Because of Independence Day, we were motivated to watch the outstanding series, John Adams on HBO GO.

In the very first episode, John Adams was hired as counsel to defend the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre.

It is an amazing trial.  Watch the closing arguments made by the prosecution.

Duty to retreat.

In fact, the entire argument made by the prosecution: that the soldiers are guilty of murder because they went out armed and didn’t run away when face with violent attackers could be made by the prosecution today in Boston against any citizen who manages to get a MA license to carry and uses it in self-defense.

This is why stand your ground so so important.  Duty to retreat has been the tool to strip people of their ability to defend themselves in America since before we were a country.

I spinoff from Miguel’s post.

This is a post about the death of Summer Taylor in Seattle:

A woman named by police as 24-year-old Summer Taylor died of her injuries on July 4 after she and and another woman were hit by a speeding car during a protest on a closed Seattle highway.⁰

People gathered in Downtown Seattle for a vigil pic.twitter.com/g3qY4LmuHI

— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) July 5, 2020

This is a selection of replies:

Summer used they/them pronouns. Please don’t misgender them now.

— I.B.I (@allthelightisee) July 5, 2020

It’s “them/they” you misgendering bigots.

— Christine? (@Qaffles) July 5, 2020

Green hair and tattoos, “non-binary femme,” member of Occupy ICE and DSA.

This wave of fascists is more uniform and identifiable than previous waves of fascists.  If there is one thing that fascists love is conformity, even their non-conformity is conforming.

The most ” ‘Murica, Yeah Right and Fuck You!!!” thing yesterday came, out of all places, the City of Angels.

https://twitter.com/Makanani68/status/1279625442450747392

ATLANTA — There has been an alarming rise in violent crime in Atlanta over the past month.
Atlanta police say murders are up 86% over 28 days last month compared to the same time last year.
There is also a 22% rise in aggravated assaults and a 14% increase in burglaries.

City of Atlanta sees massive spike in crime over last month – we dig into what’s going on

Hey, How’s that Blue Covid working out for you now? Your dumb politicians declared Police the enemy in your name, right? Why should cops take a bullet or an indictment for you, then?

City Councilman Antonia Brown believes some people see the protests and tensions with police as an opportunity to commit crime.
“It’s just unfortunate that there are individuals that are taking advantage of the opportunity of this divide between police and community, and you have incidents like this that are happening,” Brown said.

No shit, Junior? You really did not see this coming? Either you are lying or you are all kinds of unmitigated stupid. Were you expecting criminals to act honorable and stop their evil ways just because you went after the ones that faced them?  Please tell me you saw this in high school:  What happens to one species when you remove its natural predator, the one that keeps the numbers in check from the ecosystem?

 Brown said the deadly shootings need to stop.

Send in the Social Workers packing essential oils and New Age music. I am sure that will work.

Good for them! First and Second Amendment as God intended. You know there is going to have more than one set of heads explode in confusion.

Hat Tip Jeremy H.

So, NYPD get or will get defunded to the tune of one billion dollars and the money will have to go to ERs and the morgue rather than the Social Macramé for peace workshops, Horticulture for Child Molesters and Yoga For De-escalation Specialists for Violent Predators.

Because sometimes I even like a pop song or two