barry the chopper was such a funny character like he was a mass murderer and no one cared at all, he openly told literally everyone he met about how much he loved murdering people and chopping people up and they were all just like haha classic barry. its not even treated seriously by the plot its just like yeah this is barry hes killed a lot of people and also hes a funny guy hes in a suit of armor lol he gets into shenanigans
hed literally introduce himself like “i love killing people super gruesomely for fun. this is my main personality trait” and everyone was like thats fine you can just stay with falman for right now but no killing ok! and he was like haha ok we’ll see and they were just like oh barry you kidder :p but dont
to be fair, the most interraction he had was with mustang and his crew. they have a higher body count than barry by the time barry was introduced.
Man, I can’t imagine a black person getting away with this but it’s legal
Yup. So all those people that were like “just comply even if you did nothing wrong”, hell no! They shouldn’t be arresting you if you did nothing wrong. Especially how rough some of these cops are. More people knowing about this will cut down on these power hungry bad cops.
Reblogging again for quotes;
“Story affirmed the right of self-defense by persons held illegally. In his own writings, he had admitted that ‘a situation could arise in which the checks-and-balances principle ceased to work and the various branches of government concurred in a gross usurpation.’ There would be no usual remedy by changing the law or passing an amendment to the Constitution, should the oppressed party be a minority.
“Story concluded, ‘If there be any remedy at all … it is a remedy never provided for by human institutions.’ That was the ‘ultimate right of all human beings in extreme cases to resist oppression, and to apply force against ruinous injustice.’” (From Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones, Oxford University Press, 1987, an account of the reading of the decision in the case by Justice Joseph Story of the Supreme Court.)”
“An illegal arrest is an assault and battery. The person so attempted to be restrained of his liberty has the same right to use force in defending himself as he would in repelling any other assault and battery.”(State v. Robinson, 145 ME. 77, 72 ATL. 260).
“As a practical matter one should try to avoid relying on the above in an actual confrontation with law enforcement agents, who are likely not to know or care about any of it. Some recent courts have refused to follow these principles, and grand juries, controlled by prosecutors, have refused to indict officers who killed innocent people claiming the subject “resisted” or “looked like he might have a gun”. Once dedicated to “protect and serve”, far too many law enforcement officers have become brutal, lawless occupying military forces.“
Sokka and Zuko have one big fight after they get together and it’s over who gets Aang as his best man
Sokka, furious: you think you get AANG? I’ve been friends with him for way longer, he’s basically my little brother, he was the first person to make me look at life in an optimistic way!
Zuko, equally pissed: oh big deal, he was the FIRST person to ever offer to be my friend, EVER, and he never completely gave up on me no matter how much reason I gave him to, I would do ANYTHING for that kid
Aang, sobbing: I love you guys so much
Sokka: aw, Aang ❤
Zuko: we love you too ❤
Sokka, back to Zuko: anyway swords at dawn
Zuko: I will fucking destroy you
Katara, watching Sokka and Zuko brawl: if these two keep this up there’s not going to BE a wedding. Aang, why don’t you just decide whose best man you want to be?
Aang, still weeping: HOW am I supposed to CHOOSE
Katara: don’t be silly, obviously you should go with Sokka
