They may have overreacted, but you wouldn’t attack a lion and then get pissed at it for turning you into mince.

> They may have overreacted, but you wouldn’t attack a lion and then get pissed at it for turning you into mince.

No one is surprised that people get killed when they poke at a lion.

But the animal that reacted that way is still destroyed, because it is unsafe to exist in proximity to humans.

The lesson from your analogy may not be what you intended.

My point is just that the guy is also an idiot for doing what he did and that weakens the argument against the police and cutting those scenes out of the videos is disingenious.

> They may have overreacted, but

No. They overreacted. No may have. No buts. Police agencies must have greater accountability, not less.

OK, but can we acknowledge that the fact we need to frame police as "lions" as disturbing? Not to be too provocative here, but the protest are happening because this analogy fits a little too well.

Police and their constant overreacting is the entire point of protests fyi.

Do you really see cops like this? Do you find this normal?

I'm not taking side on this but i'd like to understand your point of view.

It’s not normal, I am in fact generally against any form of authoritarianism, I think cops should be less powerful. Maybe my analogy makes it seem otherwise, I was just trying to point out that the context is pretty relevant here. As in, someone getting killed by a lion for no reason and someone getting killed by a lion after provoking it are very different stories.

In theory they are recruited, trained, and paid to not overreact. Lions are not.