People call 911 because they are having a medical issue, cops show up and shoot them and their dog, plus the neighbors dog for good measure. Shitheads actually attempt a coup, try to hang congress people, invade government offices, somehow only one of them gets shot. It makes 0 sense.
Makes a lot of sense if you understand that the police exist to support white supremacy and maga is a white supremacist organization.
imagine the bloodbath that would have occurred if the crowds had been black / latino etc. or fuck, even college kids...
somehow only one of them got shot... SOMEHOW.
you know that's a funny word when you look at it - some... how?
like some, a quantity.... how, a state or condition.... doing a heavy lift that.
it just doesn't seem to encompass the obvious and outright institutionalized racism displayed that day. angry white people smeared shit inside the capitol and only a single one was shot, and that was it.
oh 4 years later we're finally getting around to sentencing some of the shit-smear crowd. they should have been rounded up that evening and lived the rest of their lives breaking rocks in leavenworth federal pen on whatever hard labor the government could devise.
I used to think the same thing. How did only one person get shot? Why didn't they shoot a few people outside of the Capitol and end the whole thing? As soon as a few people would have been shot, the vast majority of those insurrectionists would have ran, right? It's basically what happened with Babbitt.
After watching a few documentaries, I think there were two reasons. One, the whole thing wasn't a fluke. It didn't happen by accident. People didn't just get riled up. That whole thing was a legit planned and executed attempt by POTUS et al. to conduct a true insurrection while making it seem grassroots. The whole point was to let the crowd get as far as possible to intimidate the certification into caving to Trump. Because of this, they were ordered to not engage with lethal means. Two, they didn't have the manpower because they were purposely handicapped. Had they opened fire, the wackos with legit firepower in the crowd would have fired back. This thing was a lot more violent than the news reported. There were situations in which officers went in knowing they might die. And in the moment, you don't have the benefit of hindsight. This could have been a lot worse. The restraint they used was impressive. Now, I'm impressed with how well the Capitol Police handled that insurrection. I think there were officers there that day that history will hold as heroes.
Anyway, yeah, part of why it was so "compassionate" from the police was that the insurrectionists were White. But, they were ordered not to open fire by the same people that would benefit from the insurrection. And, they were handicapped and could have been overran had they opened fire. The fact that the police still prevented the insurrection is a testament to their professionalism and patriotism.
Or you know
Could it be that the most prestigious police job, where only the best of the best are taken, protecting the most important people in the country, working for the government who has enough money to spend on their training, actually has well-trained and well-controlled policemen?
Could it be that an institution that is notorious for how incredibly federalized (federalized = decentralized != with the federal government) it is doesn't have the same quality everywhere?
they literally barricaded and fell back as far as they could.
watch the footage, so many times, cops put their hands on their sidearms, then fall back.
compare that to footage of occupy, of the atlanta cop city protests, any violent reactions on campuses etc., - is there a qualitative difference in them? maybe? but not enough to explain the disparity in violent, over-reaction.
The coup failed though so they clearly did something right with minimal loss of life
But hasn't been prosecuted nearly severely enough. Max sentence I've seen is 4y with most of these traitors getting off with months instead.
It was an attempted coup. Sure it failed but the first Nazi coup also failed and they were let off easy then tried again successfully.
One dude got 22 years I know for a fact.
As if she's in heaven.
As if Heaven was a place.
I was told that ooh heaven is a place on Earth.
Do you know what that's worth??
They say, in heaven, "butt plug Smurf."
Lots of people are saying it. Good people, smart people.
Heaven is a half-pipe.
If I die before I wake...
At least in heaven I can skate.
the most messed up thing is I read that line and instead of thinking of the oldschool kids' prayer i start hearing Metallica playing in my head.
She will always have her posthumous Darwin award though
My favorite part was when Trump said nobody died on Jan 6..
Her death was so useless not even the guy she was supporting gave a shit about her.
What the hell makes you think that lady is in heaven? Assuming an even exists, I'm pretty sure her reservation got switched to a different establishment.
Could be one and not the other. Could be after you die you become a happy sentient green baby poo only to get wiped away. Could be good things after tho
Trump admitted he lost the election?
I was confused about this as well, but apparently in the past couple days he has said he lost a few times. Thanks to @jeffw@lemmy.world for posting this article:
!https://lemmy.world/post/19412309
This is most likely to try to deflect from him saying that he had every right to interfere with the election since he's currently facing a criminal trial for interfering with the election.
That was actually the most recent interview. He said that after admitting to election interference.
Lmao @ "heaven".
If there is a heaven I doubt she is looking down from it.
Oof ow my frontal cortex
I'm lost. Is Babbitt not the chick who cut her abusive husband's dick off to great media attention in the 90s? (Weird AL put it in a song fucking legend). What does this have to do with Tonald Drump?
No Ashli Babbitt was the one person who was killed by police while attempting to overthrow the US Government on January 6th, 2021
Also fun fact: Conservative "Activist" group Judicial Watch filed a wrongful death lawsuit on her behalf earlier this year, which in my opinion spits in the face of all actual victims of police brutality.
You are thinking of Lorena Bobbitt.
That was my first thought too! This meme is about the dumbass who go herself shot during the failed Jan 6th coup.
That's Bobbit (the dick remover)
The thing about Ashlu Babbitt is that nothing of value was lost
I think you're overlooking the potential.
I don't give up on anybody because they all have the potential to have their Ebenezer Scrooge moment and change until they no longer have any moments.
The potential for Ashlii Babbitt to become a good and upstanding contributing member of society was lost because of her blind following of the orange turd.
That is her fault. It's still a sad thing.
I feel bad for her but I feel worse for the person who felt like they had no other choice but to shoot that woman, and I am glad that it only took one bullet to stop the insurrection.
If there is up or down then I'm sure she isn't looking down.
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