Quote (Santara @ May 29 2020 06:24am)
50+/800 protecting a fired police officer at his house is a good sample size.
Says nothing about the blue code of silence that was on display during the murder (the standing cop, not holding the victim down, but instead making sure his accomplices were uninterrupted).
Fired cop had a dozen+ complaints for brutality over his career, and involved in several deaths. Authorities investigated and cleared him. Coming down from on high, that reeks of complicity.
That's a horrible example. After an Islamic terrorist attack on a church, thousands of police across the nation were utilized to protect Mosques for weeks.
The entire goal of having police protecting the former officer's house was to quite literally prevent a lynching.
Not defending his actions. Based on the evidence we can see, he absolutely appears to be guilty of willful murder. He certainly appears to deserve being locked away for a good many years. However, allowing a mob of angry people to storm his house and string him up? Nope.