Minneapolis PD Suffocate Unarmed Black Man Who Later Dies in Hospital

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I really wish there was a way we could organize buses to bring all these people to rich white neighbourhoods to riot. Or go burn down Wall Street or a Walmart or something.

There is one in L.A. on its way to Beverly Hills apparently.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

If buildings got to burn can they not burn a few of Trumps down?

They've been trying in Chicago, but getting beat down. it's a focal point of protest but police have had a line setup protecting it since night one.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1266838649615912961

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I’m enjoying this guy on CNN calling out all these ###### bag celebrities who do nothing but tweet hashtags of support

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I’m enjoying this guy on CNN calling out all these ###### bag celebrities who do nothing but tweet hashtags of support

I'm gonna need a link to that. Backlash against out of touch celebrities has been one of my favorite parts of the lockdown.

[wittynickname]

Slight tangent on this thread here for a moment, but I just want to send out some love to CP right now. I realize that there are a lot of differing opinions here, there are arguments and disagreements, even in this thread there have been some heated exchanges.

But I just made the mistake of glancing in on a Penguins message board that I'll sometimes check, and in their thread regarding this, they're lauding the NYPD officer who barreled into protesters. "Good for him. They didn't give him any choice."

In my neighborhood, in my city, in my county close to downtown Pittsburgh it is a pretty blue area. Relatively diverse population. But man, the minute you get a little bit past the inner suburbs, it's a wasteland of some of the worst kind of Trump supporters.

So for all that we have arguments and different viewpoints here, I'm glad that at least it seems that we all here can see clearly where police are overstepping their bounds, where they're abusing their authority, and we can all collectively be appalled by it, not lauding it as if protesters deserve to be run down in the streets.

[Hackey]

https://twitter.com/YG/status/1266757091554811905

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by nik-

I'm gonna need a link to that. Backlash against out of touch celebrities has been one of my favorite parts of the lockdown.

If I knew how I would. It was a very very calm almost depressed sounding five minute long rant. He sounded like he was gonna break down right on the air. He sounded so defeated.

[jschick88]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1266941939502456833

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

If I knew how I would. It was a very very calm almost depressed sounding five minute long rant. He sounded like he was gonna break down right on the air. He sounded so defeated.

useless

[The Fonz]

“Imma just de-escalate this protest by running over a few of them.
Dangit, that just made it worse”


Wtf was that NYPD driver thinking

[IrishSpring2013]

Originally Posted by Hackey

https://twitter.com/YG/status/1266757091554811905

All those Romanian Flags suggest that's an unrelated or old video. 🇷🇴

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

Hong Kong? Nobody would have imagined the dead bodies turning up there or the brutality of interactions, but things change.

Hong Kong? Are you talking about brutality against normal citizens by the rioters?

[CactusJack]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

“Imma just de-escalate this protest by running over a few of them.
Dangit, that just made it worse”


Wtf was that NYPD driver thinking

Probably thinking about what he’s going to do once the mob of 100+ people that are surrounding and beating his car are going to do once he’s completely trapped. Burn him alive? What should he have done in that situation?

[IrishSpring2013]

Originally Posted by The Fonz

“Imma just de-escalate this protest by running over a few of them.
Dangit, that just made it worse”


Wtf was that NYPD driver thinking

Speaking of de-escalating, here is a guy who never would've passed any standard psychological test. He is pumped to get going and bash some skulls, can't wait. The all geared and coked up ready to go.

https://v.redd.it/rijtdryl3y151

Update - real shocker here, he called someone a b*itch then shot them. To protect and serve.

https://v.redd.it/zepg0b43ly151

[Acey]

Originally Posted by nik-

I don't think it's a bad decision. It may be a little scary for them, but it's a chance for them to see a fundamental right they're granted. Even if you think the parent made a bad decision, it's pretty easy to just not spray a child in the face with pepper spray.

In 2020, with thousands of hours of video being nationwide being posted to Twitter every minute, and every news outlet on the planet covering this story, I think a better course of action would be to sit your 9-year-old down and explain to them what's going on in the safety of your own home.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by nik-

I don't think it's a bad decision. It may be a little scary for them, but it's a chance for them to see a fundamental right they're granted. Even if you think the parent made a bad decision, it's pretty easy to just not spray a child in the face with pepper spray.

In the middle of an effing pandemic? Should have just sprayed the parents twice.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Acey

In 2020, with thousands of hours of video being nationwide being posted to Twitter every minute, and every news outlet on the planet covering this story, I think a better course of action would be to sit your 9-year-old down and explain to them what's going on in the safety of your own home.

Better, yes. But it doesn't make them a "POS parent".

[IrishSpring2013]

Originally Posted by CactusJack

Probably thinking about what he’s going to do once the mob of 100+ people that are surrounding and beating his car are going to do once he’s completely trapped. Burn him alive? What should he have done in that situation?

The count of cops being burned alive remains at zero. Great decision. He avoided being just another statistic.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by IrishSpring2013

The count of cops being burned alive remains at zero. Great decision. He avoided being just another statistic.

Just like my trusty lion repelling pencil. Never fails.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by troutman

Chauvin reportedly on suicide watch.

I don't think it's a controversial take to say that this would ultimately good for the welfare of our country, because it at least stops the inevitable protests and destruction that will come at the end of this investigation when anything less than life in prison is given, which we know is impossible given the charges.

That said, I also think this investigation running its course is critical for there to be any kind of systemic change specifically within Minneapolis police. A dead Chauvin doesn't help that.