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[–] guinness2 ago
Niggers should remain silent until they fix their fucked-up crime culture.
We should also cease all Negroid immigration until niggers can sort this shit out.
[–] Jimmycog ago
Police officers also.
[–] Terrorist [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Police need better training IMO. With such a stripped down budget they can't exactly afford top notch training. The result is poorly trained officers going into high risk situations. It's easy to see why there would be misunderstandings, fatal or otherwise.
A better salary would also be good. It would prevent corruption when they don't need to live on foodstamps.
[–] Jimmycog ago (edited ago)
If they get food stamps then they need to be drug tested. If they are in a car wreck drug test. In industry there are drug test for these and more. A person poorly trained carrying several deadly weapons needs to be certified drug free. That includes steroids.
The amount of theft ( civil forfeiture ) the police do could easily make up the supposed budget short fall. The police have one of the safest jobs in the United States. All I hear is the quick or dead. The police officers are not drafted, they can go to tech school and make better money then they should.
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[–] Jimmycog 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That is a very good question. How about testing politicians?
[–] derram ago
https://archive.is/j08v1 | :
'Gwen Moore (D-WI) has had enough of the growing movement to drug test poor people who need government assistance. '
'Her “Top 1% Accountability Act” would require anyone claiming itemized tax deductions of over $150,000 in a given year to submit a clean drug test. '
'I’m truly grateful for the social safety net.”Ten states require applicants to their cash welfare programs to undergo a drug test. '
'In fact, evidence from test results among states that test welfare recipients indicates that they are no more likely to use drugs than the general population — in fact, they may be less likely. '
'States are currently barred from implementing drug testing for the food stamps program, but Wisconsin Gov. '
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[–] obvious-throwaway- ago
I didn't read the article because the only articles people link to here are designed to make you angry, but my opinion is drug tests for all or drug tests for none.
[–] Terrorist [S] 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
It's way too expensive anyways.