As with the both the Eric Garner and George Floyd murders by thug cops, I have to respectfully ask of the onlookers: why did none of you pieces of shit intervene to stop the killing of an unarmed, innocent man - especially one who was compelled to issue a desperate plea for help in describing his condition?
So conditioned are we with fealty to the state, or more precisely stunted children who do as their told and absolutely never, ever ruffle any feathers, that we can’t imagine even acting in accordance with what is right, damn “the law” or what the mob is doing.
Corporate media either ridicules (RW) or ignores (mainstream liberal) the realities of the poor. And this is what we get: fearful little tough guys, living out their fantasies of killing the expendable poor and black who threaten their bourgeois consciousness.
yeah, when intervening gets you killed or prison time, i cant really blame them. but with this murder, its just one dude, not 4 cops. anyone on that train could have saved a life with little personal risk
yeah, considering this guy was a 24 y/o ex-marine, he prob is very fit. we all gotta start lifting. then again, a 6 inch folding blade would also suffice
Someone needed to speak up thusly, “yo, he’s going to die if you don’t stop choking him; does this person deserve to die because he’s having a mental breakdown?”
Which would totally change the feeling in the subway car, from thinking of the person being choked as a disturber of the peace inconveniencing and perhaps possibly scaring a few people, to a human being with mental health problems having a bad day but basically not going to harm anybody.
I mean, one person speaking up could have engendered the requisite feeling of compassion and empathy that situation should have taken.
And that poor guy would be alive today and (hopefully) getting treatment, while at the same time the crowd could have shamed and stopped the vigilante asshole for wanting to act out his fascist fantasy.
I imagine people who would want to intervene would be terrified that the mob would immediately turn on them. The planetary average person is 5'6", 38 years old, and weighs 137 pounds. Fighting is hard, both physically and especially psychologically. Most people have trouble making phone calls. Exploding in to lethal violence in an unclear situation is several orders of magnitude harder than that, and as good as impossible if you have no experience with combat.
I've intervened in some pretty terrifying situations. I weigh literally twice as much as the average person and I'm almost a foot taller than them. And I absolutely understand why the average person does not throw themselves in to situations like this.
There were four cops with guns sitting on Mr. Floyd, and more cops hanging around. Many of the witnesses were black women, some were minors. The corner they were on has seen more than one police killing. The Minneapolis Police Department was and is widely despised and notorious for violence. Peopkle were screaming at them to stop. If anyone had tried to intervene physically they would have, at best, been beaten. At worst shot.
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As with the both the Eric Garner and George Floyd murders by thug cops, I have to respectfully ask of the onlookers: why did none of you pieces of shit intervene to stop the killing of an unarmed, innocent man - especially one who was compelled to issue a desperate plea for help in describing his condition?
So conditioned are we with fealty to the state, or more precisely stunted children who do as their told and absolutely never, ever ruffle any feathers, that we can’t imagine even acting in accordance with what is right, damn “the law” or what the mob is doing.
Corporate media either ridicules (RW) or ignores (mainstream liberal) the realities of the poor. And this is what we get: fearful little tough guys, living out their fantasies of killing the expendable poor and black who threaten their bourgeois consciousness.
yeah, when intervening gets you killed or prison time, i cant really blame them. but with this murder, its just one dude, not 4 cops. anyone on that train could have saved a life with little personal risk
This emphasizes the importance of the swoletariat.
yeah, considering this guy was a 24 y/o ex-marine, he prob is very fit. we all gotta start lifting. then again, a 6 inch folding blade would also suffice
Or at least an appreciation for the power of blunt, dense objects to leave an impression when you surprise a fascist with them
Nobody intervened because then they'd be next.
That’s bullshit.
Someone needed to speak up thusly, “yo, he’s going to die if you don’t stop choking him; does this person deserve to die because he’s having a mental breakdown?”
Which would totally change the feeling in the subway car, from thinking of the person being choked as a disturber of the peace inconveniencing and perhaps possibly scaring a few people, to a human being with mental health problems having a bad day but basically not going to harm anybody.
I mean, one person speaking up could have engendered the requisite feeling of compassion and empathy that situation should have taken.
And that poor guy would be alive today and (hopefully) getting treatment, while at the same time the crowd could have shamed and stopped the vigilante asshole for wanting to act out his fascist fantasy.
I imagine people who would want to intervene would be terrified that the mob would immediately turn on them. The planetary average person is 5'6", 38 years old, and weighs 137 pounds. Fighting is hard, both physically and especially psychologically. Most people have trouble making phone calls. Exploding in to lethal violence in an unclear situation is several orders of magnitude harder than that, and as good as impossible if you have no experience with combat.
I've intervened in some pretty terrifying situations. I weigh literally twice as much as the average person and I'm almost a foot taller than them. And I absolutely understand why the average person does not throw themselves in to situations like this.
There were four cops with guns sitting on Mr. Floyd, and more cops hanging around. Many of the witnesses were black women, some were minors. The corner they were on has seen more than one police killing. The Minneapolis Police Department was and is widely despised and notorious for violence. Peopkle were screaming at them to stop. If anyone had tried to intervene physically they would have, at best, been beaten. At worst shot.