The Police Brutality Thread

[Green Monstah]

I think it's the correct decision on many levels.

[The_Douger]

I don't.

[Eddie]

Teachers like to impose ridiculous rules on students, no? CJ's story was a great example of a teacher producing a power struggle and confrontation for no reason.

I mean in real life outside of school (like at my job) people stay on their phones inappropriately, wear ridiculous clothes, swear, eat and drink at weird times, chew gum, etc. I don't ever try to control people's behavior in these situations -- I just ignore it and do my job. If the teacher and her lesson were more interesting the kid would have put her phone away willingly maybe, right?

I had a conversation with my wife once along these lines.

If we (as adults) aren't always happy with decisions made that effect us and get to cry or yell or pout sometimes, then how can we expect kids - who haven't had near the time that we have to practice - to manage and control emotions better than we do as adults?

I do think that everyone needs to learn to respond appropriately to authority figures. I also think that there is a safe time and place to exhibit those emotions, and a not so safe time and place. Learning to tell the difference is one of those lessons you need to learn early.

[cougjunkie]

So hundreds of students walked out of the school today in protest of the cop being fired. They all chanted "Free Fields" the name of the police officer. Including students who were in the classroom at the time of the incident.

They obviously didn't see anything wrong with it, but dipshits like Wuap do so let's fire this guy.

[Bo Diddley]

So hundreds of students walked out of the school today in protest of the cop being fired. They all chanted "Free Fields" the name of the police officer. Including students who were in the classroom at the time of the incident.

They obviously didn't see anything wrong with it, but dipshits like Wuap do so let's fire this guy.

That doesn't move the needle for me. Too much potential bias due to either their personal relationships with the officer and/or the student who was taken down.

Am I misreading this, or are socially liberal people more pessimistic towards law enforcement, and socially conservative more supportive of law enforcement? Conservatives are generally anti governmental control while liberals want more governmental control.

[cougjunkie]

https://www.facebook.com/kayel.ellis...6094308525567/


They should shut off all the lights and wait until these kids have to use the bathroom, and then call their parents.

[TripletDaddy]

yikes. that is horrible. since they are children what sort of physical force would be appropriate here? if you read the comments, seems like every single adult is fine with giving those kids a beat down.

[Topper]

That doesn't move the needle for me. Too much potential bias due to either their personal relationships with the officer and/or the student who was taken down.

Am I misreading this, or are socially liberal people more pessimistic towards law enforcement, and socially conservative more supportive of law enforcement? Conservatives are generally anti governmental control while liberals want more governmental control.

I believe you may be reading it wrongly.

The breakdown on supporting police is broken down along cultural lines, more often than political viewpoints though they may intersect from time to time. For example, certain ethnic groups may be more likely to view police action with suspicion. However, those groups may tend to be more liberal or perhaps statist.

Using my own family, my wife is more progressive and statist, tending to be more supportive of police action, whereas I am more libertarian and tend to be more suspicious of such action than she.

Social conservatives that trust authority such LDS may be more supportive of police action, but I don't see an inherent distrust of police by liberals per se.

[Topper]

https://www.facebook.com/kayel.ellis...6094308525567/


They should shut off all the lights and wait until these kids have to use the bathroom, and then call their parents.

That is amazing. I would not make a very good high school teacher as I don't possess the patience necessary.

[old_gregg]

yikes. that is horrible. since they are children what sort of physical force would be appropriate here? if you read the comments, seems like every single adult is fine with giving those kids a beat down.

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[Bo Diddley]

I believe you may be reading it wrongly.

The breakdown on supporting police is broken down along cultural lines, more often than political viewpoints though they may intersect from time to time. For example, certain ethnic groups may be more likely to view police action with suspicion. However, those groups may tend to be more liberal or perhaps statist.

Using my own family, my wife is more progressive and statist, tending to be more supportive of police action, whereas I am more libertarian and tend to be more suspicious of such action than she.

Social conservatives that trust authority such LDS may be more supportive of police action, but I don't see an inherent distrust of police by liberals per se.

I don't know. The distrust of police seems to be much bigger than ethnic groups or libertarians. The liberal media has lined up with them.

[The_Douger]

yikes. that is horrible. since they are children what sort of physical force would be appropriate here? if you read the comments, seems like every single adult is fine with giving those kids a beat down.

Those are children. We cannot brutalize them.

[Surfah]

Same high school.

https://youtu.be/ZxftKmSfSaw

[wuapinmon]

So I guess the school cop has been fired. Congrats wuap. You were part of yet another social media lynch mob that destroyed someone's career.

I said precisely zero words about this on any kind of social media. I came here to talk about it precisely because I knew it wouldn't be part of some lynch mob. I still believe that the treatment was brutality, but I don't wish to revisit the topic beyond defending myself against your disappointing accusation.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I said precisely zero words about this on any kind of social media. I came here to talk about it precisely because I knew it wouldn't be part of some lynch mob. I still believe that the treatment was brutality, but I don't wish to revisit the topic beyond defending myself against your disappointing accusation.

WTH? Public message boards are a form of social media. By any definition.

The police brutality outrage movement is a classic form of modern public shaming. And let's be honest, it is nothing more than good old-fashioned mob justice. And as was the case with the old-timey pitchfork and torch crowds, sometimes the target is guilty and sometimes the target is innocent.