🌎 Discussion: Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Critical Race Theory, Systemic Inequality, and Racism - Part 4

[KRYPTON INC.]

What the hell is blowing up a hospital supposed to accomplish?

Also lowest of the low much?

 

[Teelie]

What the hell is blowing up a hospital supposed to accomplish?

Also lowest of the low much?

Nazi logic: If you are in a hospital you are not healthy enough for the new Reich.

 

[Schlosser85]

Apologize if this was posted before, but anyone hear of this even more egregious story?

An EMT (black woman) was shot eight times when plainclothes cops burst into her and her boyfriend's apartment in the middle of the night without announcing themselves, looking for a drug dealer who didn't live there.

Her boyfriend (a licensed gunowner) is being charged with attempted murder for shooting one of the officers, as if he was supposed to know they were cops when they kicked in the door in the middle of the night without announcing themselves and not in uniform.

And the kicker......the guy they were looking for turned out to already be in custody.

Breonna Taylor: Police killed black woman after storming home in hunt for suspect already in custody, lawsuit says

 

[RockSP]

I don't think it's been posted. I meant to, but got sidetracked or something. Same feces, different toilet. If these murderers face any real consequences I will be surprised.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Michigan man convicted for shooting at lost Black teen demands retrial because ‘court got the sentencing wrong’

 

[Teelie]

Did they not give him enough prison time?

 

[Babillygunn]

Apologize if this was posted before, but anyone hear of this even more egregious story?

An EMT (black woman) was shot eight times when plainclothes cops burst into her and her boyfriend's apartment in the middle of the night without announcing themselves, looking for a drug dealer who didn't live there.

Her boyfriend (a licensed gunowner) is being charged with attempted murder for shooting one of the officers, as if he was supposed to know they were cops when they kicked in the door in the middle of the night without announcing themselves and not in uniform.

And the kicker......the guy they were looking for turned out to already be in custody.

Breonna Taylor: Police killed black woman after storming home in hunt for suspect already in custody, lawsuit says

This is a disgusting case. Very disturbing. I live in Louisville and this is especially heartbreaking

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Schlosser85]

Karl Rove is gonna lecture anyone else on being “unseemly”?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga software firm Transcard terminates employee after firestorm over Obama noose meme

 

[DarthSkywalker]

This is all so typical, it's painful.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NBC News - Man who recorded Ahmaud Arbery's shooting death on video arrested, charged with murder

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

NBC News - Man who recorded Ahmaud Arbery's shooting death on video arrested, charged with murder

So... With no reasons backed up by anything as can be seen on this page alone, two men, LEO or not, took it upon themselves to chase a man who had no reason as far as we know to even be under suspicion of any crimes in the area, and it seems most reports show that no, there was not some break in spree happening, with, I have read, no break ins in 6 months.


Now... Does ANYONE disagree that, maybe, just MAYBE the climate fostered by close to 20 years of high profile cases where some citizen is gunned down by another or by police and it appears the police or regular civilians were in the wrong... But felt no real consquences for their actions, ( And yes... Not every single one of these shootings is a good example of police brutality and overreach... But the cases that are such examples in my opinion are the minority. And as unpopular as it is to state as both a fact of the law and as a practical matter... Yes, even criminals have rights. And there is a thing such as proportional response. Letting the police get away with violating rights and using over the top methods to subdue and apprehend someone that isn't some movieized thug from central casting for so long? Yeah... Not good. Not ideal. Not a formula for effective law enforcement.) well, this may have let too many think they can also easily be let off the hook and if that's the case... Why not use excessive to lethal force for ****s and giggles?


Once more... Canary in the coal mine. They start with the "others" of society. Don't worry all you "regular" folk... They'll get to you. And they'll get away with it too... Because the regular folk handed over all the power when they decided that even the suggestion that we hold Law Enforcement to high standards of conduct is somehow "anti-Cop".

Which is just the usual ****ing silliness of a certain type of modern American. It's not Anti-Cop to know that yes, it's a hard job that saps the soul and places burdens 95% of the populace can never and willl never be able to understand completely from the outside. I can but begin to understand the fears and weight of being someone that both is charged with going into dangerous situations but also of being handed the immediate authority over another human beings life or death.

