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>I sometimes wonder if the Internet really will bring meaningful truth to discourse, rather than just shifting the echo chamber. Agree. Since the minute this h
by icantthinkofone 12y ago
>I sometimes wonder if the Internet really will bring meaningful truth to discourse, rather than just shifting the echo chamber.
Agree. Since the minute this happened, focus was moved away from what happened at the scene. When people talk of this, it's never about the dead boy (much) but all about police accountability and I'd bet, a week from now, no one remembers the dead boy's name.
I would even bet that half of everyone reading this isn't even aware of what happened on the street and no one here knows of the background around that.
- x1798DE 12y agoSorry to sound callous, but I think that's exactly what people should be focused on. Most people didn't know this kid, and remembering his name isn't going to bring him back to life. At least increasing police accountability has the potential to prevent future similar deaths.
- icantthinkofone 12y agoWhat's interesting is people are claiming there is little to no accountability yet, within the hour of the initial report, local news stations reported the whole thing had been transferred to outside agencies (county and FBI) for investigation. So there was immediate accountability to two outside agencies. This sounds to me like an incident of one officer going ballistic for his own personal reason. Obviously that area has other issues but, as I said, I'd bet no one here knows the background of the issue as to why the kid was stopped in the first place.