Yeah, I was just looking at the other case, the Louisiana case.
The kindest most sympathetic way I think we can put it, is that here was a chap bent on torture-testing the police system, and then when it finally, in some technical sense, failed, leaving a cause behind to claim that the police system tortured him.
Um. Maybe we should treat this as a lesson in attitudes to try to avoid, that rage will envelop itself in futility. I wish Rev. Peterson well.
“...here was a chap bent on torture-testing the police system, and then when it finally, in some technical sense, failed, leaving a cause behind to claim that the police system tortured him.”
BINGO.
The lesson here (yet again) is:
Cooperate with police and law enforcement on a basic level, and everyone will get home safely.
You’d think that after all of these highly publicized incidents, young black men would learn the same thing their fathers did - namely - when an officer stops you, be respectful and let him do his job.
It’s not personal.
He’s not ‘dissing’ you by interacting with you.
You did something to draw his attention, and it’s his duty to check it out.
He is authorized to use force to gain your compliance if you resist.
If you insist upon resisting, you may pay for that resistance with your life.
End of lesson.