Re:Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd...
by jakelazaroff on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:31PM
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> Do you expect police to just stand around and wait until people feel like following lawful orders?
If he was breaking the law, why did they assault him rather than arresting him?
Also, how do we know the orders were lawful?
> If you have a peanut allergy you shouldn't be hanging around in peanut factories looking for trouble (as the old guy was on video laughing earlier that day)
How is it relevant that he was laughing earlier?
The point is that it's incumbent on the police to determine the appropriate amount of force to use, not on civilians to retreat based on a worst–case scenario of what the police can do to them. They exist to serve us, not the other way around.
If he was breaking the law, why did they assault him rather than arresting him?
Also, how do we know the orders were lawful?
> If you have a peanut allergy you shouldn't be hanging around in peanut factories looking for trouble (as the old guy was on video laughing earlier that day)
How is it relevant that he was laughing earlier?
The point is that it's incumbent on the police to determine the appropriate amount of force to use, not on civilians to retreat based on a worst–case scenario of what the police can do to them. They exist to serve us, not the other way around.