One of the interesting things about America is we were formed after a bloody revolution. We celebrate such events like the Boston Tea Party (looting). We talk about having 2A rights to protect us from the government. Yet whenever things like this happen, it's overwhelmingly looked at with disgust by the general public. When exactly is it ok to go all "Founding Fathers"?
I'm not condoning their actions by any means, just find our bipolar nature interesting.
It's an interesting comparison. I recognize being a LEO isn't easy, but we've had a thousand cases to work with that should make us recognize they are unchecked and far too powerful.
I don't understand how this case was the tipping point for anyone. The Daniel Shaver murder in a hotel was probably the most alarming one ever for me. The police and county effectively covered up something similar to this in
Dallas.
Some of these abuses have already risen to SCOTUS-
These were looking at blatant abuses of qualified immunity.
✅1. Steal $225,000 in cash and gold coins from a homeowner while executing a search warrant (Jessop).
✅2. Try to kill a non-threatening family pet by cooking off shots across a yard full of proned-out kids, striking at a 10-year-old boy in the back of the leg (Corbitt).
✅3. Bodyslam an unarmed, unresisting 5’ tall woman wearing only a bathing suit, knocking her unconscious and breaking her shoulder--simply because she ignored a command to “Get back here!” (Kelsay)
✅4. Sic a police dog on a suspect who has been sitting in a position of surrender with his hands up for 5-10 seconds, nearly killing him (Baxter).
✅5. Interpret consent to search a woman’s residence for a fugitive as permission to perform a full-blown SWAT raid that virtually destroys her apartment and nearly kills her dog (West).
✅6. Conduct a warrantless search of a doctor’s files, seizing documents containing highly sensitive, confidential patient information with no judicial authorization or supervision (Zadeh).
✅7. Act like a stalker while trying to administer an alcohol breath test to a man on misdemeanor probation, including wrapping his security camera in police tape (Brennan).
https://t.co/udMBvWfruN?amp=1
Also, alarming to me is the militarization of the police. Just a few weeks ago, a SWAT Team in a MRAP showed up to bust a few
vigilantes supporting a bar during the lockdown.
So do I think the people are justified in protesting the police? Hell yes.
We're there. The police power in this country is absurd. I wish the media and those who are feeling passion here would jump every time we have one of these events.
The Boston Tea Party had "thugs" who rebelled against taxation and targetted ships that were owned by a trading company that was legally favored by the British government, giving them a distinct legal advantage over the colonies- "taxation without representation."
Want to rip down the Minneapolis Police building? OK. You're going to pay in taxes, but OK. Burning small businesses and low-income housing doesn't hurt the police. Looting Target makes you look like a thug and hurts your cause. This cause is going to be hijacked by criminals and radical mouthpieces like Sharpton.
I'm a big fan of the
Killdozer protest. Local government is corrupt as hell and this guy did it right.
I just think it somehow cheapens the Boston Tea Party when we compare it to the guys getting a new TV at Target.
Liberal Minneapolis must have a law prohibiting fake news lol
Can't wait to hear the police's justification
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis <a href="https://t.co/IY0H1Lc77E">https://t.co/IY0H1Lc77E</a> <a href="https://t.co/s9XmwVfabP">pic.twitter.com/s9XmwVfabP</a></p>— New Day (@NewDay) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/1266315061209030658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This was a great headline to start my day. We need more CNN fake-journos behind bars.
