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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)You've spent the last two days arguing, analyzing, parsing and fighting to convince everyone that the police did nothing wrong. Why is this so important to you?
I can tell you why it's important to those of us who are pushing back on you - we strongly believe that it's wrong for the force of the law to be used to enforce what we believe to be wrong and racist attitudes in a way that infringes on the rights of innocent individuals. And the only way to prevent such wrongs is for people to speak up and fight back against the systems that enforce it. That's a big deal to me and worth fighting for.
But why are are you so adamant to defend the police in this instance? What is it about the police being criticized - an entity of government that, unlike the individuals they arrest, has more than enough defenders and protections in place to ensure they are not railroaded or wrongly treated? Why did you start this discussion by suggesting you were seeking input only to argue and fight and deny every attempt to actually provide you the input you asked for? And why are you continuing, now on day three, to try to beat back every criticism of the police behavior in this matter - long after everyone actually involved in the case (including the DA and except the police, of course) has pretty much acknowledged that everyone screwed this up and these men should never have been arrested?
Just wondering what your motivation and goals are here.