THE POLICE PROBLEM @lemmy.world ByteOnBikes @slrpnk.net 7mo ago

Guy made a blasphemous remark, and a religious mob went to lynch him. Police arrested him for safety, but actually they executed him instead.

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This sounds like a religion problem more than a police problem
- There's room for it to be both
- It's absolutely a religion problem
  
  The police didn't do their jobs in some sense but religion was the root
- How so, given a police officer is cited as responsible for killing the person, what has that got to do with religion?
  
  I don't know maybe the fact that a lynch mob exists in the first place, and the whole blashemy thing been the root cause, maybe people need a bit more critical thinking and less brainwashing from religion.
  
  The police officer would probably have been part of the mob if they weren't an officer, being an officer wasn't the issue, being brainwashed by religion was.
  
  That's like saying retail was the problem because one of the dudes in the mob was a shop keeper. Look beyond the job.
The initial story and tweet. https://x.com/Arshadyousafzay/status/1833784208453472329
- So people can just accuse somebody and get a lynchmob going, huh? I guess we've gotten a few instances of that in the West now too.
  
  I mean, witch trials? Lynchings? We've always had that problem in one way or another.
- Is there any way to see threads on Xitter without an account? I can only see the post and none of the responses or subsequent posts by the OP
  
  For now there are some nitter instances still working: https://xcancel.com/Arshadyousafzay/status/1833784208453472329?mx=2
- Looks like Khatam-e-Nabuwat is a Pakistani religious organization? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalmi_Majlis_Tahaffuz_Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
  
  Quetta is claimed by Pakistan
  
  (As an Indian, I fully support Balochistan separating from Pakistan)
Je suis Charlie.

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