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The question we have to ask ourselves is why a large portion of the population feels anger and resentment at this new knowledge of police abuse. Why do they try to minimize and justify it by pointing to what they feel are more pressing problems?
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That’s easy. I can sum it up in 4 words: Right-wing noise machine. They’ve been brainwashed into thinking that the view of the world they want to be real (which includes most black people being the bad guys and all cops being the good guys) is reality. And humans get upset when their view of reality is challenged, especially if it’s one they’ve invested a lot of emotional energy in. And they don’t like to be wrong.