“Stop saying the problem is just a few bad apples. It’s not an apple problem — it’s an orchard problem. If you went apple picking and the guy who ran the orchard said, ‘There are a few bad apples out there,’ and you said, ‘How bad?’ and they said, ‘Kill you bad,’ you’d say, ‘This is a bad orchard.’” —Seth Meyers
“The police can’t even get through protests about police brutality without committing more police brutality,” he said. “It’s like if your wife accused you of having an affair in divorce court, and you tried to smooth it over by seducing the judge. Even just showing up to a protest in riot gear with military equipment is a form of escalation. Police are rolling through the streets of Columbia, South Carolina, with a tank. Ask yourself: why do local police departments have tanks when doctors and nurses can’t even get masks and gowns? We spend billions on military equipment for police and healthcare workers have to wear snorkel masks like retirees on vacation in the Caribbean. There are teachers in this country who are drowning in debt and have to spend their own money on supplies for their classrooms. If anyone deserves a tank, it’s them.” —Seth Meyers
“We know police escalation isn’t necessary, because just a few weeks ago, police were physically confronted by angry rightwing protesters calling for an end to lockdowns, and oddly, they seemed to have left their tanks and teargas at home.” —Seth Meyers
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