Why conservatives defend murderer.

People have to justify this, because they have chosen a side that declares that there is little to no problem with our police, and that the problem lies with the people protesting them and the criminals themselves.

While most of us have accepted by now that there is a serious problem within our police force, whether you fall on the side of rampant racism or inadequate or improper training, and we get a little bitter vindication each time something like this happens.

But if you have chosen the opposition side, for whatever reason, your position has to be either "a few bad apples" to "no problem at all, just spoiled brat kids growing up to be thugs" and you have to defend any police action, because admitting that a cop did something wrong at this point would start the process of tearing down your world view.

This is the danger of partisanship, and how extreme it's gotten. Most people in this world are sane people. Most people in this country don't actually feel that the police should have the job of judge jury and executioner when dealing with suspected criminals, but they can't argue that if they've chosen the opposition side, because the opposition groupthink is that "Blue Lives Matter" and the problem lies elsewhere.

It would be fascinating to watch if it wasn't so goddamn tragic.

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Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M

Its rotten on both sides tbh, its always "whichever fits my narrative" with some people. There's a lot of mental gymnastics going on and gaslighting in todays partisan driven media in their quest for continuous ratings. Give the people what they want to hear so they keep watching and keep them in their twitter bubbles where they can comfortabley sniff eachothers farts.

With the police I tend to look at it objectively, sometimes there's bad cops/bad people, sometimes people make tragic mistakes out of stress and panic, sometimes we don't get the full context or an already framed version of something before any light has been shone on it (nearly everytime tbh). Both sides are too quick to condemn without knowing anything, "put that cop in jail, he's a racist murderer!" "He obviously had a knife/gun! its the criminal thats at fault!".

It's the sickness of instant reaction culture and twitter/social media in general, the people have become judge and executioner and their judgement happens overnight. It's always "Off with their heads!!" every freaking night with these people. It's like living in a persistent witchhunt.

I will say also that blue lives do matter very much, the police just needs radical reform and much more funding for training/de-escalation training, psychologists, paid leave in times of stress etc. The relationship needs to change on a fundamental level, but thats at conflict with the danger they have to account for. Tough to win.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@Ryannnnnn Agreed with all of what you said but also to add to the last part where you said blue lives do matter, there was a group of police who called themselves the executioners. A police guy tried to turn them in and got beaten down for it allegedly. I just say allegedly because that's the claims made by that one cop. And that cop is a good person to try to face a group alone. So you know that there are good cops out there.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

It's a matter of control. They perceive that they are loosing control. So they justify those actions with the fact that those who are to enforce that control are in the right.

Might means right, by their view. Hence why the need for weapons at all. 😔

Spoiledbrat · F

Most people where? Here? Most people font get arrested on a regular basis therefore no they don’t understand. And justify murder? We don’t know that that cop wasn’t just sick of homie’s shit.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

Fair analysis, you're either entirely dismissive about rioting or you're all gun-ho in defense of police. I get it.

SW-User

Twat.

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