Protests following the killing of George Floyd

Wow Douglas Murray "a well known racist scumbag" you say, my god how utter moronic your statement truly is.

Douglas Murray is clearly a racist scumbag, like if there was a diagnostic category for racist scumbag he'd fulfil that checklist and criteria easily
 
Much as I like seeing this I do fear that at some point somebody is going to crazy and open up on the other side.

It’s fecked up but I think if both sides are armed it make a shooting less likely. The assholes who use guns as penis extensions probably don’t have much appetite for taking on someone who can shoot back. Sort of like assured mutual destruction with nuclear bombs. You’d rather they didn’t exist but so long as both sides have them they’re less likely to be used.
 
I’ve no idea about the credentials of the person who posted this. I’m not sure it even happened (it’s a very cool photo, so I hope it did!) but if this is legitimate I guess it answers all the “what would have happened if they were black?” questions when we see photos of rednecks carrying machines guns lining the streets.

SPLC says they are a fringe anti-semitic hate group. Think they are trying to co-opt the movement. Those associated with the original black panthers have completely disowned and distanced from them.
I'm not sure what these guys cosplaying as a militia group says about the questions regarding machine-gun carrying rednecks en masse lining the streets and pulling up to government offices
 
IME anyone who mocks the concept usually hasn't done any worthwhile reading on it. Feel free to prove me wrong if you really must.
Gotcha. And then you continue posting shit like below:



No justice, no peace.

I've been actively been campaigning about this shit for years but I appreciate the purity test mate. Paints you in a magnificent light on top of all the lazy whatabouttery you keep smearing over these threads. Like an old bloke who keeps shitting himself but refuses to wear a bag. Clean yourself up lad, it's getting embarrassing.

Spreading propaganda against cops and especially pretending to be a victim is so easy nowadays. Trim the video right from the moment cops have to use some force, share to social media and you got gullible people like you shouting "police brutality" crap nonstop. Cops don't use force and especially shoot people unless they fear for their own or their colleagues safety. Of course you will see some idiot cops who will just look for an excuse to lock you up but it's like 0.001%. You know feck all what happened in any of these stories you shared and looks like the journos are in similar boat like you with shite like "shot while holding a gun that he was probably “in the process of throwing” away.". Did you even read the shit that was written here or you are just "actively campaigning about this shit" reading the headlines and some random tweets?
 
It’s fecked up but I think if both sides are armed it make a shooting less likely. The assholes who use guns as penis extensions probably don’t have much appetite for taking on someone who can shoot back. Sort of like assured mutual destruction with nuclear bombs. You’d rather they didn’t exist but so long as both sides have them they’re less likely to be used.


I don't trust the average yahoo's weapons handling skills one bit. I received tons of training and did countless drills with automatic weapons but still managed to have a Negative Discharge on the range once. Imagine what these feckers are like considering all they do is shoot beer cans in their back yards when they are pissed up.
 
Gotcha. And then you continue posting shit like below:




Spreading propaganda against cops and especially pretending to be a victim is so easy nowadays. Trim the video right from the moment cops have to use some force, share to social media and you got gullible people like you shouting "police brutality" crap nonstop. Cops don't use force and especially shoot people unless they fear for their own or their colleagues safety. Of course you will see some idiot cops who will just look for an excuse to lock you up but it's like 0.001%. You know feck all what happened in any of these stories you shared and looks like the journos are in similar boat like you with shite like "shot while holding a gun that he was probably “in the process of throwing” away.". Did you even read the shit that was written here or you are just "actively campaigning about this shit" reading the headlines and some random tweets?
People pretending to be victims is the real killer, eh? You should start a hashtag about it. Think you'd find a lot of support on here. You could form a possee and hit the streets together. The optics would be great ;)
 
Not sure if this has been posted before but even if it has, it deserves to be seen again because it exposes the absurdity of modern policing and how copaganda has turned people's innate critical thinking skills to mush.


I’ve been pulled over a dozen times or so over the years and have never seen this line of questioning. They’ve always been professional and friendly.
 
People pretending to be victims is the real killer, eh? You should start a hashtag about it. Think you'd find a lot of support on here ;)
There are lots of people pretending to be victims of "police brutality". Believe it or not I couldn't care less.
 
SPLC says they are a fringe anti-semitic hate group. Think they are trying to co-opt the movement. Those associated with the original black panthers have completely disowned and distanced from them.
I'm not sure what these guys cosplaying as a militia group says about the questions regarding machine-gun carrying rednecks en masse lining the streets and pulling up to government offices

I guess it just says that it’s not just white people allowed to open carry automatic weapons during protests. To anyone outside America the whole thing is so mental that wasn’t beyond the realms of possibility that it might be policed differently depending on the ethnicity of the person carrying the gun. I’d half assumed that would be the case myself.
 