But that's it... "Life or death". We have invested police with enormous powers to do a necessary but very difficult job... Still, these are those we have granted with the literal "violence of the state" as a power. It's not "anti" anything to expect that said powers are used sparringly and resposibly. That there's been far too many headlines where the police seemed too callous, too brutal, to unthinking or frankly... Too racist, well, that's on the cops. Sorry. At some point when is the common denominator of each situation going to get the focus it deserves? Cops are for whatever reason, even good ones, too trigger happy. And on both the local and the state level government has backed them pretty consistently across the country. For every story of a LOE being brought to task for brutality or murder there's two more about how the offenders at best received some slap on the wrist.


And we wonder why these two guys felt confident enough to chase down another human in broad daylight and kill him in cold blood with zero reasons to do so as far as we know now? And the reasons that are being floated by certain types? Jesus...


This is a problem and I dare say it will continue to be so as long as there are enough people that will never, ever give a non-white person the benefit of the doubt. Even when the majority of the evidence and just plain old common sense and the simple morality we were taught as children tells us different, nope... These folk through their actions and inactions in the face of actual government overreach that leads to the end of someone's life, whether good stand up member of the community, local near do well, rambunctious teenager or yes, even someone with a criminal history, to these people those lives are worth a lot less than the ability to ensure cops that kill when it's not necessary face no consequences.


This is the exact thing that was common in the South 65 years ago. Unsurprisingly at this point... The politics around these events hasn't changed a bit.

 

[Babillygunn]

Apologize if this was posted before, but anyone hear of this even more egregious story?

An EMT (black woman) was shot eight times when plainclothes cops burst into her and her boyfriend's apartment in the middle of the night without announcing themselves, looking for a drug dealer who didn't live there.

Her boyfriend (a licensed gunowner) is being charged with attempted murder for shooting one of the officers, as if he was supposed to know they were cops when they kicked in the door in the middle of the night without announcing themselves and not in uniform.

And the kicker......the guy they were looking for turned out to already be in custody.

Breonna Taylor: Police killed black woman after storming home in hunt for suspect already in custody, lawsuit says

big news here in Louisville KY is that the city’s Chief of Police has resigned in the midst of this scandal.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Oof.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Oof.

DJ, I truly want to thank you for bringing this into my life.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Holiday]

Reminds me of Susan Smith

Susan Smith - Wikipedia

 

[chamber-music]

2020 is shaping up to be such a bizarre year.

#dojacatisoverparty was trending on twitter.

Turns out half black/half Jewish singer Doja Cat is facing some major backlash after it was discovered she is a regular poster on some Alt-right/incel social media site.

She was posting as recently as the other week when she had a number one record.

Doja Cat was exposed having mocked people with disabilities, saying homophobic comments and making racist remarks about black people, middle eastereners & Indians. She also claims she identifies as white (has daddy issues because her black South African father didn't raise her).

The self hate must be pretty strong to be to hang out with bigots who hate everything you are yet you seek their validation and attention.

 

[InCali]

Once more... Canary in the coal mine. They start with the "others" of society. Don't worry all you "regular" folk... They'll get to you. And they'll get away with it too... Because the regular folk handed over all the power when they decided that even the suggestion that we hold Law Enforcement to high standards of conduct is somehow "anti-Cop".

Which is just the usual ****ing silliness of a certain type of modern American. It's not Anti-Cop to know that yes, it's a hard job that saps the soul and places burdens 95% of the populace can never and willl never be able to understand completely from the outside. I can but begin to understand the fears and weight of being someone that both is charged with going into dangerous situations but also of being handed the immediate authority over another human beings life or death.

But that's it... "Life or death". We have invested police with enormous powers to do a necessary but very difficult job... Still, these are those we have granted with the literal "violence of the state" as a power. It's not "anti" anything to expect that said powers are used sparringly and resposibly. That there's been far too many headlines where the police seemed too callous, too brutal, to unthinking or frankly... Too racist, well, that's on the cops. Sorry. At some point when is the common denominator of each situation going to get the focus it deserves? Cops are for whatever reason, even good ones, too trigger happy. And on both the local and the state level government has backed them pretty consistently across the country. For every story of a LOE being brought to task for brutality or murder there's two more about how the offenders at best received some slap on the wrist.


And we wonder why these two guys felt confident enough to chase down another human in broad daylight and kill him in cold blood with zero reasons to do so as far as we know now? And the reasons that are being floated by certain types? Jesus...


