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Not that any police shootings are good things (or any shootings in general), but this sort of demagoguery benefits nobody but the politicians (like Trump) who want to gin up fear of \"them.\" Police Shootings Not at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129622,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/some-good-news-on-police-violence.html","url_meta":{"origin":131044,"position":1},"title":"Some good news on police violence","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Feb-16 11:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems like police chiefs, at least, are beginning to get the message that a \"shoot first, pay settlements later\" standard for police conduct is not what their citizenry really want.Nobody wants police officers hurt or killed. 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