Typically âspeaks for itselfâ means âprovides its own obvious contextâ. But hey, claiming itâs just a rally against illegal immigration is a nice reminder of where so much concern over that actually comes from.
It looks like they are trying to grab the moon. Or an imaginary wad of cash in the sky. Or a better form of morality. Or perhaps a brain.
Recently this just means the cop thinks itâs ok because the rally was anti-semitic
âI was just standing there, trying to hail a cab, and this guy in a white hood comes up and stands next to me. I guess he was trying to hail a cab too. Itâs a total misunderstandingâ
So this guy shows up at a KKK rally, gets pics taken and posts em to Facebook or something and now heâs suing for wrongful termination? At the end of the segment the news anchor lists a bunch of places he used to be a peace officer at and says âleaving all those positions for different reasonsâ. Uh huhâŚ
Golly we used to have this profession called journalism where folks would go ask questions, dig up records, find out the truth. This used to be a⌠oh wow did you see what Donald Trump just said! Wow! And those kittens in a shoe hanger hilarious! Kim K just tweedled support for Kanyeâs 2020 Prez campaign! What were we talking about?
(edit - removed in his police uniform from top paragraph⌠heâs still a racist jackanapes)
(edit 2 - sounds like he may have been working for the FBI? and busting corrupt cops? well, that does put a whole new light on it. But I think we may not be hearing the whole story here. Probably never will.)
Looks like a Planet Fitness shirt. Which is weird, because they have like a âNo Lunkâ rule or something like that.
It looks like the uniform matches these KKK marchers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs4P1kKK-5k
It does. Heâs just hoping that his proud and willful ignorance will confuse people into thinking that the truth is anything but.
Those look like patches sewn onto a navy blue shirt. Itâs too blurry to see what they are, but Klan symbols are typically red and white, like these patches.
Seriously, every asshat crypto-fascist who says âtaken out of contextâ should be forced on the spot to define the word âcontextâ. Iâm sure they think itâs some magical phrase in latin that causes forgetfulness.
Itâs not a police uniform. In other pictures one can see that it clearly has klan badges on it, and seems to be the âuniformâ of a member of that klan group or something (I donât know a lot about klan fashion). Many klan groups use black militaristic uniforms when not wearing the traditional white hoods.
Edit: Also seen in this pic is the Grand Wizard getting his face melted by a ray from the Ark of the Covenant. Hopefully.
thx was just editing to reflect that it wasnât his police uniform
âWhat happened was Sir Mix-a-lot was playing, and I was throwing my hand in the air like I just donât care, and this hooded guy stood next to me and start jamminâ out too. What racist would get down to Sir Mix-a-Lot?!â
Jedi Mind Trick, white supremacist edition.
âAccio Swastika!â
No, but they have the same red emblem on the left side of the chest as the KKK uniform, so if I had to guessâŚ
How timelyâI was just reading some articles by Jerry Thompson, a journalist who, in 1980, went undercover to infiltrate the Klan. He didnât learn muchâaside from the fact that most of the Klan members he met were incredibly disorganized. He also had high praise for the police who he believed were universally opposed to the Klan.
Obviously he didnât infiltrate the organization deeply enough. It wouldnât surprise me if there were Klan cops then too but that he just didnât come into contact with them. I loved his light, funny daily columns on subjects like his rural childhood and his rural adulthood, but as far as real investigative journalism went he left a lot to be desired.
To his credit, he did provide a context. (That he thought the context would help is another issue.) Usually when folks say their words or actions were taken out of context, they either refuse to provide a context, or change the subject to the extent that it appears they think âcontextâ means, âalternate universe in which it would make perfect sense.â
Man I hate groups like the KKK. Does this police department have rules against being a member of an outside organization or is it specifically the KKK?
