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toddwv

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16. To be fair to the NYPD

Reply to dmr (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:58 AM

Dec 2014

That guy was dancing while black. What did you expect the cops to do? Laugh it off for the prank it was? Not assault him for doing something that is completely legal? Not take offense to something that their hyperdriven egos obviously saw as a threat to their alpha status?

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Cops Throw YouTube Prankster To Ground For Dancing Behind Them [View all] dmr Dec 2014 OP

This was yesterdays outrage, and yet today nothing is different. randys1 Dec 2014 #1

Things have to change... daleanime Dec 2014 #2

F'n Pigs lobodons Dec 2014 #3

Thugs have no sense of humor. Downwinder Dec 2014 #4

This... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #5

The cops are supposed to have more self control than tigers Kevin from WI Dec 2014 #6

I totally agree... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #8

Ever been around a Jersey bull? Downwinder Dec 2014 #9

Been to Atlantic City ... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #11

Cops are trained to treat everyone as if Malraiders Dec 2014 #7

One way to approach this would be . . . MrModerate Dec 2014 #10

Maybe Ellen better get another script writer. Hoppy Dec 2014 #12

Oh ya, we're supposed to respect them. I don't respect fucked assholes like these cops! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2014 #13

Exactly... Hulk Dec 2014 #14

That's really fucked up in the head aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2014 #15

To be fair to the NYPD toddwv Dec 2014 #16

The NYPD have always been assholes onwardsand upwards Dec 2014 #17

Well - they're afraid for their lives what do you expect? LiberalElite Dec 2014 #18

"What are you dancing in the street for?" KansDem Dec 2014 #19

I love that guy! The cops? Not a bit. Bullies. marble falls Dec 2014 #20

The real irony here . . . markpkessinger Dec 2014 #21