He was afraid for his life.

“...you’re essentially saying that you are okay with police officers being less able to deal with a belligerent public than a 15-year-old McDonald’s employee.”

Okay, we’ve got random people and we’ve got “highly trained” police officers. Is it unreasonable to expect the police officers to show restraint restraint? Is it unreasonable to expect police officers to be good at dealing with angry or distraught or drunk or mentally ill or just plain Black people without jumping to…

It’s his job. No one is forcing him. He’s not volunteering out of the goodness of his heart. If he can’t do the job without losing his shit (imagine doing that to someone who got in your face in ANY profession) then he doesn’t belong in the job.

So what? Why do you say that like it matters? When you make excuses like this, you’re essentially saying that you are okay with police officers being less able to deal with a belligerent public than a 15-year-old McDonald’s employee.

Not to mention, being “the aggressor” doesn’t mean jack shit when you respond to words with a physical assault.

“Clearly she was the aggressor,” Stahl told the Herald. “She was being asked to leave. She’s being belligerent and she pushes her face right into his face.”

Given the officers last name and the police department’s history he probably hit her because she called him Black. 

Damnit, that was hard to watch.

If they need security, i know a couple folks

I feel like this writeup requires prior knowledge of the ball. I took a look at the Atlantic article and it seems like it was envisioned along the KKK aesthetic and is exclusively for upper class white St. Louisians.

Yeah, anybody supporting this running down people tactic bullshit is suspect as fuck.

I’d think if they had a broken window they’d be showing it.

Back window seems intact here, well after he started running people over.

Malcire, shut the fuck up, racist troll.

told the Free Press that the back window of the vehicle had been smashed in by the protesters.

“I've seen the movies! They start chanting like that, they can literally pull your still-beating heart out of your chest and set it in fire before your eyes before you die!" 

I don’t see how advocating for healthcare once it became personal to him and his family does fuckall to atone for the misogyny he championed, televised and profitted from and which he continues to refuse to discuss in any meaningful way. 

Sorry, can’t take a comment about doing “more research” seriously when you clearly did not read my entire piece, lol!

You make some good points, but it also seems like you didn’t read the whole thing: