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In reply to the discussion: Do we actually know who killed those cops [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)It's not that deep. People do not trust the police. They kill nearly 500 Americans every year. France's PD kills 0 of its citizens.
So people are suspicious of American police. They have a reputation for brutality, against unarmed people.
They have been take aback at the growing protests against the killing of unarmed citizens, including children.
They are used to getting away with their crimes. So these protests have scared them, caused great anger among their ranks, we've seen that anger displayed, stupidly, on their web sites.
So when a tragedy like this happens, and THEY immediately claim they are 'going to WAR' and totally blame the NYC Mayor for everything, AND the peaceful protesters, it all seems, ODD to say the least.
A terrible tragedy occurred. Period. But not to them, it is being USED by the Police to try to stop the protests.
Something is fishy about that. So people ARE asking questions. We know they lie, they've been caught lying and cheating so often, it's a given.
So, the OP merely put into words what a whole lot of people are wondering.
Of course no one can say one way or the other.
But fair is fair. THEY are blaming perfectly innocent protesters for the tragic deaths of two police officers.
Now people are 'wondering' out loud if maybe THEY might have something to do with it.
See how that works? When you have bad policing, you create a suspicious, untrusting population.
It's bad all around. Which means, the protests must no stop, the distrust that causes the questions PROVES that we have a very big problem with our PDs.