Anonymous: What do you think about the riots going on in baltimore?
Jerry: Same thing I thought about the riots in Ferguson.
If you want to protest a perception of police brutality, the first thing that has to happen is that the police officer has to actually be found guilty.
I know this is something that’s difficult for the internet to grasp, but when a court rules that no laws were actually broken, guess what? NO LAWS WERE BROKEN! There are times where the police are authorized to use force. And no matter how many discussion you have on social media, a federal investigation is the closest thing to objectivity you are ever going to get.
This is the one problem with the Justice System, and I’m going to call it Gator Logic. Where someone is accused of something, but all the evidence presented shows that no wrongdoing has actually occurred, but the public (brainless as they are) has the attitude of “Oh well I know you did it!” Never mind the fact that the ruling and majority of the evidence says otherwise, the people (brainless as they are) don’t accept it because
it doesn’t match with their beliefs.
How many people do you know get a speeding ticket and think “This is bullshit! I’m fine driving at 120! Who’s it hurting?” There’s a lot of people in prison who, when asked what they did, will say “Man, I didn’t do nuthin’!” Guess what? They’re liars and everybody knows it.
People have this attitude that the law doesn’t apply to them. Either because they disagree with it, or they don’t understand it, or they don’t believe their law breaking is hurting anybody. And then when they get caught, and punished for it, they blame the system. They call the legal system a tyranny, or they accuse law enforcement of “brutality” or “excessive use of force.”
I’ve told a friend of mine, who is very pro-marijuana, over and over again that as long as it’s illegal, you take a risk carrying that shit. You don’t get to break the law and then whine when you get caught. And this happens constantly, and it makes most accusations of police brutality very difficult to take seriously. Especially when a court rules that it was in fact NOT police brutality.
And rioting doesn’t fix anything. There is nothing worse in the goal of protesting police brutality than giving the police
legal authorization to use lethal force. You. Fucking. Idiots!
The problem with that whole thing is that in both cases, the Justice System ruled innocence.
The law isn’t always good or right, but that’s where our biggest problem lies.
Legal and Illegal are Objective.
Right and Wrong/Good and Evil are Subjective.
Laws are what we agree to follow by virtue of living in a society. And the machinery of a society recognizes that laws can either be made irresponsibly, or become obsolete as time goes on. That is why, in most societies, there are systems in place to have the law changed.
And you do NOT do that by rioting. Rioting isn’t just picketing in the streets. It’s a massive act of community-wide violence and vandalism. Destruction of property, assault, murder, these things happen in riots. They are NOT peaceful protests, and they are NOT legal in any way. And in most riots, the police end up being authorized to use lethal force because of this.
That’s not how you fight a law. That’s an adult version of running into your bedroom and throwing a tantrum. And in both the Ferguson and Baltimore cases, riots were triggered because they didn’t get their way in the court case. Because they had no case. They lost, and then threw a tantrum.
not like hitler hated Christians and was hardly religious. Oh and lol at the Crusades bit nevermind the whole reason for those crusades was completely secular and most crusades fucked up christians. 
