Baltimore is now going into a state of emergency....

IdRatherBeSkiing

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Don't forget to tell them that as a taxpayer, you are their employer... It's a lot easier to get all high and mighty as the boss dontcha know

Offering them a doughnut after such an exchange is also good. Better yet is to inform them that the local Tim Horton's is still open and serving doughnuts.
 

gore0bsessed

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lol you think you can solve classism with in a capitalist system, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
 

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We're well started. Now we just have to press on.

This Baltimore thing, and Ferguson, and Cleveland, and all the others, are corrections in action. In many cases, at least the cop was charged. That didn't used to happen. Bad cops behave the way they do because they know they can get away with it. As the risk to them of going to prison increases, their bad conduct will decrease.

Here's the ironic part: police shooting of all people, guilty, innocent, armed, unarmed, are at historic lows. Just as violent crime in all categories is down 50% from the early 90s. The reforms we have put in place over the last 50 years ARE working.

The key is in the Preamble to the Constitution: "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union. . ." Not "a perfect Union," a "more perfect Union. . ."

It will never end. There will always be overreaction, the pendulum swinging too far, thoughtless, overbroad laws and policies, anger and fear driving policy as much as rationality and basic sense.

It ain't pretty. It ain't supposed to be pretty. And I envy Canadians. Y'all somehow manage, on a regular basis, to deal with these issues more rationally, less emotionally, than Americans. Not that you're perfect by any stretch, just that you manage to find answers everybody can more-or-less live with in an easier, less dramatic way.

I've made some effort in this thread to show the power and influence of Ray Lewis and the Ravens. I think that is currently the most effective single technique. Get these huge, utterly macho, rich, famous men out there to say to the kids "Stay in school. That's where the power is. It ain't fair, it's probably never gonna be fair. But the more you know, the more you can do." Coming from the Ravens, many of whom were poor themselves, and some of whom were homeless as teenagers, or had criminal problems, this message is powerful.

I've done the same myself. When I speak to kids, my constant theme is "I'm a lawyer. I will let you know how to beat the cops. For $400 an hour. Or, you can get the same knowledge for free from your teachers. All you have to do is show up and pay attention."

Once you have full legal equality, and we do, at least as regards race, then you get to the messy problems of dealing with attitudes and prejudices, on all sides.

And that, m'dear, is why I am a liberal in my recognition of the problems, and a conservative in my notions of solutions.
sounds good, it all sounds good...as well as the liberal/conservative split.
 

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I do appreciate it. You've saved me a ton of time and effort.
I thought Powers Booth over acted that part pretty bad. Only decent actors in that movie were Val Kilmer and Dana Delaney. Ms. Delaney probably one of the prettiest ladies I've ever seen. Especially in that movie.
 
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All right, you have now definitively refused conversation. You are of no further interest to me.

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I do appreciate it. You've saved me a ton of time and effort.

Really?

lol you think you can solve classism with in a capitalist system, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Why he seems like such a stimulating conversationalist!

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Alan Dershowitz Rips Charges Against Baltimore Cops: ‘Sad Day for Justice’

Alan Dershowitz really went after Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby today for charging the six cops involved in the death of Freddie Gray, saying it was entirely based on politics and “crowd control.”
Dershowitz lamented that “this is a very sad day for justice” and told Steve Malzberg that Mosby acted out of a “desire to prevent riots.” It will be “virtually impossible,” he predicted, for the six officers involved to get a fair trial.
And as for murder charges, Dershowitz said there’s “no plausible, hypothetical, conceivable case for murder” and “this is a show trial.” He predicted that Mosby might get removed as prosecutor and Baltimore citizens may get upset if and/or when they “move to a place with a different demographic.”
He concluded that it’s “unlikely they’ll get any convictions in this case” and if they do they’ll likely “be reversed on appeal.”


Alan Dershowitz Rips Charges Against Baltimore Cops: ‘Sad Day for Justice’ | Mediaite
 

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Dersh has been punditing too long, forgot he's a lawyer. It's chargeable as murder two either under Mosby's theory or under the felony-murder rule.
 

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Dershowitz also said that Ted Cruz was one of the most brilliant students he ever taught at Harvard.
 

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Really?



Why he seems like such a stimulating conversationalist!

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Alan Dershowitz Rips Charges Against Baltimore Cops: ‘Sad Day for Justice’

Alan Dershowitz really went after Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby today for charging the six cops involved in the death of Freddie Gray, saying it was entirely based on politics and “crowd control.”
Dershowitz lamented that “this is a very sad day for justice” and told Steve Malzberg that Mosby acted out of a “desire to prevent riots.” It will be “virtually impossible,” he predicted, for the six officers involved to get a fair trial.
And as for murder charges, Dershowitz said there’s “no plausible, hypothetical, conceivable case for murder” and “this is a show trial.” He predicted that Mosby might get removed as prosecutor and Baltimore citizens may get upset if and/or when they “move to a place with a different demographic.”
He concluded that it’s “unlikely they’ll get any convictions in this case” and if they do they’ll likely “be reversed on appeal.”


Alan Dershowitz Rips Charges Against Baltimore Cops: ‘Sad Day for Justice’ | Mediaite
yea cause you half wits are totally worth arguing with seriously.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Wouldn't things be so much easier if YOU just sat as Grand Overlord and made all the judgement calls.

Really no need for gubmint, cops, military or laws, right?
Well, an overlord does need minions to do the dirty work and lackeys to bring the ice cream and virgins. Maybe even a henchman or two for the small stuff.
 

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Evil flying monkeys are perfectly suited for the minion gig and the black robes and pointy hat will really set-off GB's green complexion.