Guns drawn for a suspected shoplifter. These police wants to kill her.
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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Instead of high-powered rifles, armored vehicles, and killer robots maybe police departments should invest in some LoJack devices. One officer distracts them and the other puts on the device. They drive away casually and the next time they get out of their car half a dozen cops will be there to arrest them. Or even less aggressive just tow their vehicle and have someone serve them an order to report to jail or they'll get a police visit . Even if the suspect stole alcohol, big whoop. I don't think her next stop was stealing children or robbing a bank.
when this happened in france riots set the city on fire https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66038227
americans are too placid
We had sustained national protests for months just a few years ago. The problem isn't that we're placid, but that the barriers we face to organizing mass movements are close to insurmountable and there's no available and responsive avenue to successfully lobby for change in our so-called democracy.
It's the state and all of its carceral powers against a politically uneducated population that's one arrest away from getting fired and then one missed paycheck away from homelessness, or one injury at the hands of a too-excited cop away from medical bankruptcy.
Judge, jury and executioners.
What did she think was going to happen when she rammed a cop with her 4000 lbs car?