Re:To Make Police Accountable, End Qualified Immunity
by FireBeyond on Sunday May 31, 2020 @05:45PM
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As a firefighter/paramedic, I entirely understand the perspective of being willing to put your life on the line for the community. I have attended three line-of-duty death funerals.
There are justified situations, and there are grey areas.
And then there are situations whereby a man will have his hands on the top of his head, be kneeling still in the street. And he'll be shot 8+ times by the police.
I can be entirely grateful to the police who do an honorable job. And to those in uniform who condemn egregious injustices by their own. They are doing honorable, good work.
I can simultaneously have a depth of derision and anger for those who see a badge, a uniform, and a gun as an excuse to exercise their latent psychological weaknesses, aggression, etc.
There are justified situations, and there are grey areas.
And then there are situations whereby a man will have his hands on the top of his head, be kneeling still in the street. And he'll be shot 8+ times by the police.
I can be entirely grateful to the police who do an honorable job. And to those in uniform who condemn egregious injustices by their own. They are doing honorable, good work.
I can simultaneously have a depth of derision and anger for those who see a badge, a uniform, and a gun as an excuse to exercise their latent psychological weaknesses, aggression, etc.
The two are not mutually exclusive.