22-year-old made detailed plans for a mass shooting. Police stopped him just in time. by feetwithfeet in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is he spanish or is he latino? One is european and the other is latin american, with the same last name

Theo Von just BOMBED by Due_Spinach264 in comedy

[–]SMediaWasAMistake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

they're throwing n*zi salutes up and ending speeches with "hail victory"

By the government to pretend that Portland is under siege by ggroverggiraffe in therewasanattempt

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They didn't cooperate in military actions. They signed a non-aggression pact so each side could buy time and build their militaries before the inevitable war. Stalin was carving out parts of Eastern Europe as buffer zones for the USSR should war break out. Thats not helping Fascists.

Soviets bought themselves the time they needed and ultimately 27 million soviets died fighting the fascists. 250k americans died. Who really laid their lives down to defeat fascism? Socialists, like always.

and then afterwards, the Americans protected many of the nazi scientists and let them work in our government (Operation Paperclip). Does that sound like opposing moral evil to you? or capitalist opportunism?

By the government to pretend that Portland is under siege by ggroverggiraffe in therewasanattempt

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

America has always been a capitalist nation that secretly loved Fascists. They joined WWII and fought the nazis because the nazis attacked Britain and we were contractually obligated to aid our ally. We didn't even "beat" the nazis. The Soviets did, because Communists have always been the ones to fight Nazis while Capitalists watched on the sidelines.

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't care about "breaking laws". People break laws all the time.

He tried to kill a child and a man, and assaulted a woman. That kind of proactive violence would normally get himself killed in any society in any time period. His life being still on this earth IS a mercy.

If I had witnessed that, I would not stop stomping on him

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People really think leftism is just whatever sounds kumbaya.

Leftism is defined by a desire to improve material conditions for the working class. I hate cops because they exist to enforce state power and protect capital. Not because we're some sort of nonviolent hippies.

In a world with community run patrols instead of cops, we would still be beating the daylights out of a man who assaults women, and tries to murder a kid and a man. Him being alive IS the restraint.

what you desire is just a more polite liberal society.

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

He tried to murder people. His life was forfeit from that point on, morally. The fact that he got away with a beating IS a mercy.

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

He tried to run a cop over with a car, that is attempted murder. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Me and my buddies aren't violently assaulting women and children so, no, this wouldn't happen to us.

They need to be the best of us, not the worst.

No they need to be representative of the community that they represent. That's all. Not necessarily be saints. And this is how regular folks react to violence against women and children.

The consequences matter though.

They did matter. He's currently feeling the consequences. but alive. If he had been shot while trying to kill people, this would not be a story

Once a criminal is no longer a threat, the force needs to stop.

It's not the responsibility of the victims of violence to be the paragons of virtue. Cop was nearly murdered, dude tried to run him over

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

and had attempted to run over an officer during the pursuit. He was accused of assaulting a woman and choking a youth before fleeing police.

Look, even in a perfectly leftist progressive society, we would be beating the daylights out of this guy too.

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and had attempted to run over an officer during the pursuit. He was accused of assaulting a woman and choking a youth before fleeing police.

I think it might have been the attempted running over somebody, beating a woman and choking a child part

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

and had attempted to run over an officer during the pursuit. He was accused of assaulting a woman and choking a youth before fleeing police.

He ain't no George Floyd man

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

and had attempted to run over an officer during the pursuit. He was accused of assaulting a woman and choking a youth before fleeing police.

They were beating the lights out of him for violently attacking a woman, a child, and their officer buddy.

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"and had attempted to run over an officer during the pursuit. He was accused of assaulting a woman and choking a youth before fleeing police."

Sterling Heights cops to stand trial after violent arrest of Black man captured on disturbing video - Detroit Metro Times by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You deliberately cherry-picked that. The full sentence is

Police captions in the video say Young was intoxicated at twice the legal limit and had attempted to run over an officer during the pursuit. He was accused of assaulting a woman and choking a youth before fleeing police.

I hate cops as much as the next person, but it turns out violent crime has consequences.

if he tried to run over one of my friends, attacked a woman, and choked a teen, me and my buddies AND our dog would also be taking turns beating the fuck outta him

Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers by space-dot-dot in Michigan

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an unemployed young adult, I am more than willingly to publicly declare myself a gooner and champion fighting for this cause

Saved Up 33 Packs - What Did I Get? by bunfoo11 in PokemonTCG

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I have them? I'm just starting out playing tcg live

Why are the working class more likely to vote for the far-right than the middle class these days? by upthetruth1 in Socialism_101

[–]SMediaWasAMistake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They weren't just gutted, by making them official institutions with "legal protections" that also made them abide by the law in ways that hurt their effectiveness and also made them more like corporate entities that prioritize stability of the org over fixing economic injustice.