If you thought that police brutality in Philly was bad, wait until Stop-and-Frisk comes along.

Snarkturian Clone

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Thu May-08-08 10:03 AM
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If you thought that police brutality in Philly was bad, wait until Stop-and-Frisk comes along.

Here's an old soundbite about it:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16587002

Weekend Edition Saturday, November 24, 2007 � Philadelphia's Mayor-elect Michael Nutter wants to employ more aggressive policing with the ability to stop and frisk based on suspicion, not warrants. A recent poll shows that 65 percent of Philadelphians favor the practice.

This is coming along in the near future in Philly... that cop beating we've all seen is going to become more and more common in this city. To me, this is the equivalent of rolling up and smoking the constitution.

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YEM

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Thu May-08-08 10:06 AM
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1. Interesting you don't mention the cop that was killed two days prior

very convenient.

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malaise

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Thu May-08-08 10:08 AM
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3. Not one of those beaten killed the cop

There is no justification for these excesses.

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mikeytherat

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Thu May-08-08 10:10 AM
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6. ...

Edited on Thu May-08-08 10:11 AM by mikeytherat

(delete - wrong place)

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demmiblue

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Thu May-08-08 10:10 AM
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5. And... your point is?

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mikeytherat

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Thu May-08-08 10:12 AM
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7. Interetsting you don't mention those who were beaten were NOT the perps

in the shooting case. That guy was arrested without incident:

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/Floyd_in_custody.html

Very convenient. Very, very convenient.

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Fumesucker

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Thu May-08-08 10:06 AM
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2. A recent poll shows that 65 percent of Philadelphians favor the practice.

Until they are the one who is stopped and frisked..

Then they will scream bloody murder..

Nobody ever thinks these things are going to happen to them, it is always someone else that needs their freedoms curtailed.

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Echo In Light

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Thu May-08-08 10:15 AM
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9. It's frustrating when the powers that be can continually rely on the profoundly disinformed...

To impose their totalitarian "solutions" on a quickly closing open society.

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Snarkturian Clone

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Thu May-08-08 10:16 AM
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10. It won't be happening at Rittenhouse Square, that's for sure.

Except for the homeless maybe.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Thu May-08-08 10:21 AM
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11. A North Phiily only phenominon.

n/t

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Snarkturian Clone

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Thu May-08-08 10:23 AM
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12. Southwest is doing just as bad as North nowadays. NT

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Thu May-08-08 10:08 AM
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4. The Philly cops...

Have long had an impulse control problem, since the days of Frank Rizzo. This will not turn out well and will only end up in a civil rights case, which the city could well lose.

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Snarkturian Clone

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Thu May-08-08 10:14 AM
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8. The worse part is, if this ends up working out, other cities will do it. NT

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