Well here's all I have to say to you rand Paul-
Posted on 08/14/2014 7:11:06 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- In an op-ed for Time magazine, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul spoke to concerns about the role big government is playing in over-policing protestors in Ferguson, Mo., in the aftermath of Michael Brown's death at the hands of local police.
Paul, who has recently emerged as a vocal critic of the role race plays in the criminal justice system, continued to speak to his concerns about "big government" through the lens of police, writing,
"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."
Paul recalls his youth, and said if he could not predict his response if ordered by police to stop protesting, but would never anticipate violence as a reaction.
"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," writes Paul. "But, I wouldn't have expected to be shot."
Paul then spoke directly to the concerns of America's minority communities, observing that "Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them."
"Anyone who thinks that race does not still, even if inadvertently, skew the application of criminal justice in this country is just not paying close enough attention. Our prisons are full of black and brown men and women who are serving inappropriately long and harsh sentences for non-violent mistakes in their youth."
He’s channeling Obama - actually not even Obama in his statement jump to all the conclusions this dumbass did.
It is a system built to feed lawyers, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, cops, prison guards, social workers, probation officers and more. It has nothing to do with justice, safety or security.
you didn’t see the video, did you.
It’s on the internet. It must be true.
I didn’t say it was official fact. I was responding to someone who already had decided that the cop used “Rambo” tactics on a poor innocent unarmed kid, with less evidence than I provided, for his assertion.
Well here's all I have to say to you rand Paul-
Yeah, it's kind of like democracy. It's the worst system, besides all others.
Yeah, let’s get rid of the police and let Rand, Al and Jesse protect us. See how that works out.
Good post. I hooe you repost that in every thread about Rand Paul. Everyone should know what a phoney piece of McCainesque garbage this guy is.
Rand and Ron Paul are demagogues. McCain just has his head up his ass.
Whoa. Rand Paul is ALL IN on this “New Racial Tone” strategy. Won’t he be surprised when he discovers he nets no more than 1-2% of the Black (and Hispanic, with amnesty) vote from all his efforts.
Were it only so. Sen. Paul is setting himself up to be the kind of Republican people that Republican people have been waiting for.
Wrong. He’s reaching out to a group of disaffected Democrats and inviting them to cross over to our side. You should be glad for that.
The over-policing occurred before then and you know it. If you don’t, then start learning.
He was unarmed when he was gunned down. He had his hands up when he was gunned down.
This is what a witness who is a friend of ‘the kid’ says.
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No, these comments come from a motorist who saw the confrontation and the subsequent shooting.
It wasn't just a friend that witnessed the kid trying to take away the gun. It was an un-involved motorist who also witnessed that happening, so what. Just because someone tries and fails to steal your gun is not reason enough to later execute them when they try to surrender. He got killed for being an angry black kid.
So all the crimes that these thugs commit are all the fault of others, right?
I didn't suggest that.
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