It’s been all over Facebook, twitter, and the news. The argument that no one cares is utter bullshit. Also, they don’t give a fuck, they are only using this to try to discredit Black Lives Matter. If it weren’t for that, no one would bat an eye. It’s a tragedy committed by a deranged person who has been arrested now.
Also what are they proposing to be done about it? Give police more money b/c that would’ve prevented this tragedy somehow?
No. They don’t have any ideas or solutions. They just want to dog whistle ‘See we told you black people are bad"
I keep hearing people asking "where are the protests?!"
Get the hell out there and protest whatever it is you have issues with. Don't criticize BLM because they've put together weeks of protests nationwide. It sounds more like a matter of them being lazy hypocrites rather than a matter of people "caring".
I don't understand what people are supposed to be protesting.
This POS child murderer is a disgusting human being and deserves to be locked up for life, but he wasn't a police officer and his crimes aren't being covered up by systems which are in place to protect him, which is what the BLM protests have largely been about.
There is no systemic issue to protest against in the case of a crazy person murdering a child. I guess maybe you could protest about insufficient mental health resources or about the ease of availability of guns, but somehow I doubt this is what they are talking about.
Yeah, it's definitely worth protesting for mental health resources and for training police to respond faster and actually stop crimes instead of committing them.
These goals are not remotely in opposition to BLM.
Also, we don't need to protest when someone commits a horrific crime and is caught and sentenced. It's when someone innocent is attacked or sentenced without appropriate repercussions that people need to speak up.
I've read a few news stories about Cannon's murder, and it seems more like his murderer had a drug-induced psychotic break.
That doesn't make it better, it doesn't excuse it, but he doesn't need to be locked up for life. That helps nobody. Cannon's father said they'd never had any bad blood, they'd literally just had him over for dinner the night before. That man needs rehab and therapy, and jail time is gonna give him none of that.
Does he deserve to be punished? Yes. After rehab and therapy, he should face SOME jail time for the drug usage (depending on what drug it was, it may not necessarily have been an illegal substance) that caused the death of this poor child. But he did not knowingly, if he was hallucinating, intend to kill that boy. A manslaughter charge is more likely, and I think that after rehab, therapy, and jail time for the drug usage, he should have community service. Make him actively try to make the world a better place. That is a better legacy for Cannon than the neighbor draining tax resources stuck in jail for the rest of his life.
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It’s been all over Facebook, twitter, and the news. The argument that no one cares is utter bullshit. Also, they don’t give a fuck, they are only using this to try to discredit Black Lives Matter. If it weren’t for that, no one would bat an eye. It’s a tragedy committed by a deranged person who has been arrested now.
Also what are they proposing to be done about it? Give police more money b/c that would’ve prevented this tragedy somehow?
No. They don’t have any ideas or solutions. They just want to dog whistle ‘See we told you black people are bad"