https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/brooklyn-center-police-shooting-minnesota.html
https://apnews.com/article/daunte-wright-minnesota-police-shooting-1ad1b12b77f35f9fa01e680b73add7d5
The police chief of a Minneapolis suburb said Monday he believes one of the department's officers wanted to use a Taser but mistakenly drew her service weapon before she fatally shot a Black man point-blank during a traffic stop the day before.
Not even going to try to get a quote from the officer that actually did the deed huh? Cool story, bro.
Woof
The video appeared to show Wright getting out of his car and then getting back in as officers tried to apprehend him on an undisclosed outstanding misdemeanor warrant that they discovered after they pulled him over in a traffic stop.
As Wright got back into his car, a female voice could be heard shouting "Taser!" before Wright was shot, video appeared to show.
That same female voice could be heard saying, "Holy s--- I just shot him," as the car pulled away, police said.
So maybe it was an accident.
Accidents happen.
But somehow they don't happen to white people very often.
Go figure.
Wright called his mother, Katie Wright, asking for the car's insurance information shortly after he was pulled over, she told reporters Sunday. She said police had pulled him over for having an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror, which is illegal in Minnesota.
Classic case of killed over air-freshener.
Nothing to see here, boys! Pack it up!
"The ACLU-MN has deep concerns that police here appear to have used dangling air fresheners as an excuse for making a pretextual stop, something police do all too often to target Black people," the statement continued. "The warrant appears to be for a non-felony."
Doesn't really matter what the warrant was for.
I bet they wish it was for a serious crime though so it would be easier to sweep this one under the rug. There are a lot of variables at play here, too numerous to go over or even fully understand. The systemic blight of racism in America has a lot of different facets.
"While we await a full investigation, we know what we need to do to move forward: rebuild trust and ensure accountability so no one is above the law," Biden said.
LOL @ "no one is above the law". Did your puppeteers instruct you to say that, you known police-state boot-licking pig? Christ almighty.
No more trust: fuck you.
Honestly it blows my mind that we are so early in the crypto game that groups like Black Lives Matter don't have their own currency. Controlling your own currency and being your own central bank is the absolute foundation and freedom required to "rebuild trust and ensure accountability". Someone let Lord Biden know, would ya?
Look at me, sitting in the safety of my living room, watching number go up as dark-skinned folk get gunned down in the street for no reason. Like, they need help guys. Pretty gross honestly, but whatcha gonna do? I'm no hero.
First thing I did when I saw this story was look at tasers.
Seriously how much does that thing weigh?
https://nypost.com/2021/04/12/taser-vs-gun-how-do-brooklyn-center-cops-wear-their-weapons/
For instance, a fully loaded Glock handgun — which is typically carried by officers — weighs in excess of 34 ounces, according to the gunmaker’s home page.
By comparison, a Taser stun gun weighs 8 ounces, the company’s site said.
So legit a taser weighs x4.25 less than the standard-issue handgun, it's painted yellow, has a completely different grip, and is holstered on the left hip. If this was an accident, that is quite a colossal fuckup. The officer had plenty of time to realize she was not wielding the correct weapon.
Of course perhaps her taser wasn't yellow. Can you imagine that? Being shot dead because someone wanted a cooler color than yellow? These things happen; this is real life.
Unfortunately we don't pay cops enough. They have the authority to legally kill people and we employ cowards and power-tripping assholes to these positions. COPs should not be nervous: they should be ready to die at all times while they serve and protect. Obviously this is not the case. Their training is lacking, at best, and purposefully exploitative at worst.
White Boy Rick Documentary
I need to do a separate post on this, but the prevailing theme of that post is going to be pretty simple: the judicial system is a subjective racist joke. If you kill someone important you get in more trouble than if you kill "street trash" or "hoodrats" or whatever the fuck they say these days.
Plain and simple, these "mistakes" do not happen with white people, and when they do the law comes down much harder depending on skin color. The 'judicial' system tries to act like they are impartial: the entire system is subjective and corrupt.
I've linked this video a few times as the best legal advice anyone will ever get: shut the fuck up. Never talk to any authority that has the power to incriminate you in a crime. They'll do it.
What I've failed to mention three times now is the pig that starts talking around minute 27. This is an old video, but it doesn't matter, that cop is racist as hell and you can tell just by the way he talks that he targets black people with flagrant abuses of justice and lets white people off scot free. I guarantee it.
33:30
There's a number of types of people that I deal with.
36:15
I had a sexual assault case. I had to talk to the guy how hot the woman was and I understand where he was coming from. When I said that: we were buds and he started talking to me.
The other side is I can't try and act like that individual acts. I can't try and act... what we call 'lovingly'... a 'hoodrat'. I can't try and act and talk like him... because... I'm an older white guy...
Holy motherfucking dumpster fire.
I didn't know 'lovingly' was a synonym 'racistly'.
Fucking pigs.
And then the third type: The one who tries to be 'the hood' who tries to be the criminal... who cries like a baby when they walk into jail but when they're on the streets their as tough as rocks.
... there's an unlevel playing field here.
Yeah, no shit.
Plus you're racist and sexist and toxic and have a ridiculous amount of power over other people that you shouldn't have. It's subtle but it's all there in all its disgusting glory.
41:25
There are some very smart "street criminals" out there as well, they get other people to do their bidding for them... and people are afraid to turn on them.
Hint: He's not talking about white people here. In the previous sentence he talks about how the biggest criminals wear a suit and tie... hm... yep. Guess which kind he puts in jail?
And guess what?
I'm not some SJW parrot just repeating the same old left-wing rhetoric. I think for myself, Thanks. And to that end I have some very extreme opinions that run completely contrary to what any liberal would tell you.
I have a lot more stuff written here but I'm gonna have to save it for another post because it devolves into some seriously problematic shit. Gonna just cut to the conclusion here and try to mitigate the damages to my next post.
Analysis
Racism is an epidemic, and there is no known cure. Liberals think they are helping by putting a band-aid on a festering wound and then giving themselves a pat on the back. Good job guys, ya did it! Barf.
Make no mistake, tribalism is everywhere. Humanity has been failing to scale for quite some time. Trust is in extremely short supply and clans turtle up and protect their own, even at the cost of other tribes (often times on purpose). So far, this has been the way of the world.
I've been thinking a lot about what one of my friends told me years ago when I first got into crypto: "Well... it's not like crypto is a silver bullet... it can't solve everything." It was easy to agree with him at the time, but honestly now it kind of feels like actually yes: crypto can solve everything. It's a massive upgrade to all financial and governance infrastructures. These upgrades just haven't materialized yet, but we are slowly getting closer.
Saying crypto can't solve everything now is kinda like saying the Internet can't solve everything in the 90's. Seriously, what can the Internet do in the context of 1995? Send an email? Now look at what the Internet can do, and crypto is just a subset of the Internet: a subset that is potentially worth x1000 more value than the platform it's built on. The evolution continues.
Clearly: the solution to inequality is not going to be found within the legacy economy.
That much is obvious. Maybe one day I'll get to live in a country that doesn't murder citizens for the crime of driving while black.