(06-18-2020, 01:44 AM)JagJohn Wrote: DAP Life Matters (@Deetroit_Dave) Tweeted:

Family of #RayshardBrooks emotional during the press conference. https://t.co/ybBFAkBR0e https://twitter.com/Deetroit_Dave/status...66048?s=20

My final opinion on all this:

Whatever this man was guilty of in his life, that is for a court of law to decide, not a police officer. He is not a saint. He is not a martyr. He is a human being, the same as me, you, and everybody in this world. Police officers serve to arrest people who break laws, they are not an executioner. Obviously, if they encounter a person who is posing an obvious threat to the lives of others, they should use any force necessary to stop that person. That clearly does not apply in this situation. There were so many things that could have been done in this situation before a life had to be taken.

People [BLEEP] up in this world. I have been arrested before in very similar circumstances. I was young, I was an idiot, and I am now firmly ashamed of my actions. The person I am today bears very little resemblance to that person then. I grew, I changed, and I am proud of the person I am today. Of course, I am a white man... My life continued and I was allowed to grow as a human being.

Today, my wife and child are considered "people of color", as [BLEEP] as that term (and the idea of race in general) is. It terrifies me that my son could make the exact same choices I made in life and not be given a second chance to live, love, and be happy.

Many of you have suggested that this case was either a failure of an individual police officer to follow the rules, or of the rules as a whole that govern police actions. But the truth is it's both... When you give police the power to take life without a second thought, and you have many people in society that are biased against certain groups, these things will always happen. The battle needs to be fought on two fronts; limit the power of police to take lives, and change the hearts and minds of people to end prejudice. Neither of these things will be simple or quick, the battle for equality never is.

I do, however, have some hope for the future. I think we have entered a time of sincere reflection about these things, both politically and morally. I think the white-washed history of the world is beginning to be looked at critically. I fully understand that I could be hopelessly naive about these things, but I am an optimist at heart.

As for the majority of posters on this section of the board, I'm not going to mince words. You are the problem. So many of you are brainwashed by the [BLEEP] you've been fed since you were kids. I'm done arguing here, in many ways I regret breaking my self-imposed ban on commenting in this part of the forum. For any of you that have begun to think differently about the world in the last few weeks, good for you. The world needs more of us who are willing to grow and develop as human beings.

Peace.

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