#Police Conflict

[vaspider]

I cannot stress enough how important it is that whatever you think of anything else, Trump Cannot Be President Again.

The "rip apart democracy and install an autocrat" group was not Ready for him in 2016. They didn't think he'd win.

They're ready now. They're teeing up for a second Trump president. Whatever your favorite current Thing, it would be worse under Trump, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they're going to try to make sure that they stay in power forever, by any means necessary.

SCOTUS basically just said, "If Trump sends the Army in to murder protestors, that's okay. If Trump assassinates a political rival with the armed forces of which he is the Commander In Chief, that's an official act, and there's no recourse."

Anything he can even vaguely justify as "an official act" - including installing people in the Justice Department to support his coup, including pressuring his VP to support his coup - is no longer a crime.

This isn't just me saying this, btw. Here's Robert Reich, lifelong public servant (and yes, dad of @samreich, since I know what's important to y'all):

Finally, the Republican-appointed justices have given a dangerous amount of discretion to presidents — broad enough, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted in her dissent, to protect presidents from prosecution for bribes and assassinations. A president already has the authority under the Insurrection Act to order troops into American streets. After today’s ruling, those troops would be under the command of a person who would almost certainly enjoy absolute immunity for the orders he gives them.

This is unbelievably terrifying.

[workersolidarity]

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VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF AMERICAN PROTESTS INTENSIFIES

📹 The heavily militarized American police continue to violently suppress student protests against the Israeli occupation's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Police have assaulted and arrested over 900 demonstrators since April 18th, in service of the Israeli occupation and US defense contractors profiting off the genocide of Palestinians.

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[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games

[notbecauseofvictories]

I have many vices, however one of the dumbest is advice columns. Give me a Dear Prudence or Ask Amy or a Hola Papi or AITA and I am a happy camper; I love to rubberneck on other people's problems, and am a very attentive listener if you've got drama you want to explain in punishing detail. The best part is that I will never remember names, so I really can't go telling tales unless your coworkers are fascinated by: "And then she said that---John? I think? I think his name was John. Maybe James. Or Johnny? I don't know, let's just call him 'John'. Anyway, John---"

Slate in particular is very good about serving me multiple advice columns, and even better, they have active comment sections where people discuss or deride or give their own opinions. However, it's also become....unavoidably clear that the comment section hates being told that maybe they should do literally anything for anyone ever.

It's starting to bum me out.

I mean, maybe all these anonymous commenters do genuinely love sitting in their houses alone with unimpeachable boundaries they alone control! If that's what makes them happy, godspeed, and I mean that sincerely. But as someone who spends a lot of evenings sitting in her apartment alone, with complete control....I think there's a downside the comment section hasn't stopped and considered yet.

[putthatfloorspaghettidown]

I just wanted to share the orginal tweet that iskall complained about in his latest video.

Remember to support the other hermits!

[alwaysbewoke]

[whateverthought]

I think I would have enjoyed Rhaenyra more if they had kept her mean. The second you make a character a Saint, I immediately despise them

[70slesbian]

”united by music (unless you’re palestinian)” great thank you eurovision and malmö and sweden for showing us where you stand

[athymelyreply]

opinion on the university protests and the police response:

I think it's reasonable to take measures to remove the encampments and keep jewish students safe. The universities have that right. This may well need to include police, however those police should not have potentially lethal weapons when the students do not have the same.

Them bringing guns into the situation makes it much more likely that someone will be killed, and as much as I disagree with the encampments strategy and hate the horrific things they're saying, I hold firm to the fact that I do not want people to die.

If there are not measures taken to ensure that the police are not being violent in their arrests, whether that includes firearms or not, this has the potential to become an even more horrific situation.

The protesters: Their strategy isn't going to bring about any meaningful change and only serves to escalate and inflame the situation and cause harm to more people. They might feel good and righteous and like they're fulfilling all their protagonist dreams, but they are not helping. also they are literally holding hezbollah flags. They are actively making Jewish students unsafe, and are very far out of line.

