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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 05:43 PM Aug 2014

CNN just reported that the cop that pushed Don Lemon made some horrible

comments at his Oath Keepers meeting about the President, gays, affirmative action. He even shows where he went to Africa looking for where the President was born. He has been relieved of duty. That host of characters in Ferguson are dangerous.

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CNN just reported that the cop that pushed Don Lemon made some horrible (Original Post) mfcorey1 Aug 2014 OP
The video was posted last night on DU... HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #1
here Electric Monk Aug 2014 #2
Thanks for keeping that link front and center. This needs to be seen. (nt) enough Aug 2014 #9
Jeeze ... etherealtruth Aug 2014 #3
Even the freakin' Nazis decided to get rid of the Brownshirts (SA). These pigs are sure looking brewens Aug 2014 #4
I am hoping that things will improve etherealtruth Aug 2014 #5
Thom Hartmann says we should pay cops lots more like in Europe, get better ones that way BaggersRDumb Aug 2014 #28
He said he hated everyone and wanted to kill everyone aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #6
It's too bad his pension can't be taken away LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #7
I did ask how many cops DUers believe are malaise Aug 2014 #8
Good question. DocMac Aug 2014 #12
We have no white cops where I live malaise Aug 2014 #16
Oh, I know how the cops are. DocMac Aug 2014 #21
One of my co-workers was driving his mom and aunt back to the city malaise Aug 2014 #22
Wow, that reminds of the time DocMac Aug 2014 #23
And he was endangering way more folks than Michael Brown malaise Aug 2014 #30
I know. DocMac Aug 2014 #31
Some of these guys believe they're God's Instrument here on Earth.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #13
That's an insult to Aerows Aug 2014 #18
That's a burn. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #24
Went up in flames. n/t Aerows Aug 2014 #26
Boy.. this shit is serious!! busterbrown Aug 2014 #27
Awesome Aldo Leopold Aug 2014 #10
lol-- librechik Aug 2014 #11
Normally when I have company Kalidurga Aug 2014 #14
What a hateful lackwit Aerows Aug 2014 #15
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #17
The Republicans have controlled police by taking care of them. A Democrat has little chance Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #19
"He has been relieved of duty" Phlem Aug 2014 #20
I watched as much of that as I could stand Aerows Aug 2014 #25
I'll bet a little more research would turn up a few more of this type of Skidmore Aug 2014 #29
+1 Enthusiast Aug 2014 #34
Dan Page needs to Fired. Cha Aug 2014 #32
The guy is horribly misinformed on history. In addition, he is unquestionably a Racist. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #33
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #35
 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
1. The video was posted last night on DU...
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 05:49 PM
Aug 2014

Props to 951-Riverside for finding and posting it. It was pretty horrible. Dude is a paranoid megalomaniac psycho. Glad to hear he's been relieved of duty.

brewens

(13,595 posts)
4. Even the freakin' Nazis decided to get rid of the Brownshirts (SA). These pigs are sure looking
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 06:42 PM
Aug 2014

a lot like that. Watch. We'll have like a "Night of the Long knives" and it will get even worse.

 

BaggersRDumb

(186 posts)
28. Thom Hartmann says we should pay cops lots more like in Europe, get better ones that way
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:46 PM
Aug 2014

In big cities they do get paid pretty good I think but these small towns not at all...

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
6. He said he hated everyone and wanted to kill everyone
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 06:50 PM
Aug 2014

If I were his colleagues with the police, I'd look beneath his house for fresh dirt.


"I don't trust nobody and I hate everybody. I hate y'all too. I hate everybody. I'm into diversity. I kill everybody."

malaise

(269,054 posts)
8. I did ask how many cops DUers believe are
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:08 PM
Aug 2014

members of militias. These folks eat and drink hate radio and TV. Then they are appointed to 'serve and protect the interests of the 1%'.

DocMac

(1,628 posts)
12. Good question.
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:41 PM
Aug 2014

I'd say that many white cops feel they are WAY above the law. They think that people of color are invading them, or they are told.
But, in the end, It is always about the poor. That is why we see gated communities.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
16. We have no white cops where I live
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:48 PM
Aug 2014

and they too commit extra-judicial killings in large numbers. Remember most of the military and police in the Americas are now American trained.

DocMac

(1,628 posts)
21. Oh, I know how the cops are.
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:07 PM
Aug 2014

I have had a few encounters with cops, none good. When they pull you over, they do their best to escalate the situation.

I'm with the people of Ferguson, but this is much larger than most people think.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
22. One of my co-workers was driving his mom and aunt back to the city
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:13 PM
Aug 2014

Last edited Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:58 PM - Edit history (2)

in the wee hours of a morning. They were sleeping in the back seat.
He has locks and this lil criminal cop was looking some money. At the opportune time the cop came out of the bush with bright lights and told him to stop. Everything on his car was working - he was educated in the US and is very street smart. The cop started the usual BS about get out of the car boy. My brethren in his quiet voice asked him if he'd stop shouting before he woke his mother and aunt. The fugging cop peeped in the back window, saw them and scattered back to his vehicle.

DocMac

(1,628 posts)
23. Wow, that reminds of the time
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:22 PM
Aug 2014

my parents took me and my siblings to my Aunt and Uncles' house. They got drunk every time we went there.

Guess what...he got pulled over many times and got a warning, and I saw it all. If we were black, I might not be here.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
13. Some of these guys believe they're God's Instrument here on Earth....
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:45 PM
Aug 2014

I say they suffer from Joan Of Ark Syndrome.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
27. Boy.. this shit is serious!!
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:41 PM
Aug 2014

One has to wonder what kind of damage was done to this guy when he was raised..
Where does this stuff come from?. It certainly has nothing to do with reason or rational thinking. It’s about every drop of his energy being consumed and driven by the power of hate..

Perhaps sexual thoughts of deviancy have been repressed and rears its ugly head as this type of... hate!!!



Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
14. Normally when I have company
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:45 PM
Aug 2014

I clean up my house and put on my best behavior. Seems like that would also be the best course of action if one was under scrutiny.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
19. The Republicans have controlled police by taking care of them. A Democrat has little chance
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:00 PM
Aug 2014

now to make up for past mistakes ignoring or even opposing Law Enforcement. Most cops are Republicans, but I had several admit to me privately that they vote Democrat. They aren't comfortable revealing their true feelings for fear of retribution from other cops, loss of job and/or career.
Perry and Abbott take turns as the featured speaker, speaking to the leadership of a police organization in Texas, 15,000 strong at their annual convention. Not a Dem in sight, except me! They did insist I take a picture with the Gov. The photographer's wife asked me for my picture order and looked a little confused when I said "none."

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
20. "He has been relieved of duty"
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:04 PM
Aug 2014

what does that mean. He now has a desk job instead of being completely fired?

I doubt the shooter will see any jail time.

-p

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
25. I watched as much of that as I could stand
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:37 PM
Aug 2014

and I would say that he is batshit crazy, but that's an insult to the batshit.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
29. I'll bet a little more research would turn up a few more of this type of
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:55 PM
Aug 2014

individual on that force. That force needs to be stripped down and reconstituted with new training and new people.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
33. The guy is horribly misinformed on history. In addition, he is unquestionably a Racist.
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 06:12 AM
Aug 2014

He also thinks his personal convictions should trump law.

Those of the Far Right® are unfit to hold office.


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