Defund the police

[fredtoast]

(07-19-2020, 12:17 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Nah, the real "red herring" is the line of thinking that you can simply break the law, and not be subject to any retribution.

Okay.  I'll give you the fact that some people resist.

Now what about all the other cases where police abuse people who do not resist?  Are we supposed to just ignore them?

Maybe this will help you understand the real meaning of a "red herring".  We have a problem with police abusing their power.  Instead of talking about police abusing their power you claim the probelm is that people resist arrest.  That is a classic "red herring".  It is an argument that does not really address the problem of police abusing their power because we have so many examples of police abusing their power against people who do not resist.