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Skiggie posted...

Round of applause to the media and BLM.

Demonize the police and build up the narrative that they are the problem, this is what happens. Pointing fingers at the entire police force across America because one bad cop had his knee on a guy's neck.

Hey peaceful protesters, remember when you said you don't want to be demonized and viewed as violent, because some other people decided to riot and loot?

Telling police not to let the door hit them on the way out is not violence by any stretch of the imagination. The imagination doesn't have to stretch too far to see violence in abandoning the people you swore to protect due to an increase in accountability.

Further, even people saying abolish the police tomorrow aren't saying to replace it with nothing like these cops will be by being in dereliction of duty. They want to build up state capacity and address the root causes of crime by shifting resources away from violence and incarceration toward housing, education, healthcare, and other things that actually make people happy and safe. And they wanted to move away from having people with guns show up to handle social issues once they've gotten out of control and having actual experts show up to address issues of addiction, mental health, homelessness, school issues etc.

Instead, officers as an institution are going to put YOU in danger to prove a cheap political point. And you're applauding them for it and blaming the people who simply wanted accountability and something less than absolute impunity and fawning obedience.

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