Emerald: #NotallPolice
Black Santo Nino: #MostPolice
#EnoughPolice to ruin public trust and the social glue of assumed compliance towards law enforcement; the "bad eggs" ruin the rule of law for everyone.
Yes, that was a fancy way of saying: this will keep happening until people literally won't put up with it any more, and cease standing by recording while murders happen. I do not understand how that officer wasn't bodily tackled by a bystander—let alone the off-duty emergency services personnel on-scene—after even one minute of kneeling on his neck.
Those present with phones in hand will have to live with the fact they were present to witness a murder, and didn't intervene.
"To protect and serve {the public good}" has become "to protect and serve {the thin blue line}."
That self-reinforcing us-v.-them mentality can only lead to a public violently overthrowing their oppressors. (When your police are essentially a profit-driven arm of systemic repression—essentially the mob or a cartel—continued compliance becomes the unreasonable choice.)
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