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comment by cgod

His points seem more than reasonable.

You seem like an authoritarian apologist who doesn't give a shit that your previous "points" were rebutted and will continuously find reasons that five cops need to put an innocent young boy in handcuffs. Why would he want to keep engaging with you?

You might not be a cop/authority ass kiss, you also might be a troll.





Standpipe  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    His points seem more than reasonable.

i just don't get how anyone can believe that. A serious response like that usually has serious reasons behind it, and that is what is actually reasonable to assume. Without clear evidence of racism (like slurs), it's not logical to blame the reaction on racism with the details we know.

    You seem like an authoritarian apologist who doesn't give a shit that your previous "points" were rebutted

What was rebutted? That the device was sketchy? That he was told not to show it to others and he ignored that?

All I've maintained is that the whole situation seems very strange and that there's no way to know whether the reaction was justified given the details that have come out.

cgod  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The cops never thought it was a bomb, the school never thought it was a bomb, the kid never represented it as anything but a clock. Five cops arrested a fourteen year old boy for having a clock.

I'll anxiously await new details.

Standpipe  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As any logical person should, as there are massive holes in the story.

cgod  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Any updates?

Standpipe  ·  3376 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nope, gone from our social awareness like the puff piece it actually was.

cgod  ·  3376 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or there is no diabolical plot afoot, did you consider that? Just assholes cops over reacting and stupid zero tolerance school policies.

Standpipe  ·  3375 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've always maintained that it could go either way based on what we know. It just feels like there's more to the story than the media presented to get most people to foam at the mouth.