Cruel

Pretty sure they didn't commit a crime. And it's not uncommon for these things to happen in high profile cases. A "fair trial" is very difficult.

No, usually they have a new trial. If there is prosecutorial misconduct, it could be dismissed with prejudice. It's pretty rare

Why?

Increasing the police presence in black neighborhoods does not help save black lives

More police presence reduces number of homicides. This is well-documented. People's "intuition" is irrelevant.

Now, it also increase more low-level arrests. So if people are wanting to get away with drug possessions, shoplifting, or other low-level crimes, then they are going to have to deal with higher homicide rates. But if they want that exchange, they don't really care about black lives.

you clearly seem to think the opinions of those personally affected by police and gang-related violence (not all that different, really) don’t.

I trust people to identify their problems, but not to identify the solutions. Many people have problems partially because they keep trying the wrong solutions (eg. buying lotteries tickets to get out of poverty). Experts are often needed for solutions.

The BLM founders are so far removed from the problem in their $6 million dollar mansion, they cannot be expected to understand the problem let alone come up with solutions.

Absolutely. There are reasons to be against BLM while still believing that black lives matter. Examples:

1. It's primarily an anti-police movement. Many people believe more police will help save black lives.

2. They made zero effort to reduce gang-related homicides which accounts for the majority of black homicides. So their sincere value for black life is questionable.

3. They engage in lots of riots and non-peaceful methods of protesting, many of which destroy black neighborhoods.

They may call them that. it doesn’t make it true.

That's my point. Most people called a fascist and Nazi today are not actually either of those.

I'm not implying that antifa symbolism alone makes them anarcho-communistic. It's their actual actions, messaging, and organizing. They do black bloc and they promote a "classless society" on their websites along with anti-capitalist messaging.

My only point on antifa here is that it clearly is not merely "anti-fascist."

Pro-life people would certainly call their opponents anti-life. Is this different than people on the left calling their opponents fascist? Almost nobody being called fascist today actually supports authoritarianism, at least not in the mainstream.

And as far as Antifa is concerned, it clearly means more than anti-fascism. A big clue: their logo has the flags for anarchism and communism.

So, are people who oppose anarcho-communism all fascists? If not, then opposing Antifa does not make one a fascism supporter.

I thought Meta was using AI genned faces these days? If they weren't, shit like this will definitely change that.

Then you're pro-life I take it?

Being against pro-life position is anti-life... ?

Or perhaps, antifa and pro-life actually mean something a bit more?

Most people know better. It's completely bad faith arguing.

Being against the Patriot Act does not mean you're not a patriot. Being against Black Lives Matter does not mean you think black lives don't matter. Same can be said about Antifa's actions; plenty of reasons to oppose them that do not involve supporting facism.

Also, there's the common fallacy of composition / division. Being against the Civil Rights Act doesn't mean you support segregation. Being against the Big Beautiful Bill does not mean you're against child tax credits.

College educated people know better, but still leverage dishonesty for political points. It's tiring.