The public comments were not simply "complaining". The comments were not, singularly, about the officer in question. The comments were about racism in Pacific Grove, about people feeling unsafe - because of the @PacificGrovePD.
Remember the time one of their officers beat
Remember the time one of their officers beat
https://twitter.com/pammarino/status/1334347750670958594
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the crap out of the Matre D' of Robata's Sushi in Carmel? Nightsticked him hard. I remember talking with the victim and he had a hard time talking about it years after the "incident", as the racists in Pacific Grove called it.
How about the time one of PG's finest was
the crap out of the Matre D' of Robata's Sushi in Carmel? Nightsticked him hard. I remember talking with the victim and he had a hard time talking about it years after the "incident", as the racists in Pacific Grove called it.
How about the time one of PG's finest was
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"whacking the snot out of goofy" in the parking lot of the Barnyard.
How about one of PG's finest writing so many traffic tickets that the copper was literally making infractions up and rolling the dice. (nothing happened. officer won)
I would have thought this would have
"whacking the snot out of goofy" in the parking lot of the Barnyard.
How about one of PG's finest writing so many traffic tickets that the copper was literally making infractions up and rolling the dice. (nothing happened. officer won)
I would have thought this would have
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alarmed the good people of Pacific Grove to the point of facing up to reality. PG is heavily tainted by racism, if you are Black or Brown, you look like a suspect (not just to the cops). If you are white you look like a suspect. If you are from Mayberry, u jelly, but ok.
alarmed the good people of Pacific Grove to the point of facing up to reality. PG is heavily tainted by racism, if you are Black or Brown, you look like a suspect (not just to the cops). If you are white you look like a suspect. If you are from Mayberry, u jelly, but ok.
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28 people woke up enough to go to bat with a bunch of deaf "leaders", for others, and make public comments.
Despite threats to their lives. Despite the dirty looks. Despite their neighbors calling them trouble makers.
Those folks were all inspiring. Screaming into the
28 people woke up enough to go to bat with a bunch of deaf "leaders", for others, and make public comments.
Despite threats to their lives. Despite the dirty looks. Despite their neighbors calling them trouble makers.
Those folks were all inspiring. Screaming into the
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abyss, but they screamed none the less. All very fine comments. They all refused to be boxed in by the preface "let's be respectful".
abyss, but they screamed none the less. All very fine comments. They all refused to be boxed in by the preface "let's be respectful".
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Every public meeting is now, suddenly, a threatening event, necessitating police protection - because our neighbor raised their voice? In #resistance?
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Because #BlackLivesMatter , and that is an issue worth raising our collective voices over.
If not, what is?
Every public meeting is now, suddenly, a threatening event, necessitating police protection - because our neighbor raised their voice? In #resistance?
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Because #BlackLivesMatter , and that is an issue worth raising our collective voices over.
If not, what is?
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