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#261 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
Is this how it works?
1) black person killed by police.
2) rush to google and look up criminal record
3) breath sigh of relief
4) use any type of criminal history no matter how small or big to justify shoot to kill
Luckily we have a system that virtually ensures a poor person almost always has some sort of criminal record.
It sure seems that way.
#262 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
misterID wrote:Michael Brown had literally assaulted and robbed a convenient store clerk, then attacked an officer in his car and tried to get his gun. Now he's portrayed as an innocent victim.
Be careful. It's disturbing how you're framing that....
Strange, I don't remember mentioning this case. In fact I've never even heard of the guy, but mmkay.
#263 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
Bringing up his past is serving what purpose exactly?
It's a reminder that when cops kill someone, it's never Little Red Riding Hood.
Whether black or white, half the time it's a rapist, the other half it's a guy with enough felonies to fill a phone book.
When huge segments of the country start worshiping criminals and turning them into martyrs and civil rights icons, a dose of reality is in order.
The 1960s had Rosa Parks....the 2020s have a guy who assaults and robs pregnant women.
If you point out such simple facts in today's world, you're accused of being the Grand Wizard of the KKK. It tells me that a lot of people should've picked their icons a bit more wisely. Heroes and icons are usually able to be scrutinized without such venomous rage being spewed at them.
On Twitter, Floyd is deemed a hero. Only in 2020 do heroes get to break into houses and put knives up to the bellies of pregnant women.
This country is broken.
Read your post again. It is disturbing how you are framing what occurred. That's my opinion.
#264 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
#265 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
I'm all in agreement of wearing masks in crowds or stores etc. It's just basic manners.
#266 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
The mask one is just weird to me. Like can you be lawfully arrested in the US for not wearing a mask? Honest question.
#267 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
Sorry James but everything you just typed has zero relevance to how those cops acted once he was in cuffs and on the ground. Zero and frankly I find these type of posts disturbing. You are trying to justify the behaviour of the police after they killed someone while cuffed and on the ground and that's fucked up. There is no defending it and I'd question anyone who tries.
Floyd may not have been a Saint, but that doesn't give cops the right to act the way they did.
#268 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
A mask in the heat of Vegas sounds pretty rough in fairness.
#269 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
I was referring to good manners, but masks do add some protection. Albeit slim, but anything that moves the needle positively is worth a try. Just put a mask on in crowds. Simple manners.
#270 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 314 weeks ago
I was amused a little though. Not a fan of those anti mask folk.
