Trevon Revisited again, unfortunately...

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

If you’re angry enough to throw your wallet at a cop, you’re being violent. That’s what the word means.

Do I think you’re a violent person by nature?  Of course I don’t. But when ‘angry in the moment’ turns physical, it shows you’re capable of violence. Almost everyone is.

But back to our muttons. It’s pretty clear the cops fucked this one up. 

Boru

Oh my god. It was a wallet, not a knife, not a gun.  And that still misses the point that Sandra Bland yelled at a cop too, did far less than I did, and she ended up dead over a traffic ticket and I didn't.

Let’s put the horrible tragedy of Ms. Bland aside for the moment.

Are you saying that violence is only violence if it involves a knife or a gun? I agree with you completely that throwing your wallet is pretty insignificant, but it still qualifies as an act of violence - a minor one, even a trivial one. 

But I think the point is that you can’t act out physically towards another person and claim non-violence. I get why you did it - you were sick, upset and very likely frustrated (I know I would have been). But none of that qualifies as non-violence.

Boru