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Stop asking me "Why?" when I tell you that a cop murdered someone.
Can we talk about this for a second?
Can we talk about this for a second?
If you ask me "Why?" when I say that a cop killed someone, you're implying that it's okay. It's okay unless I provide a "good enough" explanation for you to justify why the murder was unnecessary.
In doing that, we're having the wrong conversation about cops murdering people.
In doing that, we're having the wrong conversation about cops murdering people.
Instead, we need to talk about how we've provided cops with the means and the authority to be judge, jury, and executioner of any of us.
They decide whether we live or die, and in that decision, they only report to themselves on whether it was excessive or responsible.
They decide whether we live or die, and in that decision, they only report to themselves on whether it was excessive or responsible.
(Spoiler: Cops lookout for cops. It's always responsible, unless we catch them)
When you ask me "Why?" when a cop murders someone and you look for an explanation, you don't realize that you yourself are justifying your own right to live or to die by a cop.
When you ask me "Why?" when a cop murders someone and you look for an explanation, you don't realize that you yourself are justifying your own right to live or to die by a cop.
We should start questioning how we let this system come into place. We should start questioning how to dismantle it before it gets any bigger. We should start questioning why we as a society kept the blinders on for as long as we have, and make sure we remain vigilant against it
If we keep up the way that we were going, the only thing that stops any of us from being murdered next is a "good enough" explanation. Our lives are worth more than that.
