Everything I’ve heard and seen in this trial, shows a community stopping in its tracks to try and save a man’s life from POLICE. An old man minding his own business, snoops for a minute and then tries to calm George down. An off duty firefighter just begging the cops to check his pulse. A worker willing to dock HIS OWN FUCKING PAY to avoid a confrontation. Goddamn America. Goddamn it all to hell.
It truly does highlight how broken things are.
Just to further the point, I remember several decades ago when I was a young kid, my ultra conservative dad told me that I should NEVER contact or approach police unless I had to; only if there was an emergency should I try to get ahold of them, otherwise they were to be cautiously avoided. I am white and come from a fairly comfortable family.
I have a few attorneys in my family and they always told me the same thing. Never say anything more than you have to, yes or no, and if you’re in trouble shut up and ask for a lawyer. Recently one of these lawyers asked why I hate cops so much and I’m like ‘Because of you! You told me to be this way!’
Goddamn America. Goddamn it all to hell.
A country populated by seemingly good-hearted people but ruled by vicious assholes.
This country is literally explicitly fascist.
