Another "I can't breath" death: Police Reform & Protests in the USA

[Elegiac]

What's not legal? Just standing while being beaten for standing?

More on the dude in the video: Christopher David, confirmed as Navy Vet, went to the protests to ask federal officers about the Constitution and as a result of being attacked by the Trump regime has broken fingers and now needs surgery.

Glad to know the GOP is still the party of veterans as always. /s

[Felya]

I was talking about towards the end of the video that's not legal.

That is interesting... why were the storm troopers attacking a dude not doing shit, instead of the dude that was huffing and puffing, to blow that whole house down?

[Themius]

More on the dude in the video: Christopher David, confirmed as Navy Vet, went to the protests to ask federal officers about the Constitution and as a result of being attacked by the Trump regime has broken fingers and now needs surgery.

Glad to know the GOP is still the party of veterans as always. /s

Clearly it is his fault how dare he ask questions!

[Felya]

More on the dude in the video: Christopher David, confirmed as Navy Vet, went to the protests to ask federal officers about the Constitution and as a result of being attacked by the Trump regime has broken fingers and now needs surgery.

Glad to know the GOP is still the party of veterans as always. /s

Flipped them off with broken fingers... a true American hero... USA!

[Elegiac]

That is interesting... why were the storm troopers attacking a dude not doing shit, instead of the dude that was huffing and puffing, to blow that whole house down?

I'm just curious how dumb these gestapo have to be to think attacking an over six foot dude in a Navy sweatshirt is a good idea. It's always the skinheads that do it to...I guess they think racism gives you superpowers? Lol.

[downnola]

Flipped them off with broken fingers... a true American hero... USA!

Absolute legend.

[lockedout]

What's not legal? Just standing while being beaten for standing?

No destroying a building.

[Felya]

No destroying a building.

Why weren’t storm troopers doing anything about it? Why was the dude doing nothing attacked?

[Themius]

No destroying a building.

Mind pointing me to the video of the navy vet destroying buildings

Also I take destroying civil and constitutional rights as more important than property.. but hey that's just me and most of the civilised world

[Elegiac]

No destroying a building.

Why does property damage merit physical violence?

[Mayhem]

Why does property damage merit physical violence?

Would someone please think of the buildings??!!

[Elegiac]

Would someone please think of the buildings??!!

Just saying maybe they shouldn't have named it Target. *sips*

[Egomaniac]

Meanwhile: Woman assaults cop with her car because he told her to "wear a mask"
The right: "That fucking pig deserved it! He can't tell anyone to wear a mask!"

Hey, she resisted arrest...Why didn't they just shoot her like Rayshard Brooks?

Oh right. She's white.

[draynay]

Just saying maybe they shouldn't have named it Target. *sips*

I just drove past one of the Targets that got heavily looted on TV. Crazy thing is it was still there and looked fine. Unless they're burning down Wendy's I think the buildings will be OK without needing to assault any bystanders.

Edit - gross, I accidentally clicked the (lol) breitbart link, good thing their site is fuckin slow and I closed it before anything toxic happened.

[Egomaniac]

Edit - gross, I accidentally clicked the (lol) breitbart link, good thing their site is fuckin slow and I closed it before anything toxic happened.

That's what you say now. But the Neurax worm is currently embedding itself into your brain.

[Elegiac]

The one in which after Trump regime forces violently dispersed a crowd of mothers from the federal courthouse in Portland who'd gone there to protest police violence against their children ("Feds stay clear, moms are here.") and ended up encouraging an even LARGER crowd of mothers the following evening.

These rent-a-cops clearly haven't been to a PTA meeting.

[Vash The Stampede]

It isn't just African Americans that are getting killed by American police. Police are just scary in general and need someone to observe their actions at all times to make sure nothing is going wrong.

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/06/2...hbour-clapped/

“There were moments where George did say that he couldn’t breath to (police), when they were pulling on his shirt,” said Shakira. “And the officers said ‘Don’t play that card, no one’s choking you.‘

[Themius]

It isn't just African Americans that are getting killed by American police. Police are just scary in general and need someone to observe their actions at all times to make sure nothing is going wrong.

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/06/2...hbour-clapped/

“There were moments where George did say that he couldn’t breath to (police), when they were pulling on his shirt,” said Shakira. “And the officers said ‘Don’t play that card, no one’s choking you.‘

No one said it was. What we are noting is that it is especially a problem for blacks and Latinos. Not all blacks are African American...

There is a problem when for instance young black men are 10x more likely to end up in prison for a the same crime a young white man commits in some areas of Michigan.

There is a reason why black and latino children are charged as adults for the same, or even more minor crimes that whites can be charged as juvies for.

[JohnBrown1917]

Hey, she resisted arrest...Why didn't they just shoot her like Rayshard Brooks?

Oh right. She's white.

Lets be fair, she probably would also have been shot if she had looked poorer or was an anti-racist protestor.

[I Push Buttons]

In case people were still in denial about the inequality of justice in america, here is a black teen who was JAILED for not doing her online homework. Regardless of "other circumstances", this is just infuriatingly unjust, in almost every conceivable way.

Update on this story:

Michigan judge won't free teen, says she was threat to mom

PONTIAC, Mich. -- A judge in Michigan who's under criticism for detaining a 15-year-old girl after she failed to do her schoolwork denied the teenager early release Monday and said she was placed in a juvenile facility because she was a threat to her mother.

Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Mary Ellen Brennan said during a hearing in Pontiac that her “role is to make decisions that are in” the teen’s best interest, according to The Detroit News. The judge said police had been called out three times for confrontations between the teen and her mother.

ProPublica reported last week that the girl has been in Oakland County’s Children’s Village since mid-May for violating probation in a case involving allegations of assault and theft. Brennan cited a “failure to submit to any schoolwork and getting up for school.”

Brennan had said the girl was a threat to the community based on the assault allegation involving her mother in November, according to court documents. The girl also allegedly stole a cellphone from a fellow student at Birmingham Groves High School in Beverly Hills, northwest of Detroit.

The girl is being called “Grace” to protect her identity. She was placed on probation in April and, among other requirements, was to complete her schoolwork. Grace, who has ADHD and receives special education services, struggled with the transition to online learning and fell behind.

When Brennan sentenced the girl to detention on May 14, she told her that she was sending her to Children’s Village to get treatment and services.

“She was not detained because she didn’t turn her homework in,” Brennan said Monday. “She was detained because she was a threat to her mother.”

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Dammit why won't the racist justice system just let this innocent defenseless POC girl assault and rob people, including her own mother, in peace!?