Yes- it’s one of those laws that the policing system blows up into excuses to pull people aside.
Like “blocking pedestrian traffic”.
Any major change in our country has always…always…had an element of what we are seeing now.
Worker conditions- there were riots along with peaceful protests
Civil rights- there were riots along with peaceful protests
And now policing issues- there are riots along with peaceful protests
And my guess there was always this group of people who tried to dismiss and diminish the things people were angry about with complaints that law and order was being disrupted.
Again I believe it’s a matter of focus…in my opinion, the Law and Order people focus on the wrong thing.
They say “It’s a shame innocent people are being killed by the police, but the riots have to stop”.
Those who realize there are huge problems that need to be addressed see it this way:
“It’s a shame there are riots, but the killing of innocent people has to stop”.
In my mind, the latter keeps the focus on the problem…the former focuses on “getting back to normal” as fast as possible and as such they communicate, intended or not, that the problems that led to the riots aren’t important.
Hell this whole thread is a reflection of that. No one yet has been able to pinpoint just why they think the CEO is “pandering”. The only conclusion I can come to, absent more specific feedback, is that they don’t believe Mr. Cathy believes the problems are serious, and he’s only “caving” because of the violence.
As if the violence itself invalidates the seriousness of the problems…or they don’t believe the problems are all that serious and that the violence is unwarranted.
I’m asking these people to help me understand this.
