Nailed it. It's called "compartmentalized thinking" and it's probably the only thing that allows conservatives to get through life without having a mental breakdown from the cognitive dissonance. Nothing is connected to anything. Nothing has consequences because there is no future or past, just the now. Notice how they are always shocked when some ugly thing they initiated produces "unexpected" results. "Nobody could have known that ignoring pandemic warnings could result in deaths!" Protesters are shouting George's name, therefore the only thing that has to be addressed is George and trying to bring up any other related thing (including what they're doing to protesters and reporters RIGHT NOW) is clearly just vilifying police and probably part of a Soros/Antifa conspiracy to make Herr Drumph look bad.
It's also the way Republicans are able to claim they respect our constitutional right to protest, while also wanting to send in the military to break up the protests. In their minds these things are not connected.
The police strategy of zero tolerance in all matters dealing with the public starts at the top. They preach it all the way down the line to the cops on the street. The cops are trained to beat and shoot people who they perceive as threatening. They could be trained to use situational awareness in dealing with the public. Many police departments have decided it's not necessary to chase down every driver who won't pull over. Too many people killed in needless high speed chases, many being the cops chasing. The "bust some heads first, ask questions later" method of policing needs to be ended.
These police union heads feel toughness and anger is the only way to respond to any situation lest they show "weakness." Give them a microphone and they will shout you down, and scream about how unfair the system is TO THEM. They may feel all police are being vilified, when in fact only the system of racial inequality is being challenged. But making absurd claims like "put your hands on a criminal and you're going to jail." Um, no. In fact, killing innocent people rarely results in jail for an officer. Stop the brutality. Stop choke-holds and preventing people from breathing. These theatrics don't help address the problem, but they do demonstrate how big a problem is it.
That's what I thought, as well. But that, if true, throws massive doubt on all the rest of those statistics. If it's true that they can roll cold cases into this quarter, then they're not measuring clearance in this quarter, they're obscuring it. To correct this, they'd have to be showing actual numbers (not percentages, or percentages only where relevant), for unresolved cases, cases closed passage of time and the statute of limitations, cases resolved, and cases remaining open. At least; there are probably other things that I'm missing, here.
To quote The Wire, this shit is just juking the stats.
Seems like every time a cop acknowledges they shot an unarmed person, it was"..he was waving something in his hand. I was afraid for my life!"Bang!"...he admitted that he had a gun. I told him to put his hands on the wheel, and he hesitated, like he was thinking of going for his gun."Bang!"...he was unconscious in his car, like a drug overdose. So we thumped on his doors and hood and he fumbled for his gun, so we shot him, 'cause all six of us feared for our lives!"Narrator: "He lived in his car, and was asleep."Bang!
I'd like to take the microphone and just bark at these guys. Make pointed gestures with my hands, wave to encompass the audience, make a palm up "such as movement", shake my fist now and then, etc.
All the while turning red in the face and barking. "Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!"
Lynch admitted that the murder of George Floyd was in fact a murder. He wanted a cookie for that shit, even though he has zero interest in addressing the systemic issues that gave Floyd's killer a badge in the first place
This entire episode is basically the summing up of why Trumpians will never be able to resolve this issue and the paragraph above is the core reason.
They can come out and say that George Floyd's murder WAS a murder, cruel and callous at that, but then they simply stop there as if THAT'S what the whole issue is about, and that there's nothing else.
That pretty much denies the systemic problems in policing, which is the REAL issue. Floyd's murder was simply yet another result of this ongoing problem, which has reared its head more than once in the past and which has also sparked similar protests before.
Trumpians will never be on the side of the non-racist people as long as they stand in support of policemen like O'Meara.
Minneapolis needs to end any contract that supports this guy.
"Aww, c'mon Stella!!"
Original"Hawaii 5-0"?
Clearly the police are largely conservative as evidenced by the lack of empathy, self awareness or grasp of irony.
