From bodycam footage of Columbus police shooting of Ma Khia Bryant
Last year, during the marches following the shooting of Breonna Taylor, I went and marched with protesters here in my Los Angeles suburb town. The sign that I carried stated, “Government has a monopoly on oppression.” I found the majority of the people there pleasant and inviting as well as reasonable in the many discussion I had. While many readers here at RedState have already stopped reading, if you’ve made it this far, hang on. I do have a point here.
As I was discussing with one of the protesters, in particular, she demanded that I denounce all police, or that I “wasn’t welcome.” (For the record, several people vehemently disagreed with her demands). Curious, I asked her why she felt that I had to denounce all police, including my neighbor and a close friend with whom I went to high school, despite my knowing that they aren’t bad cops. To her, regardless of the situation, all cops are bad.