“Three police have been placed on administrative leave after they reportedly watched as a man drowned.” As the man’s wife screamed for them to help, they threatened her: “If you don't calm down, I'm going to put you in my car." Uvalde is not an anomaly. https://t.co/VvVwpOUa2m
People who think Emmett Till was ancient history should be reminded that 18 current members of Congress are older than him and the white woman Carolyn Bryant who falsely accused him is still alive.
It’s not ancient history. It’s not even history. It’s contemporary reality.
It’s doors.
It’s video games.
It’s weed.
They are literally going to go through the list of all the things in the world before they get to the thing that is the problem.
Seems as good a time as any to remind people that loggers, roofers, construction workers, sanitation workers, truckers, miners, agricultural workers, etc. all have statistically more dangerous jobs than cops—and if they refuse to do those jobs they get fired, not more money.
First, this new version of the story is amazing when you consider that cops admit that some *did* go in to get *their own kids* while cops tackled/arrested other parents to stop them from saving theirs. This is defining feature of U.S. cops: protect *some*, brutalize others.