It's really difficult for me to believe that this means no law enforcement. Leadership makes laws, police enforce them. What will keep leadership in power if there aren't any people with guns to do the job?
Ultimately police aren’t there to protect citizens from criminals, so much as to protect criminals from informal law enforcement at the hands of citizens.
Don't forget council member Jeremiah Ellison who officially supports antifa and seems to influence lisa bender quite a bit.
https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/minnesota-ag-keith-ellisons-son-declares-support-for-antifa/
Isn't he the son of Minnesota AG Keith Ellison? Keith Ellison who posted a picture of himself holding the Antifa handbook in a now-deleted Tweet?
I am looking forward to no speed traps/tickets
When outliers are believed to be rule rather than the exception, it's easy to do a lot of harm trying to fix "systemic" problems which are actually isolated incidents.
....but try convincing people it's not systemic.
If these are the best examples they have of injustice, is it any wonder why they continue to gain much traction for their message?
Freddie Gray died of likely self-sustained injuries. Sandra Bland hanged herself. Kaleif Browder committed suicide. Michael Brown died assaulting a police officer. Eric Garner was a walking heart attack waiting to happen. Tamir Rice played stupid games and won a justified, stupid prize, for which his parents should be held at fault. Trayvon Martin died assaulting a private citizen. Philando Castile made a very bad decision while high as a kite.
Did some of those deaths have to happen? Clearly not. Did police needlessly escalate in a few of these situations? Likely (Eric Garner and Philando Castile, at least). But does responsibility for these deaths lie primarily at the feet of the deceased? Undoubtedly.
Want to gain sympathy, empathy, and support for your message? Stop putting the likes of these on a pedestal, and twisting their circumstances to fit your narrative and agenda. Stop ignoring the same number of young, black men who die needlessly on a typical weekend in Chicago as are unjustifiably killed by police across the country in an entire year.
This is it, exactly. For as much as people want to talk about systemic racism, why is it then that there are minorities on police departments? Why are some of them in the highest positions on those departments? Why are there minorities in top positions of government? Elected mayors and Senators and Congressmen and yes, even President at one time. So many minorities have become esteemed doctors and lawyers and philanthropists and multi-millionaires from their own businesses, leaders of enterprise and innovation. How is it that all of these people can succeed in a “systemically racist” country?
In my estimation, based upon numerous examples of success, all arguments ended on November 4, 2008. A black man was elected to the highest office in the land. If that doesn’t say that growth is achievable, then nothing does. Every single American has the choice and ability to achieve what they want to achieve. The above examples prove it. For anyone else who makes excuses to say that the system is holding them down, that’s exactly what they are.
This is it, exactly. For as much as people want to talk about systemic racism, why is it then that there are minorities on police departments? Why are some of them in the highest positions on those departments? Why are there minorities in top positions of government? Elected mayors and Senators and Congressmen and yes, even President at one time. So many minorities have become esteemed doctors and lawyers and philanthropists and multi-millionaires from their own businesses, leaders of enterprise and innovation. How is it that all of these people can succeed in a “systemically racist” country?
In my estimation, based upon numerous examples of success, all arguments ended on November 4, 2008. A black man was elected to the highest office in the land. If that doesn’t say that growth is achievable, then nothing does. Every single American has the choice and ability to achieve what they want to achieve. The above examples prove it. For anyone else who makes excuses to say that the system is holding them down, that’s exactly what they are.
This is it, exactly. For as much as people want to talk about systemic racism, why is it then that there are minorities on police departments? Why are some of them in the highest positions on those departments? Why are there minorities in top positions of government? Elected mayors and Senators and Congressmen and yes, even President at one time. So many minorities have become esteemed doctors and lawyers and philanthropists and multi-millionaires from their own businesses, leaders of enterprise and innovation. How is it that all of these people can succeed in a “systemically racist” country?
In my estimation, based upon numerous examples of success, all arguments ended on November 4, 2008. A black man was elected to the highest office in the land. If that doesn’t say that growth is achievable, then nothing does. Every single American has the choice and ability to achieve what they want to achieve. The above examples prove it. For anyone else who makes excuses to say that the system is holding them down, that’s exactly what they are.
With the police in the city out of service temporarily, I wonder how the drug trade will sort itself out, territorial disputes and such. How many killings will we see that come from this? Who will be the perpetrators? Who will be the victims?