No charges for cops who pinned Alton Sterling to the ground and executed him

I mostly agree but it doesn’t always go so well for armed white people and the federal government. Sometimes the federal government burns them and their families alive, or shoots their wives and children.

Also, here’s an anecdote from Texas. One of the guys my Dad hunts with was pulled over for some traffic violation. He informed the sheriff’s deputy that he had a carry permit and had a firearm in the vehicle, as required by law. The deputy immediately grabbed him by his neck and dragged him out of the vehicle, threw him on the ground, handcuffed him, and arrested him. A few hours later the poor guy was released with a bunch of scrapes and bruises and no charges filed. Possibly his white skin protected him from execution or prosecution.

In theory, treatment like that is why we have a Second Amendment. It’s supposed to give teeth to our other rights. Of course it doesn’t work that way in practice, as you point out. A big priority for an oppressive state is disarm the populace.

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