Things like this is why I am leery about the right backing the police, or at least without caveats, given how they have been doing things like this for years. Why should we support the police when they will blatantly stage such false arrests.
I've been of this opinion for quite a while. I know lots of individuals who are great people, and great officers. The vast majority are good officers. We have a bad apple problem, though, and often they aren't held accountable. We also have a problem with the laws themselves.
I almost agree with BLM.
Except I don't think the problem is about race...and I don't agree with their tactics. Or that defunding is the answer. I strongly disagree with their leadership and stated positions, and I am strictly against violence and riots...I guess I just also don't like the police, but that's where our commonality ends.
Law enforcement in this country is fucked. Police are over powered, over militarized, get away with far too much, literally rob people with civil asset forfeiture, spy on citizens and violate our privacy. The entire drug war has been a giant, disasterous mistake that has cost many lives, cost lots of money, all while creating a robust and powerful black market. We have the largest prison population in the world. It's a problem.
But defunding police isn't the answer. Reform and additional funding, for FAR MORE TRAINING are the answers.
I like Jocko Willinck's 20% rule. They should spend 20% of their job training.
After George Floyd, the whole country was disgusted. We could have come together and put through real, meaningful change. The whole country was on the same page for once..
Instead these ANTIFA and blm fucks went out and started burning and smashing, destroying any chance of that happening. I am fucking furious at them.