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Title: Why #BlueLivesMatter & Cop Apologists Are ....
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URL Source: http://theantimedia.org/why-blueliv ... er-cop-apologists-fcking-joke/
Published: Jul 15, 2015
Author: Claire Bernish
Post Date: 2015-07-17 11:24:22 by Deckard
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Rationalization. Willful denial. Cognitive dissonance. Whatever term you prefer, it boils down to irrational mental gymnastics in order to avoid the uncomfortability that arises when encountering a contradiction to a firmly held belief. But a particularly vitriolic faction of Americans—who apparently have the wool surgically implanted over their eyes—has taken this flawed reasoning and turned it into a laughable case of Stockholm Syndrome: cop apologists.
Funny thing about denial: it’s absurdly predictable.
As if on cue, rationalization commenced from the moment Gardena Police dash cam footage of the shooting death of Diaz Zeferino on June 2, 2013 (posted below) finally began circulating on social media after a lengthy legal battle for its release. While countless people’s jaws dropped in horror witnessing seven cops gun down the unarmed and non-threatening man, others were occupied creating mental notes for their version of the reason he deserved to die.
It could easily be a checklist:
The group of three precisely matched the unbelievably vague and overbroad description of the suspects? Check.
Zeferino presented himself in a threatening manner? Check.
He didn’t follow the officers’ orders with exacting precision? Check.
They thought he had a gun, right? Of course!
Every cop on the scene feared for their life? No question!
And a death sentence is appropriate punishment given these questionable circumstances? Absolutely!
This has become quite the tiresome pattern. An alarming video surfaces that every sane person views as yet more evidence of appalling abuse of police power and dwindling civil rights—and is immediately followed by logic-defying, mind-bending, utterly unreasonable explanations for why yet another person “deserved” execution by cop. In fact, this pattern is so typical, it necessitated the creation of a meme: “I’m just here to see who’s gonna try to justify this shit.”
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How incredibly apt.
Such inexplicable excuses for the explicitly inexplicable are more offensive to common sense and logical deduction than pig shit in August. Without the hindrance of coherent dialectic even attempting to enter the thought process, justifying State violence is easier than phonics. Simple, yes. But it’s still uninformed nonsense.
Nonsense because the go-to argument is wholly devoid of fact—the notion that “police have such a dangerous job.” Sorry to burst that soapbox bubble, but police officer didn’t even rank in the top ten most dangerous jobs in the U.S. After the 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics fatal occupational injuries list was thoroughly updated in late April of this year, a total of 35 police officers had been killed by people (or animals) in the line of duty. That might seem like a high number on its own. However, the argument that cops work in an atmosphere of constant danger is fundamentally flawed—even by the most cursory comparison.
Considering 37 food preparation workers, 40 construction workers, 53 retail salespeople, and 67 sales supervisors died at work in the same manner as the 35 aforementioned cops . . . it’s arguable we’re arming the wrong occupation entirely. Though statistics for the number of people killed by salespeople on the clock aren’t readily available, it’s safe to say there weren’t many—if there were any at all.
Yet police officers—whose job is slightly less risky than preparing food—literally kill people by the hundreds.
To date, American cops have killed at least 613 people. This is tragic for countless reasons, not the most minor of which is the imperative need to use the qualifier “at least”—necessary because that figure was yesterday’s estimate; and on average, police in the U.S. have taken a life every 7˝ hours in 2015. It’s also necessary because the alarming lack of a national requirement to report these killings means that responsibility transposes to a diffuse but committed network of concerned citizens, journalists, civil rights advocates, and the families and friends of the victims. Thus, estimates must be aggregated from a mix of voluntarily offered and publicly available information—which means the numbers are consequently inaccurate on the low side.
Similar countries just do not have this problem. Icelandic police have fatally shot one person in the nation’s entire 71 years in existence. Police in England and Wales, combined, shot 55 people to death—in the past 24 years. Germany has been given a violent reputation in America, but their police “only” killed 15 people over a period of two years. For Australian police, that number was 94 over nine years. Even Canada—a nation many believe is the most logical comparison to the U.S.—averages 25 fatalities by police per year.
One more time for the sake of emphasis: this is the 195th day in 2015—and American police have already killed no less than 613 people.
That many killings by police is not a problem—it is the entire ship engulfed in flames on the open ocean without a single life preserver.
It’s simply no longer accurate to describe indiscriminate brutality of this scale as an epidemic—not when lack of accountability also equates virtual impunity.
No. This is institutionalized, systematic violence by the State—normalized.
America has become a police state.
Your argument is invalid.
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#2. To: Percy Misanthrope (#1)
He has no time for that and doesn’t even care. His biggest priority in life is to hate cops. If 4 cops had been killed, he would have been dancing in the street like a crazy wild Iranian.
Are you incarcerated or otherwise restricted by police? If so, why?
