Our Police State

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Are you a child?

I'm 66. How about you?

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by JONRID

SO WHAT ???

I saw the film too... one cop made a mistake and pushed the old man a little too hard.

I am age 79 and I have a bit of a problem in the balance department - assuming the old fellow does too and he does not look to have been pushed all that hard...

While the old fellow has a constitutional right to assemble etc. At his age should also have the common sense to take into account the age related hazards of the contact sport of getting into a riot/demonstration crowd.

In short - he was a dumb ass to get into that type of crowd in the first place as he would have been to be playing football.

I say assault is always big mistake by anyone. When it is by PD no passes or excuses should be tolerated. They acted with indifference total disregard for another human.

[Chicks]

For from the least of them to the greatest,
all are greedy for gain;
from prophet to priest,
all practice deceit.
They dress the wound of My people
with very little care,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace at all.
Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed?
No, they have no shame at all;
—Jeremiah 6


Nothing ever changes.

[Chicks]

Not just George Floyd: Police departments have 400-year history of anti-black racism

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...sm/3128167001/

[Chicks]

Minneapolis City Council members intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/us/ge...day/index.html

Wow! A veto-proof majority, too.

[Chicks]

After nights of violence in Minneapolis, locals take up arms to defend their community

https://youtu.be/ovtLTPrB2MA

Exactly the opposite of the racist posts here and on AK, this is blacks protecting their community from burning and looting by white supremacists trying to start a race war.

Note that there are a LOT of blacks who were trained in weaponry in the Army, not just white supremacists. They also know how to use AK-47s. Cowardly little nazis won't stand a chance in these neighborhoods.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Chicks

After nights of violence in Minneapolis, locals take up arms to defend their community

https://youtu.be/ovtLTPrB2MA

Exactly the opposite of the racist posts here and on AK, this is blacks protecting their community from burning and looting by white supremacists trying to start a race war.

Note that there are a LOT of blacks who were trained in weaponry in the Army, not just white supremacists. They also know how to use AK-47s. Cowardly little nazis won't stand a chance in these neighborhoods.

This is the point where Trump wants to send in the Army. Just need to engineer a gunfight with the 'insurrectionists.'

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

This is the point where Trump wants to send in the Army. Just need to engineer a gunfight with the 'insurrectionists.'

Two things: 1. Trump is trying hard to avoid it. 2. I think it is the handlers of the rioters that are desperately trying to get Trump to do just that.

BTW, if they are successful at removing police, these things will escelate in minutes. Ultimately, without police, the president will have no choice but to call in the military, as previous presidents have done when an area is completely out of control.

BTW, I have a friend that hates the police and has had some run ins with them. He's been physically abused by police, which is why he is not on their side with this one. However, that was at a time in his life where he was a real hell raiser. But here is the problem: He's lilly white.

This is not about race. It's about police and how they, in frustration, find themselves dealing with people they are attempting to arrest. It is not about race any more than the fact that there are more men in prison than women is about sex.

[Chicks]

Floyd killing shows police unions abuse power. We need radical reform: Former union lawyer
Unions have used collective bargaining to protect police from accountability for racist killing. Such killings are more likely and frequent as a result.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...mn/3168157001/

[Pio1980]

I believe in effective civilian oversight and accountability for standardized strictly enforced standards and practices.
Law enforcement should be a profession, not a fraternity.