(May 26, 2020 at 4:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(May 26, 2020 at 4:18 pm)Brian37 Wrote: 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
Not the point.
Justice isn't treating jaywalking like hit and run.
I was wrong in throwing my wallet at the cop. But wouldn't have deserved a 5 or 10 year prison sentence. Sandra bland yelled at a cop too, didn't even throw a wallet at him. We both got arrested, I made bail, she didn't. I made it to court, she died.
Wells Fargo cons millions out of customers, and the company gets a fine, and the CEO is merely forced to step down. Yet if a black person non violently shop lifts a packet of steaks to feed their family, they get years in jail.
If I had been Eric Garner, and resisted, I still would have made it to jail. Eric resisted. And if throwing a wallet at a cop isn't "resisting" I don't know what is?
