George Floyd Protests

1ThoughtKnown said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Well Pelosi's off the hook because this one takes the cake...

https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1384650781672939521?s=20

Dave Zirin’s tweet about that Raider Twitter gaffe. I’d agree it was pretty bush league. 

After the verdict was announced, Floyd’s family members emphasized the importance of the Senate passing the police reform measure. In an op-ed for The Washington Post on Wednesday, Philonise Floyd called on the Senate to “begin the work of transforming policing in the United States” by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
“What does justice feel like?” he wrote. “It feels like maybe we can finally take a breath.”

I actually posted the tweet because of the PJ reference, but I guess you want to argue that it wasn’t tone deaf. Ok. I’ll just leave this here:

If you need more information I will also leave this here: 

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/12/79850/i-can-breathe-shirts-eric-garner

given the raiders included the date, my take is we've been holding our collective breath.

I Give them the benefit of the doubt.

those nypd scumbags on the otherhand

What is amazing is that most cops will see nothing wrong in how people "police" and for the most part I tend to agree with how they conduct themselves.  When someone disagrees with you it almost always gets the response "that's racist".

is it racist or we just don't agree?

Race card gets pulled really quick nowadays.

The whitest comment ever. 

Lol aka “things said by my boss”

1ThoughtKnown said:

static111 said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Well Pelosi's off the hook because this one takes the cake...

https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1384650781672939521?s=20

Dave Zirin’s tweet about that Raider Twitter gaffe. I’d agree it was pretty bush league. 

After the verdict was announced, Floyd’s family members emphasized the importance of the Senate passing the police reform measure. In an op-ed for The Washington Post on Wednesday, Philonise Floyd called on the Senate to “begin the work of transforming policing in the United States” by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
“What does justice feel like?” he wrote. “It feels like maybe we can finally take a breath.”

I actually posted the tweet because of the PJ reference, but I guess you want to argue that it wasn’t tone deaf. Ok. I’ll just leave this here:

If you need more information I will also leave this here: 

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/12/79850/i-can-breathe-shirts-eric-garner

given the raiders included the date, my take is we've been holding our collective breath.

I Give them the benefit of the doubt.

those nypd scumbags on the otherhand

What is amazing is that most cops will see nothing wrong in how people "police" and for the most part I tend to agree with how they conduct themselves.  When someone disagrees with you it almost always gets the response "that's racist".

is it racist or we just don't agree?

Race card gets pulled really quick nowadays.

The whitest comment ever. 

Lol aka “things said by my boss”

Yup. Or “Ok Boomer”

That falls under things I say to my boss after he says things like “the race card sure does get played quick these days”

1ThoughtKnown said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Well Pelosi's off the hook because this one takes the cake...

https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1384650781672939521?s=20

Dave Zirin’s tweet about that Raider Twitter gaffe. I’d agree it was pretty bush league. 

After the verdict was announced, Floyd’s family members emphasized the importance of the Senate passing the police reform measure. In an op-ed for The Washington Post on Wednesday, Philonise Floyd called on the Senate to “begin the work of transforming policing in the United States” by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
“What does justice feel like?” he wrote. “It feels like maybe we can finally take a breath.”

I actually posted the tweet because of the PJ reference, but I guess you want to argue that it wasn’t tone deaf. Ok. I’ll just leave this here:

If you need more information I will also leave this here: 

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/12/79850/i-can-breathe-shirts-eric-garner

given the raiders included the date, my take is we've been holding our collective breath.

I Give them the benefit of the doubt.

those nypd scumbags on the otherhand

What is amazing is that most cops will see nothing wrong in how people "police" and for the most part I tend to agree with how they conduct themselves.  When someone disagrees with you it almost always gets the response "that's racist".

is it racist or we just don't agree?

Race card gets pulled really quick nowadays.

The whitest comment ever. 

I actually learned about it from a black writer named Richard Thompson Ford about 10 years ago.  

Not sure what I should say that is going to paint me as a racist now so I'll wait for your reply.

1ThoughtKnown said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Well Pelosi's off the hook because this one takes the cake...

https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1384650781672939521?s=20

Dave Zirin’s tweet about that Raider Twitter gaffe. I’d agree it was pretty bush league. 

Only thing i’ll contribute is that the Raiders, and the Davis family in particular, are probably the least racist owners in NFL history.  

tempo_n_groove said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Well Pelosi's off the hook because this one takes the cake...

https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1384650781672939521?s=20

Dave Zirin’s tweet about that Raider Twitter gaffe. I’d agree it was pretty bush league. 

After the verdict was announced, Floyd’s family members emphasized the importance of the Senate passing the police reform measure. In an op-ed for The Washington Post on Wednesday, Philonise Floyd called on the Senate to “begin the work of transforming policing in the United States” by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
“What does justice feel like?” he wrote. “It feels like maybe we can finally take a breath.”

I actually posted the tweet because of the PJ reference, but I guess you want to argue that it wasn’t tone deaf. Ok. I’ll just leave this here:

If you need more information I will also leave this here: 

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/12/79850/i-can-breathe-shirts-eric-garner

given the raiders included the date, my take is we've been holding our collective breath.

