Hard to tell that his actions were racist.
It was definitely reckless and stupid, but I'm not 100% convinced that his actions were due to racism. Other than George Floyd being black, were there others signs?
shareNo, he was just a scapegoat. Had George been white or hispanic you wouldn't have heard a peep from the media they just lucked out that Derek kneeled on a down and out counterfeit felon who was addicted to fentanyl and liked to assault pregnant women.
shareNot really a scapegoat because he really did do it. But you're right, we probably wouldn't have heard about it if Floyd as white.
shareYou're right. We didn't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tony_Timpa
Notice how race wasn't brought up there.
shareOf course we wouldn't have heard about it if he was white . . .
Because the police and minorities have a checkered history, that's the ENTIRE issue.
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you'll never get through to these people . They cant grasp (or refuse to) why the phrase "Black lives matter" is not "All lives matter"
Which is as simple as you can distill the concept down to.
It just seems absolutely crazy for people to be THIS clueless about the issue at this point. I try to give people a sort of 'visual aid' to help but in this case . . . I mean . . .
sharePassive racism is just as much of a threat as the overt kind.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Yeah, the thing about that quote is that everyone thinks it applies to 'them', MAGAs see that quote and feel like they need to do something. It's dangerous.
shareYou'll never get through to people who don't have the IQ to comprehend what "all" means. "All" includes blacks (so obvious, yet it has to be explained to some people).
shareYes but the phrase is designed (with or without the "also" ) to highlight the fact that black lives are currently mattering less , despite everyone being equal and all lives mattering.
If someone other then the police had made video of the homicide, then it probably would have made national news. As it was, it took three years for the police to release their video.
The difference with Chauvin is that someone else not associated with the police department made their own recording of Chauvin's snuff video and released it to the public. It is hard to cover up your involvement in a murder when someone else releases a video of you slowly killing someone over the course of nine minutes; two of those minutes after which a pulse could not be found.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tony_Timpa
The killing of Daniel Shaver got significant coverage. Police show up after reports of a rifle brandished at a hotel window. One officer orders Shaver to crawl towards them, another officer shot Shaver for doing so.
Brailsford was fired, but then re-hired after being acquitted. This was the guy who had "You're Fucked" engraved on his rifle.
Turns out killer cops like Brailsford are the ones the Mesa PD wants on their force as he was allowed to be re-hired then retire on a pension.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver
I recall this story.
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