*Leaving aside the facts that George Floyd wasn't "coming at them" when those* *cops took him down, and that they didn't shoot him, and that a shot "in the leg"* *can also kill you, if it hits the femoral artery, let's just note that this demented* *counsel on police procedure went unmentioned in **"A Basement Campaign Slowly* *Steps Outside," Adam Nagourney's labored effort, in today's NYTimes, to * *spin * *Biden's convalescent run as maybe sort of promising. *
*Although Nagourney **does refer to Biden's (masked) performance at that church * *in Wilmington, where **"he spent an hour listening to black community leaders," * *the reporter obviously couldn't quote what Biden said about how cops should* *shoot at unarmed people, because it would make clear (again) that he's * *completely out to lunch; and so Nagourney quotes this gem instead: "Hate* *just hides. It doesn't go away. And when you have somebody in power who* *breathes oxygen to the hate under the rocks [sic], it comes out from under* *the rocks." * *I'd really to riff some on that statement, as it's also pretty rich, and we sure* *could use a laugh; but there's too much else going down (e.g., the **Bill of * *Rights, the world economy, and the pale fiction of American democracy),* *so let's just it leave it here—other than to note that "our free press" is just* *as credible on Biden's viability as it is on every other aspect of the lethal* *system that's now coming down on all of us.* *MCM * Biden suggests police could shoot assailants 'in the leg instead of the heart' *by David Knowles* *Editor, Yahoo News* *June 1, 2020* https://sports.yahoo.com/biden-suggests-police-could-shoot-assailants-in-the-leg-instead-of-the-heart-201750470.html Joe Biden said Monday that police under attack in the line of duty should shoot their assailants “in the leg instead of the heart” as a way to avert the killing of civilians. “Instead of standing there and teaching a cop, when there’s an unarmed person coming at them with a knife or something, you shoot them in the leg instead of in the heart is a very different thing. There’s a lot of different things that could change,” Biden said in a meeting with community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del. Biden’s remarks were made as cities across the nation continue to be engulfed in violent protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an African-American, in police custody in Minneapolis. Four officers were fired for their role in Floyd’s death, which was captured on video. Former Officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, was charged Friday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W_2FnEgjgT%3D_yVFtSP8Wg%2B8FNG%3DZBTvY-QFbKKZ6cEyMw%40mail.gmail.com.
