Just repeat the talking points about how police are out of control. ‘Family Demands Answers’
A series of articles from various "news organizations" from diverse geographic areas that all have a headline that includes "Family demands answers," or a variation on that theme.
Am I asserting that, in each of these cases, the police were entirely justified, and that all these complaints are illegitimate? No, of course not. One must examine each case in detail to determine whether or not police procedures were proper and lawful. My point is not about police procedures, but rather about the lazy cookie-cutter approach to journalism that yields such a predictable series of headlines. And, in case you’d care to click those headline links, you will discover that in every case, the person shot by police is black. We know, as a matter of statistical fact, that cops actually shoot more white suspects than black suspects, but when did you ever see a news story about a white family “demanding answers” in such a case? I can only think of one off the top of my head — a crazy woman in Tennessee who charged cops with a pickax — but I’m sure there must be others.
Click thru for details on a case, some history of the anti-government and anti-police movements that might surprise you and more.
The families demanding answers are usually the ones who ignored insane, drugged-up behavior or threw the wacko out on the street for someone else to deal with. Now they hoping to win the ghetto lottery 'cuz, "he was turnin' his life around". "Dey din hafta shoot him, he was havin' a Krisis." Just can't find any sympathy for these people. Wacko with a knife attacking the police of some random citizen. Too bad!. Should of done something when you had the chance instead of letting him/her run the streets.
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