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Norm Stamper: Police Brutality Part II
I hope those who have commented on my piece on police brutality (or my previous posts , for that matter) will forgive me: Four entries into my new HuffPo blog, I'm just now figuring out how to join the conversation. "Learned helplessness" is a lousy excuse for rudeness, as is technophobia. I'm ...
Norm Stamper: Police Brutality: Deal With It
huffingtonpost.com — Disclosure: During my rookie days back in the sixties as a San Diego police officer I used... excessive force, more than once. I remember most of the incidents, though I'm sure I've conveniently forgotten some. I'm ashamed, wish to hell I hadn't done ... (more) Norm Stamper: Police Brutality: Deal With It
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Norm Stamper: Police Brutality Part II
The Hollywood LiberalNorm Stamper: Police Brutality Part II After coming to grips with my behavior as a rookie, I set out to reclaim the values I thought I’d brought to the job–and turned myself into a hydrophobic gasbag of a police reformer. ...

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