These decisions came with rationalizations about the courts being months behind schedule due to the pandemic. In those cities, hundreds of people were released without bail, in the midst of violence and unrest which had been paralyzing these cities for weeks. If we want to see things more clearly, we ought to get concrete.Īn odd situation arose over the summer when district attorneys in Portland and Seattle pledged to not prosecute any protesters arrested for nonviolent and nondestructive offenses. Now is the time to be real about our political systems and their functionality.įor the past four years or so, we have all been subjected to a lot of talk about “democracy in crisis.” Most of this talk from mainstream, academic, and institutional voices has boiled down to what might be called “securocratic” pearl-clutching about an apparent general decline of institutional authority and privilege. But it is always good to be shaken from your slumber, no matter how unpleasant the experience. A sense of mortality, and of the harsh reality of radically disruptive change and chaos, tend to be elusive to us as Americans, to varying degrees depending on such factors as class and our degree of engagement with mainstream culture. With the unrest that continues to flare up in cities and the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had passenger’s views of a governmental train wreck. This states that the cause of death was the combination of being restrained, along with underlying health conditions and the use of intoxicants.This summer was an eventful one in the laboratories of democracy. The indictment of Chauvin for 3rd degree murder and manslaughter, refers to a preliminary post mortem. Furthermore, the riots may be used to justify a further undermining or even a complete usurpation, of the Constitution of the United States.ġ – See for example, the commentary on Bolshevism by Gustave Le Bon in ‘The World in Revolt’ (1921)Ģ- It is not possible to know from the video alone, how much force is being applied via the knee. The reaction to the Floyd case was predictable. In the Martin case, such coverage included the editing of a tape of the 911 call by NBC news, which would inevitably mislead viewers, see HERE. In my opinion, the coverage by large sections of the mainstream media of these two cases was contemptible. In both of those cases the accused alleged that they were acting in self defense and were acquitted of any criminal charges. The case seems to be unlike the cases of Travyon Martin and Michael Brown. The officers would have known they had body cameras on and that it was highly likely they would be filmed by members of the public. Furthermore, it is difficult to conclude that the officers would not have known that serious harm to Mr Floyd or worse, would result. However, having watched the video of the arrest (I make no assumptions either way however, about the authenticity or veracity of this video), I cannot formulate any possible explanation as to why the officers would have thought that the force they used, in particular the resting of Mr Chauvin’s knee on Mr Floyd’s neck, was necessary or safe*2. Īre sub-judice and so I make no assumptions or assertions about his guilt or Justification in certain political causes and ideologies. In the late nineteenth and early 20 th Century, by some anthropologistsĪnd sociologists, who have suggested that such atavistic impulses find a This idea has been considered and developed before, Line between those who embrace civilisation and those who wish to destroy it. Mr Carlson refers to there being a dividing

Remind me of the riots that followed the death of Mark Duggan in England in In this respect, the current events in America

Seem to have had any effect on the situation. Indeed, the arrest of Derek Chauvin does not Sense of injustice at the death of George Floyd.

The rioters, whose behaviour does not appear to be motivated by any perceived Rules, against the impotent response of the state to the savage criminality of TUCKER CARLSON provided an interesting analysis of the horrific events currently taking place in the United States, last Saturday.Īnarcho-tyranny, but this seems to be what he was referring to, when heĬontrasted the ruthless response of state bureaucrats to infringement of petty

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