Comment by Uehreka
20 days ago
> This needs to be met with swift repercussions for both the individuals that participated, as well as the agencies that allowed it.
That’s not going to happen. Cross out that sentence and reason as if we’ve already asked for that and it failed. We’ve heard this song too many times to pretend we don’t know the first verse.
Agree it's never going to happen. The last time people hit the streets for police accountability the political backlash got us a convict in the white house. Democrats are now fully cowed on the topic and Republicans cheer any police overreach.
For the powerful in both government and business there is no rule of law anymore. The "law and order" slogan only means a boot stamping on little people's face forever, the powerful can break the law with impunity.
> The last time people hit the streets for police accountability the political backlash got us a convict in the white house.
I'm confused by your timeline here. Trump was already president when the George Floyd / ACAB protests happened. He then lost his reelection in the direct aftermath of those protests. It was only after four years of Biden/Harris being wet noodles and then Biden dropping out of the race to leave Trump facing a woman (again) did he win a reelection.