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[h=2]Anyone who thinks race does not skew the application of criminal justice in this country is just not paying close enough attention, Sen. Rand Paul writes for TIME, amid violence in Ferguson, Mo. over the police shooting death of Michael Brown[/h][h=6][/h][h=6][/h]
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If I had been told to get out of the street as a teenager, there would have been a distinct possibility that I might have smarted off. But, I wouldn’t have expected to be shot.
The outrage in Ferguson is understandable—though there is never an excuse for rioting or looting. There is a legitimate role for the police to keep the peace, but there should be a difference between a police response and a military response.
Rand Paul: We Must Demilitarize the Police
Senator Rand Paul on Ferguson: We Must Demilitarize the Police - TIME
I think this ends any chance of Rand Paul getting the Rep nomination for Pres
As it is I agree overall with the article
Amen brother, make it happen! But why do you think this spoils his presidential ambitions?
The part of his article stating that race does play a part in how the laws and how the police enforce the laws of the nation.
That will not go over well with a significant number of tea party types in my opinion of course
I agree with Rand Paul on this.
If you need more firepower in the streets, call out the National Guard.
The part of his article stating that race does play a part in how the laws and how the police enforce the laws of the nation.
That will not go over well with a significant number of tea party types in my opinion of course
Damn right we must. And we must end drug prohibition so that police can return to serving and protecting, rather than trying to find ways to search everyone for contraband. There is a lot about our police system that needs to be fixed, especially how we fund police departments. We cannot continue to fund them based on seized property. There should never be a monetary incentive to arrest people. We also must reinforce the fourth amendment and now allow most of the current exceptions for the need for a search or arrest warrant. Individual police discretion needs to be greatly kept in check. In addition, prisons should not be privatized and the harsh sentencing laws we use to fill those private prisons (at the behest of their lobby money) need to be removed.
There's really a whole lot wrong with our criminal justice system. The militarization of the police is only one piece of the problem.
The part of his article stating that race does play a part in how the laws and how the police enforce the laws of the nation.
That will not go over well with a significant number of tea party types in my opinion of course
I'm not in favor of "demilitarizing the police" whatever that means. I'm in favor of the police being brought to trial and judged by the same standards they bring others. Why is it that it sometimes takes years to investigate a case of police misconduct but it only takes months to investigate, convict and send to prison someone who kills a cop? Why did the Republican Governor in Missouri ask for automatic death penalty for those who kill cops and then complain about the police state? I'm far more interested in this being used to change the double standard used to judge and convict cops. It can also be used to expose the double standard of the "tough on crime" crowd when it comes to cops. If we can hamstring corrupt police unions, it's just a plus.
By "serve and protect" do you mean quelling riots? Oh, wait...we don't want that either...do we?
I'm not in favor of "demilitarizing the police" whatever that means.
I'm not in favor of "demilitarizing the police" whatever that means. I'm in favor of the police being brought to trial and judged by the same standards they bring others. Why is it that it sometimes takes years to investigate a case of police misconduct but it only takes months to investigate, convict and send to prison someone who kills a cop? Why did the Republican Governor in Missouri ask for automatic death penalty for those who kill cops and then complain about the police state? I'm far more interested in this being used to change the double standard used to judge and convict cops. It can also be used to expose the double standard of the "tough on crime" crowd when it comes to cops. If we can hamstring corrupt police unions, it's just a plus.
Rand Paul: We Must Demilitarize the Police
Senator Rand Paul on Ferguson: We Must Demilitarize the Police - TIME
I think this ends any chance of Rand Paul getting the Rep nomination for Pres
As it is I agree overall with the article
Yeah! The police in the UK don't even carry guns. So the bad apples can't shoot and kill anyone! That's why society has completely broken down and it's COMPLETE anarchy over there.The police have bad apples. Some police are corrupt. Some police are good apples and not corrupt. It's like within any occupation. They are not the enemies of the public. Without the police we'd have anarchy. We see it now in Missouri. What do you think would happen in your city if one day all the police disappeared?
Iraq vs Ferguson.I'm not in favor of "demilitarizing the police" whatever that means.
The part of his article stating that race does play a part in how the laws and how the police enforce the laws of the nation.
That will not go over well with a significant number of tea party types in my opinion of course
Iraq vs Ferguson.
-And now, as you said, he is pissing off the Tea Party by admitting to racial biases in the criminal justice system.
Rand Paul: We Must Demilitarize the Police
Senator Rand Paul on Ferguson: We Must Demilitarize the Police - TIME
I think this ends any chance of Rand Paul getting the Rep nomination for Pres
As it is I agree overall with the article
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