Is it still on? I can't find live update on protest from here
Protests following the killing of George Floyd
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Is it still on? I can't find live update on protest from here
It helped by putting pressure on getting a second degree murder and convicting the other three police.
So, historically, people riot when they feel more constructive alternatives, such as talks, have not been and will not be effective to induce the change they are seeking.
The threat from rioting is that it will continue, to the detriment of the state, until the issue that caused the rioting is resolved, be that bread prices or systemic racism.
Many other countries are following the USAs lead because racism is endemic in our society.
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its escalated into madness because the police have gone heavy handed x10. Its up to the people in power to diffuse situations, not incite them. in these recent clips iver seen young girls have their mask pulled off to get maced, young boys have their eye shot out and a pregnant women in a car being raided with bullets. its batshit crazy and brought to the surface what an ingrained mess the country is
Very much so, all across the country. A mixed bag though: we had some radical right boogaloos arrested in Vegas, some serious injuries to protesters, other cops dancing and marching with the protesters instead of shooting them with rubber bullets and tear gas.
Thank you, most of the top search on google are lamestream medias and youtube offers streamers looking for donations rehashing old footage.
You stay safe there
Not counting the other things, just the countless videos and pictures highlighting how the police behave and how much of a widespread issue it is is a positive outcome of these protests, IMO.
Why the hell are they firing rubber bullets like that at peoples heads? They are quite clearly lethal or prone to do serious damage ffs.
They just seem completely mad, almost like if they scare the protesters enough they might just give up and go home
They just seem completely mad, almost like if they scare the protesters enough they might just give up and go home
Because they want to injure or kill people.
Thanks, will do. If we have another large one downtown I’ll try to grab some pics and be the Caf reporter on the ground.
One of the core rules of firearm safety is to be sure of your target and beyond. The police are operating in target rich environments with constant movement. It's a perfect storm for something like this to happen. As such, I doubt they are shooting at people's heads but rather the people getting tonked like that are unfortunately walking into the path of a projectile meant for someone else or fired indiscriminately. A combination of bad luck and reckless use of anti-riot projectile launchers.
The video you quoted are just scrotes looking to beat up a copper. The protests outside parliament are what we need. We have to expect more from our government and just because we have a special relationship (bend over and get fecked) with America doesn’t mean we have to stand by everything they do.
If anyone can try and change America that isn’t directly involved with their fecked up internal politics it’s the UK. A strong viewpoint from us condemning what Trump’s been saying and doing could change so much over there. Kier Starmer should at least be applying constant pressure on the tories to do it.
4500 National Guard now in DC, up from 1200. This does not include 1600 active duty troops waiting in the wings just outside the District via @CBSNews David Martin.
I also think there’s a significant issue with the categorisation of rubber bullets as “less lethal” which seems to translate into cops minds as “less than lethal” i.e. they take far less care than with proper bullets because they think they’re almost ‘safe’.
When they don’t take enough care with proper ones to start with, lowering those standards even further leads to a “spray and pray” approach which we’ve seen plenty of reports of.
You can feck off with your tone and your arrogant behaviour.
Sorry, I didn't know xenophobia based on ignorance and looking down upon people was deemed acceptable here, I'll make a note for the future.
Surely people there are never going to trust the police again. You also worry that instead of going to the police when they need to they will serve up their own justice. That will just be anarchy.
You obviously haven't been reading the threads then.
This is true. This will be a very long process, as long as human is still in charge. In Asia, the widespread police brutality is common, with prejudice on different ethnicity or religious trait.
More regulations or policies on how to police is just a short term fix, and won't cure the root problem. Although this incident is an obvious police brutality, though. No common sense is used. I don't know if this use of execive force on small fish criminal is within their policy, or just his idiocy, or else.
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Yeah, I tend to stop engaging with such threads when I see BS like that left there with no consequences.
In that case, let me know if you need any help in leaving this one.
You have the power to do as you wish.
I actually asked russians and serbians about racism in Russia and Serbia, they all told me that because there isn't a lot of foreigners and in particular blacks people have a lot of preconceived opinions that they will express without problem. They also all told me that animosity will be rare, you will most likely have snide remarks aimed at you, you will stared at in the streets or ignored in social contexts. It's anectodal but that's what they told me.
USA is now officially eating itself alive.
This isn't weird at all.
Turns out she got arrested later. Not sure if related.
Guy is clearly off.
She's also not wrong that police rape sex workers because of the nature of the business.
American police are finally reaching the standards of Indian police. Change the uniform and this is a very very typical Indian video
Im glad antihenry has continued to show exactly why I didn't bother to reply to them.
In between shooting up some other blacks and fathering lots of kids, Malcom Jenkins has this incredibly powerful response to Brees' stupid comments.
In between shooting up some other blacks and fathering lots of kids, Malcom Jenkins has this incredibly powerful response to Brees' stupid comments.
There's a certain Keanu Reeves character who should be looking into this guy.
Update: it might not be true
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Haha write it down pal and come back with your big boy pants on.
Edit och he's banned what's the point
Thugs.
That was my point!
Is he? Ive been defending freedom of speech for various posters on here but even I draw the line at antihenry.
had a mare here, turns out it was legit. Turns out I know feckal about imagery amongst other things.
choked me up that.
As time goes on without any leadership from the top, and police exacerbate already fractured relations with the people they’re there to serve and protect, I just can’t see where it goes from here. What becomes the new normal.
As someone mentioned ( @sammsky1 maybe?) If this is what they’re willing to do to their own people, just imagine what places they’ve occupied across the world suffered.
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