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aikoaiko

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119. Police were murdered in Dallas, but that's no reason not to call out murders by police

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 02:56 PM

Jul 2016

I get it that there may have been conduct reviews or grand juries who said the Black people in that banner weren't murdered, but still...that's no reason to ask you to take it down.

I don't think you were being insensitive or disrespectful.

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I was asked to remove my sigline [View all] rbrnmw Jul 2016 OP

Who asked you to do this? n/t BronxBoy Jul 2016 #1

can't start drama but it was another poster rbrnmw Jul 2016 #3

Someone offended by something that is essentially a fact? Warpy Jul 2016 #4

me removing it won't make it less true rbrnmw Jul 2016 #5

Nope. Looks like it will need an updating soon Warpy Jul 2016 #6

so sadly true rbrnmw Jul 2016 #9

Should stay. n/t zappaman Jul 2016 #2

What a joke bravenak Jul 2016 #7

I think being reminded it happened rbrnmw Jul 2016 #8

It doesn't bother them until we keep bringing it up bravenak Jul 2016 #10

right and even then it just makes them uncomfortable rbrnmw Jul 2016 #12

It sure does bravenak Jul 2016 #13

Well, it is time to... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #22

Absolutely!! nt 2naSalit Jul 2016 #26

It is bravenak Jul 2016 #30

Love you. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #32

throw the bums out father founding Jul 2016 #86

oh! That's GOOD! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2016 #125

It should make us uneasy and we need to pay attention. TNNurse Jul 2016 #95

I'm not offended. raven mad Jul 2016 #123

Leave it up. MrScorpio Jul 2016 #11

Hell No! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #14

A lot of policeman are racists. JRLeft Jul 2016 #15

I am very offended by the person who was offended by your sigline. Squinch Jul 2016 #16

Yes. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #73

We should all be greatly offended & outraged that it happens lostnfound Jul 2016 #105

Fuck 'em. nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #17

Well said! nt sheshe2 Jul 2016 #59

Fuck the world police. Keep it up! Feeling the Bern Jul 2016 #18

Nothing wrong with your sig nor avatar. 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #19

Our children not being killed is my main issue rbrnmw Jul 2016 #20

Omg bravenak Jul 2016 #50

Leave it up. So much grief. Hekate Jul 2016 #21

leave it....geez whatta thing to whinge over irisblue Jul 2016 #23

Leave it Recursion Jul 2016 #24

LEAVE IT UP. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #25

oh hell yes SheriffBob Jul 2016 #31

Facts are never inappropriate. Anyone with a problem, needs to work to stop it from being true. n/t brewens Jul 2016 #27

No one had any business demanding that you remove that sigline. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #28

Keep it, please. 2naSalit Jul 2016 #29

Why would the truth bother someone? LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #33

right on... yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #34

Persuade with argument rather than brute force.... heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 #35

Never do what you're told gwheezie Jul 2016 #36

K&R. Aristus Jul 2016 #37

I posted this.... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #38

thank you I am not mad rbrnmw Jul 2016 #42

I want this post seen. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #47

Leave it. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #39

I don't understand why anyone would ask you to remove that.. one_voice Jul 2016 #40

Tell them "and the horse you rode in on". nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #41

Interesting little factoid: the terms "paddy roller" and "paddy wagon" pnwmom Jul 2016 #43

I never knew that rbrnmw Jul 2016 #44

Yeah, when it comes to being oppressed we Irish have been there, for centuries, PatrickforO Jul 2016 #46

The term was permanent if you died while in "service." Or it extended much longer pnwmom Jul 2016 #49

In terms of oppression... 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #58

This isn't a contest. I was just pointing out the origin of the word. nt pnwmom Jul 2016 #60

I wasn'r responding to you but the same person you responded to. Chill. nt 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #62

Actually, the first AA's imported in the colonies (Virginia, to be exact) were treated as indentured Hoppy Jul 2016 #79

I wouldn't remove it either. PatrickforO Jul 2016 #45

The only legitimate complaint is if the image were too big csziggy Jul 2016 #48

There was an alert, too, so I don't think size was the problem. Shrike47 Jul 2016 #77