There are lots of people pretending to be victims of "police brutality". Believe it or not I couldn't care less.
Sounds like you've discovered a massive problem here mate. Surely if it's such a big and blatant issue, it's incumbent upon good people like yourself to stand up and fight against this grave injustice? Or would you rather have Tommy and Nigel do it for you? Makes sense I guess. Let them do the dirty work while you casually snarl on a football forum about it.
 
I don't trust the average yahoo's weapons handling skills one bit. I received tons of training and did countless drills with automatic weapons but still managed to have a Negative Discharge on the range once. Imagine what these feckers are like considering all they do is shoot beer cans in their back yards when they are pissed up.

What’s a Negative Discharge? Sounds like something you get after a vasectomy.
 
I’ve been pulled over a dozen times or so over the years and have never seen this line of questioning. They’ve always been professional and friendly.


I've seen loads of those 1st amendment audit videos where those exact same questions are asked of the auditors. It's a great YT rabbit-hole if you can't sleep.
 
What’s a Negative Discharge? Sounds like something you get after a vasectomy.

When you fire off a round that you weren't planning on firing. Usually when you clear your weapon after range practice. It's why when you clear the weapon you always point it at the ground.

In the old days an ND got you a kicking from an NCO, modern days up on a charge and a fine.
 
I’ve been pulled over a dozen times or so over the years and have never seen this line of questioning. They’ve always been professional and friendly.
Are you white?
 
When you fire off a round that you weren't planning on firing. Usually when you clear your weapon after range practice. It's why when you clear the weapon you always point it at the ground.

In the old days an ND got you a kicking from an NCO, modern days up on a charge and a fine.

Oh right. Yeah. If both sides are armed to the teeth one of those could kick off a blood bath.
 
The propaganda against cops is quite something :lol: There even are talks about defunding the police which is borderline retarded. How stupid you have to be to even suggest that? They are underfunded if anything. Jeezus. I mean I am sure all the criminals and looters would be excited but cmon people.

Read a book
 
I’ve been pulled over a dozen times or so over the years and have never seen this line of questioning. They’ve always been professional and friendly.

Why have you been pulled over so many times? I've literally never been pulled over by the cops in the UK or France.
 
Why have you been pulled over so many times? I've literally never been pulled over by the cops in the UK or France.

When I say over the years, it actually over the past quarter century.

They've all been random traffic violations - driving with a burned out tail light (Utah), driving between two 18 wheelers, while not allowing enough space between the two (Arizona), Speeding (Texas and California), driving in the left lane while not passing someone (Texas), Switching two lanes at once (Oklahoma), Car shaking and swerving a bit due to heavy winds (Kansas). All interstate pullovers. I don't think I've ever been pulled over by city cops.
 
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The protesters/the left are not doing themselves any favours by talking about defunding the police, in my opinion. It allows the opposition to create the strawman that the goal is abolishing the police altogether, which I think most people would agree would be crazy. Of course, a police force is required in a civilized society. Also, a huge part of the reason for the high number of horrible incidents involving police in the U.S. is poor training. How exactly is defunding going to improve training and screening of candidates?

Rather, the talking point should be demilitarization. Armored vehicles and the like should not be availabe to ordinary cops, and it would probably be a good idea to limit the amount of automatic weapons they have. I think that would go a long way towards deescalation and towards changing the mindset of the ordinary policeman.
 
Why have you been pulled over so many times? I've literally never been pulled over by the cops in the UK or France.

Don't you guys have sort of alcohol-testing stops? I haven't been driving for that long, but I've been pulled over a few times in one of those. Where they just pull over basically everyone (as long as there's room) and test them.
 
Don't you guys have sort of alcohol-testing stops? I haven't been driving for that long, but I've been pulled over a few times in one of those. Where they just pull over basically everyone (as long as there's room) and test them.

Never seen anything like this in the US. Although I do know Canada (Ontario specifically) have something called the R.I.D.E. program where people cops set up checkpoints (usually on weekend nights) and check people for drinking.
 
An actual understanding of the circumstances as opposed to simply just posting articles in isolation and moving on to the next.

It happens an awful lot I've noticed and when you raise it you get a hostile and abusive response (as evidenced above). For me it speaks volumes as to said posters true intentions.
Read the articles (from respected sources) and then demonstrate your own understanding first maybe?
 
Never seen anything like this in the US. Although I do know Canada (Ontario specifically) have something called the R.I.D.E. program where people cops set up checkpoints (usually on weekend nights) and check people for drinking.


eh? I thought they were quite common in California. There's a legal question as to the constitutionality of DWI traffic checkpoints that hasn't really been resolved.
 
