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Aug 24 2020 02:15am
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/08/23/wisconsin-police-shooting-kenosha-cops-shoot-man-sunday-evening/3427347001/

Last night a black man in Kenosha was shot by police and twitter user posted a video of it that went viral. In a sign of these times, social media immediately went wild calling it an execution and media outlets like the above and the governor himself all stoked the flames, despite the fact you can zoom in the video and see a silver pistol in the guys left hand, and if you listen close you can hear cops shouting "drop the gun". But its only visible for a few frames, only distinct if you listen intently or filter out other sounds. The kind of inspection that goes past the superficial reactions that define the riots

And riots there are. Kenosha is under curfew, numerous vehicles and buildings ablaze, one truck exploded, reports of looting and violence against cops.
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Aug 24 2020 02:28am
Quote (Goomshill @ Aug 24 2020 01:15am)
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/08/23/wisconsin-police-shooting-kenosha-cops-shoot-man-sunday-evening/3427347001/

Last night a black man in Kenosha was shot by police and twitter user posted a video of it that went viral. In a sign of these times, social media immediately went wild calling it an execution and media outlets like the above and the governor himself all stoked the flames, despite the fact you can zoom in the video and see a silver pistol in the guys left hand, and if you listen close you can hear cops shouting "drop the gun". But its only visible for a few frames, only distinct if you listen intently or filter out other sounds. The kind of inspection that goes past the superficial reactions that define the riots

And riots there are. Kenosha is under curfew, numerous vehicles and buildings ablaze, one truck exploded, reports of looting and violence against cops.


Execute the cops and their families so that we can save the city. There's no way that their potential earnings outweigh the damage that will be done.
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Aug 24 2020 02:36am


I didn't quote you, in case you wanted to edit.
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Aug 24 2020 02:39am
Quote (Ghot @ Aug 24 2020 01:36am)
^thundercock

I didn't quote you, in case you wanted to edit.


I'm just advocating what's best for society. If we can beat the shit out of people over a few grand in damages, I think it makes a lot of sense to sacrifice a few bad apples to prevent hundreds of millions in damage, don't you?
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Aug 24 2020 02:43am
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I'm just advocating what's best for society. If we can beat the shit out of people over a few grand in damages, I think it makes a lot of sense to sacrifice a few bad apples to prevent hundreds of millions in damage, don't you?




What if the cops put enough of a fight that it would cause more operational budget losses to go after them? What if you leave Kenosha residents to their own devices and they burn their city down?
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Aug 24 2020 02:46am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bY-bFqj97k

What if the cops put enough of a fight that it would cause more operational budget losses to go after them? What if you leave Kenosha residents to their own devices and they burn their city down?


It's a small operation. Just do it while they are sleeping.
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Aug 24 2020 02:55am
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I'm just advocating what's best for society. If we can beat the shit out of people over a few grand in damages, I think it makes a lot of sense to sacrifice a few bad apples to prevent hundreds of millions in damage, don't you?




I dunno. Maybe we should wait and find out what happened.

It would be bad to "execute" innocent people... might start a riot.
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Aug 24 2020 04:28am
Well, cops have itchy fingers, and doesn't have proper training, and like every other person carries a gun, wich is even higher at criminals. :ph34r:
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Aug 24 2020 06:23am
I’m just so surprised that civilians haven’t started shooting at cops
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Aug 24 2020 07:34am
This is what happens when the police lose legitimacy. They lose the benefit of the doubt of the public.

We've seen the police go out of their way to attack reporters, attack old men, beat the shit out of veterans who obviously pose no harm, and we've seen a fascism-lite response from the federal government. The riots are superficia because the police have lost the trust of the public, and rightfully so since they've refused to hold their own to account.

I'll just remind you that the saying is "one bad apple spoils the bunch", not "one bad apple can be easily removed leaving a healthy collection of apples".

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