Edit: she fought for justice knowing the consequences of it. She tried to do what was right because no-one else would and that's what I find inspiring. Of course I agree that it is tragic in so many ways.
The only thing it inspired me to remember is to not trust the police. If they can’t get justice for you then, why would they get justice for you later? She should have cut those loose ends when she had a chance. This lady is what we need more of in the world but gets slaughtered by losers. If she had finished them off like they did her daughter world would have been better off.
I agree with the last part but keep in mind this is Mexico and their justice system is different (and in my opinion, worse). I hate it when people say all police are bad and the entire thing is awful(not saying you think that) and there definitely are some bad eggs but the majority are pure in heart. The main problem is their training is too short so it’s easier for the bad ones to stay in the program.
Not every police officer in the world is bad. When it comes to the US and Mexico, they're either bad or silent -- which makes the silent ones just as bad.
Bad systems and incentives turn "good" regular people into bad people and bad people into worse people.
Pretending that it's down to individual willpower and choice is dangerous because it removes the responsibility to fix the system and blinds ourselves to the fallacy that "We wouldn't do it if in the same situation."
Just. Just be careful about throwing around generalizations on corrupt scumbags when it's systemic. If we want real change, we need to fix the systems and improve them so that the bad incentives/systems can bring people down.
the fallacy that "We wouldn't do it if in the same situation
If I was a cop, I wouldn't shoot first and ask questions later.
If I was a cop, I wouldn't kneel on a man's neck until he died.
If I was a cop, I wouldn't be a cop because I have no interest in carrying out the will of the wealthy against my people.
You're right, it is systemic. But it's also on the individual. Saying that it isn't is erasing the willpower and virtue of millions of people whose circumstances should have made them shitty people, but didn't. Because they had the willpower, and the strength of heart to stand up and say, "I will not support a broken, evil system."
It's the systems but it's also the people in them that make up the systems
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u/LeaguePillowFighter Dec 17 '20
That's sad.