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68. Thank you, Spitfire!

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Sun Aug 23, 2015, 12:55 AM

Aug 2015

http://www.joincampaignzero.org/solutions/#solutionsoverview

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#BlackLivesMatter: Activists come up with a plan to end police killings. Here it is. [View all] Starry Messenger Aug 2015 OP

This will probably end in some interesting self-selection of police. They've libdem4life Aug 2015 #1

Exactly. They don't understand the meaning of "public SERVANT." senz Aug 2015 #10

Some of this escalated with the military guys coming back and being libdem4life Aug 2015 #15

What libdem4life said ! BlueJazz Aug 2015 #35

Thank you. I don't think American lives are worth more than others, libdem4life Aug 2015 #100

Military vets with massive PTSD coming back home to serve in the police ... nikto Aug 2015 #54

Ferguson was the first televised operation. There have been others. libdem4life Aug 2015 #97

It would have to depend on how many shootings were from yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #108

Are there even any stats available on that? nikto Aug 2015 #120

True. All that military equipment tells them they're at war senz Aug 2015 #81

I mean with all those war toys, what could possible go wrong? libdem4life Aug 2015 #98

I've thought this exact thing in my own mind - needs to be said out loud more. northoftheborder Aug 2015 #96

Many think it's the beginning of the police occupation of the US. libdem4life Aug 2015 #99

I don't find myself in that line of thought. northoftheborder Aug 2015 #119

Perhaps you did not see Ferguson and the hundreds of stories of police killing unarmed citizens. libdem4life Aug 2015 #121

Here's the ten-point plan lovemydog Aug 2015 #2

Looks great. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #3

Excellent. Made the pledge. lovemydog Aug 2015 #4

Same to you! Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #5

Pledged. Thanks for the link. nt Live and Learn Aug 2015 #13

I made the pledge but was trying to find out if one of the provisions was for . . . brush Aug 2015 #58

I don't know, sorry. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #59

I think I'll try to contact this group of organizers and make this suggestion if . . . brush Aug 2015 #64

please do NJCher Aug 2015 #71

Will do. nt brush Aug 2015 #79

I had the same idea only with mandatory liability insurance on each officer like nurses have. classykaren Aug 2015 #90

Good point brush Aug 2015 #93

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Aug 2015 #107

Pledged and sent to 50 friends ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #122

That's fantastic! Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #123

Thanks. The LATimes didn't list the points. senz Aug 2015 #9

And they need training for how to handle the mentally ill too passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #74

They do. There are techniques, dos and don'ts, not all of which are intuitive. senz Aug 2015 #82

Bernie has already mentioned most of those. All of this and more needs to be done! nt Live and Learn Aug 2015 #16

Good. Martin O'Malley has already mentioned them too, lovemydog Aug 2015 #20

I already did the pledgeg. This is an issue close to my heart and I have been fighting Live and Learn Aug 2015 #87

Good list, although it's not in order of importance. Gormy Cuss Aug 2015 #22

Thanks for the link to campain zero, sheshe2 Aug 2015 #23

You're welcome sheshe2. lovemydog Aug 2015 #25

Yuuuum! Serious spaghetti indeed! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #28

That's awesome. Thanks for pulling that bit out! Number23 Aug 2015 #29

You're welcome mi amiga. lovemydog Aug 2015 #52

Mahalo lovemydog for the link to joincampaignzero~ SOLUTIONS! It's a brilliant plan and Cha Aug 2015 #43

Absolutely Cha. lovemydog Aug 2015 #53

Lol I like this one a lot. ncjustice80 Aug 2015 #70

YES! passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #75

In poster form. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2015 #50

Thank you DinahMoeHum! lovemydog Aug 2015 #55

Very good... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #60

Really good point MMM. lovemydog Aug 2015 #62

I'll make a suggestion... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #65

Great suggestion. lovemydog Aug 2015 #66

I would like that they quit shooting pets also. glinda Aug 2015 #63

I'm with you here passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #77

Some great ideas. ncjustice80 Aug 2015 #69

Maybe it should include "end for-profit prisons" passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #73

they should add drug testing for all us of force incidents. mopinko Aug 2015 #104

