Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
Weren't these officers under control of Democrats? You are in the UK so I understand you may not realize but Minnesota has a Democrat for a governor and Minneapolis has a Democrat for a mayor.
Police departments aren't "under control" of Governors or Mayors but state legislatures. 50 states have 50 different sets of laws for Police Departments -- including hiring protocol, training requirements, operating procedures, oversight guidelines, and even what's reported to federal agencies (like the use of lethal force and racial demographics).

Last time I checked, the majority of state legislatures were "under control" of Republicans. The "Law & Order" party turned community Police into an extension of the military, treated them as Warriors instead of Peace Officers, and gave them the federal military surplus (armored vehicles, kevlar vests, shields, automatic weapons, etc.) to play the part.

You defend gun-toting (white) vigilantes who target, threaten, and murder (black) men as 'supporting' the Police. But you have a different standard when it's black-on-black crime in communities where Police are largely absent. Then it's just thugs taking the law into their own hands, or guns in the "wrong hands".

Then you have the gall to pretend racism has nothing to do with it.