Minneapolis PD Suffocate Unarmed Black Man Who Later Dies in Hospital

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I will say I find “beefs” a bit odd. Because I’m on mobile so often I occasionally don’t even notice who posted. I could call out a stupid post in one thread and declare the same poster a genius 5 minutes later in another thread and never give it a second thought.

ok, dork.

[1qqaaz]

Protesting peacefully while social distancing = good.
Anything beyond that = bad.

Police allowing peaceful protests with social distancing = good.
Police not allowing this or using excessive force = bad.

We're lucky that things haven't gotten too crazy in Indiana all things considered.
I don't think governments should reward riots that involve criminal activities.
I also don't think governments should limit or ignore peaceful protests.

Perhaps state criminal codes should be amended to add culpability for crimes that are racially-motivated (if they don't already). Local police departments should probably update policies and procedures to prevent deaths like this down the line.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

There's a march happening in Aukland New Zealand right now. It looks like a large and peaceful crowd. Rhys Darby is live streaming it on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/rhysiedarby/live/

New Zealand has very solid leadership, leadership strong and smart enough to do gun bans without as much as 10 person riot, New Zealand is one, the orange idiot down south has divided the country just to create distractions.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

https://twitter.com/user/status/1267219103414026242

Reporter: “we saw that cop car getting items thrown at it, spinning around”.

Me: “I saw that cop car mow someone down then take off”.

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by dino7c

What an embarrassment in Vancouver...people just looking for a protest

Somebody in another country was murdered and the person who committed the act was arrested for murder right? What am I missing here? Why are people in Vancouver protesting, especially after being in lock down for months. Christ sake save something for the upcoming playoff loss.

What are you missing here? It's about more than 1 murder, it's about systematic oppression and racism and it isn't exclusive to the US.

36% of people shot and killed by the RCMP over the course of a decade (2007-2017) were aboriginal peoples. Indigenous people make up about 5% of Canada's population.

Source

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

If it matters, I never get offended when someone replies with a “snarky” response. I do it all the time, often not intentionally. It’s just the format of online debate and the lack of emotion and context in posts vs words. Plus, I say stupid #### all the time. Sometimes I misspoke, sometimes I don’t care to elaborate or defend my underdeveloped OP and sometimes I’m sure it’s legitimately stupid opinions. It’s not so bad to be called out from time to time.

I will say I find “beefs” a bit odd. Because I’m on mobile so often I occasionally don’t even notice who posted. I could call out a stupid post in one thread and declare the same poster a genius 5 minutes later in another thread and never give it a second thought.

This is an insightful and well made point by whoever wrote it.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Crown Royal

What are you missing here? It's about more than 1 murder, it's about systematic oppression and racism and it isn't exclusive to the US.

36% of people shot and killed by the RCMP over the course of a decade (2007-2017) were aboriginal peoples. Indigenous people make up about 5% of Canada's population.

Source

They just happened to plan their "protest" directly after american cities started protesting...given covid that is highly irresonsible and many are just looking to get a cool selfie. Also, that link/data doesn't confirm mass racism by the RCMP.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by direwolf

I agree, this is just plain dumb. Reminds me of all those jackasses in Toronto a couple weeks ago congregating in that park.

BC has done a terrific job so far at flattening the curve and we're slowly opening things back up. I'm scheduled to go back to full-time work on June 19th (currently I'm only going in 3 days/week). While I can appreciate the sentiment behind this protest, this unfortunately has the potential to set this province back a couple of months in terms of the virus.

Boy am I glad I wasn’t there in my car with Alberta plates. Probably would be in the hospital. Or dead.

[Manhattanboy]

Will be interesting to see how many of these protesters on both sides of the border become infected with Covid. Huge riots in the middle of a pandemic in the downtowns of America’s largest cities. This really is unbelievable. What next?

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by dino7c

They just happened to plan their "protest" directly after american cities started protesting...given covid that is highly irresonsible and many are just looking to get a cool selfie. Also, that link/data doesn't confirm mass racism by the RCMP.

