Might be kicking off In Minneapolis again

[RJ]

Yeah, that video definitely shows a lack of judgment on the part of the driver of the white car. He had to know that there was a high likelihood of what he was doing resulting in his own death. Maybe a case of "I'm not going back to prison?"

He was just turning his car around, too.

What a shame.

/sarc

[LittleLebowski]

Rational human beings would stop protesting the moment they saw the bodycam footage.

[Erick Gelhaus]

Rational human beings would stop protesting the moment they saw the bodycam footage.

Unfortunately, "rational" seems to be gone from an awful lot of the discussion.

I did find the dad's second comment interesting. I look forward to seeing where that goes.

Any questions I have about some of what I saw are secondary, at best, to the suspect's actions & decisions.

[BehindBlueI's]

Rational human beings would stop protesting the moment they saw the bodycam footage.

Unless the goal is reduction in the enforcement of laws and attacking the existing social order, which I think is the case. It's not actually about any given shooting. It's about anarchy and the police are the most visible barrier to that. Demoralizing police, attacking their social standing, making them more reluctant to enforce laws...that's a feature, not a bug.

Looked at through that lens, it's completely rational to protest/riot regardless of the facts of any particular shooting.

[Totem Polar]

Rational human beings

[blues]

Unless the goal is reduction in the enforcement of laws and attacking the existing social order, which I think is the case. It's not actually about any given shooting. It's about anarchy and the police are the most visible barrier to that. Demoralizing police, attacking their social standing, making them more reluctant to enforce laws...that's a feature, not a bug.

Looked at through that lens, it's completely rational to protest/riot regardless of the facts of any particular shooting.

BabyDaddy needs new shoes kicks.

[NWshooter]

Ready for the same rhetoric?

[Joe in PNG]

Part of Tribalism is the rejection of Rule of Law. Your Tribe is always right, and the Outsiders are always wrong, every time.

Sadly, the concept of "Rule of Law" has been condemned as problematic and racist- even if it's a concept that is very universal across all people groups.

[TheNewbie]

Unless the goal is reduction in the enforcement of laws and attacking the existing social order, which I think is the case. It's not actually about any given shooting. It's about anarchy and the police are the most visible barrier to that. Demoralizing police, attacking their social standing, making them more reluctant to enforce laws...that's a feature, not a bug.

Looked at through that lens, it's completely rational to protest/riot regardless of the facts of any particular shooting.

Pure wisdom and logic in this post.

[Willard]

Not that I don't care about the societal / moral / etc implications, but was the responding officer wielding a 1911 with Heine sights?