Brian Blackwell
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morally has nothing to do with it ....the cops legally wanted to detain him and he resisted--simpleEGarner resisted arrestNonsense...your comparing terrorists to cops was smug and shows leftist groupthink which amounts to trolling your opinion in unrelated threads.
ter·ror·ism
ˈterəˌrizəm/
noun
Please note that the fundamental nature or morality of an act is not altered by its "legality". It's also worthy of note that the current trend in this country of police getting away with murder in the streets, while cop killers are hunted at any expense, is a purposeful attempt to send the public a message: "Our agents are untouchable. Disobedience - even self-defense - will not be tolerated." This is relevant because if Sterling didn't actually commit a moral crime, the police trying to arrest him was an act of aggression, thus self-defense would be justified.
- the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
- violent and intimidating gang activity
- street terrorism
Just sayin'.
so--I ask you--when someone resists arrest, the cops should say ''ok --we won't arrest you''??
Garner wasn't doing anything morally wrong, so yes, the cops should not attempt to arrest him. Their problem is that they've bought into the lie that "following orders", regardless of their moral nature, makes anything they do justifiable.
And right there is the whole problem - “morality has nothing to do with it.” Next time you’re wondering why the world is so screwed up, just look in the mirror and repeat that position.
Legality, in this case, is merely a justification for immoral action. If the action was moral, it would not need the authority of law to justify it. Man does not have the power, by political ritual or otherwise, to alter morality. The belief that he can is responsible for all the greatest atrocities of the world - the Stalins, the Hitlers, the bombing at Hiroshima/Nagasaki, the Christians thrown to the lions, American Slavery, and on, and on, and on.
Until morality is recognized as paramount, and we hold to these principles above all else, all the political talk on these boards is a waste of time. No amount of shuffling the pieces around will make up for the lack of this understanding.