I asked here, in the aftermath of the Baltimore charges against six police officers, whether the mob -- the one that had been burning, looting and rioting -- would tolerate an acquittal.
Of course we don't know yet. But there was an acquittal yesterday in a case in Cleveland where a white officer was charged with voluntary manslaughter for firing repeatedly into a car containing two unarmed suspects, killing both.
The aftermath of that acquittal does not create grounds for great optimism. The story is reported in the Toronto Sun. It's titled, "Cleveland erupts into riots after cop found not guilty in shooting."
As I predicted, the point is not "accountability." The point is not "visibility" -- nothing is more visible, and little is better covered, than the homicide trial of a policeman. The point is not "due process for everyone."
The point is that The Cops Are Satan. There's not a whole lot more to it than that.
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