Walker the racist pig

Chad Walker, former sergeant of Columbia Police Department, S.C., racially abuses Black citizen Walker was fired on . Source: Black Enterprise screen shot. Once again I've re-watched the official body camera video of Columbia Police Sergeant Chad Walker in action. You can watch it here on YouTube. Here are a few of my observations and …

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Nope. No racist cops under here.

File under Nobody Loves Us. Next, may I present to you the inestimable Sgt. Chad Walker of the Columbia, S.C., Police Department. Sgt. Walker, who is not a racist, is another stellar example of Our Finest. A true model citizen. The pride of South Carolina, his local police union, and cops everywhere. A True American …

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Cop shoots yet another Black citizen, in back, point-blank, seven times.

Verbatim from The Washington Post, August 24, 2020. Opinions We need Black Lives Matter. The police who shot Jacob Blake prove it. Demonstrators march Monday in Kenosha, Wis., to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake by police. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Opinion by Eugene Robinson Columnist August 24, 2020 at 1:38 p.m. PDT The Black Lives Matter …

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Democracies do need cops.

Democracies need cops, period. And not just because some people are criminals. But because monsters really do exist. I've seen what they do, first-hand. I've been the one who delivered the news to their victims' families, in the middle of the night.. And I definitely want cops in my communities. Good cops. Most cops I've …

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Cops, monsters, death and life

Half a lifetime ago, I was hired as a temporary coroner's deputy. My county had one of the highest homicide rates in the state at the time, and the coroner's office couldn't manage the case load. A professor of mine, a forensic anthropologist, pulled a few strings with the coroner, and I had a term …

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‘No longer a debate’: What we have here is another idiot sheriff.

Verbatim from the Ocala Star Banner of Ocala, Florida. Even if you only skim it, keep reading afterward. Marion County deputies ordered not to wear masks By Austin L. Miller@almillerosbPosted Aug 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM    Sheriff Billy Woods forbids his employees and those visiting his offices to wear masks in most circumstances as Ocala wrestles with mask mandate. As the …

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Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta cop shoots Black Man

Verbatim from The Washington Post, June 15, 2020. Opinions It’s not complicated: Rayshard Brooks should be alive A memorial for Rayshard Brooks on Sunday at the Wendy's where he was killed in Atlanta. (Dustin Chambers/Getty Images) Opinion by Eugene Robinson Columnist June 15, 2020 at 2:02 p.m. PDT Rayshard Brooks should be alive today, not dead …

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