Aug 30, 2020

do you think if we removed race as an element it would be any less troubling that when three officers are on a scene trying to control one suspect they still fire seven shots into someone’s back near children? i understand what you’re saying to an extent but where you’re advocating a step back from the culture-war elements of this, i think you’re actually reenforcing them. let’s say this wasn’t racist per se—it’d be no less troubling that this is how the police react to these situations.

 

Aug 28, 2020

Although I agree with the underlying matter of what you are saying, unfortunately this is where you start to lose me. Much of what you begin to say here feels very contradictory to each other. First, you acknowledge that police pledge knowing they will be facing dangerous situations. So with this, you acknowledge that a dangerous situation could result in possible death for both parties similar to your comparison of war, no? Why in every situation do you believe it needs to be the police that face the burden of death? Although they sign on for it they have families just like everyone else and I wouldn't expect them to act any differently than me as a citizen if a crazed person appeared to threaten the life of mine or others around me. You feel they can't act based on instinct and, as you agreed, 6-8 months more training than you and I would have as they are trained police officers, right? How are you or I to judge that they didn't make a quick, rational or decisive decision? Sure we can Monday morning quarterback it but although thats the world we live in its unfair to say we would have handled it differently in that moment based on everything they encountered during that situation. You say it's irrelevant for you to say how you would handle it but if that's the case is your opinion not irrelevant with the lack of police training as well?

You also want to throw social workers or others into a potentially dangerous situation who would have even less training to make those decisions and put them in harms way when a criminal starts firing on police and or charging them with a knife. Again, not everyone can be de-escalated and some people are just plain bad. This is not the answer. Especially since its extremely unrealistic to volunteer this group of people to put themselves in danger (like police do) when it is not what they signed up for.

Do we need police? yes. But what needs to happen is hold those as you put it (and I would agree): anxious, nervous, trigger-happy or those that abuse their power accountable for their actions. We need to show that the community, departments and legal system do not back those people. They are shielded at all costs and honestly its our taxpayer dollars funding it. So that is another change I would/do back. They are given legal council that quite frankly citizens dont have because they put on the badge. And those officers that operate outside of department or legal policy should forfeit that privilege. I agree there has been a lack of attention and Kapernick should have been listened to. But now with cities on fire, and people listening, no one is stepping up or saying anything. I see no end in sight or no real goal or at least a universal goal.

 

Aug 27, 2020

That kid for real drove 20+ miles from where he lived over state lines with an AR-15 to “defend” property that nor he or his family owned. Killed two protesters in the process. 17 year old smh...

 

Aug 25, 2020

Jacob Blake has miraculously survived. Is paralyzed though & doctors do not know if it will be permanent. But I know...poor furniture store though.

 

Aug 2, 2020

I think at this point, my true calling is to go around city to city, wherever Trump has his little Gestapo, and brutally murdering them.

 

Jul 17, 2020

right lol appreciate your efforts. not sure what his goal is either. sooo so weird to think about him drafting and readying his posts about me while everyone else here is having a good time. and oh ya hes sooooo diseased its rich him trying to shame anybody

 

Jul 17, 2020

hed created an account to resemble urs. same avatar etc... it was v normal and cool dont worry

 

Jul 15, 2020

the venn diagram of people who think the new york times/etc is the product of people sitting in their basement and making things up and the people who credulously believe stories like these is a circle

 

Jun 24, 2020

f---ing spacemonkey is giving me a bad name and posts 10 times more than me, what can I do!

 

Jun 22, 2020

there’s nothing braindead white guys love more than easily disprovable race science that flatters them

 

Jun 21, 2020

Lets see

we are putting decades and decades of non mask wearing immune system to weeks of wearing masks

OH MY GOD THOSE FEW WEEKS WILL RUIN OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

this guy realstan is the type to eat a fish and think its a viagra

 

Jun 21, 2020

lmao okay i didn't expect Trump's rally to flop like that, so probably nothing too crazy happened since there were hardly any protesters or supporters outside..Trump expected thousands out there lol..

apparently a bunch of k-pop fans got thousands of tickets they didnt plan on using...and this was supposed to be Trump's big kick off to his campaign with like 100,000 people there..

K-pop: 1
Trump: 0

 

Jun 17, 2020

i think his point is that you were posting about wanting protesters killed m8

 

Jun 17, 2020

not sure why everyone is pretending that their d----s are too big to wear a mask

Are they threatening your masculinity or something?

 

Jun 14, 2020

Such a dumb idea to leave Frasier city