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Completely. At this point its obvious there was collusion with elements of law enforcement. The bigger issue is that the FBI and DOJ have known for a while that
by imbnwa 6y ago
Completely. At this point its obvious there was collusion with elements of law enforcement. The bigger issue is that the FBI and DOJ have known for a while that many local law enforcement departments has been ideologically compromised by Right Extremism and doing nothing about it[0]
[0]https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidd...
- mhh__ 6y agoI forget whether it was leaked or not but I read an FBI report on this exact issue and there was a truly alarming amount of [censored to avoid compromising an ongoing investigation]. If this doesn't get snipped pretty quickly this is seriously "end of a society" material.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoBlack folks have been saying this for decades and yet white people are alarmed only when it threatens them directly
- saiya-jin 6y agoWell you can't expect too many left-leaning folks to become cops. Wielding gun all the time, bringing law & order is more a far right nut fantasy then far left one. Of course it must be a mix in the force and most folks a perfectly fine, but I would expect the same situation in various types of army, private security etc.
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago> "...local law enforcement departments has been ideologically compromised by Right Extremism ..." The part of the political spectrum that's associated with the "defund the police" movement is unpopular with law enforcement officers? How surprising. (For the record, I am a liberal.)
- imbnwa 6y agoUnclear to me why this type response is repeated twice here, I think the point was more the DOJ and FBI have been sitting on their hands while things escalate to this recent level