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Look, it sounds like you want to give the benefit of the doubt to the cops, when there's a well-established trend of unarmed black men being targeted and brutal
by devindotcom 11y ago
Look, it sounds like you want to give the benefit of the doubt to the cops, when there's a well-established trend of unarmed black men being targeted and brutally suppressed by an overreaching and over-armed police authority. I think it is disingenuous to award the benefit of the doubt to the police in this situation.
Also, it is a long way from "please and thank you" to what we see in this video. Police have a large variety of means at their disposal, as well as the advantage of numbers and implicit authority. The way this man was subdued appears to be way, way over the top.
The only way we can really know for sure is if cops wear cameras. That's the best solution all around.
- Mz 11y agoIn America, we have this principle called innocent until proven guilty. In my own life, I have found that is a good rubric to apply. Applying anything else makes racism, classicism, sexism, etc. worse, not better. I have had people call me naïve and told me "It looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, only a fool would believe it is not duck." But that kind of position only deepens problems. Of course, you are free to be driven by your personal biases. But arguing that "it is a general trend, therefore waiting for actual evidence is foolish" doesn't fly with me. It never has. It never will. I will continue to wait for actual evidence and try to not jump to conclusions. I am aware it is a hard path to take. It is a path I take regularly and I see payoffs for trying my damnedest to stick to that path, in spite of how hard it legitimately is.