I've witnessed two acts of police brutality in my life, both long ago, and I said nothing during them and was maybe a little more on their side than the people they brutalized.
I think back on how bad of a person I used to be.
I get breaking into a place to stay warm. I do not get putting out cigarettes in the carpet and chair. I guess if they had more sense and sensibility they would not be homeless. The only thing I said, when they hurt him, was I didn't see anything.
I regret that now.
It's just that, even remembering these things from so long ago, part of me is still glad that they did a little extra than what the law and goodness would allow. Even if I am not as bad of a person as I was then, maybe, I haven't been tested on this lately, that temptation to be that person is always there.
@PatrickoftheG
:hug:
Good judgement comes from experience. And a lot of that comes from bad judgement.
@Saupreiss It's uncomfortable and unflattering and I still don't like how satisfying it was to be on the side that wasn't the side of the angels. I feel you are right though on every point you just made, three for three.