dmancornell
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Of course Boston had zero impact. The media went full Stockholm Syndrome and praised the police as their saviors, and the entire city chanted their silly mantra "Boston Strong" even as they cower on their curbs while police rampage through their homes sans warrants.Funny thing about being a member of a echo chamber... I know there was plenty of talk and outrage about the police behavior in Boston and how they pretty much tossed the Constitution out for a few days... but, how about the national outrage? Where are the investigations, terminations and trials for the police run amok?
*crickets*
Boston had about zero impact on the public perception of police. I don't think any business anywhere decided to change their policy on armed LEO on their premises because of Boston.
As for IKEA, no doubt their policy of giving LEO exceptions to its weapons rules is prompted by a long campaign of pro-government activism and propaganda to exempt government employees from rules, including the passage of laws in some states forcing businesses to give government employees special privileges. And when an employee makes an honest mistake and tries to apply the rules equally to all customers, the pro-LEO/govt crowd flips out and demands satisfaction.
As far as I'm concerned the public perception gap is simply the result of propaganda used by the privileged few to reinforce the unequal status quo. There are thousands of videos of horrific police abuse online and I have yet to hear of a single case of an open carry demonstration turning violent.