SavannahMann
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In showbiz, the term for going too far is called Jumping the shark. In the military, it's a bridge too far. In society, it's that you've crossed a line. No matter your term, after you've done it, you can't undo it. Once you've gone too far, you are stuck with it, and the results are always bad.
The shooting of Philandro Castile and the acquittal of Officer Yanez is going to be one of those events. It has already begun. I've mentioned before that Hot Air is a conservative site, with conservative pundits, and I've been reading it since it was started by Michelle Malkin, a conservative icon.
This conservative site, with the conservative pundits writing, and the readership being mostly conservative, you would think that some things are automatic. Support for Police being one of those. Yet, thanks to the acquittal of Officer Yanez, that is now slipping.
This is the first one.
Dashcam footage: The shooting of Philando Castile - Hot Air
Second one from the same writer.
The Philando Castile shooting: Why was it reasonable for the cop to be nervous but not for Castile to be? - Hot Air
And a third one from a second writer.
Yes, the NRA (and all of us) should be speaking out on the Philando Castile shooting - Hot Air
Two conservative pundits at a conservative site are troubled by the shooting, and the decision of the jury. Think about that for a moment. This isn't one where you could claim that the guy who got shot was a thug who asked for it. It wasn't one where the baddie threatened the cop. It was a lawful gun owner who advised the officer that he was armed legally, and then carried out the instructions he was given. To produce his drivers license and registration.
Yanez should have said. "Sir, step out of the car and keep your hands where I can see them." He should have removed Castile from the car and disarmed him if he was worried. But reaching for a wallet is a completely natural action when the officer asks for your identification. I don't carry mine around on a string or taped to my forehead. I keep my license in my wallet. I bet Yanez keeps his license in the wallet too.
So what happened? The police used the same excuses they always use. Yanez was afeared for his life. That fear gives him the Carte Blanche authority to do anything. Up to now, that has worked for a lot of the people. Now, people are starting to question it. That is why I titled this thread, And so it begins.
Because it is going to be questioned, and although most people will decide that it really can't be changed, some are going to wonder why not. The questioning of authority will continue to grow. The resentment of the police, and doubts about the current standards will grow.
Yanez got off, because he was "afeared" for his life. And that has left a bad taste in the mouths of the people who traditionally support the police. And so it begins.
The shooting of Philandro Castile and the acquittal of Officer Yanez is going to be one of those events. It has already begun. I've mentioned before that Hot Air is a conservative site, with conservative pundits, and I've been reading it since it was started by Michelle Malkin, a conservative icon.
This conservative site, with the conservative pundits writing, and the readership being mostly conservative, you would think that some things are automatic. Support for Police being one of those. Yet, thanks to the acquittal of Officer Yanez, that is now slipping.
This is the first one.
Dashcam footage: The shooting of Philando Castile - Hot Air
Second one from the same writer.
The Philando Castile shooting: Why was it reasonable for the cop to be nervous but not for Castile to be? - Hot Air
And a third one from a second writer.
Yes, the NRA (and all of us) should be speaking out on the Philando Castile shooting - Hot Air
Two conservative pundits at a conservative site are troubled by the shooting, and the decision of the jury. Think about that for a moment. This isn't one where you could claim that the guy who got shot was a thug who asked for it. It wasn't one where the baddie threatened the cop. It was a lawful gun owner who advised the officer that he was armed legally, and then carried out the instructions he was given. To produce his drivers license and registration.
Yanez should have said. "Sir, step out of the car and keep your hands where I can see them." He should have removed Castile from the car and disarmed him if he was worried. But reaching for a wallet is a completely natural action when the officer asks for your identification. I don't carry mine around on a string or taped to my forehead. I keep my license in my wallet. I bet Yanez keeps his license in the wallet too.
So what happened? The police used the same excuses they always use. Yanez was afeared for his life. That fear gives him the Carte Blanche authority to do anything. Up to now, that has worked for a lot of the people. Now, people are starting to question it. That is why I titled this thread, And so it begins.
Because it is going to be questioned, and although most people will decide that it really can't be changed, some are going to wonder why not. The questioning of authority will continue to grow. The resentment of the police, and doubts about the current standards will grow.
Yanez got off, because he was "afeared" for his life. And that has left a bad taste in the mouths of the people who traditionally support the police. And so it begins.