ummm, ok?
Trouble staying on topic?
Not at all, as what is happening in the thread is that
primarily white men, who also happen to comprise the majority of Trump's base,
perform typically, posting opinions here which happen to fly in the face of the facts.
https://www.psychologytoday.com ›
Mar 5, 2021 — Using this approach,
research has found that authoritarians tended to be strong supporters of Trump through his primary campaign and two ...
https://www.psychologytoday.com ›
Dec 31, 2017 — A new report sheds light on the
psychological basis for
Trump's support. · 1.
Authoritarianism · 2. Social dominance orientation · 3. Prejudice · 4.
Ignored: Kim Potter claimed she made a traffic stop counter to department covid-19 response policy revision because she was training a
new officer.
Was the trainee with Potter when this did not happen? Do authoritarian apologists for Potter even care>
https://www.insider.com › News
Dec 13, 2021 — According to McGinnis, Brooklyn Center Police Department
policy requires all officers to perform a "spark test" of their
Taser before each
shift ...
So.... why was it important to counter policy to pull over a young black driver because Potter was performing "training," but not to follow
Taser S.O.P.?
IOW, WTF is wrong with you people and with the sentencing judge? If scientific research informed me I had involuntary, authoritarian
attraction, I would attempt to compensate to try to avoid maintaining a deviant personality.
It is as plain as day what happened in Brooklyn-Center, MN, to the young black driver with a mismounted air freshener and expired license plate decal!
Link to cached page of article,
https://webcache.googleusercontent....ghts/+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=opera
https://www.twincities.com ›
Sep 23, 2021 — "
"The manager of a Brooklyn Center Michaels store called police on a teenager looking for a job simply because he is Black and officers then used unreasonable force against him because of his race, a state agency that investigates civil rights abuses said in findings released Thursday.
The 16-year-old boy repeatedly said, “I want to live” and “Don’t kill me” as Brooklyn Center police were restraining him during a March 2019 incident that started when the store manager called police because the teen is Black, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights found.
Both the police department and Michaels Stores Inc. violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act and discriminated against the teen, the agency found, noting that it would seek monetary relief for the teen as well as structural changes to the police department and store. “The facts of this case are both shocking and unsurprising.
There was no reason for Michaels to call the police. And no Black child should ever have to plead for their life from police,” Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said in a statement. “What happened to this kid is a clear violation of his dignity and his civil rights.”
....
When three white Brooklyn Center police officers arrived and found the teen in another store, he appeared frightened and put his hands in the air, the Department of Human Rights found. The officers did not follow their training and immediately used unjustified and unreasonable force, it determined. Two officers threw the teen to the ground and, while he was face down, they and a sergeant grabbed and pulled on his dreadlocks, put a knee into his back and handcuffed him, .."
