When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Quite the opposite - I'm not judging, only to say that some threats can only be resolved by the use of Lethal force, and that any discussion of the use of Force by the Police needs to keep that reality in mind.
Definitely - Hindsight is 20/20 - In this instance though, even the 'side' of the debate that on similar highly publicised 'incidents' have sided with the Police/Officers, have condemned this incident as objectively wrong.
And on that basis, there is something to protest, I don't buy the whole 'institutional Racism' crap, but I'll agree that this needs to be looked at to see what factors were at play and what could/should be changed to try and prevent it in the future.
And yeah - Rioting and Looting - Way to win over public support....
Edit:
Something interesting I saw (sourced from a Black Man, no less):
For every 10,000 Arrests of White Americans made, 4 are killed
For every 10,000 Arrests of Black Americans made, 3 are killed
Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress
somewhere it says war veterans are 1.4 times more likely to be shot than non vets, that simply says it's not race based it's behavioural based that gets people shot
In this latest instance the cop knelt on the handcuffed victims neck for nearly nine minutes. That's nine fucking minutes. Including for some minutes after the victim lost consciousness. It would be a wild stretch to claim he was any sort of threat.
The evidence suggests that the rioters and the protestors were not always the same people. Some of the property damage was done by white right wing nutters. Demonstrations and protests often attract people with their own agendas.
The Police were also filmed damaging property, including wrecking a police car, and apparently preparing a fire in an auto parts store. That is not as silly as it sounds, they've done it before. If there's property damage they blame the protestors and can ratchet up the charges.
About the only serious conclusion we can draw is that not all is as it appears.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Historically civilisations have come and gone, maybe this is ours in the process of declining and falling.
Everything tends to chaos apparently.
Moe: Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I...I can't compete with that stuff.- The Simpsons
This is just sheer paranoia.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...482_story.html
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
'Cos I know how you all love msm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n5_D59lSjc
Trump does not much like the Mayor of DC and he has said so on Twitter of course. It transpires though that she is something of a super troll. She has renamed the street pointing toward the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza" and has had the name painted on the road in yellow super graphics.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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