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Shootings spotlight ‘alarming’ jump in violence against rural Minnesota officers
So, this story ran today and kept getting referred back to all day.
Thing is, it pisses me off.
Sure, no one should be shot while on the job. That’s a given. And no, the story does not gloss over the fact that there is no trend, just a statistical anomaly for the year. It stinks, it shouldn’t be happening.
All said, you know what else shouldn’t be said? An executive director for a sheriff’s association is quoted in the story that basically this is all Black Lives Matters fault.
No, really.
In a story about police being shot in rural communities, he wants to blame the folks living in the big city.
They can’t hide it. Ever.
The whole of the story is that we have a subset of the population in rural communities that think it is fine to pop a cop these days. But the police won’t blame the folks in the Oaf Keepers with them. Or the Klan. Or their white supremacist church. Nah, go blame the Other. As usual.
Fetterman ‘can’t believe’ Marshall resolution on school lunch ‘is even real’
Imagine saying – out loud – that you want to be able to starve a child because you don’t like that they have the ability to define their own selves. Now imagine that person being a United States Senator. Shameful.
Chicago police with extremist ties have troubling records
Minnesota GOP pivots, pushes for early voting this cycle
Gee, after spending the past decade lying about early voting (not to mention public health, race, education, you name it), the GOP is trying to get people to early vote.
You can’t make it up folks.
Book ban attempts on the rise in Minnesota schools
The book burners are at it again. They cannot win.
Show up and vote against them whenever you can when they run for boards. Show up and let them know they are not welcome in your schools.
Inside hate groups on Facebook, police officers trade racist memes, conspiracy theories and Islamophobia | Reveal
It seems there are way too many police officers would are far from concerning themselves with serving and protecting, and more about punishing groups they feel are inferior.
I have had a chip on my shoulder for years. I hate seeing it be justified time and time again.
America’s Deported Veterans: La Frontera – YouTube
Maddow: Racism Is ‘A Persistent Infection’ In White American Culture | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Todd Zwillich: Trump’s ‘Rigged’ Election is the New Birtherism – The Takeaway – WNYC
Trump is willfully playing with fire.