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I'm not getting more liberal. But I'm definitely getting more anti-"conservative," as that term has been debased and degraded by the loathsome modern American Right.

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Bradley, this was spot on. 25 years in policing at a 1000-strong department and I’ve known many of these “special” squads. They are stacked with usually young, very aggressive cops who are given way too much freedom and too little accountability. We must have national standards and a complete overhaul of how we select and train in order to ensure the professional type of policing this country desperately needs.

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Should I indeed then take the most cynical interpretation of the FOP disavowal of these cops?

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I had an immediate, unprovable theory about that swift disavowal. My emotions were so complex about it.

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Excellent analysis. The corruption, intellectual and otherwise, is deep, and you are providing a much-needed corrective. But I do think you need an editor since you fairly frequently leave words that you thought you replaced. Also, is "Blue Wall of Science" the result of a dictation error? Hard to tell, but it may point to a lack of proofreading.

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I do need an editor! Unfortunately, I need to get a few hundred more subscribers before hiring one makes financial sense.

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Will work for peanuts over here, Radley. Just saying.

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What a great article. Why are so many right wing tropes lies on top of lies. Your investigative reporting is very valuable, I hope someone hears it!

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Thank you so much for this information. Thank you, thank you.

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Fantastic analysis, as usual. And "Blue Wall of Science" - lol.

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The Blue Wall of "Science" includes phrenology, Dave Grossman, and the Texas arson investigators that caused Cameron Todd Willingham to get executed...

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Feb 2, 2023·edited Feb 2, 2023

I allege that Dave Grossman is a pathetic little man who prostitutes himself for a dollar and is a brown stain on the law enforcement profession. Any department that sends "peace officers" to Grossman's training classes should have $$$ stripped from their budget for any expenses and the higher ups disciplined by their city council, county board of supervisors, school boards, and so forth. Grossman calls himself America's "Killologist"...he is a piece of work.

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