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In reply to the discussion: Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I have no right to offer my opinion, but I think this goes beyond police [View all]hamsterjill
(15,243 posts)And I agree.
I just feel bad for the people who get caught in the cross fire - as I think we ALL do. The employees of the CVS store that was burned and looted, etc. Those people did NOTHING to cause the loss of their livelihood, etc. The people who had cars burned, etc., are innocent victims based on being in the wrong place at the wrong time when a small group of unruly protestors decided to act badly.
I heard rhetoric on CNN last night from certain guests that was basically exempting the behavior of the people who burned and looted the store simply because they were 'young people with nothing to do'.
So let ME be very clear in what I mean here. I will NOT accept police behavior that treats one person differently than another. I understand that happens, is happening, and is going to continue to happen until change is brought about. I want that change myself and I expect it as an American citizen. I will not accept discrimination.
But I will never excuse someone for burning and looting a store, etc. that had nothing to do with the issue being protested. I don't care if young people have nothing to do. They have a sense of right and wrong and the perpetrators of the looting, etc. need to be brought to justice whether they be young, old, black, white, residents or outsiders.
It is proper, correct and necessary that the leaders who are working hard to bring about real change openly and vocally condemn the actions of the looters who got out of hand.
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