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[–] 48 points 19 hours ago* (1 child)

Here's the problem... people, black people and minorities in particular, regularly get lied to, tricked, framed, abused, assaulted, beaten, shot, and/or murdered by cops. She's scared for her fucking life. She has zero reason to trust that cop and instinctively wants the protection of her parent.

If you fear for your life do you act rationally? Should "power tripping" cops get a pass for instilling that kind of fear in the population they "protect and serve" and be able to ramp up the violence in response?

I sincerely hope you are just trolling.

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  • [–] 36 points 18 hours ago*

    And black people literally have fewer rights. The Supreme Court has ruled that in vaguely defined "high crime areas", cops can pretty much ignore much of the bill of rights. Guess what the interesection of "high crime area" and "where black people live" is?

    I remember a huge case in maybe the 1980s or 1990s where a black judge ruled that running from police was NOT probable cause because it makes perfect sense for black people to run from police. Total firestorm. People hated it.

    Well, now we are at the precipice of living in a fascist state, where justice, having been slowly eroded by custom and practice for decades, can finally be washed away entirely.

    When MLK, Jr. said

    an inustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

    this is exactly what he was fucking talking about.

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