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“The Omaha Police Officers Association drew criticism this week after it posted a video of a black child in a diaper and titled it “The Thug Cycle.”
A post on the association’s blog explained that the “video is bad” and “will make you angry.”
The video shows an African-American toddler in a diaper and several adults can be heard uttering profanities from off camera.
The association asserted that it had “an obligation to share it to continue to educate the law abiding public about the terrible cycle of violence and thuggery that some young innocent children find themselves helplessly trapped in.”David Edwards / Raw Story:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/07/omaha-police-association-labels-video-of-diapered-black-toddler-the-thug-cycle/
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There is a big difference between using cuss words where your children can hear, and telling them to say them. These two are telling them to say cuss words, telling him to flip them off, and not just cuss words… but nigga, dick and pussy???? Really?!?!? I cuss like a sailor and do not apologize for it. That’s how I speak. My children have heard me say them many, many times. But my children know they are not allowed to use them (around adults anyways – I know all little kids use them when no one is around). They are not only teaching them the words, they are also condoning the use of them by the child. I’d also like to point out that even though I through out the f bomb daily and shit is a regular word around my home… my children have NEVER heard me us e the word nigga, dick or pussy. To me, these are worse than cuss words!!!!!!! They are truly vulgar… I’m assuming they have absolutely no concern over whether or not the child repeats these words at school.
I also feel that this was not the place for the police to post this and their statement was inappropriate. They could have shared it and expressed their disgust without making racial insinuations such as “the thug cycle”. This was definitely a racial jab and should not be accepted by someone who is meant to serve it’s citizens.
Both the video and the way that the police handled the situation disgust me!!!
they were not saying that About the little kid, they were talking about the parents of the kid treating the kid like a little thug. they were absolutely right. I am so liberal as to be bohemian but this citation is clearly correct. talking to a little child as though it is a mini-thug will more than likely raise it to be a thug, black white orange or otherwise.