Spotted at Fifth Street.
Today, the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, 37, by the Baton Rouge, La., police department. According to published reports, two officers, who are white, had Sterling pinned to the ground when at least one of them shot him. Officials have not said whether Sterling was armed at the time he was killed, CNN reported.
What does "REST IN POWER" mean?
ReplyDeleteIt means that the person's life will find power and meaning through eventual social transformation as a result of their unjust death: Rest In Power is a neo-modern, possibly non-religious, eulogy alternative and or variant to the circa 9th century phrase “Rest in Peace” (Latin: requiescat in pace), aka R.I.P., ubiquitous on tombstones of Christians in the 18th century, historically conceptualized as a prayerful request that the person's soul should find peace in the afterlife, possibly now meaning that the force that previously defined the movement of the person is now resting in the power of social transformation.
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ReplyDeleteWow, that is a very good answer. Thank you.
Rest in Power Dylan Noble- the 19yr old shot and killed by the police in Fresno on June 25th. CNN and the Justice Dept arent interested in his case. I wonder why that is?
ReplyDelete"Rest in Power Dylan Noble- the 19yr old shot and killed by the police in Fresno on June 25th. CNN and the Justice Dept arent interested in his case. I wonder why that is?" — @ 1:32 PM
ReplyDeleteAsk #AllLivesMatter that question.
Its all the same. Unarmed men being shot and killed by the police. This is a national problem. All these cases need Justice Dept action. Enough already.
DeleteIt's not quite all the same but it is a national problem and the Justice Department is not going to fix it. The Justice Department is an arm of the problem, a government by way of practice that incites violence, division and malice. Until that's seen, instead of black v. white, cop v. civilian, etc., etc., nothing will change.
ReplyDeleteSorry folks, this wonderful hero was a registered sex offender and had multiple felony convictions. Police were called because he was threatening bystanders with a gun, an unregistered gun that a felon is not supposed to have. The police didn't just show up for no reason.
ReplyDeleteThe police officers involved overreacted, but this great guy did not in any way help himself in dealing with them.
Maybe people will take progressive causes more seriously when black and white activists stop trying to make heroes out of felons. This guy was not an angel.
In a nation with a population of 320 million people, 990 were killed by police in 2015, the majority of those being white, and most of those were armed.
Interesting that you never hear about their stories in the media.