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Yeah man, it’s wild, because pretty much everything you see these cops due is grounds for catching a bullet in any other situation. If you threaten my life I will do my best to either flee, or if I can’t, eliminate the threat. 
Cops in this country are inches from an all out rebellion, where they’re just going to be preemptively targeted. As it is most of them don’t even respond to calls now because of feeling slighted by the righteous criticism of their profession, if you can even call it a profession anymore. If I don’t have any reason to call the cops, and I only have a reason to fear them…how long does that last? 
Black people are long on the fact that the cops are not your friends. I’m hoping this country finally starts taking them at their word, or opening our fucking eyes. 
I’m a white dude with a clean driving and criminal record, not so much as a speeding ticket, and I am petrified in fear every time I pass a cop or have one behind me.
But when the blues come on and they pull me over? No emotion. No nothing. I honestly mentally prepare myself to either die or be thrown in jail and have my life ruined over nothing. All at the hands of somebody who gets paid with my taxes.
I cannot get my head around 5-7 grown men losing it like this. One or two on edge that are triggered. But 5? 7? How is that possible?
That’s not a handful of cops. It’s a bloodthirsty posse. >

It's almost as if we need to hear Black people when they tell us about the cops. 
I can absolutely get my head around 5-7 grown men with emotional problems in positions of power. Our Constitution was written by such men. >

“All men are created equal…unless they’re not white. Then fuck ‘em.” And that mentality still exists today. >

The exception here is the cops that murdered him are not white. >

It’ll be interesting to see if they get the same protection from the police union that white cops do. >

Well they're fired, if that partially answers your question >

Weird. I'm almost certain I've never seen such a quick response internally before. Are there any particular variables between this and other similar scenarios of law enforcement violating civil and constitutional rights and killing citizens? >

I'm assuming when it's very public and very egregious for example: the pig who killed george floyd (fired ~1 week after), the pig in texas who scared an innocent kid and then shot him for his human reaction (fired in ~2 weeks), and this recent case in memphis which apparently was caught on multiple body cameras and a police security camera (fired after ~1 week).
edit: added firing timelines for comparable incidents. >

This needs to be a movement without political agenda and just out of public safety, a bad cop is worse than a felon, I think that makes sense to 99% of people. >


This needs to be a movement without political agenda

There’s enough people who think “can we please reduce the number of people killed by police” is a political message to make your advice impossible. >

Can’t wait for the idiots who’re going to argue that Tyre shouldn’t have run away from the cops. Well, looks like he had a pretty damn good reason to run away if they’re the kind of people who are capable of doing what they did to him. >

These cops should be charged with first degree murder. >

That's not surprising. >

Here's the surprising twist: apparently members of the fire department were in on it too. >

Did they get sad nobody says Fuck the Fire Department? >

Generally speaking, the guys in fire departments actually give a shit about protecting people. Cops, not so much. >

Oh 100%. I've got nothing against firefighters but this is a strange predicament indeed. >

I'll admit I was pretty shocked to find out that members of the FD took part in this, too.  Memphis must be some kinda place. >

(earlier this month) "why didn't that army lieutenant in VA. just pull over right away?"
this is why >

Yeah LT saved his life. He didn't trust the cops, cops prove him right, jury acquits the police of any wrongdoing, that's rural America 🇺🇸 >

that’s the america that conservatives mean when they say make america great again >

Yeah it's strange, they wish to go backwards in time and social progress for literally everyone. >

If you can't lift yourself up, push everyone else down. >

More likely than  it the police officers had bad interactions with the system to some degree at a young age and decided to become part of the system of oppression - at least they are no longer oppressed. Collectively there needs to be a national movement that holds bad cops accountable because, at least in this case Memphis can't control the Scorpion gang they created, Google Scorpio Squad, Memphis MPD. >

They absolutely beat the life out of that poor man……and for what? A fucking traffic stop? 
Appalling. How have these officers not been brought up on charges yet? >

I’m waiting for the day someone just shoots them back for attacking them. If you know you’re gonna die anyway might as well fight back against these thugs.