US protests against police violence

[RandBlade]

Yes, I'd agree. I was aware that the question might be provocative. Nevertheless I thought it was important and interesting; but perhaps more in relation to the UK protests than the US.

UK (and other non-US) protests are joining in on the bandwagon and as much to do with people being bored after months of lockdown as it does what's actually going on.

The Police here are nothing like the Police in the USA.

The US is five times the UK population but I believe its the case that the US Police kill more people in one year than the UK Police have ever killed in the past 150 years put together.
In 2018 the UK Police killed 3 people (all terrorists IIRC) while their US counterparts killed a thousand.

[Hazir]

I wouldn't consider it offensive, but it's not harmless either. It's more along the lines of a confirmation for why.

Not harmless and harmful is kind of the same for people who would use the word offensive to describe that kind of language.

It makes the difference between a man choking another man to death and a deeply racist law enforcement agency killing another black man on trivial grounds. Should 'we not overreact' or should we burn down the police station and demand real change.

Every day we waste on that discussion is another day the system can kill again.

[RandBlade]

Choking a man to death for 8 minutes and 46 seconds is inexcusable and repugnant and demands serious action no matter the motive.

Whether he did this because he was a racist or he did this because he was a petty little man on an ego trip wanting his authoritah respected and his victims skin colour didn't matter is somewhat moot. Something has to change.

[Hazir]

Mind boggling. You are part of the problem.

[Steely Glint]

Atlanta (CNN)Hours after a fired police officer was charged with felony murder for fatally shooting a man in the back, Atlanta police officers are not responding to calls in three of the department's six zones, multiple sources within the Atlanta Police Department said.

Though the department denied that was the case, a police union director backed CNN's sources' accounts and said that, in some instances, officers were refusing to leave their precincts unless a fellow police officer required backup. He expects more officers to miss work Thursday, he said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/17/u...lls/index.html

"If you don't let us murder people, we won't do our jobs". Absolutely pathetic.

And why do people insist on calling this phenomena 'blue flu' when 'swine flu' is right there?

[Being]

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And why do people insist on calling this phenomena 'blue flu' when 'swine flu' is right there?

Because swine insinuates they have Pride Integrity and Guts.

[Lewkowski]

Mind boggling. You are part of the problem.

Three of the cops were POC, how can you insist that its racial? Makes no sense.

[LittleFuzzy]

Three of the cops were POC, how can you insist that its racial? Makes no sense.

If they aren't willing to find murder committed by their colleagues to be something meriting objection or action on their part, why should we think they wouldn't ignore racism?

[RandBlade]

Mind boggling. You are part of the problem.

Demanding action is part of the problem?

So you'd be OK with the Police committing murder so long as it isn't racially motivated? I'm not, whether its racially motivated or not the problem needs dealing with.

[Aimless]

Clearly needed more training in how to not get caught:

https://portcitydaily.com/local-news...ait-free-read/

[Aimless]

More fapping material for our resident sad sack:

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https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...st/3248440001/

[Aimless]

Stormtroopers cracking down on violins in the streets:

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[GGT]

Good article on how US police became increasingly "militarized"....along with crappy data collection/oversight.

Over several decades, the 1033 program has shipped over $7.4 billion of Defense Department property to more than 8,000 law enforcement agencies.

https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon...-1033-program/

[Aimless]

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There was a time, not long ago, when nothing would've happened to these disgusting thugs.

[Loki]

Lewk's heroes enabling rape. No punishment.

Norman police say they are investigating after a city councilwoman claims her neighbor was raped by a stranger who had the wrong woman, meaning to rape her.

Norman Police Department's internal affairs unit is investigating allegations against two officers. These officers are accused of sharing personal information online about a city councilwoman. This all stems from a now-deleted Facebook post over the weekend where city councilwoman Alexandra Scott said she was the intended target of an alleged sexual assault involving her neighbor. Scott was also concerned about her address being leaked online and said it was done by police officers.

https://kfor.com/news/norman-pd-inve...t-to-rape-her/

https://www.news9.com/story/5efe6166...al-information

[RandBlade]

Remarkable cultural difference between the USA and UK. In the USA leaking the address of Councilwomen to rape them, in the UK the address for most Councillors is public domain information in the first place - its on the ballot paper in elections.

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Not really a difference, RB. Where I live local elections have candidate addresses on the ballot as well, and I imagine it's in the public domain for any elected official because of residency requirements.

[Steely Glint]

Just imagine how bad the stuff the police do that they actually feel the need to hide is.

[Aimless]

ACAB

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[Aimless]

The US is a third-world shithole:

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[Steely Glint]

I never want to hear another goddamn word about how heavily armed Americans will rise up and a resist an oppressive government.

[Loki]

Depends on who's getting oppressed. Whites being forced to wear masks...

[Lewkowski]

The reason why federal agents are in Portland is that federal building are being targeted and the local PD (due to Mayor) refuse to crush the vandals and rioters. Under no circumstances can violent mobs be allowed to go unpunished and the revolving door of instant bail in Portland is allowing that. There is no healthy fear of consequences and hopefully federal policing agents backed up by federal charges will change that calculus.

[RandBlade]

Lewkowski's idea of what a "healthy fear of consequences" looks like.

[Flixy]

Cop who ‘threatened to shoot protesters through door of his home’ accidentally kills fellow police officer at front door

"Alexander Training Sergeant Matt Wharton said in the documents he reprimanded Salyers and told him that shooting through the door would be “reckless and negligent.”

Wharton said he told Salyers that cops couldn’t just shoot anyone without first identifying them as a threat"

Because obviously, a trained police officer needs to be reminded of that..

[Aimless]

Newspaper confirms: US is a shithole country

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The reason why federal agents are in Portland is that federal building are being targeted and the local PD (due to Mayor) refuse to crush the vandals and rioters. Under no circumstances can violent mobs be allowed to go unpunished and the revolving door of instant bail in Portland is allowing that. There is no healthy fear of consequences and hopefully federal policing agents backed up by federal charges will change that calculus.

You are such a servile fucking cretin. This is you, all day every day:

[Aimless]

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Every single govt employee pulling people into vans without identifying themselves and without articulating a cause should be fired and driven into personal bankruptcy.

[Khendraja'aro]

That is literally Gestapo tactics.

[Aimless]

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What a pathetic fucking loser. The handle might say "Chad", but this weak-ass poser is 100% virgin stormtrooper.

[Ominous Gamer]

The reason why federal agents are in Portland is that federal building are being targeted and the local PD (due to Mayor) refuse to crush the vandals and rioters. Under no circumstances can violent mobs be allowed to go unpunished and the revolving door of instant bail in Portland is allowing that. There is no healthy fear of consequences and hopefully federal policing agents backed up by federal charges will change that calculus.

You're defending the above video of random people getting kidnapped by government agents because of previous graffiti incidents by unknown culprits?


Get the fuck out of here you hypocritical piece of shit.