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[marl-bro]

On Markeith Loyd

I didn’t want to say anything on the matter because I know this can be hard to understand. But, after listening to grown adults from various creeds and professions all cheer on his assault, I think it’s necessary. The story, as it’s been told, is that Markeith Loyd killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and fled the scene. Some month or so afterwards, around 7am, Loyd was at a local Walmart by A Good Samaritan™. This person then went to alert the plain-clothesed officer Clayton, who was putting shopping bags in her trunk.  Clayton went to apprehend him and exchanged fire. She was hit by Loyd as he fled. Backup arrived 28 seconds later, but Loyd was nowhere to be found. A week or so later, the police tracked his phone and traced it to a home not too far from where the incident occurred. Loyd came out with two handguns and a bullet proof vest, but dropped his guns when he saw that he was surrounded. So, and bear with me, because Loyd wasn’t apprehended for the death of his ex-girlfriend, we don’t actually know what happened. We do know, however, that killing someone isn’t, and shouldn’t, be against the law. There are plenty of scenarios in which the act of taking another person’s life should go unpunished. Murder is against the law, killing someone isn’t. We also know that the public (see: the police, jurors, most people in a given society) more frequently convicts black males of crimes, and punishes them more harshly for them.  Because we don’t have ANY first-hand evidence pertaining to the death of his ex-girlfriend, there’s a lot a room to speculate.  So instead of speculating that he killed his pregnant girlfriend in cold blood, I’m going to assume he did it in self defense.  Still yet, what are the chances people would believe him? Or do you think he would’ve just been arrested sooner?  So after he defends his life and realizes he’s got no chance among his peers, he goes into hiding. (We know he went into hiding because the police said his phone hadn’t been used for months, until this week when he was caught.)  Then one morning, while he’s buying groceries, he’s confronted by a random person (see: a cop not wearing a uniform) pointing a gun at him. He wasn’t caught robbing that Walmart, he was caught trying to assimilate back into society very quietly.  We don’t know the order of events because Clayton didn’t survive and we probably won’t here from Loyd for some time still. However, is it a stretch to suggest maybe Clayton shot first? That maybe the bullet hole in his t-shirt from that morning was hers? Her backup was there in 28 seconds. What kind of level-headed officer of the peace confront a Dangerous Criminal™ alone with backup literally less than 30 seconds behind her? Is it the same loose-cannon cop who’d shirt first, and ask questions after? Finally, I think it’s important to address his eventual capture. The news is perpetuating that he surrendered after he saw how many police there were. Why then, did they beat the living shit out of him? No speculation here folks. On live stream, CNN broadcasters justified his beating by police officer’s as “less than what some other people would’ve done”, that he hurt a lot of them. The police are saying that he sustained injuries while resisting arrest.  So which the fuck is it? Did he surrender when he saw he was surrounded, or did he resist arrest? Because I highly doubt he put his guns down because he thought he had a better chance hand-to-hand.  I’m not defending him because I don’t actually think he killed her in self defense. I’m not even defending him because I don’t know. I’m defending the unquestionable authority people give to Omniscient Police Officers™. I want you to ask yourself, when are police beating unjustified?  Can they beat you for animal abuse? What about child Abuse? Tax evasion? Speeding? Smoking weed?  We are presumed innocent in this country. That means if an officer takes it upon himself to administer justice before the person has been convicted in a jury of his peers, he’s just beating the shit out of someone you disagree with. 

P.S If it was you Loyd had shot and killed it wouldn’t have even made headlines. And he wouldn’t have shot you because you don’t brazenly assault people and discharge your gun in a crowded public place.

[depsidase]

[stat-and-ancap]

Statist and Anarchist #086: Drug Legalization 3

There’s a small subset of leftists who oppose drug legalization because they fear legalized marijuana would be exploited by big corporations in order to make bigger profits. (Because making money selling something perfectly legal is totes evil!) Two problems there: first, most corporations—especially big tobacco, pharma, and alcohol—are lobbying against drug legalization because they fear legalized marijuana would prove to be steep competition for them. (Big business lobbying big government to protect them from competition? Go figure!) And second, there’s already a group of people who are exploiting marijuana and other narcotics in order to make big profits without taxation or regulation. They’re called drug dealers and cartels! And funnily enough, those people tend to disappear with drug legalization. (Illegal activity stops when something becomes legal? Again, go figure!)

(Originally posted on Blogspot on April 20, 2016.)

[anarchoblake]

Anarchist: at least it can be taxed and regulated. (((Taxed and regulated))) ((((((Taxed)))))) (((((((((Regulated)))))))))) ((((((((((((Anarchist))))))))))))))

[perspectivemax-deactivated20181]

Decriminalization is always better than legalization

[marl-bro]

This post is bad because """"drug dealers"""" are made to sound like they're profiting off it being illegal. They're not. If it was legalized they'd me smart to buy a store front and get it registered (even though I'd argue having to register a business is bullshit, but whatever). This is just a stupid argument. They should instead be worried about legalization allowing corporations to put the small businesses, the drug dealers, out of business.

[theists-deactivated20170714]

so did Travie McCoy ever become a billionaire 

[theists-deactivated20170714]

I guess not 

[teenagedream]

[czechs-and-holdings-deactivated]

Can we PLEASE remove the stigma for blue collar work in America?

“You don’t wanna be a garbage collector when you grow up, do you?”

$34,000 a year, no college needed?

God forbid you take an honest job $7,000 above Michigan’s average cost of living line.

“You don’t wanna be a ditch digger.”

Bitch, I was making $15 an hour, post tax, doing exactly that, the fuck is wrong with it? (Other than it was physically exhausting.)

We need to help America, as a whole, understand that college is not, and should not be he only option, and that there is NO SHAME in trade school or even getting a career right out of high school.

I, personally, know plumbers making $80,000+ a year. Better than most 4 year degree workers.

We need plumbers, janitors, truck-drivers, garbage collectors, machinists, to keep this nation running smoothly. And they deserve respect for what they do.

Miss me with your classist bullshit.

[marl-bro]

I, for one, am slightly surprised by the reactions of libertarians to Castro’s death. The term “Human Rights Violations” gets thrown around a lot, but in this regard I think it’s sort of a misnomer. While I agree that the surveillance and censorship in Cuba is a violation of people’s basic human rights, I don’t think it violates them to any greater extent than what we see in America. We have no-knock raids and laws that regulate very personal things that I think we can all agree should not be regulated by the government.

Human Rights Violations™ tend to be things like throwing guys off of buildings, drowning and stoning women for showing their face, and beating children for not being religious.

Then again, involuntary taxation is also a violation of rights and isn’t inherently any less serious a violation than anything Cuba has done.

[marl-bro]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Opinions like “cars with 4 doors are better than those with two” to “people with black hair are more attractive”, and even as far those regarding race, drugs use, etc. That is to say, of course, that it is assumed that this person’s doesn’t cause harm based on those prejudices. These beliefs are nothing more than arbitrary convictions we’ve convinced ourselves have real meaning. And, while valuable, they have no place in objective conversation.