His buddies kept their hands in the air -- even when the cops were shooting! They weren't hurt. "And a death sentence is appropriate punishment given these questionable circumstances?" Questionable? You answered your own questions with "check", "check" "of course" and "no question".
How many times have you been arrested, or stopped by the cops in this police state of America....for what reasons, and what actions resulted?
I have no sympathy for him. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much His IP address puts him at the Oregon State Mental Institution.
His IP address puts him at the Oregon State Mental Institution. It's amazing how you keep coming up with these quips....and they are always so appropriate.
Look at the video cop apologist, he was shot as he removed his cap. This article nails the "cops are gods" mindset so prvelant on this site. “I’m just here to see who’s gonna try to justify this shit.” It's alwayd the same statist/authoritarian canary clan members who show up on threads like this to fellate the cops. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Oh - gosh, you are so clever! Frankly - anyone who condones this kind of shit from cops is a sociopath. You must have gotten a thrill from maiming and torturing small animals as a youngster. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much I did. Yes he was. What was in his hat? Did the cops know? Why weren't his buddies shot, too? I'm guessing because they kept their hands in the air, as ordered, and didn't move, as ordered.
Trivia. What's significant about the Oregon State Mental Institution? (And you thought I was clever before.)
Cuckoo-Cuckoo! Or KOOKOOO-KOOKOO
Oh - good grief! They thought he was hiding a gun? Of all the ridiculous excuses for a cop "fearing for his life" - that one ranks right up there with "I feared for my life because a 10 pound Chihuahua barked at me." Yeah - the gun in a cap routine. Must have got that one from ole Roy. Gimme a friggin' break. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much You were committed there for torturing small animals? In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Good grief man. You are one of the most naive and/or blind, clueless mofo's on this site. You and yukon that is. It's a toss-up at this point. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Well then you certainly agree with this:
I can understand why you will not answer the question.
As soon as I read the question....I immediately remembered. Now, it's even funnier...
Muhammad McCain Academy of Jihad The Chattanooga shooter was an Arizona Muslim, likely trained, equipped, and funded as some point in his career by Senator John Muhammad McCain(R).
Deckard lives the Michael Brown mentality... I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
What is your alleged point? Are you saying the Muslim murderer yesterday was a cop? What it sounds like you are saying is that it is ok for cops to gun down unarmed teens in the street because they are cowards. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Just how freaking thick are you that you can't see the POINT,which is that people have a reasonable right to expect that cops NOT MURDER INNOCENT PEOPLE AND HAVE NO MORE RIGHT TO DO SO THAN MUSLIMS TERRORISTS? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Why do you think unarmed teens are cowards?
Not really. They are more like natural-born slaves that dream of being able to lick a master's boot because the master can protect them and make them safe. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Admit it,you are just in love with following orders,and dream of having a strong master. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I don't. Since English seems to be your second language,I guess I should point out the unarmed police were NOT the teens. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Just how freaking thick are you that you can't see ... Just how friggin stupid are you that you can’t see I did not make the comment you quoted.
Careful - ole Percy will call you a kook for pointing out that documented fact. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much That's factual?
He has no time for that and doesn’t even care. His biggest priority in life is to hate cops. If 4 cops had been killed, he would have been dancing in the street like a crazy wild Iranian. Gatlin posted on 2015-07-17 12:17:29 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Punk, give us your opinion on the Muslim scumbag who killed the 4 Marines yesterday. Show the forum your Muslim sympathetic side. Just how freaking thick are you that you can't see ... Just how friggin stupid are you that you can’t see I did not make the comment you quoted. My apologies,I should have added your alter ego's screen name to the ping list instead of just replying to post number 2 that you wrote. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
Deckard: Careful - ole Percy will call you a kook for pointing out that documented fact. What fact? You two idiots need to show where the Chattanooga shooter, Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, "was an Arizona Muslim.”
That's factual? “Al Qaeda R Us”: John McCain’s “Moderate Rebels” in Syria are ISIS McCain Wants More Weapons Delivered to Al Qaeda Rebels; How Do Warmongers Get Elected? John McCain Admits he wanted to Support ISIS in Syria... In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much What hondo posted and you confirmed in your response was NOT factual. Document that Abdulazeez "was an Arizona Muslim."
Marguerite is the head nurse at the institution.
Who was MURDERED by cops?
From Gateway Pundit: Islamist Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez was identified by CBS News as the gunman who fatally shot four Marines and wounded a police officer on Thursdayin Chattanooga. Four Marines were shot dead Thursday morning. The suspect drove up to two locations in a Mustang, according to CBS News, and used a “high-powered” weapon to fire into both facilities. Officials say it was domestic terrorism. SHOOTER’S NAME: Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much "It was previously reported via CBS News that he was a 41-year-old man from Phoenix, Arizona. It turns out that information was a mistake."
He's a pig from Kuwait & had no business in this country, and what does this nonsense have to do with your inclination to defend these Islamic animals?
Very true. These things do not belong in America, or any western nation for that matter.
