“Our condolences go out to the family of the deceased as any loss of life is traumatic to those that were close to Mr Huttle,” Sheriff Patrick Williamson said.
“We technically have to seem like we feel bad for someone here”
I mean, he's not wrong I don't think. He didn't attempt to say that he felt bad that it happened. He was just saying that he understands and respects that the family of the dead guy will probably feel sad.
Yeah, author is confused. Later down the article it says 2021.
Daniel Ball of Florida was detained for an illegal firearm possession charge, a case that predated but emerged from his involvement in the 2021 Capitol insurrection.
If this wasn't a Jan. 6th person, people would be all up in arms about this. Nobody should be shot during a traffic stop, there is zero reason to pull out a weapon unless one is pulled on you.
I'll reserve opinion until the bodycam. Initial suspicion should always be on the cops, but this guy is a known insurrectionist and violent person so I'm not holding my breath.
That's because context matters. I assure you, this individual celebrated whenever unarmed POC were murdered by the police. It's a bit poetic that this was his end.
But being a Jan 6th person says a lot abot that person. I do believe he resisted arrest. I imagine a sovcit type of mentality, or worse.
The other guy (from the other day) from J6 end up back in prison when they immediately bought arms after being released. The brain rot on these people...
Resisting arrest also doesn't warrant death. This shit is out of control. I don't care if it's a piece of shit Jan 6th person or a black dude, or any other brown person. Nobody should die because cops have itchy trigger fingers.
This happens literally every single day. If it wasn't this piece of shit, then people would be doing exactly the same thing they normally do about injustice: jack shit.
Oh please, a small few will scream while the rest of America thinks it’s great that a VIOLENT DISGUSTING CRIMINAL was given EXACTLY WHAT THEY DESERVED.
America is a sick place that revels in violence and killing.
Did you read a different article than I did? Cause the one I read didn't mention the stop at all. Unless you read a different article on this already, there no information at all about whether or not a weapon was pulled. You assume there wasn't.
There is a very specific point, in the collapse of a democracy into an autocracy, where the "irregular police" that are loyal to the leader, and the civilian police who have to obey rules and restrictions and are answerable to a more-or-less-democratic system, merge and intermingle, and they both become in practice subject to the leader.
We're right on the inflection point right now, on a knife edge. A lot of cops are Trump "supporters," in a general kind of way. Then there are a handful of sheriffs and other leadership people who clearly think they should be obedient to Trump instead of to the law. There are also a whole lot, though, who aren't. The people who are downvoting you are apparently ignorant of this whole distinction, and how vital and lucky we are that Trump and his people have decided to gratuitously pick a fight with the civilian police. That's a gift. It doesn't mean that the brownshirts won't overmaster and combine with the police in the end. But it's a rare gift in times like these for any obstacles come to the table that might make it less likely to happen. Let's not take it lightly just because of the fun and emotional satisfaction of screaming 'ACAB shut the fuck up' in the face of anyone who tries to have this type of conversation.
All good points. I hope you are wrong that these two factions are going to merge but I definitely can't say it's impossible. But my point was more that people have been saying they're one and the same for decades and it's just a bad analysis.
By the way, I still agree with the ACAB people that police are a harmful institution. But they're a different harmful faction than fascists and it's important to understand that. The fact that these factions sometimes fight is very important and useful to people who oppose both of them.
True. But I think the differences are also important to understand. Even the same individuals are going to behave differently when in a different context.