now throughout all of this, law and order have been present. for the most part, society needs it to stay civil.
the problem is checks and balances. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? who watches the watchmen? you have police out here acting any old way they want w fucking impunity.
the celste guap chick from the rich, broad has been on the track since 12 years old (which makes her a victim IMO). she got police squads across several counties in the bay SHOOK af. not only were these police cavorting around with a known prostitute, some of them were w her when she was under fucking age. it can be argued that this is not representative of all cops and I'd tend to agree. but I definitely think this is much more common than an Isolated incident.
absolute power corrupts absolutely. in the absence of penalties and true oversight, people will do what they can, if they can get away w it.
this all came to light because an Oakland cop and his wife died in what was officially ruled as a dual suicide. but his wife was shot in the head twice, it is largely believed that this was a murder suicide. with the facts being manipulated after the fact to save face of a fellow officer.
I bring this up for two things, to show how corrupt cops can potentially be (running around w child victims of the sex traffic trade) and how easily they can manipulate the "truth" as they see fit (dual suicide vs murder suicide).
so we have black folks who have been ostracized economically as detailed in the previous posts above. and also socially as well. they were seen as not humans and therefore treated as such. public lynchings were an event you could bring your whole family to!
this was reflected in the authorities' treatment; blacks could be beat, shot, murdered, falsely arrested/charged/convicted with absolutely no consequence to the cop or courts. for generations. this maltreatment over years has resulted in a natural distrust of police. rightly so.
tensions have been brewing for years and years. and years. one example, the detroit riots in the late 1960's, resulting from a conflict between police and black folks. but let's look at the nineties bcuz this is when the claims of black folks were starting to be substantiated by actual video. the little girl killed by the korean store owner in LA exemplified the idea that there was no justice for blacks. rodney king beat, on tape, and somehow the cops got off (there was a mini, mini riot at franklin junior high when that halpened, when I was a kid). case after case of police beating and (unjustifiably) shooting and killing folks. no consequences. the anger and tension is still building.
actual video is now documenting police mistreatment and murder. the tide is shifting a bit. police are being prosecuted at least, we'll see how many end up facing true consequences. but this anger, the BLM movement, this all didn't start recently. the anger, tension and mistreatment that birthed these movemets has been going on since the before America was even a country. things are coming to a head now.
if you support a country of law and order, then you ultimately support cops being brought to justice when they commit atrocities against citizens. which these all are. video seems to support the notion that alton sterling had both of his arms pinned down when he was shot. I do not support the govt having the ability to kill citizens (if we as citizens do not have that ability). you shouldn't either, for the sake of law and order.
body cams were introduced to the Oakland police like in 2012, maybe 2013? I dunno and it's late, so I'll google it later. incidents where force is used by police are down. complaints against police are down. what does that tell you? it tells me that body cams are needed and lrotect both the officer and the citizen. I'm sure a tech company like google or something would be willing to provide server space to host video of incidents. with transparency comes good behavior.
the problems with these kinds of discussions are that, as things get heated, the opposing sides entrench themselves further in their own perspectives. it's polarizing as hell. tbh tho? there is truth on both sides. there are good cops out there. there are incidents which occur that are unjustified. both these things can co exist in the world. it's not an either or situation.
anyways, I'm done
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_206. I'm sure I missed some things but hopefully this made sense. my point is, it's not enough to tell the drowning man, 'hey, stop drowning dumbass'. this chit here is way more complex than that and should be recognized as such.