The first Police Officer is a 26-year veteran of the department, with an excellent record.  This Police Officer made a traffic stop, of a vehicle with expired license tabs.  When the Officer ran the plates through the criminal justice database, the Officer discovered that the driver of the vehicle had an outstanding arrest warrant for assault, and carrying a firearm.  The Officer then got out of the squad car to speak with the driver.  A few minutes later, after the driver had worked himself loose from the handcuffs being applied, and gotten back into the vehicle to flee, the Police Officer shot him with her gun, while shouting “I’ll tase you, I’ll tase you!”  This Officer will be charged with second-degree manslaughter.  This Officer’s name and photo is all over the news, everywhere, and riots, burning, and looting are occurring all over the country, in support of the criminal victim.
The second Police Officer was present at a “riot” (also described in all of the Press as an “armed insurrection”).  The Officer, in the middle of a crowd of trespassers, shot and killed a “rioter”, while said rioter was standing near a window.  The person who was killed was a Veteran, with no criminal record of any kind, and was not engaging in any kind of destruction, nor was the person armed with any kind of weapon.  Due to “lack of sufficient evidence”, this Police Officer will not be charged with any crime.  This Officer has not been identified in the press, and no riots, looting, or burning are taking place in support of the innocent victim.
Do you need much more evidence that there are two classes of Police Officers in America these days? Â The 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Police Department resigned, along with the chief of police; her picture is all over the press, the criminal victim is being idolized by the Black Lives Matter Marxist supporters, and cities are being burned and looted in support of the criminal, Daunte Wright.
The Capitol Police Officer who shot the innocent demonstrator in Washington DC on January 6 has not in any way been identified in the media, and will not be charged with any crime for shooting to death the innocent Veteran, Ashli Babbitt.  The Officer obviously has the full support of the Democrats who now run the “Justice” Department, or he would have been identified before this.  The Officer must be kept from the opprobrium from conservatives, that would come forth if he were identified.
More of this kind of thing is coming, as the BLM ruins cities all over America the minute a police officer shoots any black criminal for any reason.  Most of these kinds of shootings are also taking place in large cities run by…you guessed it…Democrats.  With no consequences, no pushback by the poor black citizens who are mostly the ones victimized by the welfare state.  Those people keep electing the governments who have kept them in poverty for decades.  With the mostly-white City Councils calling for “defunding the police”, those poor blacks are calling for more police presence in their neighborhoods, not less.  This situation cannot end well.
[originally posted at RushBabe49.com]
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The second Police Officer was present at a “riot” (also described in all of the Press as an “armed insurrection”).  The Officer, in the middle of a crowd of trespassers, shot and killed a “rioter”, while said rioter was standing near a window.  The person who was killed was a Veteran, with no criminal record of any kind, and was not engaging in any kind of destruction, nor was the person armed with any kind of weapon.  Due to “lack of sufficient evidence”, this Police Officer will not be charged with any crime.  This Officer has not been identified in the press, and no riots, looting, or burning are taking place in support of the innocent victim.
Let’s tease this apart. The rioter was massed outside of an entrance to a secured non-public portion of the House of Representatives. She wasn’t just “standing there,” she was part of the mob seeking to bully their way in. You say that she was not engaging in any kind of destruction. No. She was part of the mob who were working on shattering a window to gain access. To call her a “victim” is the height of hyperbole and minimization. Â
I agree with you that the 26 year officer should not have been charged. Â
Let’s tease it further. An unarmed woman was shot and killed. We do have a video that gives no indication that she presented an imminent threat to the unknown shooter. It is true that she was attempting to enter the lobby through a window, but had not yet done so. It is also clear that other officers were behind her and within about six feet of her. In the absence of any report on the incident over the course of four months, quibbling about whether she is a “victim” is emblematic of minimization.
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I’m with Gary on this one.  Here in Texas, breaking in through a window is grounds for getting shot.   I do think the MN cop should have been charged. She should be convicted and get no jail time. If a doctor grabbed the wrong medicine and injected a lethal dose, that would be manslaughter too, right?
I’m led to believe that this sort of situation is precisely why in many states the Attorney General is an elected position, so that their prosecution decisions can be made independently from the government’s agenda and priorities.
As if that ever really happens! Â All the WA AG has done for the last four years is sue the Trump administration. Â I think he’s really bereft, now that Trump is gone.