I Give them the benefit of the doubt.

those nypd scumbags on the otherhand

What is amazing is that most cops will see nothing wrong in how people "police" and for the most part I tend to agree with how they conduct themselves.  When someone disagrees with you it almost always gets the response "that's racist".

is it racist or we just don't agree?

Race card gets pulled really quick nowadays.

The whitest comment ever. 

I actually learned about it from a black writer named Richard Thompson Ford about 10 years ago.  

Not sure what I should say that is going to paint me as a racist now so I'll wait for your reply.

Even Faux News trots out a black conservative every once in a while for some minority “cred”.  Bill Cosby (fine upstanding man) told black men to pull up their pants and talk better if they wanted to succeed.  One black writer printing something doesn’t necessarily make it a credible source that I would base my personal opinions on. 

1ThoughtKnown said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

tempo_n_groove said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

mickeyrat said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Well Pelosi's off the hook because this one takes the cake...

https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1384650781672939521?s=20

Dave Zirin’s tweet about that Raider Twitter gaffe. I’d agree it was pretty bush league. 

After the verdict was announced, Floyd’s family members emphasized the importance of the Senate passing the police reform measure. In an op-ed for The Washington Post on Wednesday, Philonise Floyd called on the Senate to “begin the work of transforming policing in the United States” by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
“What does justice feel like?” he wrote. “It feels like maybe we can finally take a breath.”

I actually posted the tweet because of the PJ reference, but I guess you want to argue that it wasn’t tone deaf. Ok. I’ll just leave this here:

If you need more information I will also leave this here: 

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/12/79850/i-can-breathe-shirts-eric-garner

given the raiders included the date, my take is we've been holding our collective breath.

I Give them the benefit of the doubt.

those nypd scumbags on the otherhand

What is amazing is that most cops will see nothing wrong in how people "police" and for the most part I tend to agree with how they conduct themselves.  When someone disagrees with you it almost always gets the response "that's racist".

is it racist or we just don't agree?

Race card gets pulled really quick nowadays.

The whitest comment ever. 

I actually learned about it from a black writer named Richard Thompson Ford about 10 years ago.  

Not sure what I should say that is going to paint me as a racist now so I'll wait for your reply.

Even Faux News trots out a black conservative every once in a while for some minority “cred”.  Bill Cosby (fine upstanding man) told black men to pull up their pants and talk better if they wanted to succeed.  One black writer printing something doesn’t necessarily make it a credible source that I would base my personal opinions on. 

As far as “painting you” in a certain light, I have not accused you of anything. I don’t even know you. If I were to guess, you WANT me to accuse you of being racist. It’s a constant ploy of conservatives, particularly the Tucker Carlsonites who will defend white cops to the bitter end, no matter how many black US citizens are wrongfully murdered by the people who are supposed to protect them, this ensuring the status quo remains. 

All white folk in North America are a result of centuries of European colonialism. White people have ruled the world and have committed atrocities around the world to ensure the highest standard of living at the expense of “inferior” minorities. The police are now the enforcers of that on a localized scale. Keep the minorities down (you supporting how they handle things) ensures you and your white privilege (which you may or may not admit to) lives a wonderful and comfortable life.

Don Lemon, who seems like a fine upstanding man, used to say the same thing. Not that he would dare say it now....

https://youtu.b

Once again, a post pointing to a comment made by a single black person, this time on television.  Do you really think he speaks for all black people? CNN is as bad as Faux News in my opinion. News-tainment isn’t for me. The last thing I want is a bunch of talking heads on a split screen telling me how to think.  I get real news and draw my own conclusions. 

My point about Cosby was he was sure taking a high road telling people how to act all the while being a serial rapist. 

I’m going to check out of this thread. The Pearl Jam fans I grew up with in the early 90s had no time for any kind of prejudice. We knew the meaning of the song WMA. Ed was singing about white privilege before it had a moniker. 

I don't think he speaks for all black people. Or anybody other than himself. I just agree with him on this. And my white privilege isn't why I agree. I'm sure there's plenty of black people that would agree too. But I can't be sure, because I also don't speak for all black people. Nobody does. 

Regarding the bolded paragraph, give me a fucking break. 

CM189191 said:

cincybearcat said:

static111 said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/columbus-police-fatally-shoot-person-222318319.html Can’t stop won’t stop. They killed a 15 year old black girl that reportedly called them for help. How much is enough? Will it ever end?

Have you seen the video? Still think this is the same?

I have and I don’t. 

Police shouldn't be killing anyone.  I don't understand why this is a controversial statement.
We need to find a better way of policing.

In a perfect world I would agree but we do not live in that world. What would you suggest the officer of done in that video that would of saved all of the lives in the altercation? You have to factor in the odds of whatever you suggest not working out too and someone else being wounded or killed due to the inaction or weak response. You also have to factor in the cop is rolling up to the chaotic scene and does not have the luxury of sitting back pressing pause and weighing all of their options. That is where training comes in I guess but that was a human decision made to save a life and I think with the info we have was the right one. 

Insight from an alternate juror gives credit to the prosecution for presenting their case and that prior exposure had no weight in her siding with the jury's decision.
Derek Chauvin Trial Juror Speaks Out: 'I Could Feel Their Pain' - The New York Times (nytimes.com)