There is a big biiiiig difference between someone being punished by the courts in accordance with the rule of law & mob "justice". The former is the way things should be done & the latter is always a tragedy regardless of whether the victim - and yes if you're lynched then you are by definition a victim - "deserved" it or not.
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I could see maybe 5 cops on a protective detail. The police there were easily ten times that number.
That is definitely one possible interpretation, yes.
Oh, that one's obvious.
Apparently. But so long as you tow the line, you are immune.
Hurt their image? Are you kidding me? There are two demographics this message is aimed at: minorities and white people. They clearly don't care what minorities think, and the majority of white people want them to protect their own, because they think that means the police will protect them, too. This isn't going to hurt their image.
Funny you should mention this, as there’s essentially this exact same debate going on right now over a little thing called "qualified immunity," which, as currently interpreted, essentially says that an officer can't be held liable for doing something illegal unless (s)he knew it was illegal at the time and/or there exists precedent that the action was illegal.
Since I was apparently too subtle: Yes, they are obviously doing this to send a message, presumably one saying that they are united in the defense of their comrade and that you shouldn't mess with them, etc.
A lot of white people already believe this, and they think it's beneficial to them because they also believe in trickle-down economics. They think if they laud cops enough, it will will make them safer.
Again, a lot of white people already believe this, because they think it will benefit them. See how often the "good" cops on TV shows have to break the rules in order to protect victims.
See above. Little kids at white middle schools will gleefully ask cops "Have you ever shot anyone?" because they think it's common for cops to shoot bad guys, and most of them will never outgrow that belief.
See above, and I'll add that white suburbanites also hush up sports stars "mistakes", and the "indiscretions" of clergy, and are all too eager to shrug off financial misconduct of every sort from businesses. "But surely they had a good reason to do it." "It wasn't typical", "There were extenuating circumstances", "They had to break the rules for the sake of justice".....
Yeah, there's a lot more, and by and large middle class white people have had all these issues put in gilded frames on the wall for decades. All buffed and shiny telling them "it's for the good of society*" and in tiny little print "*obedient productive white christian members of society".
Preachin' to da Chorus, here.
Rumors are the window breaker is a St. Paul cop.
I really don't see how trump sees this play out. I mean, I assume he's got a plan/agenda, but...what is it? Dos he really think he can bring down Twitter because he's the King High Royal Omnipotent? Does he really think stoking up anti-twitter sentiment even further is a winning move? Is he going to try to bring Gab or whatever to prominence? I don't really see what he has to gain by antagonizing his number one communication tool.
It's a distraction from corona
So is a cute cat video :-P
