I'm not expressing myself well because I'm not trying to talk shit. Sometimes it comes off that way from the way I write -- my use of sarcasm and hyperbole -- but that's not my intention. I almost always agree with what you have to say in regards to these types of situations because I know the type of people law enforcement comes into contact with and how dangerous they are to themselves and others. Hell, we've had multiple attorneys in our office shanked by defendants trying to get mistrials when they think they're losing.
My only real point is to look at that first video and think -- "Hey, here's a guy that was probably considering shooting himself. His life was so fucking bad and/or he was so mentally ill that he actually stole a gun so that he could blow his own brains out. Dude was straight up wandering off to die someplace alone like a sick cat." I mean, imagine if that was your reality. Then when he gets run over, we're laughing about it?
The video I posted was awful -- the officer's face is actually heart breaking because you can see the panic in his face. And can you imagine actually laughing at that? I wouldn't ever find that amusing. I was trying to help people draw (what I thought) was a connection between the two. We wouldn't laugh at the second because we connect with the police officer. We laugh at the first because well... we don't empathize with him at all. And on a related note -- if never empathize with people in situations like this, how do you ever distinguish between the reasonable and unreasonable use of force? I mean, some motherfuckers deserve it when they get shot or run over by the police. Others (IMO) don't. Hell, even if they deserved it does that make it hilarious? If some guy is delusional out of his mind and the cops justifiably shoot and kill him, does that make it a joke? Only if you don't really see him as a person. If we constantly dismiss every person subjected to the use of force then you're never going to have a serious discussion about it.
But I'm not even sure if I'm expressing this clearly, so I'll just STFU. Because like you said,
If you don't see the difference I won't be able to change your mind
