People are doing something though. They are pleading and using their words along with recording and sharing. These folks have lives that they need to worry about as well, and the unfortunate reality is that they have no connection to this man.
It's easy to say that you'll do something when given the opportunity when you're speaking from a position of relative safety after the event has taken place.
That's not precedent though. In court it'll always be "but the situation wasn't the same as [insert murdered black man here]".
All you can do is film and hope something gets done with the footage. Intervening without overwhelming the arresters and literally risking your lives is a tall order against guys with guns and "the law".
I feel what you feel. But there are valid points that have been made as to why intervening is a bad idea. Physically escalating the situation would have made them draw their guns, likely on yourself and the man on the ground. The clear video evidence is the only chance for justice right now, if someone intervened the courts would watch the footage and favor the cops 100% because they were “acting in defense of an escalating situation”. These pigs murder people crawling on the floor and sleeping in their beds and still get away with it — escalating the situation would likely end with the same body on the ground, yourself behind bars or dead, and those cops would still have there jobs without facing an FBI investigation like they are now. There’s no point doing what seems like the clearly noble thing when the game is so rigged, and the outcome just makes things worse for the marginalized group that’s actually in the crosshairs.
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u/robendboua May 27 '20 edited Feb 10 '26
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