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A collection of videos of police brutality

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Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#11

You know what needs to stop? School shootings. I’m not defending police brutality, but this nation loses its shit for one grown man but shrugs when dozens of innocent children are slaughtered.

Nobody shrugs. Fixing it on the other hand in the USA - good luck.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#12

Cool. And who does the website with videos about brutality against police? This doesn't do anything but making the problem worse.

Tu quoque.

Police already publish arrest records, mug shots, and they're covered by the media as well. Criminal charges are public records and covered by FOIA requests.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#13

Cool. And who does the website with videos about brutality against police? This doesn't do anything but making the problem worse.

I think the police already have pretty good systems for that. If there is actual violence against them, then they can file charges against the known assailants, and have a pretty good chance those charges would stick.

Whereas with violence done by police, even if you have the best video in the world proving that they murdered someone on live TV, those charges probably wouldn’t stick. Or even be brought to court.

There needs to be a counterbalance to their overwhelming power in such matters.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#15

You know what needs to stop? School shootings. I’m not defending police brutality, but this nation loses its shit for one grown man but shrugs when dozens of innocent children are slaughtered.

This isn't about one person. In the words of Mos Def - "Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: the million other straws underneath it."

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#16

Cool. And who does the website with videos about brutality against police? This doesn't do anything but making the problem worse.

Tu quoque. Police already publish arrest records, mug shots, and they're covered by the media as well. Criminal charges are public records and covered by FOIA requests.

> Tu quoque

TIL. Thanks!

edit: Hmmm, the gesture was sincere. I was aware of the principle but not the name. It's going to come in handy in these times.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#17

You know what needs to stop? School shootings. I’m not defending police brutality, but this nation loses its shit for one grown man but shrugs when dozens of innocent children are slaughtered.

False. School shootings are also protested: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/opponents-protest-wake-...

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#18

The site seems to be down. Will it do historical abuse as well?

I think traffic might of killed it. I will upgrade the server it's running on tonight. In answer to your question, all videos on there will stay there for the rest of time. We cannot let this happen now but we certainly can't let it be forgotten either.

Re: A collection of videos of police brutality

#19

You know what needs to stop? School shootings. I’m not defending police brutality, but this nation loses its shit for one grown man but shrugs when dozens of innocent children are slaughtered.

You know what needs to stop? Both of them. You know what’s in our capacity as human beings to address? Both of them.

Talking about one does not remove the necissities to address the other, and addressing the other takes nothing away from individuals championing reforms of the former.

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