Just when I think I can’t imagine any worse quotes from an ethics perspective than for example, the despicable rant by Minneapolis Mayer Frey, an Ethics Villain, or any number of Tim Walz’s attempts to foment violence and rioting, someone else says “Hold my beer!”
Imagine a law enforcement officer saying or even thinking this…
“Even if there is an investigation that ultimately proves that at the time of the shooting it was legally justified, I don’t think that even matters at this point, because there is so just much outrage and concern around what is happening in the city.”
—Minneapolis Chief of Police Brian O’Hara, siding with the rioters as he discussed the I.C.E. shooting of Alex Pretti
Let’s see: unethical, dangerous, irresponsible, illogical and stupid. In fact, Sidney Wang wants to get a word in but he’s been appearing here too often lately, through no fault of his own, so he’s sidelined.
So the position of law enforcement in Minnesota is that law, facts and reality must take a metaphorical back seat to “feelz”: if people are upset enough, it justifies law-breaking, rioting, threatening and harassing officers, anything, really. This is the world view of the progressives—anarchists, really—that Democrats are supporting now. There are no rationalizations that can excuse this. These are bad—okay, unethical—people who are preaching chaos and opposing everything the human race has learned about preserving civilization.
Jonathan Turley, who has a book out about the politics of rage in the U.S., appears to have had his head explode from O’Harra’s statement and those by others, like Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (Guess which party!), who said that she does not consider ICE officers to be “real law enforcement” and that Arizonans may have the right to shoot them. He wrote in part yesterday,
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