I don't give a flying fuck about the officers who got shot in Louisville. I'm totally against what

[Crunchy Frog]

happened to them, or the use of any violence, but only because I think it is counterproductive to the BLM cause and the struggle to preserve democracy in America.

The police in this country are earning the increased risk that they're putting themselves under, and I simply can't feel bad for them.

I expect that this will probably be deleted, and that is completely fair, but I feel like screaming tonight, and I needed to let it out.

I am completely opposed to violence against police. But I hate them.

[nocoincidences]

1. I understand.

It's uncomfortable to be here, but we have an enemy who demands that we act outside our principals, just to survive.

It's a conundrum that each of us has to decide, and it is not easy.

[soothsayer]

2. American taxpayers spend $107,575,000,000 more on police than on public housing. Defund the police.

Link to tweet

?s=21


Robert Reich
@RBReich
American taxpayers spend $107,575,000,000 more on police than on public housing.

Defund the police. Invest in communities.

[Crunchy Frog]

9. I prefer to use the words "reallocate funds".

I want our political leaders to use words that will help us, not hurt us, in elections.

But I agree that is way too much to spend on policing. I guess it's fitting for an emerging police state.

[soothsayer]

10. Yep, those are better words

[smirkymonkey]

32. +1000

[roamer65]

3. I have sympathy for firefighters, medical workers and paramedics, etc.

I have no sympathy for police.

[gopiscrap]

5. same here

[bdamomma]

7. me too

our frontline workers have been disrespected and they are dying from Covid, to those who call it a hoax are really delusional.

[roamer65]

16. THIS.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Breonna Taylor was an EMT. She saved lives. The police take innocent life.

[roamer65]

19. I did not know that.

That makes me madder.

[uponit7771]

29. I would like the "Good Cops" to speak up a lot louder and stop acting like they're at war with us

[Calculating]

4. The police in this particular situation weren't all that bad

The bad laws that sent them into the situation are at fault. No knock raids should NEVER be used for drugs. Terrorists/kidnappers/active shooters/etc? Sure. Drugs? No.

[AkFemDem]

6. Yep- the real culprits were never brought before the grand jury

The investigators who sought a no-knock warrant, the judge who signed it, the legislators who passed the law allowing it.

Imo most people haven’t actually read any real in depth details about this case and just sound off based on dramatic headlines and social media misinformation.

[ret5hd]

12. You mean the ones that all had their body cams...

turned off (or erased the footage).

You mean the ones that said they knocked and announced themselves as police... after going to the trouble to get a no-knock warrant?

Yeah, heck, why not have ‘em over for a beer. They’re probably good guys.

On edit:
FTP
ACAB

[uponit7771]

30. omfg, I thought I read they were all plain close and plain close didn't have to wear cams in that

... city.

WTF !?

We ... REALLY ... need to have a come to Jesus talk with democratic mayors about the cops in this country.

[Crunchy Frog]

14. I can't necessarily agree with that.

Everything that I've seen suggests that there's a culture of bad policing in Louisville, and that all the police there are complicit, at least to some degree.

[Withywindle]

20. The ones who let her lie in the hallways bleeding out for 20 minutes

while refusing to perform first aid or call for (ironically) EMTs?


The one who went to the press and whined about how "thugs" are allowed to "get in your face and yell at you" when you "make a mistake during one of the most stressful times in your career" and otherwise demonstrated he had NO REMORSE WHATSOEVER?

https://www.jacksonprogress-argus.com/news/world_nation/louisville-police-officer-defends-his-role-in-breonna-taylor-case-in-mass-email-to-department/article_1e233478-52f4-5074-8334-8a69bf62825c.html

Yeah, they're all that bad. Rotten to the core.

[lunatica]

8. This is why we called them Pigs, or The Man

back in the days when Easy Rider was made. I was in college, right in the thick of it. I remember where I was when we found out about Kent State.

[Crunchy Frog]

11. I was in nursery school back in that day.

[scipan]

13. I mean geez, what do you think would happen if you start

Breaking down the door to someone's apartment? And don't announce yourselves?

Stupid law, stupid police. No justice. I don't think they really care. People will only take so much before they start fighting back.

[Crunchy Frog]

17. Where's the NRA on this? I thought people need guns,

to defend their homes against invaders and to defend themselves against tyranny.

Oh yeah. That's just for white people.

[LovingA2andMI]

15. All of THIS...

n/t...

[I_UndergroundPanther]

21. I hate them too

And if they get hurt bullying people they deserve whatever harm comes to them. I do not care about narcissist,authoritarian,or sociopaths lives.

You turn off your empathy,fuck off and die,asshole.

[Withywindle]

22. Non-life-threatening injuries

And the suspect is apparently in custody and alive (which makes me think he's definitely white, and probably a right-wing militia guy if not a cop himself).

[Crunchy Frog]

23. Maybe a Boogaloo boy.

[Withywindle]

24. Yup, "friendly fire."

Ploy for sympathy? Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

[Crunchy Frog]

25. Actually, I think that killing cops is one of their stated aims.

You may be confusing them with the Proud boys.

[Withywindle]

27. It may be, yes

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Both groups want a race war, i believe. They will do what it takes to fan the flames.

[uponit7771]

31. +1

[MichMan]

33. Your premise would appear to be incorrect

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214127839

[Withywindle]

34. Yup, I was wrong this time

been known to happen.

[ecstatic]

26. What gets me is it's almost like a template that they pull out

everytime there's a major protest against police brutality / violence.

1. Initiate looting
2. A cop gets shot
3. Lump protesters, looters and cop shooters/killers together.
4. Crack down hard and silence any remaining protesters.

It starts to feel orchestrated at a certain point--like a way to hold on to power. And it works every time. This is bigger than any one police department. There's a wide scale, highly organized and coordinated effort to protect the blue wall of silence at all costs.

[Withywindle]

28. +1 It's by the book and formulaic

I get so pissed off when people who should know better continue to fall for it.