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Do you expect the mayor and head of police of one city to take on the entire hierarchy themselves? That’s rather like expecting collective action by the public
by gorgonzola88 6y ago
Do you expect the mayor and head of police of one city to take on the entire hierarchy themselves?
That’s rather like expecting collective action by the public; ha!
40%-ish of jobs are at home. Keep your laptop closed today.
It’s not a moral failure on the part of Louisville leadership. Their roles are well defined by law and precedent.
Legislative capture is the problem, fueled entirely by public indifference.
- rualca 6y ago> Do you expect the mayor and head of police of one city to take on the entire hierarchy themselves? Since when do you need a lot of excuses to stop state officials from indiscriminately murdering anyone without absolutely no consequence?
- gorgonzola88 6y agoSince forever? Whiskey Rebellion, Kent State, etc. More recently, since 1967: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity
- tehwebguy 6y agoWhen district attorney or one Attorney General is all it takes to make the charge. So yes, I do expect the proper outcome.
- gorgonzola88 6y agoWhen the police have qualified immunity, public apathy, one of the only unions left with teeth, and an authoritarian complex from President on down, this is the “proper outcome”.