Don't you guys have sort of alcohol-testing stops? I haven't been driving for that long, but I've been pulled over a few times in one of those. Where they just pull over basically everyone (as long as there's room) and test them.

Been driving for about 25 years and never even been pulled over for that either. Maybe I just have a trustworthy face. :lol:

Although now I've said that, I'll doubtless get pulled over every day for the next month..
 
eh? I thought they were quite common in California. There's a legal question as to the constitutionality of DWI traffic checkpoints that hasn't really been resolved.

Haven't seen any in Cali, where I live(d). LA, SF, Oakland, Walnut Creek
 
Haven't seen any in Cali, where I live(d). LA, SF, Oakland, Walnut Creek

http://www.duiblock.com/dui_checkpoint_locations/california/

Many Americans are subjected to random stops for DUI Checkpoints every year. These Checkpoints are setup all across the nation, often without advance warning. There is a great controversy over the constitutionality of this use of checkpoints. Aside from the fact that they use a large amount of police resources and are not as effective as patrols, checkpoints also violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. Opponents of DUI Checkpoints have argued they constitute unreasonable search and seizure, and therefore are unconstitutional. The argument against checkpoints went all the way to the Supreme Court. In 1990, the Court ruled that Sobriety Checkpoints most probably were an infringement on Fourth Amendment rights, but that this detail was minor. The Supreme Court found that getting drunk drivers off the road and eliminating potential public safety risks was more important that the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure. In order for these to be legal, the Court set forth some guidelines for law enforcement.

Despite the Supreme Court's surprising ruling and mention of guidelines, some states consider DUI Checkpoints Unconstitutional. Drivers are not stopped at sobriety checkpoints in Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin or Wyoming.
 
Read the articles (from respected sources) and then demonstrate your own understanding first maybe?

Oh there's more to those cases that those articles I can assure you. Respected or not. That's the point. I'm unsure why I need to demonstrate anything given I didn't post them in the first place.
 
I've looked through the thread a wee bit and picked out some posts to threadmark explanations of what some terms are or the thought processes behind them i.e The arguments about 'white privilege', 'black on black crime', 'systemic racism', 'the UK is a racist country' etc. Just because they are arguments which seem to be looping quite a bit in the thread and it's a bit easier going forward to just reference them sometiems than having to keep explaining it. If you know any other posts to be highlighted that explain things well or reference history or points that people can educate themselves with highlight them and we can add them.
 
I’ve been pulled over a dozen times or so over the years and have never seen this line of questioning. They’ve always been professional and friendly.

Lucky you.

In my life, I've twice had to allow police to search my car without a warrant just to prove I wasn't "smuggling illegal aliens" just so I could go about my day without getting harassed further. Once I had to let them search my car because I allegedly "matched the description" of someone stealing car stereos and then another more severe case of false charges.

Oh and I've been in about a half dozen DUI stops although I haven't seen one in the last 8-9 years - they were much more common in the late 90s, early 2000s.
 
Lucky you.

In my life, I've twice had to allow police to search my car without a warrant just to prove I wasn't "smuggling illegal aliens" just so I could go about my day without getting harassed further. Once I had to let them search my car because I allegedly "matched the description" of someone stealing car stereos and then another more severe case of false charges.

Oh and I've been in about a half dozen DUI stops although I haven't seen one in the last 8-9 years - they were much more common in the late 90s, early 2000s.

One of mine resulted in a search as well (in Texas). It was fairly cold and wet outside, so the guy asked if I wanted to sit in the front seat of his police SUV. He looked around a bit then came back and said I'm good to go, so I drove off. I left with the distinct impression he just wanted to check out the interior features of my then new car. 3 hours later I'm in Oklahoma City and got pulled over again for switching two lanes at once. The guy was again very friendly, ran my license and plates inside his cruiser, and I was off again.
 
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In the UK police do serve as a deterrent just by being there. The more of them there are, the more visible they are and the more they build community links. I remember growing up we had local police who would always be walking a beat. Now you don't see any and if you do they are in a car, and consequently the public has lost the familiarity with them and now only ever see them in a negative setting. The police numbers are not vastly different to 20 years ago so i can only assume they're now all tied up with extra red tape and paperwork.





I'm not in a position to say there is a link and memes are usually misleading but this image is somewhat interesting as Snopes showed the figures are true. How does UK police training compare?

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I find it particularly odd how there are increasing calls to defund the police, considering the same people have spent the last 10 years complaining that it is underfunded.
Just on that first paragraph you posted, it’s a good observation and something a lot of people do complain about, the lack of basic patrolling. It’s rare to randomly walk around patrolling and speak to people but when it happens you do tend to get people saying things like “it’s good to see you guys around for once” etc.
It again shows the difference in perception. I think someone earlier mentioned pro active patrolling should no longer happen. Yet you get a lot of people who live in troublesome areas saying they want to see more police around. And yep it’s just too busy, so much paperwork etc. I’d say more than half of what we do isn’t even crime related.

