A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Jan 28, 2023
It's extraordinary how brutal police are willing to be, the lengths to which they are willing to go, the solidarity they are willing to show, in order to deliver to Black U.S. citizens—the protection of whom is their ostensible jobs—the clear message, "we are at war with you."
Show threadA.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Jan 28, 2023

Even more extraordinary how patient Black citizens have been, staying so peaceful, despite having been given the message "we are at war with you."

Even more extraordinary how aggrieved police & those who align w/them are, when citizens finally agree "yes, you are at war with us"

Show threadA.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Jan 28, 2023

I'm told that the most important thing in the wake of this latest in an unbroken string of brutal state sponsored murders of citizens by police is that the situation does not become violent.

It's a telling response to a string of brutal state-sponsored murders of citizens by police.

Specifically, it's telling that some people see violence as their exclusive property, and that they consider the police to be institutionally entrusted with its proper administration.

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@JuliusGoat

For defenders of the status quo, especially conservatives, violence is only bad when those who've been wronged commit it.

They'll use every excuse to justify violence by agents of the state. Those who were violated are always at fault in some way.

They are as much of a problem as the police forces that see themselves above the law and reproach.

Jan 28, 2023 at 5:21pmWeb