- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Police Quotes
Different views on a subject everyone has an opinion about.
This collection covers police from several angles: budget and staffing debates in major cities, a lighthearted childhood memory involving a runaway student, and a firsthand account of an outnumbered force facing a hostile crowd. Related reading: Law.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just went to your typical public schools, and my dad would take us to the movies every week, or he'd buy scalped tickets to San Antonio Spurs games. I remember I was four or five years old and my parents, who were very young, took us to see The Police in Austin, and Iggy Pop opened.
- World
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm Not Afraid of the Police' is the first song I wrote and recorded since moving back to Los Angeles. It's a loud-pop, crazy-guitar, big-harmony song with all the police sirens created by guitars and ADA flangers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Inigo Montoya were around now, he wouldn't need to storm the castle to bring his father's murderer to justice; the police would do it for him, and fewer people would have to die.
- Detect
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it.
- Extraordinary
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS have provided extraordinary co-operation, as I mentioned earlier.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are very grateful for what the Ontario provincial government is doing, and for cooperation from provincial and local police forces all across Canada.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.
- Walk
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generations of black women have anxiously watched as our children walk out into a world set against them. We teach them how to respond to police and how to react to racist comments, knowing that these lessons are not guaranteed to protect our children.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through Black Lives Matter and social media, we've been able to have a really challenging discussion with America about police and how much it is investing in policing.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most well-known serial killers have victims numbering in the dozens, have sent taunting letters to the police or have done bizarre things to the bodies.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020