{"id":5184,"date":"2020-10-15T15:40:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T22:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/dafuq-or-when-the-rule-of-law-breaks-down\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:32:35","slug":"dafuq-or-when-the-rule-of-law-breaks-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/dafuq-or-when-the-rule-of-law-breaks-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Dafuq? Or, When the Rule of Law Breaks Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I saw this article: "Trump endorses U.S. Marshals’ summary execution of suspect" => https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2020\/10\/15\/trump-admits-he-had-suspect-executed-in-street-by-u-s-marshals-they-didnt-want-to-arrest-him.html<\/a> <= and I have to wonder when we started murdering people SUSPECTED of committing a crime?<\/p>\n

Body cameras mysteriously switched off? Check.<\/p>\n

Police don’t announce themselves before attacking? Check.<\/p>\n

Man shot dead because "he fired first" only for the story to change to "he had a gun in his pocket." Check.<\/p>\n

Police union rallying around sh!tty cops? Check.<\/p>\n

President of the United States screeding like a howler monkey about it being a righteous kill he thoroughly supports? Check.<\/p>\n

So yeah. Basically everything wrong with this country all in one article.<\/p>\n

Does it help that said president, before he was president, also supported the torture and execution of four men that later turned out to be innocent? And even after they were proven innocent was still blathering about how they should be locked up?<\/p>\n

Yeah. I don’t think it helps anything at all -_-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I saw this article: "Trump endorses U.S. Marshals’ summary execution of suspect" => https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2020\/10\/15\/trump-admits-he-had-suspect-executed-in-street-by-u-s-marshals-they-didnt-want-to-arrest-him.html <= and I have to wonder when we started murdering people SUSPECTED of committing a crime? Body cameras mysteriously switched off? Check. Police don’t announce themselves before attacking? Check. Man shot dead because "he fired first" only for the story…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Dafuq? 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