The replies to that tweet are brilliant
Protests following the killing of George Floyd
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The replies to that tweet are brilliant
What about a RedOutTuesday?
This just proves what he see/hear in the media and on facebook/twitter is just not reflective of society as a whole.
Raphael arsebanging Splinter? Yeah.
Yeah, I mean it's well drawn but I'm not sure it's what the world needs
Yeah, I mean it's well drawn but I'm not sure it's what the world needs
Splinter seemed a little too into it
Yeah I made the same point in the Trump Presidency thread, this rioting will help him gain voters. That is exactly why he is on the sidelines fanning the flame.
Splinter seemed a little too into it
Raphael not wearing his eye mask has triggered me.
Teutontic thrash is the best thrash.
Except by that very poll, 44% think Biden would handle the protests better as opposed to only 33% for Trump.
I didn't know what you were chatting about so I had a look..... Yeah
Had the feeling going through Twitter and Reddit, people were pissed about the looting of local businesses. Trump's hard stance against these nefarious activities might actually gain him some votes. Its good to know I might be wrong though and the American people are seeing through Trump's bullshit.
That was absolutely brilliant!
The mind boggles at stuff like this
I think this could go many different ways, for sure. I'm also wondering about the poll question about the military, which seems awfully high compared to the number of people who largely support the protestors. I'd bet that they haven't really thought about what bringing the military in would mean. I definitely don't think bringing in the military would be a vote winner for Trump, things could get a lot messier than they are now.
Well the National Guard is part of the military, so calling them in to supplement the police does not make you opposed to the protesters as those two things are not necessarily mutually exclusive. What we have out here are assholes (often white) co-opting this just to be assholes, vandalizing and to a lesser degree looting businesses, even locally owned ones.
This is undermining the peaceful protests; how many of those are right wing instigators I couldn’t say. But if I’m seeing it here in flyover country like Tulsa who is calling in the National Guard it has to be worse elsewhere. It’s pushing local police forces to the limit, and when they’re stressed more bad things happen.
https://apple.news/A2xhbFI25RwyiccSG7nD_MQ
Citizens and business owners are already calling for Santa Monica PD chief’s head. Taking a hardline stance on the more violent protests has its own consequences of ugly police force, but so does having a laid back stance and allowing rioters to do damage. The residents and business owners of that city won’t forget this, and it only helps Trump IMO if the destruction continues throughout the country.
Citizens and business owners are already calling for Santa Monica PD chief’s head. Taking a hardline stance on the more violent protests has its own consequences of ugly police force, but so does having a laid back stance and allowing rioters to do damage. The residents and business owners of that city won’t forget this, and it only helps Trump IMO if the destruction continues throughout the country.
Spun? What Coolaid have you been drinking? Black people being killed by the police isn't spin. It is straightforward and obvious institutional racism in most cases.
The poll separated military and national guard into their own questions, though to what degree people grasp the difference is anyone's guess.
I just hope their children hate them for being the cowards that they are.
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What the feck
Wibbz -- you didn't notice his nic? If he was honest it should have called it what it was 4Chan.
That is ridiculous. Sort of thing you’d expect as an Onion article. What next; a big Black Lives Matter sticker to cover their bodycams?
By all accounts her response on the night they hit Santa Monica was rather pathetic. She was giving news conferences (felt like) every 30mins while lawlessness reigned her city, and in the end they did use heavy tactics against peaceful protesters (firing rubber bullets and teargas into peaceful crowds while looters went wild elsewhere).
To paint her as having failed because of leniency is very misleading.
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guy just told LAPD Chief to suck his dick and choke on it
Yea i was working so wasn’t really following the events live, just hearing secondhand from my partners that SaMo was going to shit and national guard called in.
Why do you think she failed then, if you think she did at all?
I didn’t bother looking into it, but the organizer of that petition sounds like a disgruntled police officer that wasn’t happy with her. It’s a common tactic used by police unions.
guy just told LAPD Chief to suck his dick and choke on it
Holy feck!
Basically the same mistake that has been repeated every night in most cities I've had an eye on:
-Once the curfew sets in the police get increasingly violent in breaking up the protests (Batons, rubber bullets, tear gas)
-The crowds scatter, thin out, and are all over the city. The police can't tell them from looters or even just non protesting residents that are out past the curfew for whatever reason (also press).
-The looters have an easy job doing whatever they like because everyone has become a criminal to the police. The police from that point on always plays catch up with so many of them tied up in insignificant police matters (beating up people).
She did stand out a bit though with her near constant news conferences while the shit was hitting the fan.
(I was watching it via ABC live stream from their chopper, been looking for youtube videos of the exact moments I'm referring to but can't find it at the moment, however basically the same happened in Hollywood:
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What are you talking about? A murder isn't a rapist because they killed someone and not raped them. Really? I'd never have guessed.
Black people are actually being killed in disproportionate numbers along racial lines. So killings by the police are demonstrably influenced by institutional, and in some cases personal, racism.
Well that's ok then. A Netflix doc found something quirky so we should just ignore decades of institutional racism and in many cases state sanctioned (or at least ignored) murder. Got it.
What did it say? It has been taken down now.
Someone said that protests and riots weren't the answer, and that UKIP account replied saying something like the actions of the protestors were understandable and they haven't been left with any other choice.
So they were either hacked or deleted their own tweet once they discovered it was black lives that mattered.
Australian journalists attacked by the police in DC. Our government is Trump's bitch but they still aren't impressed.
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ncern-assault-news-team-washington-dc-protest
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ncern-assault-news-team-washington-dc-protest
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article243168146.html
Video shows KC protester pepper sprayed, arrested after yelling at police
Video shows KC protester pepper sprayed, arrested after yelling at police