Not too bright, are ya sparky. Seems to me that McCain is the one defending (and posing for pictures with them I might add). You and the other short bus rider Gatlin should probably direct your faux outrage at him and the other neo-con scum. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
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#3. To: Deckard (#0)
America has become a police state.
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
#5. To: Deckard (#0)
America has become a police state.
#6. To: Percy Misanthrope (#1)
Punk, give us your opinion on the Muslim scumbag who killed the 4 Marines yesterday.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#7. To: Kluane (#3)
"Are you incarcerated or otherwise restricted by police?"
#8. To: misterwhite, Kluane (#7)
"Are you incarcerated or otherwise restricted by police?"
#9. To: misterwhite, Gatlin, Percy Misanthrope, yukon, GrandIsland (#4)
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Questionable? You answered your own questions with "check", "check" "of course" and "no question".
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#10. To: misterwhite (#7)
His IP address puts him at the Oregon State Mental Institution.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#11. To: Deckard (#9)
"Look at the video cop apologist, he was shot as he removed his cap."
#12. To: Gatlin (#8)
#13. To: misterwhite (#12)
Trivia. What's significant about the Oregon State Mental Institution?
#14. To: misterwhite (#11)
What was in his hat? Did the cops know?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#15. To: misterwhite (#12)
Trivia. What's significant about the Oregon State Mental Institution?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#16. To: Gatlin (#5)
How many times have you been arrested, or stopped by the cops in this police state of America....for what reasons, and what actions resulted?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#17. To: Deckard (#6)
I have no sympathy for him.
#18. To: Deckard (#16)
How many times have you been arrested, or stopped by the cops in this police state of America....for what reasons, and what actions resulted?
#19. To: misterwhite (#11)
What was in his hat?
#20. To: misterwhite (#12)
(Edited)
#21. To: Percy Misanthrope, Deckard, *Arab Spring Jihad* (#17)
#22. To: misterwhite (#11)
I'm guessing because they kept their hands in the air, as ordered, and didn't move, as ordered.
#23. To: Percy Misanthrope (#1)
Punk, give us your opinion on the Muslim scumbag who killed the 4 Marines yesterday. Show the forum your Muslim sympathetic side.
#24. To: Gatlin (#2)
Punk, give us your opinion on the Muslim scumbag who killed the 4 Marines yesterday. Show the forum your Muslim sympathetic side.
#25. To: sneakypete (#23)
#26. To: Deckard, misterwhite (#10)
Frankly - anyone who condones this kind of shit from cops is a sociopath.
#27. To: misterwhite (#11)
Why weren't his buddies shot, too? I'm guessing because they kept their hands in the air, as ordered, and didn't move, as ordered.
#28. To: Kluane (#25)
Why do you think unarmed teens are cowards?
#29. To: sneakypete, Percy Misanthrope (#24)
Punk, give us your opinion on the Muslim scumbag who killed the 4 Marines yesterday. Show the forum your Muslim sympathetic side.
#30. To: hondo68 (#21)
The Chattanooga shooter was an Arizona Muslim, likely trained, equipped, and funded as some point in his career by Senator John Muhammad McCain(R).
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#31. To: Deckard (#30)
trained, equipped, and funded as some point in his career by Senator John Muhammad McCain(R).
#32. To: Gatlin (#29)
#2. To: Percy Misanthrope (#1)
#33. To: Deckard, hondo68, Percy Misanthrope (#30)
hondo: The Chattanooga shooter was an Arizona Muslim, likely trained, equipped, and funded as some point in his career by Senator John Muhammad McCain(R).
#34. To: yukon, hondo68 (#31)
trained, equipped, and funded as some point in his career by Senator John Muhammad McCain(R).
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#35. To: Deckard, hondo68 (#34)
(Edited)
That's factual?
#36. To: misterwhite (#12)
Trivia. What's significant about the Oregon State Mental Institution?
#37. To: sneakypete (#24)
Just how freaking thick are you that you can't see the POINT,which is that people have a reasonable right to expect that cops NOT MURDER INNOCENT PEOPLE AND HAVE NO MORE RIGHT TO DO SO THAN MUSLIMS TERRORISTS?
#38. To: Gatlin, hondo68, Percy Misanthrope, idiot canary clan members (#35)
(Edited)
Document that Abdulazeez "was an Arizona Muslim."
The shooter attacked two different military facilities in Chattanooga.
FOUR MARINES ARE DEAD!
He is from Arizona. “Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#39. To: Deckard, hondo68, Percy Misanthrope, The Exalted Canary Clan (#38)
SHOOTER’S NAME: Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez
He is from Arizona.
#40. To: Deckard (#38)
#41. To: Percy Misanthrope (#40)
He's a pig from Kuwait & had no business in this country, and what does this nonsense have to do with your inclination to defend these Islamic animals?
#42. To: Percy Misanthrope, Gatlin (#40)
He's a pig from Kuwait & had no business in this country, and what does this nonsense have to do with your inclination to defend these Islamic animals?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
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