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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:57 PM Original message |
Texas Cops Send Racist E-Mails about Obama |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. "handful of officers who actually are good officers" How can u be a 'good' officer 2 black citizens |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. word... nt |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. not to defend cops since I despise authority in all forms, BUT |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. What? Racist cops in Texas? Color me shocked. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. no argument there... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Really |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Took me 1 hour driving through texas .... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Yes, because racism only exists in Texas |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Excuse me... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. yep them Texans are just backwards hayseeds and white supremist |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm so sick of public officials calling it a "bad judgement call" or a "serious mistake" |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Surly not in Texas! |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. children, grow the fuck up. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. racism is everywhere |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, my 105 year old neighbor |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. oh, bullshit... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Deleted message |
Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. First of all, |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I am arrogant but see nothing wrong with that. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. a "word" that is highly derogatory |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. well you wouldn't be working long |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. you really don't get it... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. and you get it more because????? |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. it's not my job to prove anything |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
77. what the hell? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Deleted message |
Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Some of us have spent a great deal of time --- |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. What's "beaner"? Someone from Boston? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I'm a baked beaner. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I'm a beaner-by-proxy. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. "Beaner" is a derogatory term -- |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Ooooh. Huh. The terms we think up for people. Fascinating. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. it's also used by George Lopez on national television |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Yes, yes, and black people call each other "nigga" all the time. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. d'oh. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. GLBT people are regularly mistreated by the police as well. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. nice |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. It's a word that indicates an attitude |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
85. No, you're thinking of that hack Carlos Mencia. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Let's think about this for a minute. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. finally some valuable nuance |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. It wouldn't be the first time that blacks have worked in a hostile work environment. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. They should all be fired -- |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. no you have habitual good ol' boys |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Of course the word has power, but what's scary about this is that so do these cops. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'm not being obtuse |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I really don't care if it is in Texas or not. That wasn't my point. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:11 PM Original message |
you named the problem. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. He should absolutely be fired. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. now you fucked up the problem |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Gee, I was an assistant manager at a bookstore. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. well in a bookstore |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. For the love of god, no it is not. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. nobody is putting any good on balance |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
78. I do |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. again. in most cases |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Again, where I come from |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. It's a little late in the day for racism like this -- when do they learn? |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. fine, and yes possibly |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Investigate it, suspend him with pay for a week, |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. where, on CBS? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Right, reality. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. oh I get it. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Reality disagrees with you. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. outside investigation |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. I have an idea. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. Investigate what? |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. ??? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Am I wrong . . . did they not trace the e-mails to these officers? |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's Texas. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. it shouldn't, it's full of all kinds of people |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. you live in Dallas... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Dallas & Dallas County are blue n/t |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. true |
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FloriTexan (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Dallas, Austin and Houston.... |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
79. I'm from Florida. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Yeah, nothing like this could happen in say, Cambridge, Mass. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Or California |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. shush you |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Just a few bad apples using Apples? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Color me surprised. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. One thing is certain. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Traffic Division? |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. YOU CAN'T BE A RACIST AND BE A GOOD POLICEMAN. nt |
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Engineer4Obama (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. Its happening all over the place |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. Shiver me timbers. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. YEA... to the cop that turned them in. it is one thing for people to do this |
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