By the number of posts I saw on nextdoor in 2020 to the effect that "we" are in constant danger specifically because the local police department does not kill enough people, there is no distinction for a fair portion of those voters, and they would not choose just one if offered them separately.

When you help make it so the only names people know are Pretti and Good, you reinforce the culture that says these things aren't "bad enough" until white people get involved. This has been going on for a whole year. Many non-white people have died in this same way trying to protect their neighbors.

I started learning Alex Pretti's name and how good he was on the *same day* he was killed. This country only mobilizes like this for white people. And as long as that stays true, then we aren't actually changing anything about what's happening. It'll happen again.

What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".

ICE and CBP agents have been caught repeatedly in all manner of crimes against immigrants. And yet somehow now when the victims are white they're out of control. They were always out of control. They were always predatory and abusive. I hope this is a tipping point. But I fear it is not.

Because ICE isn't acting like the SS or stormtroopers now. They are acting like American police forces have always acted. The only difference is that they are doing it to more people in public that aren't Black. The cameras are catching the behavior of jump out squads and task forces in new areas

Thinking about sending a fax.

If I’d chased down a random Black person and held them at gunpoint because I heard a loud sound and then justified my actions as that of Chief law enforcement officer in my small town I’d probably stfu right now, but that’s just me.