Against my better judgement

This sentence is a link to an article by an evolutionary biologist arguing something that may largely be true, but he also misses the point. Take out the names from the story and use pronouns. I don’t think cop intended to kill him. I think he didn’t really give a shit about him though, nor care enough to try to prevent his death. Academically speaking, the cop was a sacrifice. So was the martyr though. Modern societies still do that, and unfortunately much of it is the press amplifying the cries of many people who are sick of being targeted and disproportionately locked up. I can agree that the government seems to be printing money, but I get both parties are pretty much insane, though one of them is increasingly uncomfortable with the democratic aspect of our democratic-republic. I think looters should be handled similar to capitol rioters. However while one is an attack on capitalism, it’s also an attack for survival with BLM. There are at least overwhelming racially, (sub)cultural, and socio-economic discrepancies in imprisonment vs diversion. If this officer was a blue collar, lower working class black man, who just accidentally choked someone to death while not even attempting to revive him… if this were an ‘ordinary’ black man who just did that, he’d be screwed, especially if the victim were a white person of higher economic status. However, OJ was actually proof money matters and it isn’t just racial. The Capitol rioters are largely influenced by social misinformation, but they’re buying the BS largely because they really aren’t in good mental health. They also kind of are predisposed to revolutionary fantasies. Then again, this is true in BLM at times as well, even if I am more understanding of some of this perspective given the circumstances. We need a more equitable approach to reformative behavior. However I’m also very liberal and soft hearted in how I approach discipline. I am grateful to not be a judge. This person from my home town summed up my view in 1908; as well as a social perspective in the dialect not uncommon to the inhabitants of this odd town.

https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.0840220a/

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