Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in one week

Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by ComputerGuru on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:22PM (#23443904)

I’m afraid the two cops weren’t even fired, they had only been suspended pending investigation. So the rest of the force wasn’t protesting a result in favor of the protestors, they were protesting against even a review of the situation by their peers.

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by arkadiyt on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:48PM (#23444053)

> I’m afraid the two cops weren’t even fired, they had only been suspended pending investigation

Your point still stands but fyi they were charged with assault today:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/buffalo-offi...

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by poidos on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:23PM (#23443912)

This is where people get the "All" from.

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:32PM (#23443966)

Yes, but the case is officially in national spotlight. There will be careers made on the way it is handled one way or another. Right now the pendulum is not on the cops'side so average politician's choice is obvious.

It will be hard to sweep it under the rug. Not impossible. Just hard.

The public is weary and between Epstein hitting Netflix and current waves of protests with all the surrounding circumstances ( brick pallets come to mind ), I would not be sure what the result would be.

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by samcheng on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:45PM (#23444034)

The "brick pallet" rumor has been thoroughly debunked. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/investig...

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:53PM (#23444080)

I won't respond to the debunked claim as I did not read enough on it.

That said, the fact that bricks may have always been there does not take anything from my argument. The perception of the existence of spontaneous bricks appearing is already part of today's audience.

Lie can go around the world faster than truth can put its shoes on.

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by burgerzzz on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:59AM (#23444879)

Thoroughly? Really?

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Re:Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in on... by ta17711771 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @04:43AM (#23445840)

International spotlight. There's protests on most continents.

Also, since you brought it up, has anyone seen the Epstein film? ...any mention of the Clinton Foundation /Global Initiative? Other political figures?

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