It's time we take seditionists out of the Sheriff's Departments.
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The buildings would be empty
Ah yes, so basically rage against the machine are all drinking 'I told you so' juices for the foreseeable future.
They and the Dead Kennedys are just constantly raising toasts to each other
Holy shit, he actually said that.
This, right here, is a prime example of a political headline that looks like it comes from The Onion.
Cop literally wants a convicted felon to run the country, I can't come up with a better satire for how little police care about rule of law... Or a better argument for the "Ban the Box" initiative
I'm definitely all for loosening restrictions on former felons.. Look bro, if we can have a convicted felon running for office, no reason why they can't vote or hold jobs if they've done their time right?
This sheriff would need to check the color of their hat before he agrees or not. And the color of their skin.
I couldn't own firearms or vote but this motherfucker could be president? Literally makes no sense and moreso if you read the reasoning as to why voting rights and firearm right can be restricted.
Does he care about people not caring about the rule of law?
Or is he just upset he cant run his little fiefdom like a tyrant like cops would have been able to 30 years ago before cameras and youtube?
Mr. Treehorn draws a lot of water in this town. You don't draw shit, Lebowski.
Who wants to bet we find something nasty on this dude in the next six months?
Why wait?
No, too easy. I'd only accept bets on how much of what material is found - like "31 Terabytes of furry porn" or "452 illegal WW1 weapons".
On the surface of only the quote. I agree.
If a felon was in the White House, I think we'd finally see some genuine prison reform, and if we're lucky, for profit prisons being outlawed.
Can you imagine a Danny Trejo type in the White House? Someone who deeply cares that prison is reformative and not punishment?
But not Donny Felon. He's just going to commit more crimes.
Crime, with a little it of treason.
So basically he's saying he has no faith or confidence in the criminal justice system? Wouldn't that kind of... I dunno... disqualify you from a job in the criminal justice system?
Look, I'm all for equal representation and equal opportunity for everyone. The US had a black president already, which is awesome, but I'm not thinking the next step here is to "recently convicted felon". Maybe try for a woman as president first?
Just saying.
There's a whole long LIST of things we can try long before settling on "first felon president."
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First Woman President
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First Openly Gay President
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First Asian/Pacific Islander President
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First Albino President
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First Teenage President
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First Werewolf President
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First Teenage Werewolf President
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First Robot President
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First Robot Teenage Werewolf President
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First Normal President
We could go on and on too.
Try and start easy with an openly atheist president and work from there
Translation: "I'm upset that my cult leader was found guilty so I'm going to stand here and throw a sarcastic little crybaby tantrum about it now"
One more for the "Evidence 'law and order Republicans' are just racist" drawer.
Not going to lie. His felon status has very little to do with why I won't vote for him
Not american but I'm honestly worried about the USA right now. This shit is crazy. Can you imagine if he wins again?!
"Bianco also challenged the idea of systemic racism or bias in law enforcement"
Yes, because no police department ever has had these kinda problems in the United States.
Something really strange about American police forces is their use of military rank insignia. Here we have an elected official overseeing a civilian law enforcement agency of ~4000 personnel wearing the rank insignia of a 4-Star general.
Oh yeah, I remember hearing about this as a local-ish. He's bum hurt about criminal justice reform in Cali (non violent offenders getting less or no jail time, that kinda thing). Makes this job "harder" he says.
It hasn't been smooth sailing, mind you-- but it's at least the government trying to do something about an overcrowded prison system.
Makes his job harder? GOOD. Policing communities should never be an easy job. And you signed up for it, numb nuts.
Trump isn't fit for a Waffle House, let alone the White House.
Nah, waffle house accommodates larger folk all the time, pretty sure he could fit in the seats.
Has it ever been more painfully obvious that a police scumbag is bought and paid for by corrupt campaign funding?
I've heard you have to think like a criminal to catch one, but i have not heard let a criminal run your goverment to stop crime. but it really makes sense if you don't think about it, making nothing illegal would mean no more crime.
Yes, Eugene Debs, please.
- who was basically jailed on political pretexts but still..
I support this affirmative action and will be voting for Snoop Dogg in the upcoming election
Glad he supports criminal rights reform, but I don't think he's picking the right criminals
this guy looks like he's the model for several cartoon characters
Convicted felon. Because lets be honest, they are all felons.
If this dude wasn't such a conservative nutjob, I would think he was doing a satire
Again. But convicted, this time.