This is a problem and I dare say it will continue to be so as long as there are enough people that will never, ever give a non-white person the benefit of the doubt. Even when the majority of the evidence and just plain old common sense and the simple morality we were taught as children tells us different, nope... These folk through their actions and inactions in the face of actual government overreach that leads to the end of someone's life, whether good stand up member of the community, local near do well, rambunctious teenager or yes, even someone with a criminal history, to these people those lives are worth a lot less than the ability to ensure cops that kill when it's not necessary face no consequences.


This is the exact thing that was common in the South 65 years ago. Unsurprisingly at this point... The politics around these events hasn't changed a bit.

I was an acquaintance of Angela Davis when I lived in Santa Cruz and remember the book she edited "If They Come in the Morning". If we allow injustice, we're only inviting it upon others.....and YOU may be next. This is something we should have learned from history.

A funny story...one time we were at a meeting and someone suggested she speak to the Chancellor about some issue (don't remember what it was). She just laughed and said "you think the Chancellor is going to listen to ME??).

 

[Erik20]

2020 is shaping up to be such a bizarre year.

#dojacatisoverparty was trending on twitter.

Turns out half black/half Jewish singer Doja Cat is facing some major backlash after it was discovered she is a regular poster on some Alt-right/incel social media site.

She was posting as recently as the other week when she had a number one record.

Doja Cat was exposed having mocked people with disabilities, saying homophobic comments and making racist remarks about black people, middle eastereners & Indians. She also claims she identifies as white (has daddy issues because her black South African father didn't raise her).

The self hate must be pretty strong to be to hang out with bigots who hate everything you are yet you seek their validation and attention.

That's a weird story... how can she identify as white? I mean she must have seen her own videos and pictures at some point? She should go to some Alt right protest and see what happens if she thinks she's white...

She definitely has issues. I guess it does explain her blond hair and the white guy in the one video I've seen of her... Might be the end of her career if this is true, I doubt other hiphop artists would want to work with someone like that.

 

[chamber-music]

That's a weird story... how can she identify as white? I mean she must have seen her own videos and pictures at some point? She should go to some Alt right protest and see what happens if she thinks she's white...

She definitely has issues. I guess it does explain her blond hair and the white guy in the one video I've seen of her... Might be the end of her career if this is true, I doubt other hiphop artists would want to work with someone like that.

The Weeknd just released a remix song with her which I bet his regretting now all this stuff is coming out

 

[Erik20]

The Weeknd just released a remix song with her which I bet his regretting now all this stuff is coming out

Yeah I've heard that song... "funny" how she doesn't mind using the culture to make money It just doesn't make sense, she's also a rapper

She'll probably blame it on substance abuse, and go to rehab. (Even though some of the stuff is from years ago)

 

[chamber-music]

Doja Cat released a statement

Doja Cat has released a statement after multiple allegations arose that in the past she had used racial slurs online.

On Friday (22 May), the hashtag #DojaCatIsOverParty began trending after an old song with a racial slur emerged alongside allegations that she had taken part in racist video chats.

The song in question came out in 2015 under the title “Dindu Nuffin”, a term used to mock victims of police brutality.

Doja Cat denied that she had been involved in “any racist conversations” and apologised for her wording on the song.

“I want to address what’s been happening on Twitter,” she wrote on Instagram. “I’ve used public chat rooms to socialise since I was a child. I shouldn’t have been on some of those chat room sites, but I personally have never been involved in any racist conversations. I’m sorry to everyone I offended.”

Doja Cat said her intent with “Dindu Nuffin” was to flip the meaning of the song to take aim at those who used it against her in the past.

“As for the old song that’s resurfaced, it was in no way tied to anything outside of my own personal experience”, she said. “It was written in response to people who often used that term to hurt me. I made an attempt to flip its meaning, but recognise that it was a bad decision to use the term in my music.”

“I understand my influence and impact and I’m taking this all very seriously. I love you all and I’m sorry for upsetting or hurting any of you. That’s not my character, and I’m determined to show that to everyone moving forward. Thank you.”

Doja Cat apologises after song containing racial slur resurfaces

 

[Schlosser85]

“I’ve used public chat rooms to socialise since I was a child."

Uhhhh, yea, me too. I can't say I've ever gone on alt-right white supremacist forums to "socialize", nor do I think that's something one does accidentally.

Also she doesn't even try to explain the specific comments she made, except I guess to deny them by saying she's never been involved in racist conversations.