re: NFL Launching LGBTQ initiatives throughout October

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Making a police officer as accountable for his actions as the average person isn't a bad idea.

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I don’t disagree with a lot of the rest of your post, as I agree that police unions are a big problem, but I do disagree strongly with the above post.

We can not hold police accountable to the same standards as citizens in the same manor that we can’t hold the military accountable to the same standards. We have to understand that the police are usually dealing with people after a situation has been escalated out of control of a normal citizen. We also must realize that the police in the vast majority of these incidents aren’t just showing up randomly, but are requested to be there by a third party and have a duty to act. Simply put, they can’t just walk away like a normal citizen. I am 100% on board with higher standards for hiring and retention and more training in deescalation for police, but to say that they should be held to the standards of normal citizens is shortsighted

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Threads like this just prove that nobody gets triggered as much as straight white males

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Well we make up the majority of this site
So you just hear it more

You're right they should be held to higher standards, just as the military is. They used to be and should be liable for every bullet they shoot. Are they called for a reason? Yes. They use lethal force far more often than needed though

You are crazy if you think someone in the military using deadly force is held to a higher standard than a normal civilian in Baltimore. The military is given leeway because people understand that they are put in an extremely stressful position and have to make split second decisions. Obviously you don’t know much about the military

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NFL Launching LGBTQ initiatives throughout October

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TF?

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Time to make the NFL not tax exempt

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Yep.