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  • They did, but that’s not where the reference comes from. It actually goes back WAY further to the 1800s, but that’s not super relevant (Scots in the Crimean War). The blue line has been referenced in the US for about a hundred years iirc, and had been a reference throughout PDs for themselves since around the 50s.

    The movie I mentioned popularized the term outside of the PD, and the thin blue line flags started popping up as part of Blue Lives Matter in response to Black Lives Matter. Which is particularly gross to me, because it comes across as the police being in conflict with people of color, which just kind of proves the point of Black Lives Matter to me.

    It took very little time for it to be a white nationalist symbol as well, in no small part due to many police also being members of the white nationalist movements out there…

    So the flag is a response to Black Lives Matter, but the “thin blue line” has a much longer history that the flag is a reference to.






  • Unfortunately true. And the reason I personally land with prison is that enough innocent people end up there that I can’t support the death penalty. I actually just referenced a convicted murderer just a bit ago, whose conviction was overturned in no small part due to bad police work.

    The best prevention, IMO, has nothing to do with the justice system, and a lot note to do with better social services. Counseling before something terrible and irreversible happens, better support for single parents, or even social workers/police/etc doing their job in this case, would have improved things drastically - a little girl would still be alive.

    I can’t think of a better option than that.




  • Can someone like that actually be rehabilitated

    I doubt it. Which is why I’m a fan of letting them disappear forever in a prison, and never have the opportunity ever again to harm a child.

    or can they serve as an example of what happens to monstrous pieces of shit like that?

    Also doubt it.

    These sort of people will not recognize their own actions as being wrong, and they also wont “learn” from the punishment of others.

    So the only thing public torture would do is provide a spectacle for those who enjoy it. It won’t deter anything. There used to be public hangings, stocks, etc - which also was not stopping the crimes from happening.