Police Brutality Protests Thread

[Arkady Arkright]

Odd, I've never had foodstuff with zip ties on.
I know the trick, but I have a small jeweler's screwdriver so I don't need anything impromptu. Typically I just cut 'em.

Are you for real ??
The police search that finds the screwdriver might not find a hair-clip(aka 'bobby-pin' ?) in your hair...

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

White woman bravely stands up to rioter:

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

OK, W the actual F is going on with these cops?

Asheville protests: Mayor Manheimer wants explanation of police destruction of medical station

Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer wants city police to explain the decision to destroy a medical station during a peaceful demonstration June 2.

www.citizen-times.com

They destroyed medical supplies. They stabbed water bottles.

EDIT:

Some US law enforcement agencies have form here:

US border patrol routinely sabotages water left for migrants, report says

Humanitarian groups report agents routinely destroy supplies left in Arizona desert, condemning people to die of thirst

www.theguardian.com

(that's from January 2018)

On a related note, I think most non-Americans will agree with this leading commentator on UK legal twitter -- it's a bit of a shock to learn that most of these recommendations are not standard procedure anyway:

 

[Kara Spengler]

Click on "see more".

Yes, people who are against the protests focus on the violence rather than things like this. Even when it is laughably obvious the violence did not come from the crowd.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

She's Lyana Mormont from GoT come to life!

 

[Jolene Benoir]

AP tally: Arrests at widespread US protests hit 10,000

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Full George Floyd Autopsy Report Released, Says He Tested Positive For COVID-19

Not a factor in his death.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Afraid of riots and looting? Don't worry, the flu is far more worse, so be happy! (Dunno what some people are thinking...)

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Afraid of riots and looting? Don't worry, the flu is far more worse, so be happy! (Dunno what some people are thinking...)

So, that's a doink at the 'Why are people scared of Covid-19'

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Afraid of riots and looting? Don't worry, the flu is far more worse, so be happy! (Dunno what some people are thinking...)

Yeah, that's a sarcastic shot across the bow at those who have been saying, during the pandemic, "Why are you worried about Covid-19, when the flu is much worse."

 

[Jolene Benoir]

A bit old, but damn straight:

Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Transport George Floyd Protesters to Jail

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Afraid of riots and looting? Don't worry, the flu is far more worse, so be happy! (Dunno what some people are thinking...)

The replies...

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I don't think so, because gun laws in NY prohibit caring a loaded gun that way. They're all risking arrest, because they are not in their home or place of business, Even I'd they own that property, because they're not in it, they're on the street (details here if anyone's curious: Open Carry in New York | Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence).
My guess is the Midwest somewhere,

More on Merrick -- I don't know how fair it is -- I know descriptions in newspapers when the English city in which I grew up, Nottingham, are almost always misleading in that they generalise from one small area to the whole place.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Is this kind of announcement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff normal?

 

[Pamela]

Is this kind of announcement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff normal?

I don’t know how usual it is but nothing is usual anymore.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Is this kind of announcement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff normal?

I don’t know how usual it is but nothing is usual anymore.

For over 200 years, tradition has Military staying out of politics. They are breaking a tradition at least as old as our country to not get involved.

But they also all swore an oath to defend our constitution, and right now, its been used to wipe the GOPs collective arses, trampled, crumpled up, spit on and set on fire. So, not surprised they are saying something. I'm not surprised that at least two of the highest ranking NCOs have said something [as in, the highest ranking Army and highest ranking AF NCOs], I'm not surprised that retired Generals are saying something.

The bigger shame is it took them this long to do so [but tradition and training and all that].

 

[Romana]

More on Merrick -- I don't know how fair it is -- I know descriptions in newspapers when the English city in which I grew up, Nottingham, are almost always misleading in that they generalise from one small area to the whole place.

That's exactly what the Daily Best is doing, before it gets around to the facts, and they can go sit on a tack for doing it, because a lot of people probably won't read that far.
A lot of houses on Long Island were built by Levitt & Sons - Wikipedia and people think they built the whole Island, I think. There were biased real estate agents who tilted the balance, too. Then things changed. It became illegal to discriminate who you sold or rented to ( Dump got sued for this).
My parents chose their house because it was near a Reform synagogue and a school district with a good reputation. They didn't care about their neighbors' skin colors, but I'm sure the bigots chose differently.
It just occurred to me that judging a place based on its history of decades ago is a lot like kids in school judging their peers in his things were in first grade (which happened to me, and it stinks).
The media (including the Daily Beast) would be best served in reporting on individuals and their actions. If there are real estate agents still selling selectively, they should go report on what they're doing now, but 50 years ago.
Economic inequality, that's something else. A lot of that happened later too. Way before I left my old neighborhood, it passed the point of our being able to afford moving in there. But as diverse as the neighborhood had become by that point, I don't think race had anything to do with it. Other areas, of course, have their own stories.
Fuck the Daily Beast for trying to make us sound like a monolithic bunch of bigots.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I was being ironic. Actually the real DC cops are extremely professional with protests and crowd control. These were not dc cops.

Seems to vary a lot from place to place

 

[Kara Spengler]

Full George Floyd Autopsy Report Released, Says He Tested Positive For COVID-19

Not a factor in his death.

Yeah, when I saw that report I wondered what it had to with anything. It is a pandemic so how is it news? In fact, how do we know the virus did not get transferred to him in the ambulance or in the hospital? Not that it matters to him either way