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Today I watched a police officer in kenosha wisconsin get knocked unconscious with a brick. The fellow police officers picked him up and dragged him away - whil
by lettergram 6y ago
Today I watched a police officer in kenosha wisconsin get knocked unconscious with a brick. The fellow police officers picked him up and dragged him away - while the crowd changed "Fuck the police" and recorded it.
In the same vein, I saw store owners starting to shoot at protestors.
I suspect, generally, all parties would rather have police keeping the peace. No one wants a gun battle in the streets as people try to protect their property from looters.
I'm not 100% sure what I'd do in this case, but these are not friendly protests. I'm finding the police remarkably restrained. Even in some of these videos we are seeing, people are taking police officers weapons and / or assaulting a police officer before they open fire.
If you're attacking someone who's armed (police officer or not) you should be prepared to suffer the consequences. (I'm not saying all cases are like this, just mentioning that there's a clear tilt to the coverage here).
- eanzenberg 6y agoOne side definitely wants a gun battle in the streets.
- anigbrowl 6y agoThis kinda elides the context of it being a response to what looked to many people like a blatant attempted murder. If you're attacking someone who's armed (police officer or not) you should be prepared to suffer the consequences. Conversely, if police departments abuse their authority, shouldn't they expect to be punished by the people they serve, and in a similarly peremptory manner?
- refurb 6y agoshouldn't they expect to be punished By having a brick thrown at their head? No, that not reasonable in the least.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoThis kinda elides the context of it being a response to what looked to many people like a blatant attempted murder. No rational person could think it looked like that, and this would still not be an acceptable response.
- anigbrowl 6y agoThanks for the true Scotsman perspective.