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Minneapolis Mess
It seems to me the current mess in Minneapolis is just one more drop in the bucket that the police are the enemy of the people in that city. Apparently, they shoot you if you call 911, and they will suffocate you if you get arrested. And now, they cannot stop rioting.
So basically, they are so incompetent that they kill you if you are a law-abiding citizen who encounters them, but the let you run rampant if you are a looter. They sure are not going to protect your business.
We are a far, far way away from when the police where people to be trusted, especially in Minneapolis.
Published in General
This is a very good explanation of the policing issues in Minneapolis. It’s only two minutes.
The cops reportedly are retreating because they are mad at the government.
This is exactly what it’s like to live in Minnesota right now. Perfect.
The criminal was apparently hand-cuffed and then walked across the street. I don’t know what the criminal did to be put down, but the knee remained on the neck for a good four minutes after he entirely stopped moving, and the crowd started calling out to check the man’s pulse. We don’t know
when the man was uncuffed, [correction: it appears that the man was never un-cuffed] or when the police called for an ambulance. But when the ambu crew showed up the policeman’s knee was still on the man’s neck. The policeman was kneeling on the man for four minutes after the man stopped moving, and did not try to put him in the squad car — nor apparently did the policeman care to make sure the man was responsive.What’s the solution? I don’t have one. But there is a vicious spiral here. The police do need to fear death at the hands of criminals. And the non-criminals do fear police shooting first and asking questions later.
Human beings have never been “good”, but they have acted well at various times, in history. Nowadays, people are not acting well: the Culture of Death is in its third generation; 50% of the us population feels entitled to free … everything; anti-trumpers spread every form of slanderous lie and now advocate for Democrats’ to be elected to implement their platform; and the tone of public discourse is at a dreadful, and irrational, low.
Despite all of this country’s problems past and present, there was a time when right and wrong were acknowledged, and honor and being bound by one’s word was an accepted concept, and people at least knew the Bible, and its social concepts, even if they didn’t personally hold to the spiritual aspects of it.
Emotional “feelings”, the exaltation of the self, and the withdrawal of responsibility for one’s actions – and I would say the God-less and dehumanizing culture of death that abortion has brought – by the anti-Christian forces in America have wrought, or at least condoned, the social views that led to Minneapolis looting.
Governor Walz has ZERO government executive ability, in my opinion. Mayor Frey has extremely misplaced priorities. I’ve had that opinion reinforced by someone knowledgeable on Twitter. Both of these guys are fundamentally terrible on everything, not just political views.
He also had an arrest warrant out for him, reportedly for similar non-violent crimes.
Current MSNBC Editorial Position
There are actual Republicans that think Trump is the problem with this country.
But not many of them. They’re just amplified by CNN and MSNBC.
I think that’s accurate. George Conway and Rick Wilson etc. know how to leverage very little money to do this.
Most of those guys are getting some pretty good cash for doing this.
Yes they do. But they won’t because they don’t want too. See, as long as they “Go Home” which is their highest priority, it is the citizens who must bear the burden of risk. Not them.
That was wrong. Putting pressure on a neck is not a valid way to subdue someone. I have been trained to do it in hospitals and that is not something you should ever do. Never, never, never. Because someone could die.
LOL
Answer: When they want the Fires of Mount Doom to spread. Like a virus. We’ve been Smeagoled.
I am pretty sure I saw @jameslileks in a video stream with arm-fulls of booze during the Minneapolis riots. Anybody else see that?
I’m joining two of your comments together.
I don’t know, man. If I’m a cop and my life is in danger, I would grab a suspect by the neck or whatever else it takes. Wouldn’t you? But once he’s subdued it’s completely different. That seems like the absolutely critical difference: subduing versus holding. The duration of the thing, as somebody else put it.
Are we on the same page, give or take?
You don’t restrain people by the neck. You can kill them.
I cannot speak to subduing him. We would do that as a group
If you look at comment #31 I took that as the police were going passive. Now I’m not so sure. I think they were mad because the mayor wanted them to retreat.
I got this from Larry Elder
If you listened to that two minute clip I posted earlier they needed way more cops along time ago so they could have the best personnel and so they could be more flexible about personal decisions. They have been statistically understaffed for years.If you listened to that two minute clip I posted earlier they needed way more cops along time ago so they could have the best personnel and so they could be more flexible about personal decisions. They have been statistically understaffed for years.
The amount of money was nothing compared to the damage that is going to last for many years now.
I thought he would steal yeast . . .
The police only care about their safety, not law and order.
They sure don’t care about the damage done to law abiding citizens.
They will arrest a CNN reporter on camera, because that is safe.
The whole force should be fired.
More likely antique postcards.
Apparently the police force up there has had complaint after complaint filed against certain officers, with little or no action taken against them. I know our local agencies down here (Aiken, Aiken County, SC) will can a cop faster than you can say “DUI” or “improper use of office”. I know because it gets reported in the papers. The only way law enforcement agency can get away with keeping suspect cops on board is if the agency itself has corruption in high places, or the police union shields them. This is a job for the DOJ . . .
The DOJ is corrupt too.
Look at Root’s bio.
Well, you see, private property is theft. The police exist to do the bidding of rich people; people who own more property have therefore stolen more, and people who own less are entitled to redistribute property to themselves if the government won’t see to it that social justice is done.
One of the most Liberal in the country.
So what happens if those cops are exonerated? First of all, there is nothing to suggest anything was done because of race. Second, medical reports have ruled out that asphyxiation was the cause of death. Third cops were following standard procedures for restraining a perpetrator. Fourth, two of the cops were Asian minorities.
The only unknown right now is why were they going to such an extreme to restrain him? If there is a legitimate answer to that question, then these cops are innocent completely. Unless they get railroaded, which is highly possible, I suspect they will get off.
I would think the prosecutors would be very worried about what that report said. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.
I’m not totally up on this, but I think they pretty much were. Minneapolis has a more risky policy standard or however you want to put it.
I don’t get why you don’t just zip tie his ankles and leave him there.
The other thing is, supposedly it’s a lot safer if you force the guy to stay on his side, rather than up or down.