We're both thinking of MLK and his attitude toward unjust laws ;)

https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/there-oughta-be-a-law

This doesn’t mean we need to scrap all laws, of course, only that we need to ensure that the laws we DO have are worth killing to uphold. Early in covid some town or another in California passed a rule like this one stating you had to wear a mask outdoors. Days later, the council was just SHOCKED that police had roughed somebody up for not wearing a mask. But the stories are common, because (say it with me!) the only tool the government has is force.

I can almost hear you now. “Surely you this is hyperbole! We don’t kill people enforcing all our laws!” And mostly, that is true. But, as in the case of Breonna Taylor, sometimes enforcement spins wildly out of control.

So “you can’t sell loose cigarettes” leads to the death of Eric Garner. (Who wasn’t even selling loosies that day!)

And “you are being too loud” leads to the death of Ryan Whitaker.

Even things like “this kid is playing in the park” can lead to tragedy.

And when the authorities REALLY turn up the heat, they can rely on a group of citizens turning into snitches and doing their dirty work for them!

@disclosetv JUST IN - Six adults in #Berlin insult and beat a 17-year-old girl to hospital for not wearing a mask, WELT reports.