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Like a thousand die each year on the side of the road. You might think that they would resent the man sending them out to shake down citizens only to get mowed down by some texting teen or drowsy trucker, but nope; they can't get enough of it. They just love jumping out of the bushes and relieving people of their money, they're crazy for it.
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. >

The classic passive voice used by media in pursuit of "objectivity". >


"objectivity"

Neutrality is the word your looking for. The media actively avoids being objective so that they can instead remain neutral... If you're objective people will accuse you of having a liberal bias for not legitimizing baseless conservative conspiracy theories.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to take a few steps right or I'll fall out of the Overton Window. >

Regime forces have been killing left wing protestors since the 1800s. This is literally one of the oldest phenomena of modern western governance. >

Remember, folks - when the Nazis took over from the Weimar Republic, it wasn't liberals first in line for the camps, and it wasn't even Jews.  It was leftists.  They were the first guests in the nascent extermination camps.  
Fascists know who their enemies are. >

If folks are not familiar with the Cop City situation, I strongly encourage you to read up about it. The whole project is very troubling, and the fact that an individual protesting the development was killed under extremely suspicious circumstances is all the more alarming. 
I would post a link, but there are so many aspects of this that are disturbing. There is no one single link that could accurately explain it all. 
Edit- If anyone has any good links to stories surrounding the story, please share. I am trying to learn as much as I can about it. I truly believe these types of projects are dangerous and should not be funded by taxpayer money. Again, I would encourage anyone to read up on it. >

Thank you. >

Reinoehl was innocent. But his existence as the antiRittenhouse with a textbook claim to self defense far stronger than the right wing darling could not be tolerated. He was assassinated as a result.
1:34 To show Danielson assaulting Reinoehl
Eyewitness account of the Reinoehl assassination >

Let's not forget the fucking President holding a celebratory press conference after his federal hit squad murdered a citizen. >

Because police are right wing fascists >

Because the police are just the violent arm of the fascist right in this country.  Its pretty easy to understand when you start actually looking at what is happening.   Police protecting right wing supporters and battering left wingers is a policy they have been operating under for over a century now so I cant understand why people are so surprised by this now... >

Just look at the police in Portland openly working with the Proud Boys, knowing that they were armed and some of them had warrants. They’re on the same side. >

And the sniper nests. Don't forget about the sniper nests. >

Elaborate? >

Because our nation is rapidly descending into a fascist state. >

Those who wish for peace are peaceful people. We believe in this country doing the right thing! Even if the police and fascists have to kill us all, then we... I mean... So they will begin to feel bad, because the facists deep down are reasonable and caring people. We will be heard with our poems and quotes of Maya Angelou. The change is coming, for the better... if we continue to be beaten and die? I guess.
So for real, why do we insist on such highroad defeatism? >

Because the only way to defeat fascism is with violence, as peaceful protest just makes you easier to shoot. But that requires being willing to take a life and be willing to risk your own, both of which are things most people aren't. Their sociopathy is a terrifying advantage. >


Their sociopathy is a terrifying advantage.

That couldn't be more succinct. Like a predator hunting rabbits. The brutality vs helplessness is unending. >

You don’t get to participate in a corrupt, oppressive and exclusionary society by politely asking to be allowed in. Simple as that. >

For the same reason that it is mostly left wing politicians that get assassinated etc. Most left wing people (those whom haven’t fallen into the fascist dictator pit) are trying to improve our lives whereas right wing people tend to see those whom disagree with them as an existential threat. Once the mindset has been adopted that doesn’t care about whether what one believes and tells others is true or not, then they can rationalise anything towards their perceived goal.
Police have always been about protecting property and wealth. It’s just sad that most right wing people are so deluded about it. Our justice system isn’t about courts of justice, it’s about courts of law and those laws are and always have been authored by those whom perceive left wing people as a threat. Every now and then the left manages to be able to adjust but ever since the Gracchi brothers (and before), it has been the same. >

Because cops see anything less than total boot-licking submission as a reason to treat human beings as target practice, on the flimsy-ass excuse that they "feared for their lives." 
Unless they're white people who actually have guns, at which point they pass around a few brewskis, because it's become an impromptu meeting of the "we can't call it the Klan anymore" club. >

Questions we all know the answer to but most people don't want to say outloud. >

Because they are left wing protesters and not “patriotic” right wing protesters? >

Yeah Cops usually don't shoot on their own People. >

Oh they do all the time. More than they get shot by civilians on average per year. They just charge whoever they can other than each other.  I dont care to Google stats. This is something I got from the horses mouth at 430 in the morning before a job. They were warning each other not to shoot again. 
(I have personally seen two LEO's taze each other accidentally by encircling a perp. They ain't bright) 
Edit: If you are a pussy, they take you to the hospital to get the tazer barbs removed. If you are a suspect, they rip them out themselves. Enjoy. >

Because police in the United States are full on Fascist. >

Oh I have a lot of screws missing.
But think about it:
- We have robots that are getting close to mobile (boston dynamics)
- We have facial recognition, albeit its a bit racist
- We have voice translation
- We are getting "AI" levels of interaction
Simply not many decades off from a boston dynamics robot, with a taser hopefully, that can recognize somebody doing a crime and stop them.
But when they taser a jaywalking 90 year old lady, or a baby that snagged a candy bar, folks will start to have issues.
We'll see :D >

I think China is far more likely to implement something like that. Americans would shoot something like that if it was implemented. I like target practice and I draw the line at AI policing. I’m not listening to a piece of software. >

We literally already are doing that. Cops in Oakland literally tried to arm robots with shotguns like three months ago. >

Because police overwhelmingly lean to and sympathize with the right. >

Because cops are fascist tools or right wing authoritarians? >

Because those that work forces >

Couldn’t the headline be something more like “Policing Isn’t Working For The Police Either”Officer suicide rates keep breaking new records, alcoholism and drug abuse affect over 30%, and domestic violence rates are INSANE. We really need to rethink what policing is.