night_son
Diamond Member
From coast to coast, American to American, conservative to liberal . . . just about everyone I've mentioned the Floyd situation to seems to think that the law enforcement officer arrested (recently) for his death ought to be lynched tout fucking suite without a trial by a jury of his peers, due process, whatever. Not one individual with whom I've discussed this particular event sees anything in Floyd's arrest and immobilization and ultimate death but cold-blooded murder. Huh? Normally, when everyone, everywhere seems to agree on something despite their drastically different cultures, political ideologies or upbringings one of two possibilities is afoot. Either the national 24/7 mainstream cable media is lying to their faces, playing their emotions like dueling banjos, trying very hard to whip up frenzies of hate, mistrust and/or political fervor or . . . the media is lying to them.
First, let me state that I love the hell out of most cops and federal agents. These guys and gals likely didn't know what the hell they were signing up for, ran scared for some time on their beats/the job after they did realize, and then learned quick how very, very quickly they or their partners or friends on whatever force could get fucked up for life or dead or perhaps even worse—charged with committing a crime in the line of duty.
See, all the cop haters out there—well most of them—seem to have forgotten how they depend on other men and women in uniform with guns to save them and their families from the "bad guys". That, and they've never quite learned that if you don't fucking commit or attempt to commit a crime or do suspicious shit, you've got very little to fear from any cop. Comply, even be polite, and you'll be fine. And if you're about to be arrested, let it happen. The time of your arrest is not the time to fight the system. Do that after being arrested. Do that with a lawyer, public or private hired.
It's cliché, right? To say cops have it rough? Well boys and girls cops have it rougher than rough. It (meaning their day to day "normal" job) can go from boring to downright terrifying in the blink of an eye. Takes a big fucking psychological toll on them around the clock sometimes, even often. And yet many, many career law enforcement officers and agents face down this chasm of terror on a daily basis, stare down into the abyss of human evil, and carry on for years and years dancing on this double edged blade. And what would you do without them? Without cops riding around out there guarding your wife and children and parents and sisters because you're too much of a sheep to step up and join the force yourself?
I'm not really justifying Floyd's death, but I am also not jumping on the lynching wagon either, hell the fuck no. Floyd was a big man and a convicted felon—a home invader. Reforming one's life is one thing, having committed a violent felony is another.
Main point is this: there are several sides to every story and every event. But in Floyd's case, everyone seems to have forgotten that, gulped down the media mixed Kool-Aid, and decided to storm the castle, literally or from the comfort of their living rooms. It's all a bit terrifying, really . . . this nationwide blind mob mentality. Do you all really think the media would have broadcast footage of Floyd's death for no specific political reason or purely in the pursuit of justice? Are you all that damned gullible? Really? If so, then, well . . . I guess it's time for you to shut up, get off your couches and join the mass loot and pillage coming soon to an urban hellhole near you. Put your money where your mouths are. Otherwise, try thinking for yourselves on occasion. Stop letting CNN, MSNBC . . . and Fox News make you their bitches.
The search continues for a fellow human being who is not drunk and blind on the Kool-Aid . . .
First, let me state that I love the hell out of most cops and federal agents. These guys and gals likely didn't know what the hell they were signing up for, ran scared for some time on their beats/the job after they did realize, and then learned quick how very, very quickly they or their partners or friends on whatever force could get fucked up for life or dead or perhaps even worse—charged with committing a crime in the line of duty.
See, all the cop haters out there—well most of them—seem to have forgotten how they depend on other men and women in uniform with guns to save them and their families from the "bad guys". That, and they've never quite learned that if you don't fucking commit or attempt to commit a crime or do suspicious shit, you've got very little to fear from any cop. Comply, even be polite, and you'll be fine. And if you're about to be arrested, let it happen. The time of your arrest is not the time to fight the system. Do that after being arrested. Do that with a lawyer, public or private hired.
It's cliché, right? To say cops have it rough? Well boys and girls cops have it rougher than rough. It (meaning their day to day "normal" job) can go from boring to downright terrifying in the blink of an eye. Takes a big fucking psychological toll on them around the clock sometimes, even often. And yet many, many career law enforcement officers and agents face down this chasm of terror on a daily basis, stare down into the abyss of human evil, and carry on for years and years dancing on this double edged blade. And what would you do without them? Without cops riding around out there guarding your wife and children and parents and sisters because you're too much of a sheep to step up and join the force yourself?
I'm not really justifying Floyd's death, but I am also not jumping on the lynching wagon either, hell the fuck no. Floyd was a big man and a convicted felon—a home invader. Reforming one's life is one thing, having committed a violent felony is another.
Main point is this: there are several sides to every story and every event. But in Floyd's case, everyone seems to have forgotten that, gulped down the media mixed Kool-Aid, and decided to storm the castle, literally or from the comfort of their living rooms. It's all a bit terrifying, really . . . this nationwide blind mob mentality. Do you all really think the media would have broadcast footage of Floyd's death for no specific political reason or purely in the pursuit of justice? Are you all that damned gullible? Really? If so, then, well . . . I guess it's time for you to shut up, get off your couches and join the mass loot and pillage coming soon to an urban hellhole near you. Put your money where your mouths are. Otherwise, try thinking for yourselves on occasion. Stop letting CNN, MSNBC . . . and Fox News make you their bitches.
The search continues for a fellow human being who is not drunk and blind on the Kool-Aid . . .