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So he <i>was</i> serving and protecting ... well, this one Ralston fellow, anyway.

And clearly, doing the bidding of elected officials by censoring and arresting journalists is, indeed, the correct protocol of the local police force.

Glad that's settled.

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man, the south is fucking fat.

that's the nicest thing i can think to say.

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Sadly, here out in the boonies of SW Ontario, all the young women I know are changing their names. I had a hell of a time NOT changing my name back in 1987 (succeeded, no thanks to the ignoramuses at City Hall), and you'd think by now the battle would be won. Nope, all the young teachers who've gotten married are changing their names- except one, she's cool, and assured me that none of her big-city friends would change their name, either. But it's very depressing.

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This is Forsyth County, one of our 150-something fucking counties in Georgia. It is home of Nascar's Bill Elliott, it has an awesome outlet mall, and it is also where Oprah marched against the Klan in the eighties. So, they still had the fucking Klan in the EIGHTIES! That's why when I do go there once in a blue moon, I drive the speed limit and get the fuck back to Atlanta as quickly as possible.

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The answer to your lovely question is of course a resounding <b>YES!</b>

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And yet most of the time, prosecutors follow up on these arrests with zeal. They don't need to let the charges get to a grand jury; they can tell the cops there's no case at the outset.

And then there are the judges, who also don't throw the cases out. They are equally complicit in helping cops keep up their arrest stats, and "scaring" the citizens who are caught in this shit.

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She may not have been black, but she shore did have a <strike>nigra-loving</strike> Nawthun accent.

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Aww, but the fake courtesy, with its rapisty undertone of menace, is the part they enjoy the most.

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Haha! He was off duty! So there!

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It's pretty bad when even the local GOP tries to distance themselves from this

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The job loss comes from 45,000 jobs lost... But if they were not in the public sector, they should not have existed in the first place.

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but not as pudgy as Kirsten Gillibrand, amirite?

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I'm thinking Tisdale got a raw Deal

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I ain't gonna film on Burt's farm no more Well, I wake up in the morning Grab my face and feel the pain I got a head full of punches That are drivin' me insane It's a shame the way he dragged me to the door I ain't gonna film on Burt's farm no more

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a pudgy, soiled, sordid blue line. FTFY

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"Okay, you just bought yourself a 317, pointing out police stupidity..."

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