I never thought it was - someone is too sensitive csziggy Jul 2016 #102

Truth is truth, even when it's ugly truth. You should NOT take it down. BlueCaliDem Jul 2016 #51

K&R FOR TRUTH! eom MohRokTah Jul 2016 #52

Fuck that noise! I'd leave it up. JustinL Jul 2016 #53

that is what they want silence rbrnmw Jul 2016 #54

You know my answer. Loki Jul 2016 #55

Keep it up. Ilsa Jul 2016 #56

Keep it. Bobbie Jo Jul 2016 #57

Keep IT up.. HipChick Jul 2016 #61

Leave it, fuck them. giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #63

Keep this picture up volstork Jul 2016 #64

Keep on telling the truth rbrnmw! It is the truth we must hear that they cannot abide. Ford_Prefect Jul 2016 #65

Kick! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #66

K&R Zippyzagnut Jul 2016 #67

Well I should thank them for asking you to do that. Amimnoch Jul 2016 #68

You Rock! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #87

I hope whoever did that is getting a digital colonoscopy from the Admins. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #69

remove Trump from your sigline please Skittles Jul 2016 #71

I suppose you're going to come KICK MY ASS NOW. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #74

I want to kick the asses of the easily-offended Skittles Jul 2016 #75

ROFL @ trump/annoying orange! gollygee Jul 2016 #76

K&R radical noodle Jul 2016 #70

it is strange what offends people, and what does not Skittles Jul 2016 #72

K&R KT2000 Jul 2016 #78

Kick! sheshe2 Jul 2016 #80

I support the picture and the issue Craig234 Jul 2016 #81

This is a picture taken in downtown Chicago. Cops here have been legally charged with murder Person 2713 Jul 2016 #82

People who wanted it removed cosmicone Jul 2016 #83

What was his or her rationale? aikoaiko Jul 2016 #84

Police were murdered in Dallas rbrnmw Jul 2016 #116

Police were murdered in Dallas, but that's no reason not to call out murders by police aikoaiko Jul 2016 #119

An ugly truth is still the truth. herding cats Jul 2016 #85

"Fuck sitting down": YES. The dead must be remembered. betsuni Jul 2016 #88

And therein lies the problem. People are uncomfortable talking about this. AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #89

Don't remove anything from your sig line. In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #90

It is a keeper. riversedge Jul 2016 #91

oh, and gave it a REC riversedge Jul 2016 #92

K&R BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #93

Massive K & R! Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #94

i think i will add it to my sigline. stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #96

hear, hear.... Stellar Jul 2016 #97

It seems that, in recent days RoccoR5955 Jul 2016 #98

Its now part of my sigline. marble falls Jul 2016 #99

K&R ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #100

No Retreat - No Surrender! JustAnotherGen Jul 2016 #101

life if full of uncomfortable truths... Javaman Jul 2016 #103

Keep it. GoneOffShore Jul 2016 #104

keep it up NoMoreRepugs Jul 2016 #106

That's weird. I have the same pic on my sigline. Lochloosa Jul 2016 #107

Only Admin can make you remove a sig obamanut2012 Jul 2016 #108

Fuck 'em Keep it up !!!!!! JunkYardDogg Jul 2016 #109

That's silly rock Jul 2016 #110

I hope you leave it. hiding from the truth does not change it. niyad Jul 2016 #111

I hope you don't mind. silverweb Jul 2016 #112

Thank You rbrnmw Jul 2016 #120

My pleasure. silverweb Jul 2016 #128

😡 Quayblue Jul 2016 #113

WTF? This ain't a goddamn tea party. broadcaster75201 Jul 2016 #114

Unless an admin asked you, don't worry... Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #115

Good for you for putting up in the first place geardaddy Jul 2016 #117

Kicking ellie Jul 2016 #118

Why would that person ask you to remove an image of what is KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #121

K&R. raven mad Jul 2016 #122

Please don't change we can do it Jul 2016 #124

kick...n/t BlueCollar Jul 2016 #126

The banner COULD be a mile long if all the names and photos guillaumeb Jul 2016 #127

I don't get this silencing of ideas here at D.U. midnight Jul 2016 #129

Things certainly have changed. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2016 #130