[EDIT: I incorrectly said that the police were the ones responsible for the kent state shootings in this next bit, when it was in actuality the national guard. The point still stands concerning weaponized government forces being used on college campuses, but that particular example does not apply to the organization of the police specifically.]

The police: They have a history of extreme violence in response to protests, including on college campuses (kent state shootings), and are already an absolutely fucked institution. They aren't likely to approach this in a peaceful way, and will make it more likely for people to be hurt or killed.

Both groups are going to escalate this already tense situation, I don't have a quick solution, but i think we just need to acknowledge this.

[opticnoir]

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

Um... yeah...

Can we please not do this?

I could argue that there have been actual pro-Palestinian authors caught in this dragnet simply because they are either Israeli, not anti-Israel enough, or had the gall to condemn Hamas.

I could argue that this person used extremely sloppy* methodology that veers towards the farcical and would be hilarious if it didn't lead to my next point.

I could argue that, while this may claim to just be an appeal to boycott, it ultimately reeks of the same kind of mentalities that ultimately empowered Moms for Liberty and other fascistic anti-intellectual movements (including the obvious historical one) that love to ban/burn books... before moving on to people.

I could argue that it starts here and then leads to "Anyone whom I disagree with".

I could argue that, in this era of doxxing and death threats, that's it's not hard to see a logical violent conclusion to a list. I mean... Rushdie being on that list is a dark joke that writes itself.

I could argue that this would do jack shit to stop the Israeli government from slagging Gaza and oppressing the West Bank... while giving it and its allies rhetorical ammunition even though they absolutely despise the good chunk of these authors. Which goes back to the first argument.

I could argue all of that, but I suspect anyone who actually thinks this list is a good idea has already made up their mind.

So I'll just appeal to everyone else with my original plea.

*Oh, and when I mean sloppy, I mean really. Fucking. Sloppy:

[anchorsnreignbows]

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[workersolidarity]

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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LATEST TO ENDURE POLICE VIOLENCE AND SUPPRESSION IN NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN

📹 Scenes from the University of Virginia, where student protesters were attacked, assaulted, and more than 20 arrested by police in the latest among countless crackdowns on college campuses nationwide.

More than 2'000 students across the country have been arrested in Pro-Palestine, anti-genocide student protests.

Police in riot gear have been widely used by elites to break up encampments using tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful student protesters, while an officer in the NYPD reportedly "accidentally" discharged his firearm.

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[oopdeathnote]

So, if Light never found the Death Note, would he still turn into a killer? I mean he would still follow his father and become a cop. Would he become like Vic Mackey?

That's a divisive question. I don't think he would naturally become a killer: when Light first used the Death Note he did so under the impression it was a prank, and he was throw-up-in-an-alley horrified after he confirmed the death had been his doing, like his first death was largely accidental. I don't think Light would ever cross the line into being a murderer by himself, because he's Light Yagami and he's the most perfect little boy, and perfect little boys don't murder people.

That said, I guess whether or not you think he'd end up working within the system to mete out vigilante justice as a police officer probably depends on whether or not you think he could actually physically kill someone without the separation of the Death Note? Light contemplates doing it a few times, but he's never actually forced to, and this is totally unsubstantiated, but I feel like Light doesn't have the guts to kill someone with a gun, with all the gore that entails. The heart attacks, which were Light's primary method of killing, are very act-of-God-ish, so it puts quite a lot of distance between himself and the people he kills.

I think if he were to end up a murderous cop, I think he'd first need to be in a situation where he was forced to kill (a la Garett Jacob Hobbs from Hannibal), I don't think Light is naturally a murderer just because it goes against his principles and his image of himself.

Thank you for the ask though anon! Probably not the best answer, but I'm not much a character-analyst lol

[gaycrittercentral]

Can you draw them V I O L E N T L Y making out

The more blood the better

Please?

Hdkdhsjhd this is on the knife’s edge of nsfw imo but here’s what I got

Sam doesn’t mind he’s into it

[alwaysbewoke]