Nailed it. It's called "compartmentalized thinking" and it's probably the only thing that allows conservatives to get through life without having a mental breakdown from the cognitive dissonance. Nothing is connected to anything. Nothing has consequences because there is no future or past, just the now. Notice how they are always shocked when some ugly thing they initiated produces "unexpected" results. "Nobody could have known that ignoring pandemic warnings could result in deaths!" Protesters are shouting George's name, therefore the only thing that has to be addressed is George and trying to bring up any other related thing (including what they're doing to protesters and reporters RIGHT NOW) is clearly just vilifying police and probably part of a Soros/Antifa conspiracy to make Herr Drumph look bad.
It's also the way Republicans are able to claim they respect our constitutional right to protest, while also wanting to send in the military to break up the protests. In their minds these things are not connected.
One hopes he lives no where near this precinct/city/county/jurisdiction. I've never known cops to have much of a sense of humor or perspective
The police strategy of zero tolerance in all matters dealing with the public starts at the top. They preach it all the way down the line to the cops on the street. The cops are trained to beat and shoot people who they perceive as threatening. They could be trained to use situational awareness in dealing with the public. Many police departments have decided it's not necessary to chase down every driver who won't pull over. Too many people killed in needless high speed chases, many being the cops chasing. The "bust some heads first, ask questions later" method of policing needs to be ended.
Oh yes, there are few lesser life-forms.
These police union heads feel toughness and anger is the only way to respond to any situation lest they show "weakness." Give them a microphone and they will shout you down, and scream about how unfair the system is TO THEM. They may feel all police are being vilified, when in fact only the system of racial inequality is being challenged. But making absurd claims like "put your hands on a criminal and you're going to jail." Um, no. In fact, killing innocent people rarely results in jail for an officer. Stop the brutality. Stop choke-holds and preventing people from breathing. These theatrics don't help address the problem, but they do demonstrate how big a problem is it.
That's what I thought, as well. But that, if true, throws massive doubt on all the rest of those statistics. If it's true that they can roll cold cases into this quarter, then they're not measuring clearance in this quarter, they're obscuring it. To correct this, they'd have to be showing actual numbers (not percentages, or percentages only where relevant), for unresolved cases, cases closed passage of time and the statute of limitations, cases resolved, and cases remaining open. At least; there are probably other things that I'm missing, here.
To quote The Wire, this shit is just juking the stats.
Pat Lynch, allow me to introduce you to Rand Paul. He's on your side
White? Check.Middle-aged? Check. Dad bod? Check.
This crew is the reason Dockers will never experience a sales slump.
Seems like every time a cop acknowledges they shot an unarmed person, it was"..he was waving something in his hand. I was afraid for my life!"Bang!"...he admitted that he had a gun. I told him to put his hands on the wheel, and he hesitated, like he was thinking of going for his gun."Bang!"...he was unconscious in his car, like a drug overdose. So we thumped on his doors and hood and he fumbled for his gun, so we shot him, 'cause all six of us feared for our lives!"Narrator: "He lived in his car, and was asleep."Bang!
Maybe we should stop hiring cowards as police?
Never happen, 'cause I'm an introvert, but...
I'd like to take the microphone and just bark at these guys. Make pointed gestures with my hands, wave to encompass the audience, make a palm up "such as movement", shake my fist now and then, etc.
All the while turning red in the face and barking. "Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!"
Lynch admitted that the murder of George Floyd was in fact a murder. He wanted a cookie for that shit, even though he has zero interest in addressing the systemic issues that gave Floyd's killer a badge in the first place
This entire episode is basically the summing up of why Trumpians will never be able to resolve this issue and the paragraph above is the core reason.
They can come out and say that George Floyd's murder WAS a murder, cruel and callous at that, but then they simply stop there as if THAT'S what the whole issue is about, and that there's nothing else.
That pretty much denies the systemic problems in policing, which is the REAL issue. Floyd's murder was simply yet another result of this ongoing problem, which has reared its head more than once in the past and which has also sparked similar protests before.
Trumpians will never be on the side of the non-racist people as long as they stand in support of policemen like O'Meara.
Yeah, why can't they be "sweet" like the good old boys want lady politicians to be