Two years after an attacker shot five volunteers before a Black Lives Matter march in Portland, Oregon, killing a 60-year-old woman and leaving one of her young friends paralyzed, a new visual investigation of the attack reveals that the assailant tried to provoke a stand-your-ground situation, daring three women to fight him, before suddenly opening fire when they refused.

  • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    ACAB every fucking pig needs to be dragged into the street.

    And I hate to break this to you because I know some of you are itching to post ‘why is this kind of thing increasing?’

    The sad thing is: it’s not.

    Its just that now we have the 24 hour news cycle and the internet to make us aware of nearly every time it happens.

    Things like this have been going on since slavery days just it used to be a lot easier to cover up.

    Fucking pigs content in their power protecting them from the consequences of their bigotries, and our government and court system will bend over backwards to cater to them.

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      9 months ago

      Yep.

      I remember before the era where we all had high-def cameras in our pocket, and how many middle class white people would always say “Well he must have done something to deserve that, police just wouldnt hurt/kill/etc someone for no reason!”

      and guess what? They do! We have innumerable videos proving just that thanks to the prevelence of pocket cameras. Cause Cops are fearful tyrants that leap to lethal force in half a second over nothing, and will unashamedly beat the shit out of someone if they feel disrespected… all while blatantly lying and falsifying their paperwork… because Cops are tiny tin pot tyrants running their own personal fiefdoms, complete with all the protections and immunities such positions of rulership bring.