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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm certain that if the victim had been a poor American or dark skinned, we would be seeing 30 NYPD fanning out in the park to look for potential evidence.

This country is run by fucking disgusting people.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 weeks ago

The American people are finally united against a common threat. Don’t derail this with their “divide and rule” race war.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think your fundamental mistake is thinking it's "run" at the level that impacts this. Do you think Biden is ordering the NYPD? Congress? The justice department? Strong doubt that they need to tell the NYPD to behave this way, this is simply how the NYPD behaves. They are an organization of bad people who do bad things daily, this just being a normal outcome of their badness.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a systemic issue. This is capitalism, which exists to protect privilege of rich people. The police are just their enforcers. They serve and protect the rich, and of course their system. It is modern day feudalism. Police are the modern day bailiffs that will hit you over the head with a stick if you try to question the system. It's not that the NYPD is not a bunch of fucked up bastards, but they are part of something much bigger, and much worse. That's why ACAP, as it is usually meant, is insufficient. It really should be:

All Capitalists (and their minions) Are Bastards.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

But they are a bunch of fucked up bastards too, and ones who deliberately choose to be supportive of the system. It's not dissimilar from people who decide to go work for price Waterhouse coopers or JP Morgan chase. They want to be part of the systemic evil, and therefore are far far more evil than average. To translate to the west coast, startup founders and "raw water" purveyors.

You cant entirely blame "the system" when there are individual choices that go into saying "actually I like this system and have no empathy for anyone else, sign me up".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure that the President can't give orders to state or city police.

Let me look this up. The New York City Police Commissioner is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the mayor. The mayor probably knows where his campaign financing comes from. The NY attorney general is also elected.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

It's about to be worse too...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

No war, but a class war. They're gunning for this guy regardless of him being white.