[Spridgets] Po Po - Aliens in the attic - no LBC

[Heard Saxon]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:55 AM, CosmicMag1380 <cosmicmag1380 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:10 PM, <WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > In the film 'Aliens in the attic' when the police turn up at the house
> > where the aliens are the uncle describes the police as Po Po.  Is this
> is a
> > universal way of describing the police in the USA or something that was
> made
> > up  for the film?
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------
> As a retired PO PO, I understand that the term was coined in the 90s and
> was mostly used by African-Americans as a slang (and slur) word for the
> police, possibly as a payback for the N word. It came along around the same
> time that someone tried to legitimize "ebonics" as a true dialect. I have
> seen black people wearing T shirts that say, "I ain't afraid of no PO PO".
>
> Apparently they might be afraid of an English teacher though!
>
> Kent
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The town where my wife works is Port Orange.  Over there, they call them
POPOs for Port Orange Police Officers.  Other than that, I've not heard it.

Heard