Analysis: How come there are no protests in favor of the two young pol...

11y ago May 11, 2015 at 9:39 AM

How come there are no protests in favor of the two young police officers gunned down in Mississippi by two deranged animals. DEATH PENALTY!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-07. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

65%

This early-morning post (5:39 AM ET) exemplifies Trump's pre-campaign law-and-order signaling, referencing the May 9 shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg, Mississippi police officers. The most psychologically notable feature is the dehumanization of the suspects as "deranged animals," combined with a demand for capital punishment — reflecting a splitting defense that divides the world into idealized victims and sub-human perpetrators. The rhetorical question ("How come there are no protests") implicitly targets the Black Lives Matter movement through whataboutism, framing a false absence of sympathy for police to stoke cultural grievance. In fact, the officers received substantial public mourning and media attention. This post is consistent with Trump's emerging campaign themes — he would announce his presidential bid five weeks later — and previews the law-and-order, anti-protest positioning that became central to his platform. The dehumanizing language, while directed at specific suspects here, establishes a rhetorical pattern that would later be applied more broadly to immigrants and political opponents.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

5:39 AM ET early morning posting
ALL CAPS emotional emphasis
Rhetorical question format
Impulsive punitive demand
Stream-of-consciousness style

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Maintenance (News coverage of Mississippi police shootings)

Rage: Intensity 60% targeting Suspects and implicitly protest movements/media

Proportionality

50%

Sentiment

-0.70

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

40%

Antisocial

30%

Paranoid

20%

Sadism

40%

Defense Mechanisms:

splittingprojection

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

40%

Parasocial Techniques:

rhetorical question inviting audience agreementperformative outrage as bonding mechanism

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:

Dehumanizing language ('deranged animals')
Demand for capital punishment without due process framing

Reality Distortions:

Implies no sympathy or attention exists for slain officers — in fact there was significant public mourning and media coverage

Rhetorical Analysis

Dehumanizing Language Present

Fact Checks (2)

"Two young police officers gunned down in Mississippi"

True

Officers Benjamin Deen (34) and Liquori Tate (25) were shot and killed in Hattiesburg, MS on May 9, 2015

"No protests in favor of the officers"

Mostly False

There were vigils, memorials, and significant public support for the officers. The claim frames absence of large-scale organized protests as absence of support, which is misleading.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post x_597697408462626816

Content

"How come there are no protests in favor of the two young police officers gunned down in Mississippi by two deranged animals. DEATH PENALTY!"

Context

Posted 2015-05-11 at 09:39 UTC. Trump was likely in New York (pre-campaign period), making this ~5:39 AM EDT — early morning, consistent with authentic Trump posting patterns.

This references the May 9, 2015 shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg, Mississippi police officers (Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate). The implicit contrast is with Black Lives Matter protests against police violence — Trump is asking why there are no equivalent protests for police victims.

Authorship

Early morning timing (5:39 AM ET), emotional reactivity, ALL CAPS closing, rhetorical question format, and punitive demand all point strongly to authentic Trump.

Personality Analysis

Level 1 (Big Five): Low agreeableness dominates — dehumanizing language ("animals"), punitive stance, lack of tender-mindedness. High extraversion via assertiveness. Neuroticism facet of angry hostility evident.

Level 2 (Motives): Power and status motives. The post positions Trump as a law-and-order authority figure. The rhetorical question implies he alone sees the injustice.

Level 3 (Narrative): Protagonist role is truth-teller exposing societal hypocrisy. Contrasting other is implicitly the protest movement (BLM) and media. Contamination sequence: society has decayed to where police deaths go unmarked.

Rhetorical Analysis

The post deploys several notable techniques:

Rhetorical question — implies obvious answer (liberal bias/hypocrisy)
Dehumanization — "deranged animals" strips humanity from the suspects
False equivalence/whataboutism — contrasts protest movements implicitly
Appeal to punitive justice — "DEATH PENALTY!" as performative toughness
Emotional framing — "two young police officers" maximizes sympathy

Clinical Indicators

The dehumanizing language ("animals") is consistent with splitting (all-good victims vs. all-bad perpetrators). The punitive demand without due process consideration reflects authoritarian cognitive style. This is a pattern seen frequently in Trump's commentary on crime — particularly when suspects are people of color — though race is not explicitly mentioned here.

Danger Assessment

Dehumanizing language ("deranged animals") is notable but directed at specific criminal suspects rather than a broader group. The call for death penalty, while aggressive, references existing legal punishment. Elevated but not high danger level.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Two young police officers gunned down in Mississippi"	True	Officers Benjamin Deen (34) and Liquori Tate (25) were shot and killed in Hattiesburg, MS on May 9, 2015
"No protests in favor of the officers"	Mostly False	There were vigils, memorials, and significant public support for the officers. The claim frames absence of large-scale organized protests as absence of support, which is misleading.

Overall Veracity: 60%