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[–]NodeIndependent 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The May 2020 killing of George Floyd, by a Minneapolis police officer

Trump’s racism

We live in opposite land now.

[–]StillLessons 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

George Floyd was not an "innocent". His history of extreme violence makes him a poor example around which to base a response. I remain open to the reality that racism exists in how blacks are treated, but when every time one of these cases explodes, the background of the "saint" involved comes with real violence and destruction, it makes the case harder to press.

Say her name. Breonna Taylor. Okay, I've said her name, and I will acknowledge her case directly. Breonna Taylor was specifically listed on the warrant under which the police were entering that property. That warrant was based on weeks of surveillance demonstrating drug-dealing activity, with her potentially involved.

I have seen cases of racism which are accurate and intuitively absolutely unjust (e.g. Kenneth Chamberlain in White Plains, NY - 2011). But those cases seem not to explode into the looting and destruction we witness around George Floyd. Why is it that riots seem to explode only around people who are not innocent?

I welcome replies to this question.

[–]madcow-5 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They're almost always poor examples. Breonna Taylor's probably their best example, and the facts are very unclear about her situation.

[–]blowininthewind 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

pretty boy grabbed a logchain and deputy grabbed a gun. ---- some old folk song.

[–]SpongySpiderLegs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When do we call police murderers ?

Right after we start calling blacks who hate whites “bigots” ...

And after we start calling Democrats out for being the racists that they are.

Then we can consider calling cops murderers. But only if they commit murder.