I was working out the progression of white GOP responses, when an unarmed black person is gunned down by cops.
1. Let's not speculate until we've seen the footage.
(footage released)
2. This needs context, don't take this at face value.
(context provided)
3. There are clearly more relevant facts here, we need to wait.
(more relevant facts emerge)
4. Well, you have to understand this dude was bad, and thus responsible for his own death!
(reminder of the assigned role of police, which doesn't include moral judge or executioner)
5. Well...I know this seems really hypothetical and his priors were all nonviolent and he was fleeing in terror or struggling to breathe....but he was CLEARLY A BIG THREAT!