Abuse of Power Thread (Cops, Governments, Etc.) - Part 2

[Sithborg]

This is not going to have a happy ending.

 

[Teelie]

That sounds like a blatantly illegal thing too. That gives cops a defacto immunity from prosecution for their crimes.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

While I can get an argument made about not wanting frivolous or malicious law suits... But to essentially pre-judge every situation with "Our employees can do no wrong", government employees at that?

Sorry... That doesn't pass the smell test, even if one was understanding of a certain level of legal protection for the individual officers, their department or the particular municipality they serve in.

Again... We are deciding beforehand that these government employees cannot be in the wrong?

Where are the Libertarian Conservative types that rail against "Do nothing unions that protect unfit employees" now?

 

[Sithborg]

 

[Teelie]

Absolutely nothing wrong with the police doing that to someone. Nope. Nothing.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/07/07/park-police-did-not-record-their-radio-transmissions-during-lafayette-square-operation-june-1/

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

This list is from five years ago.

Most of us have never heard of these people sadly.

 

[RockSP]

 

[Lencho01]

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

That sounds like a blatantly illegal thing too. That gives cops a defacto immunity from prosecution for their crimes.

So much for the rule of law.

 

[The Overlord]

So much for the rule of law.

Well frankly, when right-wingers talk about the rule of law, they mean Nixon's ''Law and Order'' strategy:

Trump Is Reviving the Disgraceful Legacy of ‘Law-and-Order’ Politics

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

‘It’s Spooky Right Now’: Inside the Creepy Federal Crackdown on Portland Protesters

 

[Lencho01]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

For my entire 40 plus years the GOP and the conservative/evangelical/libertarians of this country screamed about both states' rights and the need for strong second amendment protections because the mask would soon come off and we would all be victims of the tyranny of the Federal Government that had to be fought tooth and nail all the way. Anyone who didn't join in this fantasia of righteous rebellion was a fool, compromised or one of the dreaded boogiemen waiting to impose draconian penalties upon the public. Feminists, Socialists, Communists, those who embrace multiculturalism, LGBTQ, the globalists, the Illuminati, the Blacks, the Hispanics, the college kids, the college teachers, the urban professionals... Whatever which one or combo was useful to to scare the ignorant and provincial at the moment.


In the face of actual unmarked and unidentified Federal agents snatching people off the streets though, in light of the POTUS himself using Federal riot police to attack protesters, despite the reality of the coast to coast police freak out we all experienced not long ago where people were fired upon in their homes, journalists were targeted and all this done with premeditation given how uniformly badges and IDs were obscured... All that hasn't moved the needle for those who espoused delusions of black helicopters and the NWO, nor even the garden variety conservative type that made it known loudly and often that they were always so terribly offended by any and all examples of an inhumane Federal Government overstepping its powers and acting outside the rule of law.


Their silence for the time preceding lockdown was damning on its own, especially seeing how the Impeachment process was undermined itself by obstruction of justice, along with a numbing list of other scandals that boil down to "The White House knowingly broke the law on some level but the Republican Party will not allow any accountability.".

However the events of our post-lockdown history should have been the straw to break the camel's back, no? But here we are... Silence. Or worse... Cheerleading.

To them I say, with all offense, your values and principles whether political, social or moral were always obviously hot air and by any ethical light you should apologise to every person you ever got into a political debate or disagreement with for how absolutely disingenuous you've been as an American Conservative or at least someone that reliably espoused all their buzz words and talking points.

Your deeply held beliefs were never anything more than a pose and your silence and lack of outrage or your salivating at possibly having Federal agents impose Marshal Law proves it.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[Teelie]

The even more ****ed up thing is the police have no obligation to pay for the damages even though they broke into the wrong place. They get away with a lot of ****. The upside is no one was killed or even hurt (physically).

 

[Schlosser85]

For my entire 40 plus years the GOP and the conservative/evangelical/libertarians of this country screamed about both states' rights and the need for strong second amendment protections because the mask would soon come off and we would all be victims of the tyranny of the Federal Government that had to be fought tooth and nail all the way. Anyone who didn't join in this fantasia of righteous rebellion was a fool, compromised or one of the dreaded boogiemen waiting to impose draconian penalties upon the public. Feminists, Socialists, Communists, those who embrace multiculturalism, LGBTQ, the globalists, the Illuminati, the Blacks, the Hispanics, the college kids, the college teachers, the urban professionals... Whatever which one or combo was useful to to scare the ignorant and provincial at the moment.


In the face of actual unmarked and unidentified Federal agents snatching people off the streets though, in light of the POTUS himself using Federal riot police to attack protesters, despite the reality of the coast to coast police freak out we all experienced not long ago where people were fired upon in their homes, journalists were targeted and all this done with premeditation given how uniformly badges and IDs were obscured... All that hasn't moved the needle for those who espoused delusions of black helicopters and the NWO, nor even the garden variety conservative type that made it known loudly and often that they were always so terribly offended by any and all examples of an inhumane Federal Government overstepping its powers and acting outside the rule of law.


Their silence for the time preceding lockdown was damning on its own, especially seeing how the Impeachment process was undermined itself by obstruction of justice, along with a numbing list of other scandals that boil down to "The White House knowingly broke the law on some level but the Republican Party will not allow any accountability.".

However the events of our post-lockdown history should have been the straw to break the camel's back, no? But here we are... Silence. Or worse... Cheerleading.

To them I say, with all offense, your values and principles whether political, social or moral were always obviously hot air and by any ethical light you should apologise to every person you ever got into a political debate or disagreement with for how absolutely disingenuous you've been as an American Conservative or at least someone that reliably espoused all their buzz words and talking points.

Your deeply held beliefs were never anything more than a pose and your silence and lack of outrage or your salivating at possibly having Federal agents impose Marshal Law proves it.

Nobody needed this to know that evangelicals and libertarians don’t believe in a single damn thing.

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

This is horrifying, yet business as usual for police in America. The prospect of becoming the latest hashtag should explain why people are so angry at the police. But there is a huge contingent of people who will defend police no matter what they do and suggest BLM is some kind of terrorist organization. Unfortunately, the current occupant of the White House fits that description perfectly.

 

[Lencho01]

 

[Teelie]

All apart of the Republican long term plan to dismantle the USPS and then profit off it via privitization.

 

[RockSP]

 

[Lencho01]

 

[Lencho01]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

As I've said... Don't think that just because you aren't a person of color that the systemic lack of accountability in American policing won't affect you.