• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    The three people cops killed today, the at least double that of dogs, and had Hill nor been an nfl player on game day he would probably still be in jail.

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      2 months ago

      So In this specific instance, the specific instance we are talking about, the instance that is the topic of this discussion, no one.

      The obvious follow up question is, if he were rolling up the tinted windows so he could retrieve a weapon without the cop seeing, or if he had taken off at high speed in his little sports car and run a high speed chase before crashing, could multiple people have died?

      I’ll just give you the obvious answer, “yes”.

      The reason your answer is naive isn’t because cops don’t do terrible things, they do, and they should absolutely be held accountable. It is because cops are also often on unpredictable situations and if you can’t look at something like this and see where pulling him out of the car could be justified, you can’t argue in good faith where the line is between this and a true abuse of power.

      And if you can’t do that, the people in power will never take your argument seriously, and your will continue to be largely ignored.