Wow: Atlanta PD reinstates police officer charged with murder -- with back pay?

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  1. Starcastle

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    How about Brooks aiming a weapon(taser) at the police?

    Black people in America are sure happy you heroically are protecting them. What a great human you are.
     
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    So in one post you manage to bring race into something that has nothing to do with race AND you are pretending to care about the black population.

    Once....in a different thread.....THINK before you post.
     
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    We must not forget that people who are charged with crimes are considered innocent until proven guilty by a court. Punishing the officer prior to that court action goes against a basic tenet of the law. I don't know whether due process is the right reason or not but failing to consider the officer innocent before the trial is certainly a right reason. If cities want to treat a charged employee like a convicted one, they need to make it an agreement at the time of employment or negotiate it with the union. Such an agreement would probably be considered unconstitutional. Good call on the part of Atlanta.
     
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    There is no such thing as "race".
     
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    Don't quote me if you can't respond.
     
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    Golem Well-Known Member Donor

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    I stop quoting where the poster I'm responding to stops making sense, and instead starts feeding us right wingnut talking points which they can't substantiate.

    I'm talking about the black population. There is no "race" involved in my response.
     
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    Thanks to the unions, we don't fire people for being lousy at their jobs.
     
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    He never made the claim about reducing the black population. You just assumed he did and made the claim yourself.
    Speaks volumes about you
     
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    Then why are liberals always talking about racism?

    And why does Federal law prohibit discrimination based on "race"?
     
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    Strange, I live 30 miles south of Atlanta and never heard of this. But further reading, Garrett Rolfe was reinstated because Atlanta failed to follow the proper legal procedures. Rolfe was immediately put on admin leave. So all this means is Rolfe will receive back pay and be paid while on admin leave. The charges are still pending and Rolfe will still have his day in court, he still faces murder charges. That hasn't change.

    This is more a slap on the wrist to the city of Atlanta for not following the proper legal procedures prior to his dismissal. Interesting on how something can be national news, yet locally, if 30 miles south of Atlanta is considered locally, not to have heard a thing about it. This really is no big thing other than the board telling Atlanta to follow the proper legal procedures.
     
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    kinda stating the obvious ;-)
     
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    Of course there is. But it is a societal term not physiological one.
     
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    Yes! It tells you that if you make a statement you damn well better have a point, or I will interpret it in the way that most resembles reality.

    Somebody once told me that one of the most reliable ways to measure intelligence is by observing how good a person is at spotting sarcasm.

    Speaks volumes about you.
     
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    Because racism does exist. And a lot of it. Both systemic and individual.
     
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    I was responding to a post that claims race does not exist. So if racism exists as you say, does that not mean race exists?
     
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    It does not! Not any more than the fact that UFOlogist exist means that UFOs exist.
     
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    Can you tell me where systemic racism exists? Which systems require racism?
     
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    As evidenced by white liberals living in communities of white people instead of communities of color. It would be nice if liberals lived the values they espouse. Until they do, how are we to take them seriously? You can disagree with white conservatives but you have to concede that they live their values. I have never seen a white liberal live the values they espouse.... not a single one.
     
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    Better tell the US Census Bureau that race does not exist. They have a weasel worded definition of the word on their web site.

    And do you know where the term "weasel word" comes from? Weasel's suck the yolk out of an egg and leave the shell intact. A good metaphor for liberalism applied to anthropology.
     
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    We know. You interpret most post to support your leftist claims.
     
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    How can racism exist while race doesn’t? HEY YOU SAID IT:) And please cite EXACTLY what systems are racist so we can all debunk your BS.

    And try sticking to the relative present. We know racism existed back before the 60s before so many complaining we even born. Let’s stick to the now.
     
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    how many employers do not fire people charged with murder I wonder?

    can you imagine a teacher being allowed to teach kids while awaiting trial on a child rape case

    it's a tricky one, but most say that is a risk for the public that can not be allowed
     
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    Oh my God the sheer irony here you're the one playing the race card fabricating from whole cough the straw man about an allegations of racism the idiot grabbed the cops taser doesn't matter what color he is Jesus wept what the hell is so hard to understand about that? I suppose your sympathies lie with the deceased criminal whose own actions and choices led to his death
     
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    Uh huh. And who is going to do the job when they risk their families entire livelihood by following procedure?
     

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