George Floyd Protests
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tbergs said:tempo_n_groove said:tbergs said:static111 said:cblock4life said:static111 said:mickeyrat said:more the story.system failures left and right..https://news.yahoo.com/makhia-bryants-journey-foster-care-150429468.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells t...
Despicable what was done.
This sounds like never getting a seat to the table.0 -
CM189191 said:cblock4life said:CM189191 said:cblock4life said:static111 said:mickeyrat said:more the story.system failures left and right..https://news.yahoo.com/makhia-bryants-journey-foster-care-150429468.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells t...
I agree, we really need to look into the police officer's family history.
what a shitty remark might look like
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tbergs said:static111 said:cblock4life said:static111 said:mickeyrat said:more the story.system failures left and right..https://news.yahoo.com/makhia-bryants-journey-foster-care-150429468.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells t...
Despicable what was done.Scio me nihil scire
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thread topic ....Ruling paves way for longer sentence in George Floyd's deathBy AMY FORLITI50 mins ago
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin, according to an order made public Wednesday.
In his ruling, Judge Peter Cahill found that Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer when he restrained Floyd last year, and that he treated Floyd with particular cruelty.
Still even with the aggravating factors, legal experts have said, Chauvin is unlikely to get more than 30 years when he is sentenced June 25.
Chauvin, who is white, was convicted in April of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the Black man said he couldn’t breathe and went motionless.
Even though he was found guilty of three counts, under Minnesota statutes he’ll only be sentenced on the most serious one — second-degree murder. Under Minnesota sentencing guidelines, he would have faced a presumptive sentence of 12 1/2 years on that count, and Cahill could have sentenced him to as little as 10 years and eight months or as much as 15 years and still stayed within the guideline range.
But prosecutors asked for what is known as an upward departure — arguing that Floyd was particularly vulnerable with his hands cuffed behind his back as he was face-down on the ground. They noted that Chauvin held his position even after Floyd became unresponsive and officers knew he had no pulse.
Prosecutors also said Chauvin treated Floyd with particular cruelty during the lengthy restraint, saying Chauvin inflicted gratuitous pain and caused psychological distress to Floyd and to bystanders. They also said Chauvin abused his position of authority as a police officer, committed his crime as part of a group of three or more people, and that he pinned Floyd down in the presence of children — including a 9-year-old girl who testified at trial that watching the restraint made her “sad and kind of mad.”
Cahill agreed with all but one of the prosecutors' arguments. He said prosecutors did not prove that Floyd was particularly vulnerable.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson disagreed with the state, saying that prosecutors did not prove that there were aggravating factors. He said Chauvin had legal authority to assist in Floyd's arrest and was authorized under law to use reasonable force. He also said Floyd was not particularly vulnerable, saying he was a large man who was struggling with officers.
Nelson also argued Floyd was not treated with particular cruelty, saying that there is no evidence that the assault perpetrated by Chauvin involved gratuitous pain that’s not usually associated with second-degree murder.
No matter what sentence Chauvin gets, in Minnesota it’s presumed that a defendant with good behavior will serve two-thirds of the penalty in prison and the rest on supervised release, commonly known as parole.
Chauvin has also been indicted on federal charges alleging he violated Floyd's civil rights, as well as the civil rights of a 14-year-old he restrained in a 2017 arrest. If convicted on those charges, which were unsealed Friday, a federal sentence would be served at the same time as Chauvin's state sentence. The three other former officers involved in Floyd's death were also charged with federal civil rights violations; they await trial in state court on aiding and abetting counts.
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static111 said:tbergs said:static111 said:cblock4life said:static111 said:mickeyrat said:more the story.system failures left and right..https://news.yahoo.com/makhia-bryants-journey-foster-care-150429468.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells t...
Despicable what was done.
My town's school district is supposedly better than the school district next town over. A year or so ago, a black student who is a child of divorce filled out her father's address on a form. Her father lives in the next town over, and her mother moved here for the "better" school district. Still, the student was booted out of the district's schools and now attends school where she feels welcome and accepted in the district where her father lives.
Our superintendent is a white supremacist who blames hip hop (i.e., Black folks) for white kids saying the N-word and scrawling the N-word on public/school property; of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with their old Massachusetts sundown town upbringing.Post edited by dankind onI SAW PEARL JAM0 -
dankind said:static111 said:tbergs said:static111 said:cblock4life said:static111 said:mickeyrat said:more the story.system failures left and right..https://news.yahoo.com/makhia-bryants-journey-foster-care-150429468.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells t...
Despicable what was done.
My town's school district is supposedly better than the school district next town over. A year or so ago, a black student who is a child of divorce filled out her father's address on a form. Her father lives in the next town over, and her mother moved here for the "better" school district. Still, the student was booted out of the district's schools and now attends school where she feels welcome and accepted in the district where her father lives.
