It seems like the stakes continue to rise with each protest. These people seem so determined to have their way, that they don’t mind inciting a war or destroying society in the process. You won’t get others to care about the problem you are protecting unless you appeal to the heart of others. Disrupting traffic and all of the other bad actions make them look like spoiled kids throwing a temper tantrum.
So, do you have a bad guy doing bad stuff with a gun in a crappy part of town who refuses police orders and finally opens fire on them?
Or...
Do you have a guy driving around the crappy neighborhood he lives in, who gets pulled over by what he thinks is a cop, but what gets out isn't wearing a uniform and draws a gun on him in a few seconds, so he decides to shoot it out instead of give in?
I honestly don't know the answer nor do I think I ever will. I wish I had enough faith in our institutions to say that I had confidence that the system would seek the truth, but I don't.
This may be nitpicking, but a lot of BLM protests blocked roads, too.
I sadly agree on your analysis, though. We should be allowed to run them over if there is no viable escape and if they are warned ONCE. It is indeed false imprisonment at the very least, and we have the right to free ourselves with all necessary force. But who wants to go through what Kyle Rittenhouse went through?
It seems like the stakes continue to rise with each protest. These people seem so determined to have their way, that they don’t mind inciting a war or destroying society in the process. You won’t get others to care about the problem you are protecting unless you appeal to the heart of others. Disrupting traffic and all of the other bad actions make them look like spoiled kids throwing a temper tantrum.
Dexter is a lousy martyr, but so was George Floyd. However, I do have concerns with the video (and I watched all 5 of them on the Chicago PD website).
1) These are plainclothes officers. No unis.
2) I don't hear anyone identify themselves as cops. The audio starts late in each case, but no one identifies themselves as far as I can tell.
3) This is a dangerous part of town. (https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-humboldt-park-chicago-il/) That affects both cops and the perp.
So, do you have a bad guy doing bad stuff with a gun in a crappy part of town who refuses police orders and finally opens fire on them?
Or...
Do you have a guy driving around the crappy neighborhood he lives in, who gets pulled over by what he thinks is a cop, but what gets out isn't wearing a uniform and draws a gun on him in a few seconds, so he decides to shoot it out instead of give in?
I honestly don't know the answer nor do I think I ever will. I wish I had enough faith in our institutions to say that I had confidence that the system would seek the truth, but I don't.
This may be nitpicking, but a lot of BLM protests blocked roads, too.
I sadly agree on your analysis, though. We should be allowed to run them over if there is no viable escape and if they are warned ONCE. It is indeed false imprisonment at the very least, and we have the right to free ourselves with all necessary force. But who wants to go through what Kyle Rittenhouse went through?