police-involved shooting in Kenosha, WI...unrest ensues

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I'm not sure if I agree with this or not:

Virginia Cop Fired After Donating $25 To Kyle Rittenhouse Defense With Note: ‘You’ve Done Nothing Wrong’

“God bless. Thank you for your courage,” the police officer wrote in his message to Rittenhouse.

www.forbes.com

Unless he did it as a representative of the department and not as a private citizen.

 

[sdifox]

I'm not sure if I agree with this or not:

Virginia Cop Fired After Donating $25 To Kyle Rittenhouse Defense With Note: ‘You’ve Done Nothing Wrong’

“God bless. Thank you for your courage,” the police officer wrote in his message to Rittenhouse.

www.forbes.com

Unless he did it as a representative of the department and not as a private citizen.

Huh? Plenty of people got fired because they made the employer look bad.

 

[cytg111]

I'm not sure if I agree with this or not:

Virginia Cop Fired After Donating $25 To Kyle Rittenhouse Defense With Note: ‘You’ve Done Nothing Wrong’

“God bless. Thank you for your courage,” the police officer wrote in his message to Rittenhouse.

www.forbes.com

Unless he did it as a representative of the department and not as a private citizen.

Terrorist sympathizer? Gitmo.

 

[TeeJay1952]

He sent a personal, political message from Public account.

 

[ch33zw1z]

He sent a personal, political message from Public account.

Yep, pretty dumb move.

 

[shortylickens]

Allegedly the little shit was deputized.

Kenosha police 'deputized' militia ahead of deadly shooting, lawsuit claims

A man shot by U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse during racial justice protests in Wisconsin last year has filed a lawsuit against local law enforcement he accuses of deputizing a "roving militia" of white nationalists.

www.reuters.com

What I really want out of this situation is a fuckload of old racist cops to lose their jobs, and be replaced with decent human beings.
Thats probably not gonna happen.

 

[dawp]

my home town, not surprised by this news.

 

[Vic]

Allegedly the little shit was deputized.

Kenosha police 'deputized' militia ahead of deadly shooting, lawsuit claims

A man shot by U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse during racial justice protests in Wisconsin last year has filed a lawsuit against local law enforcement he accuses of deputizing a "roving militia" of white nationalists.

www.reuters.com

What I really want out of this situation is a fuckload of old racist cops to lose their jobs, and be replaced with decent human beings.
Thats probably not gonna happen.

What happened in response to Floyd's murder IMO should be understood from the context of a massive and extremely powerful, but decentralized, govt bureaucracy responding to the dire prospect of accountability.

 

[brycejones]

Shoot a minority and you get to call them names implying they are law breakers in court. But the prosecution can’t refer to them as victims because that is a loaded term.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/26/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-judge-victims/

 

[ch33zw1z]

smh, victims getting canceled.

 

[HomerJS]

consequences are only for people of color

 

[Dave_5k]

Shoot a minority and you get to call them names implying they are law breakers in court. But the prosecution can’t refer to them as victims because that is a loaded term.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/26/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-judge-victims/

White guy shot 3 white guys as I recall? Although I could be confused.

 

[HurleyBird]

White guy shot 3 white guys as I recall? Although I could be confused.

That's right.

I watched the hearing, and things did not go well for the prosecution. The whole back third of the hearing devolved into the prosecutor arguing with the judge, leading to moments like:

and

 

[himkhan]

The judge needs to recuse himself. He is clearly jaded and should not be presiding over this case.

BTW - we don't need two thread on this topic. We've had this one for a while now.