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

[MagnarTheGreat]

NBC News - Trump to anthem protesters: 'Get that son of a b---- off the field' (2017)

BBC - [Trump says] NFL kneelers 'shouldn't be in country' (2018)

 

[Pink Ranger]

What charges does swatting entail?

Obstruction of justice, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The three crimes that police can use to arrest anybody for anything.

 

[samsnee]

MPD Chief Arredondo: 4 Police Officers Fired Following Death Of George Floyd

The guy who kept his knee on the neck even after cries of “I can’t breathe” should be in jail. It’s been a sad unfortunate month of watching black men die unnecessarily at the hands of racists.

 

[Sithborg]

And the predictable response.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

And the predictable response.

The reason why there is an issue between cops and members of the public, is on the cops. Who does this, after their co-workers murdered someone?

 

[chamber-music]

If you don't want these kind of protests on the streets then perhaps they should hire people that aren't power tripping bigots, ditch the bad behavior encouraging blue line culture and train officers in deescalation.

Too many people are dying because those in power are weak willed cowards who are afraid to stand up and change things.

 

[samsnee]

If only these protestors had just walked around carrying guns and stormed into the statehouse demanding haircuts. That’s worth protesting for.

 

[Sithborg]

If only these protestors had just walked around carrying guns and stormed into the statehouse demanding haircuts. That’s worth protesting for.

I don't understand how you can see the image of what they were doing to him, and not get angry.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I’ve seen another video from a different angle of 3 of the 4 officers on top of Floyd.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

John Boyega crossed the line today. He made the very controversial statement that he hates racists. I know, I can't believe it either.

 

[B]

MPD Chief Arredondo: 4 Police Officers Fired Following Death Of George Floyd

I'm a little behind on the news & I saw the full video of this this morning.

****ing disgusting would be the best way to describe it. As I was watching the video unfold I was almost willing 1 of the onlookers to just charge the policeman & shove him off which would have probably saved the mans life.. that being said if someone had done this, in any other country they'd have been pepper sprayed, tased & have their ass whipped before being carted off to jail.. but in the good old USA they'd have shot the person dead claiming assault on a police officer.

The complete arrogance & lack of common sense from the dip**** that had his knee on George Floyd's neck to me is completely mind blowing. The man told you he couldn't breath, you have 2 other officers controlling his cuffed hands & his legs, why wouldn't you have eased off? You obviously didn't feel threatened because you had your hands practically in your ****ing pockets the whole time which meant that your full weight was resting on the mans neck.

The stupidity doesn't end there, he actually had someone telling him that after several minutes of you kneeling his full weight on his neck, shockingly you'd choked the man unconscious & he was now unresponsive, what did he do? Smugly glanced up at the man that was rightfully verbally abusing him as if he was taking pleasure in doing what he was doing & continued to rest his full weight on his neck.

Fired? The officer that killed him should be in jail for murder or at the very least manslaughter.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I'm a little behind on the news & I saw the full video of this this morning.

****ing disgusting would be the best way to describe it. As I was watching the video unfold I was almost willing 1 of the onlookers to just charge the policeman & shove him off which would have probably saved the mans life.. that being said if someone had done this, in any other country they'd have been pepper sprayed, tased & have their ass whipped before being carted off to jail.. but in the good old USA they'd have shot the person dead claiming assault on a police officer.

The complete arrogance & lack of common sense from the dip**** that had his knee on George Floyd's neck to me is completely mind blowing. The man told you he couldn't breath, you have 2 other officers controlling his cuffed hands & his legs, why wouldn't you have eased off? You obviously didn't feel threatened because you had your hands practically in your ****ing pockets the whole time which meant that your full weight was resting on the mans neck.

The stupidity doesn't end there, he actually had someone telling him that after several minutes of you kneeling his full weight on his neck, shockingly you'd choked the man unconscious & he was now unresponsive, what did he do? Smugly glanced up at the man that was rightfully verbally abusing him as if he was taking pleasure in doing what he was doing & continued to rest his full weight on his neck.

Fired? The officer that killed him should be in jail for murder or at the very least manslaughter.

There is new footage that shows why 4 officers got fired. The three not fighting with the public in the video? All three are kneeling on Floyd. All three.

 

[HBarnill]

Dave Chappelle’s gonna have material to last him 20 specials.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Dave Chappelle’s gonna have material to last him 20 specials.

Too bad they won't be funny. Though at least they will be ironic when he complains about cancel culture.

 

[HBarnill]

Too bad they won't be funny. Though at least they will be ironic when he complains about cancel culture.

Chappelle’s the closest we’ll get to Pryor now. No one can address racism better than he can.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Chappelle’s the closest we’ll get to Pryor now. No one can address racism better than he can.

That was true 20 years ago. That Dave Chappelle has sadly disappeared into a desert and comeback a poor blind Fremen, who is no use to anyone.

 

[Sithborg]

And lets not forget why he left his show.

 

[HBarnill]

And lets not forget why he left his show.

Because his (mostly) white audience got the wrong idea and took his jokes at face value, completely missing the satire and using them to demean black people? Yeah, there are other reasons but that’s the main one.

 

[HBarnill]

That was true 20 years ago. That Dave Chappelle has sadly disappeared into a desert and comeback a poor blind Fremen, who is no use to anyone.

If anything, that applies to Chris Rock. He was OK with white comedians saying the N word in front of him and didn’t cause a ruckus when Fallon wore blackface to mock him on SNL. He’s let Hollywood corrupt him.

 

[chamber-music]

John Boyega crossed the line today. He made the very controversial statement that he hates racists. I know, I can't believe it either.

The fact that people got so triggered by such an innocuous statement says everything about the times we are living in.

Saying Nazis are bad on social media these days is a controversial view. Things have gotten so warped.

That Gimli response John made had me laughing. John got that Disney and Netflix money so doesn't give a damn anymore. I respect him for speaking his mind and not backing down from the bigots. Everyone is always 'turn the other cheek' but sometimes people need to vent some frustration and express themselves.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Because his (mostly) white audience got the wrong idea and took his jokes at face value, completely missing the satire and using them to demean black people? Yeah, there are other reasons but that’s the main one.

That feels like a very overt self-serving reason, as to cover for why he actually left.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

If anything, that applies to Chris Rock. He was OK with white comedians saying the N word in front of him and didn’t cause a ruckus when Fallon wore blackface to mock him on SNL. He’s let Hollywood corrupt him.

What does Chris Rock have to do with what Dave Chappelle has become? Which is both unfunny and an example of what a younger Dave Chappelle would have made fun of.

 

[Schlosser85]

Considering Chris Rock as Oscar host makes “Oscars so white” jokes to yuk it up every ten seconds and then turns around and does a racist skit about Asians, he’s not someone whose “thoughts” on racism I take seriously.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Why haven't they been arrested yet, again?