05-30-2020, 01:41 PM
(05-30-2020, 10:00 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: That is the issue. Others try and silence others when their opinions are not aligned.
I am an old guy, I urge you to never let anyone silence your freedom of speech. The sad thing to me about this incident, I have yet to meet anyone who was not horrified watching this video. I hope the side show stops of rioting, looting and burning down videos. If people want to honor George, keep playing that video. It is clear what happened, it is also clear this is not a one off incident and bad police have to be shown the door so this crap does not happen.
There should be zero tolerance for any violation of race relations in my opinion. Fire the police officers and remove their opportunity to use their power of the uniform to inflict pain and death on others whether they are black, white, asian, hispanic or any race.
Couldn't agree more brother. This shit has got to stop. My dad is a retired 28 year veteran of the Sheriff's Dept and he has been saying this forever. Every time he sees one of these killings, and then sees the officer(s) get off with no jail time, it makes his blood boil. He always says that those actions by the bad cops and lack of action by those who are suppose to hold them accountable destroys any progress that's being attempted by people in law enforcement who actually want to change things for the better.
My dad always referred to himself as a 'peace officer' and that was always his goal. He's not alone. There are plenty of officers out there that despise what happens in these incidents and want it to stop. The problem is there are still way too many officers out there who's first instinct is to escalate a situation and assert their power, instead of trying to minimize the need for force and combative tactics. Another big problem is when fellow officers turn a blind eye, or even defend, the officers in these incidents...even when they know their actions were wrong.
For every one step good officers make in the right direction, these scumbag cops set them back 100 steps with these incidents.
