Law, Power, and Justice

Tragedy was the predictable outcome of a system built to prioritize intimidation over judgment, speed over restraint, and obedience over accountability
— Read on blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-neighbor-on-the-ground-renee-goods-death-by-design/

And this is the part we have to say plainly, even if it makes people uncomfortable. What happened in Minneapolis was not a tragic anomaly. It was the predictable outcome of a system built to prioritize intimidation over judgment, speed over restraint, and obedience over accountability. When an organization adopts Gestapo-like tactics, operates with insufficient training, deploys agents into civilian spaces as shock troops rather than peacekeepers, and cultivates a culture that treats communities as hostile territory, tragedy stops being accidental. It becomes inevitable. Not because any individual woke up intending to kill a neighbor, but because the system rewards speed, force, and compliance, and punishes hesitation, judgment, and restraint.

The subtext is unmistakable. Some deaths count less. Some lives are provisional. Some victims deserve suspicion more than sympathy. That is not moral clarity. It is moral rot. And when institutions rot this way, excuses start to align. Justifications repeat. Force finds its rhythm.