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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message <0001HW.1C3CB8050A23819B10CF373CF@news.giganews.com>   
     Savageduck  wrote:   
   > On Jan 5, 2016, Jolly Roger wrote   
   > (in article ):   
      
   >> On 2016-01-06, (PeteCresswell)wrote:   
   >> > Per Jolly Roger:   
   >> > > Indeed. They generally are not held to a higher standard, which is why   
   > more   
   >> > > citizens are recording them with greater scrutiny than ever before.   
   >> >   
   >> > The Rodney King thing was when? 1991? 1992?....   
   >> >   
   >> > Now it's been something like 20 years that police have been on notice   
   >> > that they just might be on Candid Camera.   
   >> >   
   >> > How dense does somebody have to be to not get that message and shoot   
   >> > some guy sixteen times in the back..... or blow away some kid that's 25'   
   >> > away, not a threat, and obviously intoxicated ?   
   >> >   
   >> > I wonder if IQ tests would help....   
   >>   
   >> They want dumb people for these positions. In fact they purposely shun   
   >> people with higher IQs.   
      
   > That might be true of New London PD, but it is certainly not true of all   
   > police departments, or law enforcement agencies.   
      
   It is certainly true that smart people are *not* hired for LEO   
   positions.   
      
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