DelayedGratification
Senior Don Juan
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Read a good piece on the notion that when police brutality is being protested, police take it personally and essentially act as a counter-protest rather than being a force to protect life and property and attempt to de-escalate the situation. Rather they do more than their share to escalate. Plenty of video footage to support that. Also, thankfully, plenty of footage covering officers showing solidarity with protestors (the peaceful ones anyway).I do think we should have some sort of reform in the judicial system to hold officers accountable for police brutality. I think the president should have suggested something of this sort in his speech today. I do agree with him taking a hard line against the rioters, looters, vandals, etc. Peaceful protest is good, rioting should not be tolerated. I was switching around the news channels, and MSNBC and CNN were upset that the president wanted to stop the riots lol. Probably great for the news cycle. I feel for George Floyd and his family, and also for the people who owned businesses that were destroyed, burned, or looted, not to mention the people who were assaulted. This is a damn sad time to be American.
But I'm of the mind that the bar for Posse Comitatus is pretty freakin' high, and we aren't there yet, We will collectively regret that line being crossed.