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[EastTennesseeDem]

95. Please. That manifesto is nothing more than a blank check

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to murder as many people as he wants to while drumming up as much understanding for it as humanly possible, and it is really evidently working. As it stands, he didn't shoot a cop or anyone else he condemned. He murdered two people who were guilty by association, and now he has given himself the right to kill even more people guilty because they are within 2 or 3 degrees of separation of those who did him wrong.

If he did go through all that shit, then I'm sorry. I really am. But he lost any...understanding...I guess would be the word (sympathy would never be the word), from me and many others the moment he murdered two people who had zilch to do with absolutely anything. The fact that he hinted in his manifesto that future victims could be the friends of LAPD cops' school children (yeah, they really deserve it) saps whatever understanding could be left.

I do not know what he could have done, if what he said is truthful. And while the LAPD's reputation certainly precedes them, the fact that he is manipulating a vocal minority of the public opinion's emotion is enough for me to question the validity of any of his claims. The guy appears to be exceedingly smart. That's what's scary, that's what makes him so dangerous, and that is why the LAPD now has two things on its plate. It's a damn shame that that intelligence, when combined with the prejudices he has experienced associated with the color of his skin, could not have found a more productive, tactful outlet to deal with what he went through. As I said, I don't know what that could have been, but the fact that he A.) welcomed the public to put in FOIA requests, and B.) welcomed the media to look for documentation from his former superiors to corroborate his claims of his legitimacy as a good police officer (basically, the openness of the possible information associated with his case) lets me know that there was huge potential for some good to come out of this. He could have made the LAPD know that they fucked with the wrong guy in another manner. Instead he decided to kill.

I'm glad he is offering his brain to science in that regard, but the guy is nothing more than a murderous prick.