Why Should Anyone "Respect" the Law?
December 4, 2014 9:37 AM Subscribe
Why Should Anyone "Respect" the Law? A Gawker op-ed responding to the death of Eric Garner, containing a number of different links.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, I really need to pick one Garner thread to keep and the one immediately following this is more substantial. Feel free to chuck this in the comments there if/when it fits. -- restless_nomad
I "respect" the police the way I do any other violent, armed gang.
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:43 AM on December 4, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:43 AM on December 4, 2014 [2 favorites]
I'm amazed that this article doesn't seem to include a link to The American Justice System Is Not Broken -- a righteous indictment (so to speak) of every mealy-mouthed "Well, let's just see how things turn out..." that has or will come out about this business-as-usual plague.
Okay, it's in the "Trending on Kinja" list over on the left, between Mariah Carey and Torii Hunter, but still.
posted by Etrigan at 9:43 AM on December 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Okay, it's in the "Trending on Kinja" list over on the left, between Mariah Carey and Torii Hunter, but still.
posted by Etrigan at 9:43 AM on December 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Horrifying and yet not the least bit surprising.
posted by poffin boffin at 9:44 AM on December 4, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 9:44 AM on December 4, 2014
I try to avoid cops whenever possible. It seems the wisest course.
posted by triage_lazarus at 9:44 AM on December 4, 2014
posted by triage_lazarus at 9:44 AM on December 4, 2014
How can you ask people to respect the law when the law does not respect them?
posted by Buttons Bellbottom at 9:45 AM on December 4, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Buttons Bellbottom at 9:45 AM on December 4, 2014 [2 favorites]
This is one of those articles that gives me a slight pain in my chest because it never defined the word and it has multiple meanings.
posted by michaelh at 9:47 AM on December 4, 2014
posted by michaelh at 9:47 AM on December 4, 2014
I just now had to back away from this article and the "American Justice System Is Not Broken" one. Certain commentors on a number of Gawker sites really set off my punching impulse.
That's not a place I need to be right now.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:50 AM on December 4, 2014
That's not a place I need to be right now.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:50 AM on December 4, 2014
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