Well Steve, Taylor might have made a compelling witness if she’d lived (or That’s Why They Call It “Murder”).
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CATO 2020 National Survey Results: 63% Of Americans In Favor Of Ending Qualified Immunity For Police
From Emily Ekins at CATO
Survey results show good news for police reform. 63% of Americans support ending qualified immunity for police. The problem is those in power don’t – a majority of Republicans, police (as represented by the unions) and the judicial system.
Other good news from the survey:
- 84% of people oppose erasing records of police misconduct every few years.
- 62% of people say police unions should not be allowed to collectively bargain over methods used to hold police officers accountable for misconduct.
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What Happened After Breonna Taylor Was Shot
No one came to her aid.
“For more than 20 minutes after Taylor was fatally shot at approximately 12:43 a.m. by Louisville officers, the 26-year-old emergency room technician lay where she fell in her hallway, receiving no medical attention, according to dispatch logs.”
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Police: Rabid Animals
Like in this case for example.
Rep Thomas Massie On GOP Amendment To End War In Afghanistan
“A defense bill amendment to repeal authority for military force that has been in place since right after 9-11, effectively expediting plans for a full withdrawal and ending America’s longest war.”
Massie states the biggest obstacle may be that Democrat House Leader Nancy Pelosi will not allow it to come up for a vote.
ICYMI: I joined @FoxFriendsFirst yesterday to talk about the need to finally end the war in Afghanistan, to not just withdraw some troops, but to withdraw all of the troops. pic.twitter.com/bRmRLKhXf0
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 17, 2020
The Government of Louisville, Kentucky is at War Against Its Population
Here their paramilitary SWAT team accosts a house painter, his girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter because they are so crazy and stupid they raided the same house twice, the second time weeks after successfully arresting the guy they were looking for, who was still sitting in jail at the time of the second raid.
I have an idea:
How about the Louisville BLM movement, which is doing great work targeting the DA to pressure him over holding Breonna Taylor’s murderers accountable now head over to the judge’s house? I bet his wife would just love to welcome 5,000 young black protesters over for tea and cookies.
How about from now on, every time a paramilitary SWAT team raids a civilian home in America, all the protesters head straight over to the home of the judge who signed the warrant, occupy the lawn, bother the hell out of the neighbors and let them know that they will never live happy lives again until they resign their office? Night raids would be over and banned in a month.
This I think would be especially noteworthy due to the fact that holding judges to account for violations of people’s rights is absolutely unheard of and will sound shocking and surprising to people when they hear the idea for the first time. But why in the world should judges be above accountability for crimes committed under their authority? How could anyone defend such a state of affairs? So I think it could be a point very well made.
Focus. Focus. Eye on the ball. (I know easy for me to say, but I really do wish you the best of success against these crazed killers.)
#accountabilityforkillercops
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