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The classic passive voice used by media in pursuit of "objectivity".
The Atlanta shooting is kinda weird. Atlanta police say Atlanta police were shot at so the Atlanta police say the Atlanta police did nothing wrong. I have not seen another source that independently clears the Atlanta police. >

Asking the obvious question: why doesn't GSP wear/use bodycams? >

So they can shoot protestors >

I get that they don't want to film themselves doing all the bad shit they do. What I don't understand is why essentially every other agency is required to wear/use cams but GSP gets a pass. >

The explanation I've heard is that they always work in front of their car cameras.
Until they don't I guess. >

"We already get recorded sometimes so there's nothing more we can do!"
How the hell does cop logic work on the general public? >


How the hell does cop logic work on the general public?

“they want to kill me and i support them! don’t tread on me 🇺🇸” >

Ah yes, until they want to break into the capital to commit treason and one of them disobeys clear orders and dies. Then suddenly the tune changes. >

Back the Blue unless it's a Coup. >

You could have asked this question in 1990, 1970, 1960, 1920, 1880 and 1848, and the answers would all be the same. >

"why do slave patrols keep shooting abolitionists?" >

“Why do police keep killing striking union workers?” >

Oh yeah, it’s a total mystery… >

Another mystery, why did the Capitol Police not open fire on jan 6? >

They did >

I don’t give this comment 24 hours before you’re banned entirely from Reddit.
That said per the law those in defense of the capitol absolutely had justification for deadly force.  Unfortunately you’re talking about holding white nationalists accountable, and the /politics mods are going to “be centrists” and only let right wingers suggest leftists should be hurt.  They make us be nice to people who Reddit allows to threaten us.  Obligatory fuck Reddit for not quarantining Republican and conservative subs.
This country doesn’t hold white nationalists accountable though.  America was tacitly siding with Germany in WW2 until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.  We had sedition trials in 1944 because a bunch of our elected senators were goddamned Nazis.
Nothings changed, it got worse.  Nazis have a political party in the US, they’re in control of the Republican Party. >

What’s concerning me the most is that there’s been a blatant rise in “both sides” astroturfers too. They’re more insidious than the blatant far-right on here, since all they have to say is “I’m Not A rEpUbLiCaN” for those who aren’t paying attention to take what they say seriously, in order to sow discord/apathy in our country in terms of making any meaningful change >

When a conservative tells me they want small government, at this point I just assume they mean they want one person to be “the government.”  Conservatives want everyone they hate to be ruled. >

That’s about right unfortunately >

They want a theocratic dictatorship because that’s the only way they’ll hold enough of the reins to keep this country “in line” with capitalism and Christian nationalism, which are intertwined, and deeply unpopular. >

And, unfortunately for them, they seem to keep getting knocked back on their asses in crucial states every election after 2016. Not to the degree most of us would like, but definitely growing each and every year the republicans show their malice, hypocrisy and incompetence. We’re winning small battles, but we need to press on until this threat is diminished once and for all >

Are these people even "left wing"? The right has gone so far right that average American is called liberal over anything. >

Kids nowadays have been so over exposed to this bullshit that they call random people on the Internet they disagree with left-wing, libby, etc.  It's just typical stupid animal behavior. >

I disagree it's kids that say that. It's mainly Fox news viewers. >

It's a lot of people, I was just adding that I've personally had this experience on numerous occasions playing video games, where the stupid children using it as an insult had no knowledge of my political opinions at all. Which means idiots are now just using it as a general term for someone they disagree with. >

I see your point. >

For the same reason left-wing protesters kept getting killed by police in Wiemar Germany.
The police are nothing more than the foot troops of the elite conservative establishment, who in turn fear nothing more than a rising of the people.  Actual democracy is a tool of the People, therefore, the left-wing.  Conservatives do not believe in representation, they believe in authoritarian control over the masses.
The real entrenched establishment has always been conservative and has always used taxes, taken from the People, to pay for protection from those who they subjugate. The police force exists to ensure that the poor do not encroach on the entitlements of the wealthy while the criminal courts exist to ensure that an example is made of those who do.
There are plenty on this board who don't believe what I just wrote, but those are generally posters who have never tried to enlist the help of the police or the courts while being poor.
Through a lot of hard work, and an amazing amount of luck, I've been able to escape from poverty into a relatively comfortable situation in a more affluent area. I've seen the difference first-hand. >

Police serve capital.  Not the people. >

They exist to protect property >

Private property. >

Private capital. You ever try to get police to do their ostensible job and find your stolen Hyundai even when you have the GPS location? The most I've ever seen them do is fill out a police report for insurance. And even doing that comes with a bunch of callous attitude. >

I should have been more explicit.  I mean private property, not personal property.  When I was younger, someone broke into my car and stole some items from me.  They pawned it to a shop my friend worked at who recognized and told me he had the item.  It was such a hassle to get the cops to do anything at all.  I ended up doing all their work for them, and they still acted inconvenienced when I gave them everything they needed to do their fucking job.  I regret calling the cops, but I don't think the shop could give me the persons info so I could hash it out with them paying me back for my busted window. >

Its hard to kill people you agree with.
We know that police forces are largely made up of right-wing activists who are 'making the world a better place' by 'enforcing law and order'.
Its just human nature beyond that. The guy who is saying things that make sense, that resonate, why, he's just speaking the truth and there ain't no law against that.
But the guy who is challenging your beliefs, who is offering a direct rebuttal of your core principals? He's easy to shoot. >

"Why do police keep killing left-wing protestors" FTFY.