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Saw this a lot in Hong Kong too - fascists attacking protesters with weapons and getting beat down for it in self defense. Which then gets covered in the media as "violent rioters attacking civilians"
Before the protests/riots/lootings occured, as the footage of George Floyd was being shared everywhere, I was seeing people from all walks of life and people of all political camps, even officers of the law, condemning what happened. It was incredible to see everyone come together on one issue. That should not be forgotten in all of this.
Before the protests/riots/lootings occured, as the footage of George Floyd was being shared everywhere, I was seeing people from all walks of life and people of all political camps, even officers of the law, condemning what happened. It was incredible to see everyone come together on one issue. That should not be forgotten in all of this.
Everyone my ass.
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Everyone as in every person, no. But what he is saying is people from all groups regardless of race, economic and religious divide. Yes he’s right about that definitively.
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seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
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Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
What I saw was his fellow officers not doing anything as he slowly killed a man. And yes this one was caught on film, what about all the rest that didn't?
But yes in this case, in general people are appalled, which is better than being divisive...
You had 4 officers on George Floyd, including that feckless Thao officer. Not one of them told "officer" Chauvin to lay off the man, not a simple one of them. Where is the human compassion? Why do the police act as though they are a gang, and that no matter what action, they must defend their fellow officer's terrible actions?
If you have a buddy in a fist fight, and he's won the fight, and continues to hit the guy, you would stop him, tell him to lay off. Why do we never see such actions by the police? Where are the morals, where is the integrity and backbone that they should so hold in such a position?
What rank was Chauvin? I wonder if sometimes, it's cause a lower rank officer keeps quiet in fear of repercussion. At the end of the day, they want to cover their own ass and snitching on their partners may make their own lives and career harder.
I'm not necessarily saying if this applied for this situation, but just trying to make some sense out of it. I'm glad every officer involved were fired.
What rank was Chauvin? I wonder if sometimes, it's cause a lower rank officer keeps quiet in fear of repercussion. At the end of the day, they want to cover their own ass and snitching on their partners may make their own lives and career harder.
I'm not necessarily saying if this applied for this situation, but just trying to make some sense out of it. I'm glad every officer involved were fired.
Apparently Chauvin's wife is also filing for divorce now. Looks like he's losing more than just his career...
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I mean they probably talked about it after the incident seeing how it blew up knowing his arrest was coming and it's a way to separate her from him, try and protect assets from incoming lawsuit and hopefully keep people from taking it out on her and their home.
It doesn't really matter, she's not the one that did the deed but honestly it's probably nothing more than giving the optics of separation regardless if it's legit or not.
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This is getting out of hand. It's not a black racism or bad cops thing. This is a society that has absolutely no unity or respect for eachother. These aren't protests to empower anyone. This is an excuse to justify full blown violence.
I support the peaceful protesters in America who chant lines such as "I can't breathe!" or "Black Lives Matter!". Heck, news outlets reported peaceful protests in European cities like London and Berlin in response to those ex-cops murdering George Floyd.
However, there are groups of "protesters" who are exploiting the situation with vandalizing stores and looting in various U.S. cities. Yes, that kind of looting happens in pretty much all riots but it doesn't justify the criminal acts. Looters grabbing all the Gucci, Dior, and other designer brand stuff in the name of "protest".
-saw live news feed of looters walking into North Face and other stores in downtown Seattle to grab merchandise as if everything in stores were free on Black Friday. Disgusting. The Nike Store manager in downtown Seattle had to bring in private security to protect the store from people looting. -looks like a warzone in Seattle now with some police vehicles set on fire and stores destroyed. Unreal!
-reminds me of the same shit that happened in downtown Vancouver after the fucking Bruins beat our Canucks in game 7 in 2011 albeit under different circumstances.
It's like I mentioned back in the HK protest thread, everyone kept singing about how bad HK cops were, and how great mericuh/western police are, and it's just like wtf were you guys smoking to think that? this isn't even that bad G8/antifah riot police crackdowns are far worse
So what happened to the social distancing crusaders? These folks are killing elderly people.
Here's a radical opinion. These protests are an indirect consequence of corona lockdowns due to the pressures of poverty and social isolation. All people needed was any kind of spark. Now people with pent up frustration have an excuse to go out and destroy shit.
So what happened to the social distancing crusaders? These folks are killing elderly people.
Here's a radical opinion. These protests are an indirect consequence of corona lockdowns due to the pressures of poverty and social isolation. All people needed was any kind of spark. Now people with pent up frustration have an excuse to go out and destroy shit.
Last week I promised to myself that I would be nicer to people online, and often that includes ignoring people I would otherwise interact with.
But dude, go read some history... That's all I'll say. This isn't a new thing. Hell it predates America itself.
First China claims that the US has infiltrated Hong Kong, causing unrest, and now they are saying Hong Kong people have infiltrated America, causing unrest
Supposedly the guy with the AR has an open carry license, the guy who took it from him is an undercover officer
Two rifles were taken from police cars and recovered by a guy doing security for one of the news crews. Pretty sure that guy just saved that kids life.
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reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
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OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
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