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I don't think it's blowing it out of proportion to have a zero-tolerance policy toward police murdering the people they're arresting. The George Floyd incident

I don't think it's blowing it out of proportion to have a zero-tolerance policy toward police murdering the people they're arresting. The George Floyd incident is representative of how the police typically behave when you're merely suspected of committing a crime. That officer literally kneeled on the man's face until he passed out and died. Outrage at that is not "out of proportion" it's totally understandable. One of these days the cops could sit on your neck or your child's neck until you pass out and die. Do you want to live in a society where that's tolerated, or can you agree that it's unacceptable for the police to murder people who are being arrested?

lazyjones 6y ago
> Do you want to live in a society where that's tolerated, or can you agree that it's unacceptable for the police to murder people who are being arrested? Why do you think anyone wants to live in such a society and why do you falsely imply it is tolerated in the USA? The responsible officers for the death of Floyd are already charged - and let's not disingenuously assume a known, violent repeat offender who is obviously on drugs is treated the same as me or you or one of our children.
mtgp1000 6y ago
> don't think it's blowing it out of proportion to have a zero-tolerance policy toward police murdering the people they're arresting Who is arguing this? Anywhere? Why are people being treated as though they're trying to excuse murder? That's dehumanizing. >One of these days the cops could sit on your neck or your child's neck until you pass out and die This may seem like a trivial dismissal, but one of us has a different approach to parenting, and I suspect it is shared by approximately 50% of the voting population. I would teach my children to cooperate with police under the circumstances in the Floyd video. I would also teach them not to do drugs in public. No, this is not victim blaming, and I do believe that the force in this case was excessive and unnecessary. But I also advocate for teaching people to function in a society where their actions affect others and can create dangerous situations unnecessarily.

lazyjones 6y ago

> Do you want to live in a society where that's tolerated, or can you agree that it's unacceptable for the police to murder people who are being arrested? Why do you think anyone wants to live in such a society and why do you falsely imply it is tolerated in the USA? The responsible officers for the death of Floyd are already charged - and let's not disingenuously assume a known, violent repeat offender who is obviously on drugs is treated the same as me or you or one of our children.

mtgp1000 6y ago

> don't think it's blowing it out of proportion to have a zero-tolerance policy toward police murdering the people they're arresting Who is arguing this? Anywhere? Why are people being treated as though they're trying to excuse murder? That's dehumanizing. >One of these days the cops could sit on your neck or your child's neck until you pass out and die This may seem like a trivial dismissal, but one of us has a different approach to parenting, and I suspect it is shared by approximately 50% of the voting population. I would teach my children to cooperate with police under the circumstances in the Floyd video. I would also teach them not to do drugs in public. No, this is not victim blaming, and I do believe that the force in this case was excessive and unnecessary. But I also advocate for teaching people to function in a society where their actions affect others and can create dangerous situations unnecessarily.