Of course the timing isn't a coincidence, but even our PM has commented on what has happening in the US. What do you expect them to do, wait for someone to die in Canada at the hands of police? It is also more than just Floyd, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a black woman, "fell" from a balcony in Toronto minutes after her family heard her ask for help on Wednesday night.

And no 5% of the population being 36% of the shooting deaths isn't proof of anything, right? Give me a ####ing break.

People like you are a big part of the problem.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Crown Royal

Of course the timing isn't a coincidence, but even our PM has commented on what has happening in the US. What do you expect them to do, wait for someone to die in Canada at the hands of police? It is also more than just Floyd, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a black woman, "fell" from a balcony in Toronto minutes after her family heard her ask for help on Wednesday night.

And no 5% of the population being 36% of the shooting deaths isn't proof of anything, right? Give me a ####ing break.

People like you are a big part of the problem.

The family lawyer came out yesterday and backed off on the family accusations that she'd been thrown off of the balcony. I think people need to wait on the investigation in this case before throwing out wild accusations and inflaming the public.

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

The family lawyer came out yesterday and backed off on the family accusations that she'd been thrown off of the balcony. I think people need to wait on the investigation in this case before throwing out wild accusations and inflaming the public.

I never threw out any accusations. I put fell in quotations because no one other than the police officers know what happened. But the fact it is a possibility that police misconduct was involved means it should not be ignored.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by Crown Royal

I never threw out any accusations. I put fell in quotations because no one other than the police officers know what happened. But the fact it is a possibility that police misconduct was involved means it should not be ignored.

Not buying it sorry. You mentioned her in the same sentence as Floyd and clearly intended “fell” to mean pushed.

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Not buying it sorry. You mentioned her in the same sentence as Floyd and clearly intended “fell” to mean pushed.

Thanks for telling me what I meant, I wouldn't know if it wasn't for you.

If I meant push, I'd have said push. I don't exactly mince words.

[PsYcNeT]

Few pages back but lmao at someone dedending Ian Miles Cheong, a guy neck and neck as the stupidest man on Twitter with Bill Mitchell as an unbiased news source.

The video is real, but rest assured literally anything that man says is blatantly a lie, or extremely misleading.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by peter12

Just so pissed off at this. We are on the cusp of actually pushing through this pandemic. BLM Vancouver didn't sanction this march because of the risk of a community outbreak and just seeing all my white friends there posting on Instagram. Like that's not the ####ing point. Jeezus.

The people close to the camera do look to have kept some distance between themselves. I will assume the other side of the group that looks like they are standing on top of each other are similar despite the camera angle.

I do agree that it's not great for controlling the pandemic. But they are outside, if they were wearing masks and keeping distance - may not be as bad as you'd expect.

[2Stonedbirds]

Nothing says justice for minority communities like snagging yourself a new SG from the music store.
Way to go, Montreal.

[GreenLantern]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Wow, yes, you clearly are confused. I don’t mean to be blunt, but you’re missing enough context and are behind enough on the issue that I think it’s your responsibility to educate yourself here. You can start with reading this thread, you can read a few of the hundreds of articles being published, you can even google “why are people protesting” (it’s true, it’s that easy) and you’ll get up to speed.

Very briefly, with the expectation that you’ll go do the work to get up to speed, these protests are not about stereotyping. But they are very much about police brutality. You also seem to be missing the videos of countless acts of police brutality in response to these protests, and even just the positive videos of protestors and police having honest, helpful dialogue. So you should probably just watch more than whatever one-sided source you have going on.

Good luck!

So they are planning to protest until...? The guy is arrested? Done. The judicial system prosecutes the guy arrested? This is going to happen every night for a year?

Police treat them differently as they violently destroy the city ?

The cause and effect here is going to be the exact opposite of what they want with these methods of “protest”.

[PsYcNeT]

I mean with the unemployment rate where it is, historically this could dovetail into revolution. Who knows how that plays out in the current US landscape however (badly, it will go very badly).

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

Reporter: “we saw that cop car getting items thrown at it, spinning around”.

Me: “I saw that cop car mow someone down then take off”.

I find this is all too common on most news coverage I’ve watched. Reporters refuse to call a spade a spade.