Yes... way, way too many racist cops in the US. The police need to do a better job of identifying and purging the racist cops from their ranks. This small percentage of bad cops has completely hijacked their profession. The officer with his knee on the man's neck for 8 minutes already had 18 complaints on his police employment record. 18!!!!!!! And he still was allowed to be a police officer. How was he not fired after say... 3 complaints. 18 is absolutely ridiculous and obscene. The police need to get real and do a much better job of eliminating the threat from within. It would certainly be a good first step in the right direction.
As an American, I can honestly say that the vast majority of US citizens that live outside of Florida have absolutely no issues or problems with Cuba. We want normalized relations with Cuba and it is blatantly obvious the 50+ year trade embargo hasn't worked. What we witnessed under the Obama administration is what the vast majority of US citizens want and were very excited about -- only to be hijacked by the new administration. Unfortunately, the influences from south Florida are too strong and persuasive and most Republicans will cowardly give-in to their demands to continue to punish Cuba. As a registered Republican myself, it is absolutely embarrassing, childish-like behavior, and very closed-minded. Fingers crossed we get a new administration in November and our country can start again to normalized relations with our neighbor to the south.
ScubaSteve says...
Yes... way, way too many racist cops in the US. The police need to do a better job of identifying and purging the racist cops from their ranks. This small percentage of bad cops has completely hijacked their profession. The officer with his knee on the man's neck for 8 minutes already had 18 complaints on his police employment record. 18!!!!!!! And he still was allowed to be a police officer. How was he not fired after say... 3 complaints. 18 is absolutely ridiculous and obscene. The police need to get real and do a much better job of eliminating the threat from within. It would certainly be a good first step in the right direction.
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ScubaSteve says...
As an American, I can honestly say that the vast majority of US citizens that live outside of Florida have absolutely no issues or problems with Cuba. We want normalized relations with Cuba and it is blatantly obvious the 50+ year trade embargo hasn't worked. What we witnessed under the Obama administration is what the vast majority of US citizens want and were very excited about -- only to be hijacked by the new administration. Unfortunately, the influences from south Florida are too strong and persuasive and most Republicans will cowardly give-in to their demands to continue to punish Cuba. As a registered Republican myself, it is absolutely embarrassing, childish-like behavior, and very closed-minded. Fingers crossed we get a new administration in November and our country can start again to normalized relations with our neighbor to the south.
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