I don’t think the person you’re responding to is trying to suggest otherwise. You can be curious about the context even while accepting that no possible context makes this okay.
I too am curious about what, exactly, set this officer off to escalate to such completely deranged behaviour. Not because I think there’s a justification, just because I want to know exactly what kind of lunacy this is.
Probably just racism. The cop “knew” the pedestrian was a dangerous criminal, he just didn’t have any probable cause. So he had to take matters into his own hands.
Is it an either/or, though? I’ve got both those thoughts at the same time.
As rational as it is to know it’s unacceptable, what IS the context? And how can we have proper distribution of just consequences?
This guy could be the reincarnation of Hitler and this behavior would still be psychotic.
I don’t think the person you’re responding to is trying to suggest otherwise. You can be curious about the context even while accepting that no possible context makes this okay.
I too am curious about what, exactly, set this officer off to escalate to such completely deranged behaviour. Not because I think there’s a justification, just because I want to know exactly what kind of lunacy this is.
Probably just racism. The cop “knew” the pedestrian was a dangerous criminal, he just didn’t have any probable cause. So he had to take matters into his own hands.
Yeah if one do this the full agency may be like that.
Nothing wrong with being curious about the context. Don’t let the dog pile get you down, too many people want to just hate blindly to feel good.
It’s much better to understand fully why you hate, imo