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Showing posts with label Police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Police. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Quote of the Day (James Baldwin, on White Police Amid ‘The Revolution Now Occurring in the World’)

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“The white policeman, standing on a Harlem street corner, finds himself at the very center of the revolution now occurring in the world....
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

TV Quote of the Day (‘Barney Miller,’ With a Rotten Way to Start the Day)

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Capt. Barney Miller [ played by Hal Linden ]: [ Just as he walks in the door, a gun is pointed at his face ] “I hate starting the day...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Quote of the Day (Comic Bridger Winegar, Responding to a Ticket)

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“Honestly, Officer, I wouldn't have pulled over had I known you were just going to criticize me.”—Comic Bridger Winegar, tweet of...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Photo of the Day: Police Memorial, Battery Park, NYC

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Several years ago, two friends were giving full vent to their annoyance at police. The worse of the two called them “pigs,” leading m...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Quote of the Day (Comic Bonnie McFarlane, on Her Encounter With a Cop)

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“I don’t think cops should wear mirrored sunglasses; the whole time the guy was chewing me out, all I could think was ‘I should cut my bang...
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