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This is almost exactly the same argument that police defenders make when the police shoot an unarmed minority individual in any random city.
by throwaway201103 6y ago
This is almost exactly the same argument that police defenders make when the police shoot an unarmed minority individual in any random city.
- bunana 6y agoI'd agree that police defenders often use the rhetoric of "approaching a cop with his gun drawn" or "being somewhere you shouldn't," but surely we can make a distinction between those killed in public areas versus this woman who was trespassing in a very important federal facility, specifically to impede a very important government procedure.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> trespassing in a very important federal facility She was part of an armed mob trying in the process of breaking into the speakers lobby that posed an imminent threat to members of Congress, whom members of the mob had moments before loudly expressed concern were trying to leave. “Trespassing” wasn't at all the issue.
- deathgrips 6y agoNo it's not. Thank you, 2 month old anonymous account, for confusing the issue.