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  Racial Bias in Policing

  by Coded Logic in

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  the us justice department just released findings from their investigation of the baltimore police department.

  as 40% of the force is comprised of black officers some thought they'd be "immune" to racial bias.

  it turns out black cops can be just as racist - if not more racist - against black people than white cops.

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  It's unrealistic to expect police to be unarmed and go round hugging people when they would likely be quickly shot dead. So you are always going to have aggressive confrontations as you need to portray strength and intimidate people otherwise you might die.

  I think we may be talking about two very different things. Community policing means an officer works a specific area which allows them to become familiar with the locals and build rapport. It does NOT mean they're unarmed or unable to carry out any of the functions necessary to do their job.

  "Community policing is a philosophy of full service personalized policing, where the same officer patrols and works in the same area on a permanent basis, from a decentralized place, working in a proactive partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems."
  

  "Community policing, recognizing that police rarely can solve public safety problems alone, encourages interactive partnerships with relevant stakeholders. The range of potential partners is large, and these partnerships can be used to accomplish the two interrelated goals of developing solutions to problems through collaborative problem solving and improving public trust. The public should play a role in prioritizing and addressing public safety problems."

  "Community policing emphasizes proactive problem solving in a systematic and routine fashion. Rather than responding to crime only after it occurs, community policing encourages agencies to proactively develop solutions to the immediate underlying conditions contributing to public safety problems. Problem solving must be infused into all police operations and guide decision making efforts. Agencies are encouraged to think innovatively about their responses and view making arrests as only one of a wide array of potential responses. A major conceptual vehicle for helping officers to think about problem solving in a structured and disciplined way is the SARA (scanning, analysis, response, and assessment) problem-solving model."
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  Schadenfreude

  by Coded Logic in

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  man who claims god punishes gays with floods has his home destroyed in flood of ‘biblical proportions’.

  family research council president and former louisiana state legislator tony perkins had to escape his flooded baton rouge home via canoe, the christian post reported on wednesday, citing his recent comments on his radio program, “washington watch.”.

  “[i have seen] nothing like this, and i have been involved in disaster relief, especially here in louisiana, working and coordinating relief efforts through several hurricanes,” the christian post quoted mr. perkins as saying.

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  Man who claims God punishes gays with floods has his home destroyed in flood of ‘biblical proportions’

  Family Research Council President and former Louisiana state legislator Tony Perkins had to escape his flooded Baton Rouge home via canoe, the Christian Post reported on Wednesday, citing his recent comments on his radio program, “Washington Watch.”

  “[I have seen] nothing like this, and I have been involved in disaster relief, especially here in Louisiana, working and coordinating relief efforts through several hurricanes,” the Christian Post quoted Mr. Perkins as saying. “This is unlike anything we have seen before.”

  “In fact, we had to escape from our home Saturday by canoe,” said Mr. Perkins, who also described the deluge as being of “near biblical proportions.”

  “We had about 10 feet of water at the end of our driveway. Our house flooded. A few of our cars flooded.”

  Mr. Perkins said some 80 percent of his fellow congregants at his Baptist church have been impacted by the widespread flooding, the Christian Post reported. “There is hardly a place you could turn where someone has not been affected by this.”

  In a 2015 interview, he agreed with extremist Messianic Jewish pastor Jonathan Cahn that Hurricane Joaquin was a "sign of God's wrath" over the legalization of gay marriage and abortion, saying: "God is trying to send us a message."

  Was God trying to "send" Tony Perkins a message this week? Or was He trying to "send" Ted Cruz a message, who appointed Perkins to his failed presidential campaign's "advisory council for religious liberty?"

  Or was He trying to "send" the Republican National Committee a message? After all, they allowed Perkins to play a decisive role in crafting the Republican Party platform last month, including a fun little provision that advocated for sending LGBT people to gay conversion therapy—a thoroughly debunked and possibly destructive method of "treatment."

  Or is Perkins just a normal person, like LGBT people, who now has to overcome adversity?
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  Racial Bias in Policing

  by Coded Logic in

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  the us justice department just released findings from their investigation of the baltimore police department.

  as 40% of the force is comprised of black officers some thought they'd be "immune" to racial bias.

  it turns out black cops can be just as racist - if not more racist - against black people than white cops.

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  So how many black vs white people are stopped in each community within the city would likely give very different results.

  I agree that people who live in high crime areas are more likely to be stopped - justified or not. I also agree that unfortunately due to the high poverty rates among the black community it means that black people are often more likely to live within crime areas.

  This is by no means "just" a policing issue. However, I think there are several proactive things the police can do. For example, as recommended by the report, community policing. If you have some understanding of who's-who in a community it means police are less likely to stop and frisk innocent people. And it will stop the sorts of situations like we saw earlier this week when a black school teacher was pinned against up against a police cruiser and accused of being a prostitute.

  
  

  
  (hard to tell from the picture but her feet are about a foot off the ground)

  I don't think there's a silver bullet that can solve all these problems. But I think by being aware of the issue and making a concerted effort we can seriously curtail the number of these incidents.
  
