And you signed up for it, numb nuts.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Wait it's not just shooting brown people?!"

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago

Has it ever been more painfully obvious that a police scumbag is bought and paid for by corrupt campaign funding?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've heard you have to think like a criminal to catch one, but i have not heard let a criminal run your goverment to stop crime. but it really makes sense if you don't think about it, making nothing illegal would mean no more crime.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Convicted felon. Because lets be honest, they are all felons.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, Eugene Debs, please.

  • who was basically jailed on political pretexts but still..
[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I support this affirmative action and will be voting for Snoop Dogg in the upcoming election

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Glad he supports criminal rights reform, but I don't think he's picking the right criminals

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

this guy looks like he's the model for several cartoon characters

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If this dude wasn't such a conservative nutjob, I would think he was doing a satire

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Again. But convicted, this time.

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