I keep seeing this strange thought pattern that is conflating
bringing a gun to a protest with
bringing a gun to a 'protest' where you are impeding law enforcement.
There is a pattern of spin that always puts the person shot in the
dindu position.
Michael Brown? Tried to grab a cops gun but the narrative was
Hands up don't shoot this is a known lie that is still pushed.
Tamir Rice? Walking around brandishing a realistic toy gun. Gets shot because police and 911 communicated poorly. Still painted as
Well he was out terrifying people but still a good boy.
Eric Garner? Selling cigarettes illegally. Possibly got into a physical confrontation. Resists arrest. Official cause of death was
choke hold but he had a list of health issues and probably died of a heart attack. This is of course the birth of the
I can't breathe meme as people tend to forget George Floyd was just copying another serial arrest resister.
Trayvon Martin? Thug who is staying with family to avoid the consequences of his actions ends up physically assaulting a member of the neighborhood watch who shoots him. Zimmerman, the shooter, is found not guilty but is still treated as though he was found guilty every day. Trayvon when even mentioned at this point is treated as a honor student who was shot between church sessions. I am pretty sure Martin is the first time people were shamed for not wanting sketchy looking people wandering through their neighborhood.
Pretti went to a protest armed. He brought multiple magazines for
self-defense. He and his cohort started fucking with ICE. When he went too far and was going to be arrested he decided instead to reach for his weapon. The media take? He dindu nuffin!
Well he fucking did do somethin' and now he is dead. In five years no one is going to remember his fucking name. Like I had to actually look up Eric Garner and make sure Tamir Rice was the name.
I could list six or seven more of these cases where some moron does something stupid, gets killed, and the media uses it as an opportunity to cash-in, attack
the man, and generally just be unethical faggots.
I do not even know what my point is here other than being so exhausted with this cycle that I just do not care what happens to them anymore. If someone flew a firefighting plane over at the coldest part of the night and dumped a few thousand gallons of water on these people I would just laugh and I doubt I would be alone.