Our superintendent is a white supremacist who blames hip hop (i.e., Black folks) for white kids saying the N-word and scrawling the N-word on public/school property; of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with their old Massachusetts sundown town upbringing.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:dankind said:static111 said:tbergs said:static111 said:cblock4life said:static111 said:mickeyrat said:more the story.system failures left and right..https://news.yahoo.com/makhia-bryants-journey-foster-care-150429468.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells t...
Despicable what was done.
My town's school district is supposedly better than the school district next town over. A year or so ago, a black student who is a child of divorce filled out her father's address on a form. Her father lives in the next town over, and her mother moved here for the "better" school district. Still, the student was booted out of the district's schools and now attends school where she feels welcome and accepted in the district where her father lives.
Our superintendent is a white supremacist who blames hip hop (i.e., Black folks) for white kids saying the N-word and scrawling the N-word on public/school property; of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with their old Massachusetts sundown town upbringing.
Her mom wanted to argue to keep her in the district because of its "betterness" (read: more whiteness), but the girl (a preteen) felt unwelcome after the incident and enrolled in a school the next town over where she felt more accepted as a fellow human being.I SAW PEARL JAM0 -
dankind said:tempo_n_groove said:dankind said:static111 said:tbergs said:static111 said:cblock4life said:static111 said:mickeyrat said:more the story.system failures left and right..https://news.yahoo.com/makhia-bryants-journey-foster-care-150429468.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells t...
Despicable what was done.
My town's school district is supposedly better than the school district next town over. A year or so ago, a black student who is a child of divorce filled out her father's address on a form. Her father lives in the next town over, and her mother moved here for the "better" school district. Still, the student was booted out of the district's schools and now attends school where she feels welcome and accepted in the district where her father lives.
Our superintendent is a white supremacist who blames hip hop (i.e., Black folks) for white kids saying the N-word and scrawling the N-word on public/school property; of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with their old Massachusetts sundown town upbringing.
Her mom wanted to argue to keep her in the district because of its "betterness" (read: more whiteness), but the girl (a preteen) felt unwelcome after the incident and enrolled in a school the next town over where she felt more accepted as a fellow human being.0 -
Three cops trial moved out a year to March 2022. George Floyd case.
Wow. A year.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:Three cops trial moved out a year to March 2022. George Floyd case.
Wow. A year.0 -
jerparker20 said:tempo_n_groove said:Three cops trial moved out a year to March 2022. George Floyd case.
Wow. A year.0 -
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest : 14June 2021 • Source: Echelon Insights (Alexandria, Va.)Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest : 30June 2021 • Source: Echelon Insights (Alexandria, Va.)
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Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 30Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 300 -
Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 30
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lindamarie73 said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 30think their numbers are off a little....
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lindamarie73 said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 30
https://newrepublic.com/article/162539/defund-the-police-crime-statistics
No mention of the ridiculous number of guns sold either. Gee, “responsible” gun owners couldn’t possibly have anything to do with rising homicide rates, now could they?
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lindamarie73 said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 30
makes perfect sense.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
lindamarie73 said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 30Shit hole cities?Portland: Home of Oregon Health and Sciences Hospital made my life possible again. NOT A SHIT HOLE.Oakland: Home of the A's, beautiful Lake Merritt and Jack London Square. NOT A SHIT HOLE.Los Angels: Home of Tommy Stinson. NOT A SHIT HOLE. Home of the Dodgers... well, OK, but what can I say? I'm a Giants fan.Chicago: I don't know. Maybe a shit hole?Austin: Come on! Austin City Limits. NOT A SHIT HOLEMinneapolis: Home of Paul Westerberg, the Replacements, Prince, Soul Asylum. Call that a shit hole? No way. NOT A SHIT HOLE.New York: The greatest city in the world. Gotta be nuts to call that a shit hole. NOT A SHIT HOLE.Philadelphia: Home of brotherly love. NOT A SHIT HOLE."It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
brianlux said:lindamarie73 said:Halifax2TheMax said:
Average percentage by which the rate of police killings in a U.S. city decreases one year after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 14Five years after its first Black Lives Matter protest
: 30Shit hole cities?Portland: Home of Oregon Health and Sciences Hospital made my life possible again. NOT A SHIT HOLE.Oakland: Home of the A's, beautiful Lake Merritt and Jack London Square. NOT A SHIT HOLE.Los Angels: Home of Tommy Stinson. NOT A SHIT HOLE. Home of the Dodgers... well, OK, but what can I say? I'm a Giants fan.Chicago: I don't know. Maybe a shit hole?Austin: Come on! Austin City Limits. NOT A SHIT HOLEMinneapolis: Home of Paul Westerberg, the Replacements, Prince, Soul Asylum. Call that a shit hole? No way. NOT A SHIT HOLE.New York: The greatest city in the world. Gotta be nuts to call that a shit hole. NOT A SHIT HOLE.Philadelphia: Home of brotherly love. NOT A SHIT HOLE.
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