U.K. training isn’t long enough and should definitely be longer but officers not being given guns so early does help. If officers were given guns here as early as in the states you would see more police killings. Not to the level of America but you would but then it would never happen. And yeah that meme is spot on.
 
what was done by the protestors to maintain social distancing to ensure they're not now spreading 'the virus' to create a second spike? Cause the media spoke about the potential of a second spike like they're experts but who is bemoaning these people now who have comprimised social distancing..Because you can wear a mask but they've repeated 'social distancing' about 1,000,000 times since this happened. Are the people at these events immune? Or maybe covinds a blm supporter?? Are all these people now in quarantine? And what about if anyone was carrying the virus and didn't know, would the shops that got looted be 100% safe? ..

But with that many people, I would have thought, they are now a risk of spreading a virus in a time of a pandemic.....isn't that why people cannot all go back into stadiums? What if we all protest to go back into stadiums? And then go back into stadiums? It's pretty amusing really. I know viruses mutate, but viruses that let people vent isn't all so bad really. All it would take is one being infected for it to spread, so how exactly are they allowed to protest? Once can be done out of ignorance but when you have it happen a number of times and it spreading....then I call bs. Because if you want to stop it, you say you have a right to protest, but if you protest now there will be a spike in covid cases...right?...Isn't that a good enough reason for people to engage their brain? You don't hear it enough and it's because they're full of bleep.
 
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I don't think that it's a good idea, they need to reorganize themselves philosophically with the same resources that they currently have that's what the NYPD example shows, they increased work on investigative department which logically has an effect on major crimes, defunding the police will reduce the resources allocated to investigative departments. As for the second point in my opinion it's a bit stupid to target the police when the actual issue with the US is your military budget which unlike policing budget is totally crazy, you spend 636bn$ on the DoD alone which is almost four times what you spend on education and HHS, on top of that you can add nearly 200bn$ that are spent on defense related spendings.
This "reorganization" by police has been proposed for decades and it's never been implemented. The police simply will not police themselves. They still operate under the broken window theory and police unions have no incentive to reduce the amount of work/jobs for its members by reducing proactive policing. Again, much of the crimes they investigate (even violent crimes) happen due to the lack of social safety nets in these communities, which is correlated with welfare spending. Here is an economic study in 2008 about the inverse relationship between welfare payments and crimes. There are many more examples.

The military budget AND the police budget should be slashed. I posted this previously to a poster who was talking absolute nonsense:
At $5.9 billion in the current fiscal year, the NYPD has the third-largest budget of all city agencies after the Department of Education and Department of Social Services.
The $5.9 billion in direct operating funding for the department doesn’t nearly cover what the police cost in New York City. Pension contributions and fringe benefits cost about another $5 billion in the 2020 fiscal year.
Though the mayor’s budget included significant planned cuts at many city agencies, the NYPD emerged relatively unscathed, with only $23.8 million in planned reductions. And unlike other agencies that had to find large savings under the mayor’s $2.1 billion Program to Eliminate the Gap, the NYPD only found about $25 million in FY2020 and $16 million in FY2021.
At the same time, the mayor slashed planned funding for education, youth employment, and after school programs. The Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) saw a 32% cut in its proposed budget, entirely eliminating the Summer Youth Employment Program that provided summer jobs to 70,000 young people, many from low-income communities of color, last year.
https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/...-york-city-police-department-budget-de-blasio

The above is utterly shameful in a first-world democratic society that prides itself on human rights. And this is only in NYC. I'm sure you will find similar data across the US. If you still don't believe police departments don't need to be funded, I advise you to read Michelle Alexander's book The New Jim Crow. It will have anyone with a functioning moral compass seething and demanding widespread police defunding.
 
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What does it have anything to do that I am in Spain...?
It just goes to show how out of touch you and your comments are with what's going on.

Where did I say "abolish"? I know what defund means so I don't need your lessons, thank you. Governments must find money to keep these social programs running without defunding the police (until at least we see a clear proof that these programs work, i.e. decrease in crime rate but even then I am not sure). You call me ignorant but thinking that taking away money from police and giving it to something else will solve anything is just as ignorant but go ahead poster from NY.
I call you willfully ignorant b/c you making claims about "propaganda against cops" and claiming the movement to defund police is "retarded" and "stupid' without even bothering to give a shred of empirical evidence or cite any studies. So yes poster from Spain who likes to weigh in on US issues with a smug tone and no evidence, you are willfully ignorant.