George Floyd was apprehended on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20.
Standard Minneapolis police procedure is to ram their knee on a black person's throat for a couple of minutes.
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George Floyd was apprehended on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20.
Standard Minneapolis police procedure is to ram their knee on a black person's throat for a couple of minutes.
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so apparently that “elderly” woman you guys were snap feeling sorry for is actually NOT elderly and CAN walk, but is morbidly obese/lazy. At least that’s what i’m currently gleaming from twitter
oh that makes it much better
good to know it was just some defenseless land whale
Perhaps some of these officers should have been dispatched to Target?
Unreal.
What a great look.
I really wouldn’t be shocked if this sets off the entire country. It was already a powder keg with this virus and people broke.
One fucking piece of garbage decided he’s going to kill a man in broad daylight just chilling with his hands in pockets and enjoying it while they video and bystanders basically explain he’s killing a man. One psychopath is one thing, but that the other officers didn’t even say enough man. Simply astounding.
That video is worse than Rodney King. He got absolutely pummeled, but was clearly alive. Sitting there for minutes after he was entirely non-responsive.
The length and clarity of that video. I don’t see how this settles. At least the cop is safe and well-protected.
It all could have been avoided if the killer cop was imprisoned when that video came out. That is the tragedy and why the protests have become what they have. Ya, not right to harm innocent businesses, but they know from the past it would happen and did not do the right thing to prevent it.
I’m kind of shocked the rioting has been as confined as it was. If they don’t perp walk that cop into jail by this afternoon, I expect this to roll into the weekend and get bigger. It might still if he isn’t charged with first degree murder.
If you’re a cheerleader for cops, you can usually find some heat of the moment defense if you’re trying. I’ve never seen anything quite like that video. Over a fake $20 bill, dude cuffed, broad daylight, and it just went on forever with people pleading to put him in car and check his pulse.
is the death penalty on the table in MN?
LOL When I woke up and saw this thread I already knew exactly what it would be, who would say what, how they would say it and let's just say i was 100% right. Jeez you leftists are so predictable. PEACEFUL PROTESTS THO AMIRIGHT
The value of a life, even someone who passes fake bills, is worth more than all the property in Target.
If these are all the facts in the case, this is a very bad look for their police force and all those guys will be paying for it this year.
The anti-semite Omar is going to use this for political grandstanding though.
Okay?
You can assign the fake-bill-passer's life value without validating the looting and other violent bullshit went on.
Yes, the city shit the bed with their foot-dragging over what to do about the situation, but all of this looting is just opportunistic and greedy, and not any form of social justice protest.
True, but the rage and animosity of this event should not supersede his death and this is what people are accusing you of in this thread.
Usually, TODD IS GOD, but not here. However, if someone got hurt or killed/injured from these events, then these people are just as culpable as that officer, maybe even moreso.
I guess I could have led off with my opinion of the police brutality situation, but I assumed that everyone already knew the story, and I also assumed everyone felt the same way about it.
Unfortunate story, unnecessary death, and people have a right to be angry and outraged about it. I don't think anyone here has argued against that. That wuold be an incredibly boring discussion because everyone would agree. I'm not into virtue signaling by complaining publicly about something nearly everyone in the country agrees upon already.
I brought up the looting angle because I'm so sick of seeing opportunists do this shit whenever a story like this hits the news, and I'm sick of the apologists who really believe that stealing shit from stores and destroying businesses is a form of social protest. It's not. It's an excuse to commit crimes for profit and/or fun, and know you'll get away with it.
I think that's more discussion worthy than asking, "Was this bad behavior by the police, and should the guy be charged with murder?" Yes and yes. Now let's discuss the more interesting angles to this.
We actually still have people making excuses for CNN, and why they're not a horrible news organization, despite the fact that they had like 50 stories on the front page, and not one was about the riots, for several hours while they were going on. We still have some delusional leftists in the thread who think this was unintentional.
Druff outing himself as racist and anti-working class again.
Good to see Todd stand up for the little guy, that small mom-and-pop store Target!
The US gvt loots from the poor to bail out huge companies all the time and you don't say shit. If you really cared about theft you'd be worried about the billions stolen from taxpayers to give to huge "too big to fail" companies.
You don't care about theft. You don't care about people. You just care about perpetuating your capitalist shite and oppressing the working class. You poor black people stay in your box while capitalism continues to keep you down. And don't step out of line - or we just might kill you and get away with it.
The American Dream.
I'm sure what worked in Baltimore, will also work in Minneapolis.
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It is the same society that has the cop torturing and killing a suspect while knowingly on video that is looting the store.
It’s the same society that is losing its shit in the streets about masks.
Fox News and CNN will incite their feeb viewers for ratings. Trump will probably be the last guy to plead for calm.
We are a little unruly. It’s all pretty consistent Druff. Ask yourself why you own a gun and in most other countries you would not.
Civil unrest just isn’t that big a deal atm.
They were having a grown up discussion. You don't have to agree with their opinions but you didn't even listen to them. Reminded me of jewdonk.
How is it relevant if his opinion would change if he broke his neck in a riot? Maybe it would create an emotional anti-riot bias, so what? It's like asking how you would feel if your kid was the one murded by the cops that people were rioting about. Would the emotional trauma change your opinion at all?
Target needs to get better security.
It's funny but Jennifer may be the only one charged with a crime because she was stabbing or attempting to stab people with a knife.
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CNN has actually been covering the protests today as the police chief has just apologized for the looting & property destruction last night. He was saying there was a noticeable different group last night than the night prior. Their goal was just to take advantage of the situation. I am not giving CNN much credit because their website seemed to not have a mention of it last night & the prime time anchors are really more opinion than news people.
I can only speak for myself and while I agree with you that the looting is opportunistic and most taking part don’t care about the protest itself it was just too early for me to move my focus off the murder I had just watched on tape. My mind was just not ready to shift to the property damage and looting at that time. I suspect I am not alone in that is that is why these opportunists take advantage of people’s outrage to go profit & have a good time destroying all kinds of property. Add to that people are wearing masks for COVID and they have the perfect time for them to strike.
You make very valid points and I do hope tonight’s protest are much more peaceful. I just really want that officer arrested and charged already.
Druff lives and dies on straw man arguments like all 'conservatives' in 2020.
Directing outrage toward looters instead of engaging with police killings is deeply established in the Fox News playbook.
Just put Druff's head on the Jewdonk monkey video and press play.
Us liberals are all pro-rioters - we loot, we don't shoot.
Druff is not wrong for being outraged about innocent business owners getting rekt. The worrisome issue is that the people getting so angry about that seem far less concerned about this murder and the pervasive clusterfuck that is our militarized police forces.
The tone of Druff's posts about Target are striking. You rarely see him so upset about anything.
But when it comes to George Floyd a lot of people are like "Yes, that's obviously bad, but..."
This woman really perplexes me. I get that a secret service agent is supposed to use his body as a shield in case of an attack on the President. Was she really using her body as a shield to protect a barrel of cheese balls or whatever? Target should give her lifetime 25% off at a minimum.
I get his frustration. The tape was so clear I can see why he thought it wasn’t necessary to go on about how horrible the act was before discussing an ancillary matter. To be fair he shouldn’t have to preface every argument with an acknowledgment of how horrific that murder was and it clearly became a very frustrating night.
There's also the part where we're supposedly concerned about the integrity of the media in a thread that started with a Andy Ngo tweet. Interesting tactic.