Seems to me like you and bunch of others fail to realize the people I am talking about are the majority of people out there. Not the few that are showing up to riot. The rioters will need more support to defund Police departments. I don't think police departments want more people pissed at them. I don't think your response, their response, or most others in here have thought it out very well. And in fact I think walking out plays directly into the hands of the rioters, and the people who want them defunded. The police can't shoot their way out of this like its WWII.
While I agree with your premise, and think it well versed enough to give it a "like", there is a caveat heretofore not covered.
A small digression, then the caveat.
A. The majority of Atlantanz voted in Keisha, the mayor, their choice to provide leadership. I believe she is failing to provide that service to the greater majority of the people, not of the rioter category.
B. That same majority voted in the council. I believe that council is failing like Keisha.
C. The police work for A & B, who approve both the laws the police are to enforce and the policies under which the police operate.
C1. The police are/were enforcing the edicts created by A & B and were doing a good enough job that "that majority" didnt find so offensive they would riot, march, or stand in front of the police dept with signs protesting the whole of Keisha's mayorship leadership failure.
C2. That majority are screamingly notably absent now, encouraging Keisha and the council to support the police (instead of the minority rioters n looters) and restore peace, quiet, and tranquility to the loveliest bonfire village on the plateau.
D. The DA creating this conundrum with his prosecutions, was also elected by a number of that majority.
D1. None of the remainder of that majority are holding D(umb)A(ss) responsible for his actions which are visibly seen to help reduce the peace, quiet, and tranquility of the village.
E. Traditionally the people's best leadership, the Reverends, have stepped in very vocally in the past, and worked with A & B, to find solutions that the majority you speak of, want to see in place.
(E-0, sub) Is there a reason for their notable absence speaking up for the majority during this, are they not speaking up, or is MSM not covering it... ?
E1. Secondly, the next protector of the majority, the NAACP was traditionally visible and vocal with the mayor and council demanding a fix.
E1A. It is notable that fine organization is calling for defund... basically fucking over that majority you speak of.
E2. I see none of the majority calling out the E series people here as they are not calling out A & B.
F. None of us close to this situation SEE or HEAR the majority you speak of demanding the police do their job, or supporting them. Their silence reinforces, "All it takes for evil to triumph is the good majority do nothing".
F1. The Crickets noises from the majority you speak of definitely DOES NOT support the police or encourage them to put their ass on the line and in the prison sending sights of the D(umb)A(ss).
That A through E are seen appeasing the small minority rioters screams volumes to the officers. That A through E are seen punishing the police for doing what A & B created and promulgated (law and policy), screams volumes to the officers.
That the majority you speak of is silent on these matters SCREAMS volumes to the officers.
Loyalty is a two way street. You (A-E) can only beat a dog (the police in this case) long enough before it bites you. I believe the dog made the first survival bite last night.
Now, the caveat.
That majority you speak of is reaping the crop their silence planted. They are getting the level of service they (perhaps unwittingly) asked for by voting in Keisha and the council.
Perhaps deserve now that their silence SCREAMS (unintentionally) support of the minority protesters and looters, rather than a visible support of the police.
That majority you speak of is failing the police just like A-E.
All it takes for evil to triumph is....
VR.....