So they put most, if not all, of their resources in protecting the murderer's house while the rest of the city goes unprotected. Brilliant.
Minneapolis protests over murder of George Floyd. Police response more severe than when white supremacists stormed capitol. (See Threadmarks to help)
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You would think he had learned his lession before. But no sadly for too many racism is a funny little thought experment that white people can just twist into some how being about them, but never in a way addresses the problem but rationalizes the racism
Another stream:
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A power line and crane have now been set on fire. The latter is apparently exploding due to some nearby propane, and the power line is about to fall.
EDIT: I don't think it's live. My bad.
Minnesota is burning in riot after George Floyd death
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A power line and crane have now been set on fire. The latter is apparently exploding due to some nearby propane, and the power line is about to fall.
EDIT: I don't think it's live. My bad.
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I think that one might be a replay of a few hours earlierAnother stream:
Minnesota is burning in riot after George Floyd death
A power line and crane have now been set on fire. The latter is apparently exploding due to some nearby propane, and the power line is about to fall.
It's not liveAnother stream:
Minnesota is burning in riot after George Floyd death
A power line and crane have now been set on fire. The latter is apparently exploding due to some nearby propane, and the power line is about to fall.
Yeah, it's not live. My bad. =(
This image is a stark reminder of who the police work for. They'll come out of the woodworks to protect a clear murderer within their ranks. But we couldn't find ONE who would protect a civilian being mercilessly strangled to death.
Just as officer Thoa looked the other way as Floyd's life was slowly squeezed out of him that SHOULD be the action of any just human ordered to post at Chauvin's house.
This is so fucking infuriating. More protection for a murdering pig in one evening than most black communities have and will ever receive.
He's almost certainly going to receive the very bare minimum sentencing and will probably be released early. I'd say this rioting and appropriation is a long time coming and is justified either way
for real, people are more upset that a empty building was burned done than two people were killed by (ex) cops in the past month, fucking hell.
Holy shit. I expected like a couple of patrol cars watching the house. There's like a fucking army standing in front of the house.
Speaking as a non-American living in a "shithole" country (South Africa), I don't personally know many people (aside from Afrikaans pro-Trump conservatives) that view America as anything other than a genocidal, imperialist, and downright insane nation-state that is hellbent on destroying both itself and taking the world down with it.
America isn't nearly as popular in the eyes of the world as pop culture in the US seems to have convinced most Americans to believe. We only tolerate it on the global stage because for now it is the dominant global superpower and we have no choice. Unfortunately, with China looking to gain that status in the near future, we're all fucked either way.
I just saw the clip. Fucking WOW! Load and fucking clear OMG.
That's a lot of cops. Way more than I was ever expecting. On one hand, I get it: the murderer's life is clearly in danger. On the other hand, the "us vs. them" message couldn't be any clearer.
Pigs protecting their own. A fucking army of them for a murderer.
Us vs them message is so blatant its disgusting. Really makes me think he won’t get charged period.
I was arguing this with a family member, they think he’ll get charged because it was recorded and so blatantly murder. I wish I had their optimism.
Seeing that Twitter video of them surrounding his house, like goddamn. Imagine if they spent as much time protecting their community as they do their own, community relations might actually budge an inch.
My hometown is the center of a major state university, and we don't have a fraction of the amount of cops that are in this video.
Biggest gang in America, right here.
There's a real simpler and cheaper way to protect that murderer cop's life if they fear so greatly that he would be killed by an angry mob.
Put him behind bars.
The fact that they aren't doing that, but instead send out an entire army for him speaks volumes.
Put him behind bars.
The fact that they aren't doing that, but instead send out an entire army for him speaks volumes.
How sad... this entire situation is just a tragedy. Not only does this also ruin the lives of others (all of the individuals who rely on a paycheck working at this target) it is also destroying your own community in a time where supplies are valuable in a pandemic.
This is not the way.
What are these fuckers waiting for, arrest the shitstain! At this point I wouldn't be surprised if he was begging for it himself. I just don't get it.
I mean, what else does one need to see? This vulgar display of power and intimidation for protecting one of their own.....and a murderer at that.
I hope shit burns again tomorrow and the next day and the next day until things start to get fixed.
^^ Seriously why is the cop not arrested yet? He's actually danger now to his own family in that house too.
Damn if this situation isn't fucked on so many levels.
This particular area has had a conga line of peaceful protests regarding high profile police brutality over the years, only to be topped off with the most egregious one yet. what would the ‘way’ be, Sir.
You guys don’t get it; what’s the use of a job if randomly you get murdered? That’s the hopelessness you’re seeing now fueling the anger. Why by into a system that hates you?
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Not burning down a Target and destroying all of the immediate area? What do you mean? The protests is not the problem:
Wow look at all those off duty cops protecting that one house. A literal army. I'd have never seen this done for literally anyone. ACAB.
So thats what they want from people then? little militias?
So thats what they want from people then? little militias?
He means they've been protesting peacefully for years, because Minneapolis police have been killing people (and especially Black people) for years. This isn't an overnight shift.
Peaceful protest did fuck all to secure justice. It wasn't the way either. What do you think that leaves people with?
I would never say go loot and burn down buildings but at the same time I understand eventually it will keep escalating until something is done. Same thing happened in St Louis, some changes but still very little but no one took it seriously until the looting and burning.
Apparently civil rights history being taught seems to be neutered as they never mention how many violent riots were in the same time frame as Martin Luther King Jr.
is the cop who had his knee on the victim's neck the only one at risk of some legal action? there was that other guy just standing around and that photo showing two others holding floyd down, and if they weren't cops it would be clear they were all responsible, but i haven't heard much about them.
That's the thing, every inch of progress has been literally fought for. Society doesn't give more freedom and equality to minorities because of continued enlightenment among white communities and white politicians, it's because people are worried that rioters will burn down their favorite Target.
I'm like 90% sure that when I make my weekly video chat to my parents this weekend, this will be brought up and if it does I know for certain that they'll bring up the looting. I'm glad I read this thread so I can have at least something to combat that dumb point with. Knowing how these conversations go though, I'm sure they'll make up some sort of false concern about people's houses being broken into.
All anecdotal though.
It absolutely has been neuthered. Going by my own memory, I don't recall any of that being taught in my schools. Save for the march leading up to MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech, it's pretty much glossed over in my area of the country.
All anecdotal though.
The gamble is, if people forget how critical the race riots were to progress-- if the race riots are demonized as being inhibitions to progress rather than a critical element-- no deeper structural change needs to take place and the power structures can be preserved.
And if they weren't so greedy as to want to keep every single cop that murders away from justice, maybe they'd get away with it too. Because you can make people forget, sure-- but eventually they'll experiment until they've exhausted all other options.
I'd rather the FBI and DA have an iron clad case that does not get dismantled in court, but at the same time that takes time and the longer it takes the worse things will get. If this falls apart in court things will be so much worse, so from a certain point of view it does make sense, but they need to move quickly and not waste time. I just hope it's soon.
Yup. Nobody condones violence, looks like there was a death last night due to all of this, who knows what time will bring.
But civil rights had outright assassinations, bombings, etc before the chaos forced their hands, as rebellious as Americans think they are they will do ANYTHING to maintain the status quo. If people feel there’s no rule of law because it doesn’t apply to them, this will be the result.
It’s the old African proverb “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth”