St. Paul police sergeant allegedly told drivers to "Hit & Run" Black Lives Matter protesters

[kpete]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - A St. Paul police sergeant is on administrative leave after a report that he allegedly urged drivers on Facebook to run over Black Lives Matter protesters during their planned Monday march.


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[Octafish]

1. Police State USA

We the People are now Enemies of the State.

And if you're a murderous racist bastard, that's OK -- if you have a badge.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Maybe we should send select police men from select police departments to Oregon?

Let's give them a task that is up to their abusive tendencies.

[pipoman]

3. They're already there...

[davidn3600]

4. Is blocking traffic really that effective?

I mean if you block traffic and you make someone late for their job and they then get fired, do you think that person will feel sympathetic to BLM?

If you want to block entrances to malls or shopping plazas, OK. But blocking highways can be dangerous for many reasons. It's not just dangerous to the protesters but you could end up blocking emergency vehicles.

[Monk06]

5. Well back in the day. Mind you at Selma blocking the road would have got you killed. Looks like the

cop is feeling nostagic for the good ol days

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[noamnety]

6. Yes it is.

The reason: The critical factor in changing policy isn't wooing public opinion so much as pressuring lawmakers.

Shamelessly copying a post I made back in 2008 regarding war protests:

"The last research I read on this was based on a large study of protests and outcomes.

What they discovered was:

Peaceful protests resulted in legislation/votes that favored pro-war outcomes.
More violent/disruptive protests resulted in legislation that favored pro-peace outcomes.

If the lawmakers aren't threatened in some way (and that shouldn't be interpreted as a physical threat to their lives, but rather a threat to their reelection due to unrest and upheaval during their term), they can toss some rhetoric toward the protesters and give a pretense of supporting their causes, while still voting against the interests of their communities and the population at large. They don't vote for the interests of the common person until their own political/financial interests are also threatened."

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This isn't a war protest exactly, but the theory holds - the more disruptive a protest, the more elected officials are pressured to fix the problem.

[Downtown Hound]

7. Is politely protesting where you never get in anybody's face,

never make anybody angry, or interfere with normal daily operations really effective? I'm going to say no, it's really not. The sheer fact that police continually murder black men with impunity despite all the protesting proves that. The only times a few cops even got charged were after riots, not protests.

[Downtown Hound]

8. To anybody who remembers the police riots that took place in St. Paul during the 2008 RNC

protests, this should come as no surprise.

[403Forbidden]

9. That cop doesn't even know the law...it's attempted MURDER to intentionally run over a person...

...regardless of whether or not that person is in a designated crosswalk.

And if that person dies...that's MURDER.

[Iggo]

10. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[ancianita]

11. JM Roth. Premeditative incitation of murder. In writing. A domestic terrorist.

The liar denies that the only "propensity towards violence" is his.