I heard once that if a US Army band plays a song, they can't copyright the performance, because the band members are all active-duty personnel, paid by the American taxpayer, and there's a rule against copyrighting the creative works of public servants.
I'm probably getting part of that wrong, though. Can anyone clear this up definitively?
In some other universe where wealthy and/or powerful criminals get charged for their crimes.
FTFY
Yes, because resisting arrest while armed is "defenseless".
No one is suggesting that. Also, that was a pretty weak straw man.
You are quick to judge a situation without all the facts or without due process of law.
The main thrust of my first paragraph was that tribal affiliation tends to drive our judgement of how many facts are sufficient to reach a conclusion. "None" isn't good enough, and "all" is too much to expect. Where to draw the line in between is the point of contention.
My bet is that at the very least with Louisiana and Minnesota there was an opportunity for the victims to act in way that would not have escalated the situation into violence.
So, guilty until proven innocent. Understood.
I have sympathy for innocent victims.
Of course you do. Everyone does. Unfortunately, you also assume that if the murderer has a badge, then the victim wasn't innocent. That's the problem.
How many high profile cop on black shootings turned out to be justified in some way shape or form after the fact? Not all but many of them, yet we don't care about those
Of course we don't care about those. Of course we don't criticize justified use of force. Of course we focus on the UNjustified use of force. Does something about that seem inappropriate to you?
Have you ever carried a weapon concealed?
Uh, no. What does that have to do with opposing police misconduct?
we have so many trials and indictments of police brutality. Just because they are found innocent does not mean the fix is in.
There have been fewer indictments and trials than you seem to believe, and it's pretty clear that the fix is in and always has been. If you're claiming an inability to see that, then I believe you.
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