I'd like to add #11... cui bono Aug 2015 #117

It's a great plan and will help a lot Warpy Aug 2015 #6

Yes. +1 nt Live and Learn Aug 2015 #14

Good ideas. Chemisse Aug 2015 #32

I am a middle aged white feminist liberal cat lover...and I say "Damn Good Ideas! Let's do it!" Left coast liberal Aug 2015 #7

K&R -- glad to see this. senz Aug 2015 #8

How can that policy be written to work in a community with largely black population? Hoppy Aug 2015 #19

Community policing. kwassa Aug 2015 #44

Absolutely right, kwassa. The only way policing should work in any community. senz Aug 2015 #86

What kwassa said. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #67

You're right senz, they include training: lovemydog Aug 2015 #57

Thanks, lovemydog. This is all good. senz Aug 2015 #83

Same here senz. lovemydog Aug 2015 #84

It seems like an excellent plan, and mostly achievable. fbc Aug 2015 #11

Hire some Quakers. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #12

The Wobs are right. Scruffy1 Aug 2015 #18

After about 45 years of thought on the sunject. Scruffy1 Aug 2015 #17

Sandra Bland had a job. It didn't help her. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything Aug 2015 #115

They are addressing one specific problem gollygee Aug 2015 #24

They're addressing one problem. It is up to others to address other problems, jeff47 Aug 2015 #42

Sheeesh, we've never heard that before Chitown Kev Aug 2015 #61

Let Fed Gov come up with an Economic solution JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #88

Campaign Zero's sheshe2 Aug 2015 #26

I hope we see action too. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #31

They did good, Starry Messenger. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #38

Get their fat asses outa them cruisers & force them to mingle with those they're suppose to protect tularetom Aug 2015 #27

The is the best and most productive agenda I've seen for policing. catnhatnh Aug 2015 #30

They offered this on Friday. murielm99 Aug 2015 #33

I am posting about the pledge action on FB and Twitter. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #34

Great that you're sharing it Starry Messenger! lovemydog Aug 2015 #56

Works for me! tblue Aug 2015 #36

Good article by a former NYC cop, Frank Serpico. canoeist52 Aug 2015 #37

Mahalo Starry Messenger! "Campaign Zero" a plan to end Police Killings.. from your link.. Cha Aug 2015 #39

Thanks for highlighting this, Cha. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #40

I know, they are simply Amazing! We are going to get this done, Starry. Cha Aug 2015 #45

No doubt, the Republicans' were empty. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #41

Again we have an election, she.. that is LOVE VS pure Evil Cha Aug 2015 #46

We are going to win this. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #48

Here's a handy graphic.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #47

Thank you, Spitfire! Cha Aug 2015 #68

I remember YEARS ago when I first looked up the Black Panther's 10 Point Program.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #72

End the war on (some) drugs. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #49

Sounds pretty good HassleCat Aug 2015 #51

This is such an awesome story. Kicking again!!! Number23 Aug 2015 #76

Yep. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #78

Oh good Lord no, it's not the end. As more than one person has noticed here Number23 Aug 2015 #85

Agree. lovemydog Aug 2015 #113

Yes, this process didn't just happen overnight with a few friends over beer. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #114

Kick! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #80

BLM putting meat on the bones of this movement. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #89

Add steroids testing and, as others have suggested, insurance requirements or ... Scuba Aug 2015 #91

Mostly agree thebighobgoblin Aug 2015 #92

I think the community policing model gets at what you mention. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #103

I don't know the proper semantics thebighobgoblin Aug 2015 #105

s&F azureblue Aug 2015 #106

Sorry, most make sense, but Number 1 as written is ridiculous MichMan Aug 2015 #109

I guess I didn't picture the violent arrests for this sort of activity as happening in front of Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #112

Fantastic! blackspade Aug 2015 #94

Every candidate should support this - TBF Aug 2015 #95

There's only one thing wrong with the 10 tenets: Jester Messiah Aug 2015 #101

What do you know. Android3.14 Aug 2015 #102

Good stuff Babel_17 Aug 2015 #110

This is great! ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #111

Excellent! silverweb Aug 2015 #116

This is great. hughee99 Aug 2015 #118