Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Excerpts from a long-ish but entirely worthwhile thread by excessively black (afrodesiaq), posted between 2022-01-15 and 2022-01-17:

it's odd to see people say they're glad the hostage situation ended "without violence" when the hostage-taker was killed. i am so thankful for the safety of the hostage, and keenly observing what violence goes unmarked in our society.

calling it "without violence" when police kill a person is a political choice itself: decoding that the state exerting violence doesn't count as such, that the lives of violent criminals don't count as such.

calling it "without violence" when the police kill a person also ties into the vitriolic pushback black jews receive when we say we do not want their violence in our shuls.

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i know, it's not good etiquette to express even a dollop of care or concern for the life of Someone Evil, but it is, i believe, fundamentally jewish to do so.

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previously to hearing about HOW the standoff had ended, i had not, actually, weighed in on whether or not it WAS necessary, despite the many comments on this thread with no reading comprehension that claim i "side with" the instigator;

despite the terminally twitter-minded on here not being able to read this thread for what it was, i do in fact think there are instances where violence is necessary and justified.

i can safely say that i don't think the state extrajudicially executing people for their crimes when their victims have all gotten safely away is one of those times."