  
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  Racial Bias in Policing

  by Coded Logic in

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  the us justice department just released findings from their investigation of the baltimore police department.

  as 40% of the force is comprised of black officers some thought they'd be "immune" to racial bias.

  it turns out black cops can be just as racist - if not more racist - against black people than white cops.

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  1 Can black cops acting against black citizens really be racist towards their own race?
  - LUHE

  
  

  Yes. A person can make derogatory and or discriminatory remarks against ANY race - including their own. And a person can favor a race and or hate a race that is - or isn't - their own.
  

  When I use the word "racism" here is the general definition I'm operating under (which is the most common):

  rac·ism

  ˈrāˌsizəm/

  noun

  1. the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

     
     

     
     

     
     

  
  

  2 If yes to the above, do more black citizens stopped indicate racism on the part of Baltimore law enforcement or that black people are more likely than white people to commit crime in Baltimore?

  
  

  It's unfortunate you didn't bother to read the report as it SPECIFICALLY address' this point. It found that black people are stopped and not charged with a crime far more than white people.

  
  

  
  

  I don't see anything in the OP's link that would enable one to distinguish between the two possibilities in the problem I posed, i.e. are Baltimore law enforcement unfairly discriminating against local African-Americans or is it the case that African-American people are more likely than white people to commit crime in Baltimore?

  
  

  Is the reason because you didn't bother to read the report?
  
  
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  Sharia Law in the US, it's coming folks.

  by James Mixon in

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  my question, why would one immigrate to the west and refuse to adopt the western cultural?.

  if you believe our way of life is so degenerated why bring your family to this place.. in a very close 5-4 vote, the city of irving ruled to back the texas state bill banning foreign.

  law from the state.

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  If you believe our way of life is so degenerated why bring your family to this place.

  The vast majority of Muslims immigrating to the US DON'T believe this. They're not coming here to inact Sharia Law. They're coming here to escape it.

  I would also point out that no Muslim refugee coming to the US has ever been involved in a domestic terrorist attack.
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  Racial Bias in Policing

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  the us justice department just released findings from their investigation of the baltimore police department.

  as 40% of the force is comprised of black officers some thought they'd be "immune" to racial bias.

  it turns out black cops can be just as racist - if not more racist - against black people than white cops.

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  The US Justice Department just released findings from their investigation of the Baltimore Police Department. As 40% of the force is comprised of black officers some thought they'd be "immune" to racial bias. It turns out black cops can be just as racist - if not more racist - against black people than white cops. The study recommends strong community policing rather than simply hiring more black officers. The study found, among many things, that;

  1. Officers routinely used unreasonable and excessive force, including against juveniles and citizens who were not dangerous or posing an immediate threat
  2. Black residents account for roughly 84% of stops although they represent 63% of the city's population
  • Black residents make up 95% of the 410 people stopped at least 10 times by officers between 2010 and 2015
  • Police stopped 34 black residents 20 times, and seven black residents 30 times or more, between 2010 and 2015. No individuals of any other race were stopped more than 12 times
  • In addition to pat-downs, Baltimore officers perform unconstitutional public strip searches, including searches of people who are not under arrest

  http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-document-u-s-department-of-justice-investigation-of-the-baltimore-city-police-department-20160809-htmlstory.html
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  Fooled me once--twice---ain't gonna happen thrice

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  fooled me once---shame on you!

  fooled me twice---shame on me!

  fooled me thrice---ain’t gonna ever happen!.

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  Is that a Bushism?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A
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  Moral Enforcer

  by Coded Logic in

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  ever wonder what it would look like if the watchtower ran a country?

  this is one of the most insightful articles i've read in a long time about the religious police in saudi arabia.

  some really eye opening stuff about what it's like to live under sharia law and the problems it creates - even for the head of the commission for the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice in mecca.. definitely worth the read!.

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  I think the Saudi Government is the religious crazies. They have very strict religious laws and excessive punishments for minor infractions.
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  Moral Enforcer

  by Coded Logic in

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  ever wonder what it would look like if the watchtower ran a country?

  this is one of the most insightful articles i've read in a long time about the religious police in saudi arabia.

  some really eye opening stuff about what it's like to live under sharia law and the problems it creates - even for the head of the commission for the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice in mecca.. definitely worth the read!.

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  Ever wonder what it would look like if the Watchtower ran a country? This is one of the most insightful articles I've read in a long time about the Religious Police in Saudi Arabia. Some really eye opening stuff about what it's like to live under Sharia Law and the problems it creates - even for the head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Mecca.

  Definitely worth the read!

  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-islam-wahhabism-religious-police.html?WT.mc_id=2016-KWP-AUD_DEV&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=AUDDEVREMARK&kwp_0=181040&kwp_4=728131&kwp_1=367242
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  Perfect Example of JW Dumbing Down

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  just take a look at this video.

  i think arguing or debating scriptures is the most pointless thing ever.

  everything at their meetings are so basic with no explanation.

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  "How come you JWs are so invasive with everyone until the Bible comes out? Soon as the Bible comes out you want to run away."

  That guy really hit the nail on the head!