A Texas DPS official said responding officers were cautious as they entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, as they "could have been shot."
People in the US, especially not the police themselves, cannot seem to even fathom that a fundamental part of being a cop, in principle, is that your life must be treated as more expendable than the people you are supposed to protect.
Thank you! I've been evangilizing that for years with no luck. I find it morbidly hilarious society tells soldiers 'thank you for your sacrifice' as we send them off to die in order to kill other people, while the people at home who are "supposed to protect us" get to pull that Blue Lives Matter shit.
The very concept of police only works if you accept this idea. Without the idea that cops lives are more expendable than the people they’re supposed to protect, having cops doesn’t make any fucking sense.
That's not what police have ever been for. They don't kill armed people to protect anyone. They kill shooters to enforce the state's monopoly on violence.
People in the US, especially not the police themselves, cannot seem to even fathom that a fundamental part of being a cop, in principle, is that your life must be treated as more expendable than the people you are supposed to protect.
Thank you! I've been evangilizing that for years with no luck. I find it morbidly hilarious society tells soldiers 'thank you for your sacrifice' as we send them off to die in order to kill other people, while the people at home who are "supposed to protect us" get to pull that Blue Lives Matter shit.
The very concept of police only works if you accept this idea. Without the idea that cops lives are more expendable than the people they’re supposed to protect, having cops doesn’t make any fucking sense.
It makes sense when you realize they exist to protect rich white guys with expensive suits :amerikkka-clap:
That's not what police have ever been for. They don't kill armed people to protect anyone. They kill shooters to enforce the state's monopoly on violence.
but they are, you see
just that the people they're protecting are different