I think we are watching the end of the US as we have known it. A truly sad day.
The end of the US has been predicted a lot lately, but I don't know if people are looking at it correctly.
The end of the US as the world leading superpower was put into motion years ago in losing out to China in some critical battles over what was going to empower nations in the future.
As for looking for an "end event" in the US, you won't see it. Much like shootings, you'll just see things keep getting worse and every time you think it couldn't get worse than event X, you'll look back two years later and go "wow, remember when we thought that was bad?"
When you look around the world, many countries just have really bad circumstances, bad economies and post-apocalyptic crime and gang problems. We're sheltered over here a bit into thinking things can only get so bad.
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Sadly, the US will likely just keep falling further and further and China, Russia and others will move into their place in the hierarchy, but the consequences will be far reaching and Canada will not fare well.
Russia pokes around the North all the time even with the US still on top. I foresee a day when they lay claim to a lot of land North of Canada, with military and then start moving south and testing more land and resource claims/take overs of actual Canada. Completely serious..
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Wow, I missed some crazy s**t today. So apparently Trump walked to a church on foot and started waving a bible around for some kind of bizarre MAGA photo-op? WTF was that about??
It was a video of some far right gun happy nutcase saying there were a bunch of people like him just waiting for Trump to tweet at them to go out in the streets with their guns, and everything would be over within an hour.
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First: cops can kneel with protesters and walk with protesters all they want. Unless they do something about the toxic officers in their midst, unless they push for reform, that's all just a PR show to make things look good for cameras. I wonder how many of those cops knelt with protesters and then later the same night pepper-sprayed people in the face.
Secondly: I wonder where all those 2A types are right now. The Second Amendment is literally about government tyranny, and the need to "bear arms" to protect oneself against it.
It's time, my dudes. It's time to put up or shut up. The Federal Government just overstepped its authority and is unleashing the military on its citizens, ignoring the rights of the states. Time to arm up and fight. You sure took up arms when you couldn't get a massage or a haircut or go to Bass Pro Shops, so put your money where your mouth is now.
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It was a video of some far right gun happy nutcase saying there were a bunch of people like him just waiting for Trump to tweet at them to go out in the streets with their guns, and everything would be over within an hour.
I am pretty concerned that this is going to happen whether he tweets a direction or not. He has already been saying things that could be taken as hints to do this.
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Oh yeah because there’s no way the ME could have a conflict of interest here.
Might as well have declared the pavement at fault since it was equally as responsible as mr. murdering cop.
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Wait, you're dismissing the findings of a medical examiner because he didn't find what you thought he would? That's pretty dumb. Or are you kidding? It's hard to tell.
I don't see why the ME has any reason to make #### up and risk his career in the process. Regardless, the police officers are directly responsible for his death, even if there were other contributing factors besides kneeling on him.
I’m sorry, you were saying?
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Independent autopsy finds George Floyd died of homicide by asphyxia
k im just not going to respond to your #### anymore because i have better things to do like #### my model girlfriend rather then try to convince people like you of commonly held hockey knowledge.
Breaking: Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer just announced every single officers' body camera was NOT ACTIVATED during the shooting last night that resulted in DavidMcAtee’s death. Not one.
This should be each officer's responsibility to make sure their bodycams are working. If yours was not during your shift, you should be immediately suspended until it can be determined why it was off. If it is determined you knew it wasn't working and didn't report that, you should be terminated. If it can't be determined what happened or why it was off, that's a strike. Three strikes and you're fired.
I was saying you shouldn't have immediately assumed the ME report was wrong simply because you wanted to see it arrive at a different result. I stand by that. Now that we have an independent report that draws a different conclusion, it's reasonable - now - to suggest that the original ME's report was wrong. At the time, that was pure motivated reasoning on your part, which, okay jayswin, mea culpa, I should have just said instead of calling it dumb. I will refrain from posting that Keanu gif again.
I will say, of course the family obtained its own medical expert to place fault 100% on the Police. That has to happen in order for them to obtain a civil judgment (or to apply pressure to obtain a settlement). That, of course, does not mean that this new report is wrong, or that the original MEs report is more credible, just that it was inevitable that this would be done at some point.
I'm actually inclined to believe that asphyxiation played a major role in the guy's death - more so than the ME's report suggested. I just was not willing to immediately assume the ME was making #### up or falsifying data to exonerate a police officer who no one thought was in the right for doing what he did, and you shouldn't have either. So, I don't think the gloating post is actually appropriate in the circumstances.
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