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_refugee_  ·  3425 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The college rape overcorrection

Later in the same post, my own words:

    Is it possible that law enforcement isn't an ideal solution either...Yes

I at no point try to claim that law enforcement is perfect, I merely posit it is better than university judicial systems in this context.

I do not believe that the use of deadly force to stop citizens from committing alleged crimes. Our justice system was not executed properly in those events. If a crime is alleged, it should be prosecuted properly following the due course of justice, which is at a trial, not in the streets, and with a judge or jury, not a gun or chokehold. Crimes must be proven before they can be prosecuted. No crimes were proven against Brown and Gardner. Moreover, I believe the use of force by the police in those cases was utterly unwarranted.

Thank you for taking one sentence from my page of text, removing it from all context including my own caveats, and trying to insinuate that I believe either of those men, or anyone for that matter, "deserves" to die at the hands of cops, on the streets, before being served charges, before being given a lawyer and their day in court. I KNOW that even then the justice system is skewed. But it is better than no justice system and it is better than a system that accepts accusations as evidence of guilt.

If you read anything I post on Hubski you know I'm quite heated and quite "liberal" when it comes to the rights of any oppressed class. It doesn't feel liberal to me but it does to some douchebags.

What you tried to do with your comment is not only stupid, but completely contrary to the person I regularly demonstrate myself to be, quite vociferously, with passion and with disregard for those who disagree, on this website.

So thanks, and fuck you. You ain't payin' attention, you just shootin your shotgun.