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[–]Carnate 19 insightful - 3 fun19 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Police shot and killed twice as many whites as blacks last year.

[–]Tarsius 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Why is that any better? Why is it ok that the police kill so many people at all, regardless of skin color? As I see it, the deal we (the people) are having with the state is, that we give it the monopoly on violence in exchange for getting justice without the need for personal revenge. This seems to generally make society a lot less violent, but in the US you have the state pretty much breaking this deal, by being unjustly violent itself. Riots are only the logical conclusion to this and I am wondering why 'all lives matter' isn't on the side of the rioters. Police defunding looks like a bad idea from my perspective, because as I mentioned above, mending the deal would likely make society far less violent, than breaking it completely. Nevertheless it is only logical that people want to do that because they have lost their trust in the police.

[–]justjoggin 11 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Why is it ok that the police kill so many people at all,

Straw man. Why is ok that doctors kill 200,000?

This whole thing is a pretend issue. Police are part of living in a civilized society. No other races are collectively complaining. Blacks just don’t fit in. It’s not complicated. That’s why they’re getting booted out of China too.

wondering why 'all lives matter' isn't on the side of the rioters.

You could start with 1350, then move to 1390. They simply don’t fit in.

[–]NaughtyUnicorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not just blacks, cops kill white thugs too, but who cares. I love how the whole world is trying to protect criminals. If you don't want to be killed by a cop don't be a law breaking asshole.