Derec
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Another white supremacist Proud Boi aggitator arrested.
CPD, RCSD announce arrest of protester armed with pistol, 70 rounds of ammo
CPD, RCSD announce arrest of protester armed with pistol, 70 rounds of ammo
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repoman
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The more I read about Malcolm X the more I like him and and the separatism he supported.
repoman
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and again????
Fuck
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1267320993032388608
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1267322154833580032
#followthebricks
DBT
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It appears that there are people who take the destruction of social order quite seriously. Making it their mission in life. Sowing disorder instead of working toward peace and reconciliation.
ruby sparks
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Yes. They are taking advantage. And what’s worse, they seem to be welcomed by some. You can hear, ‘yo, we got bricks’ in the video. One can imagine that that pile of bricks won’t be there for long.
This has gone way past being only about protests over the injustice done to George Floyd. That was just a spark. It seems there was already a lot of very dry tinder out there.
I suppose it’s even possible that coronavirus and the lockdown might have been at least a small exacerbating factor?
Some people have been saying for quite a while that America might be due another revolution. I’m not going to overstate things and say that this is it, this will probably pass, but it’s possible that this sort of thing is what those people were in some ways talking about. And if that’s the case, I would not be surprised if it (some of the underlying tension and dissatisfaction) was not just about race. There seem to be big divisions in America, between races, between the left and right and between the wealthy and the rest, and things seem to have been getting generally worse this last 10 years or so at least.
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ruby sparks
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There do seem to be some quite unprecedented aspects to the aftermath. Swift condemnation from other police forces, even some showing of solidarity with protesters, such as a black and a white policeman together holding up an, ‘End police brutality’ placard (in Kansas I think). Has anything like that ever happened before?
Add to that the fast processing of the case to arrest and (3rd degree murder) charges.
Even Donald Trump hasn’t handled it as bad as might have been feared, and it might not even be fair, as much as I dislike him, to say he’s handled it badly at all, on the whole (yes I’m aware of some of the criticisms, including from Floyd’s brother).
If US politicians have any sense, they’ll bring in some reforms for policing after this, assuming they can. It won’t be easy, I’m sure, but I read that the force which serves the area that Eric Garner was killed in had made some, fairly recently, involving an emphasis on a less confrontational approach.
How on earth can be it be ok for the head of a police union to be organising ‘warrior style’, ‘killology’ training seminars for officers to attend? How is that even allowed? And we are talking about the police force serving the area in this case.
Add to that the fast processing of the case to arrest and (3rd degree murder) charges.
Even Donald Trump hasn’t handled it as bad as might have been feared, and it might not even be fair, as much as I dislike him, to say he’s handled it badly at all, on the whole (yes I’m aware of some of the criticisms, including from Floyd’s brother).
If US politicians have any sense, they’ll bring in some reforms for policing after this, assuming they can. It won’t be easy, I’m sure, but I read that the force which serves the area that Eric Garner was killed in had made some, fairly recently, involving an emphasis on a less confrontational approach.
How on earth can be it be ok for the head of a police union to be organising ‘warrior style’, ‘killology’ training seminars for officers to attend? How is that even allowed? And we are talking about the police force serving the area in this case.
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Jason Harvestdancer
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Ah, you are looking for official instructions, while I'm looking at the practical real-world effects of what is happening. First there was an instruction to release criminals due to Covid, then there was the arresting of quarantine violators. Probably the two aren't the result of one singular order, but the effect is exactly what I described.
J842P
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Well, 40 million people or so (and likely growing every day) have filed for unemployment. So, definitely that added some kindling, I would say.
laughing dog
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Apparently you have not read his autobiography because he renounced separatism towards the end of his life.
laughing dog
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You are the one ignoring the content of the quote. As I pointed out the "all for it" refers to RVonse's rounding up all of the looters and rioters and then making them clean up and reconstruct. Clearly all of the looter and rioters involves anyone of any race.
laughing dog
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I watched that video. There is no mention of "weaves". The profanity-laden points of that video areThey can't burn down their own neighborhood. They need their weave.
1) "Don't bring the violence and ignorance" here, and
2) take to the racist neighborhoods.
I would think you would agree with the former point and disagree with the latter point (as do I). So why the bigoted description "they need their weave" when there is no mention of that at all? Hmmmm.
T.G.G. Moogly
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Welcome to the USA. It's not all this way but there is enough of it and enough class and racial division that it doesn't take much to ignite a firestorm. I'm not sure how to quantify Donald Trump's election and connect it to what's happening except to see it as making the situation worse. He seems to be taking down much of the gains that liberal administrations have accomplished and that have benefited individual citizens. What trump says and what Trump does are two different things. He can sing a nice song but there's nothing to back it up such as we might have seen with other administrations. In fact, what he does is just the opposite, such as when he talks health insurance.
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So, they released people from prisons because of COVID and when they arrest violators (of the how many have actually been arrested and detained?), they release more from prison because people are sent to prison while in holding after just being arrested?
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Remember folks, if a Muslim does that...
I guess that explains police arresting the truck driver who tried to avoid becoming the next Reginald Denny instead of arresting rioters who blockaded the interstate (yet again).
No injuries reported, driver arrested after truck drives into crowd of protesters in Minneapolis
I have said repeatedly over the years that if you allow extremists to blockade highways with no consequences, you invite more extreme riots in the future. I guess I was proven right.
That truck driver was speeding on a road that had been officially temporarily closed (apparently he managed to get around the ‘road closed’ signs). Looked like the huge truck was doing about 50mph. There were hundreds of people in the road, there could have been many fatalities. And it looked to me like a peaceful protest in that instance, not a riot, albeit the protesters may have illegally blocked the road. One can understand the driver’s frustration, but still.
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Armed White Supremacist police officers in Alabama.
laughing dog
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The highway was closed to traffic. There was no valid reason for the truck to be on the road.
I guess that explains police arresting the truck driver who tried to avoid becoming the next Reginald Denny instead of arresting rioters who blockaded the interstate (yet again).
No injuries reported, driver arrested after truck drives into crowd of protesters in Minneapolis
I have said repeatedly over the years that if you allow extremists to blockade highways with no consequences, you invite more extreme riots in the future. I guess I was proven right.
That truck driver was speeding on a road that had been officially temporarily closed (apparently he managed to get around the ‘road closed’ signs). Looked like the huge truck was doing about 50mph. There were hundreds of people in the road, there could have been many fatalities. And it looked to me like a peaceful protest in that instance, not a riot, albeit the protesters may have illegally blocked the road. One can understand the driver’s frustration, but still.
If the truck driver was frustrated, driving on a closed road into human beings is not an appropriate way to deal with it.
Allowing protesters onto a closed road to protest is a good way to manage the protest and minimize damage to property.
That driver should get real prison time.
ruby sparks
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Indeed.
ruby sparks
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This just gets worse by the hour. Wtf.
When was that taken? Are they actual police officers? How can they do it openly and not fear getting fired?
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