Cops 7: What Could Go Wrong?

[ScoobyDoo]

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Just remember. There is evidence that the cops did not murder him.

“That video is graphic and horrific and terrible and no person should do that. But my job in the end is to prove that he violated a criminal statute, and there's other evidence that does not support a criminal charge... I will not rush to justice.”

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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So after the warning...this.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. The official White House Twitter account just sent this out. For shame. <a href="https://t.co/EOZJtnmNah">https://t.co/EOZJtnmNah</a></p>— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) <a href="https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1266343527136530432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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[ScoobyDoo]

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Meanwhile Minnnesota Police can't stop lying.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is not accurate - our CNN crew identified themselves, on live television, immediately as journalists. We thank Minnesota <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a> for his swift action this morning to aid in the release of our crew. <a href="https://t.co/3cvtsqbbWz">https://t.co/3cvtsqbbWz</a></p>— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/1266346228851318784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is sad.

 

[J.D.]

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So what are you saying?

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

So what are you saying?

Are you kidding me?

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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So how many knucks did the mobs own last night?

 

[J.D.]

Are you kidding me?

Nope, let's hear you express your opinion.

 

[Drew S.]

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If you go back further I think how whites got the upper hand here in the 17th century might be a better lesson. It certainly wasn’t through negotiation.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Nope, let's hear you express your opinion.

My opinion? It’s a sickening double standard that conservatives will again excuse what white people did (we had no choice! No one would listen ) and then failing to see that that’s exactly how people of color feel right now.

I know you’re trying to imply I think rioting is ok, and I’m not, so you can stop.

 

[J.D.]

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Just trying to make sure I understand what's ok and what isn't. Are you guys ok with morons rioting and burning Minneapolis to the ground? And before I can be asked, no I am not ok with what the cops did either.

 

[bronconick]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1/ Since y'all are all too young to remember this, and since I was only 5 at the time, there's some ancient history here to be considered.<br><br>In the 1968 race, Roger Ailes told Nixon -- I'd have to look it up as to the exact date -- to pivot from Vietnam to the post-King riots.</p>— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1266344064703705089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">3/ ...deeply into Trump's brain. (And don't fool yourself; Bill Clinton leveraged it also) The language, the "Silent Majority" crap, the aggrieved culture war whining is 1968 with a modern beat.<br><br>He *wants* the coverage of burning buildings. He *wants* the cops v protesters.</p>— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1266345726646378498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5/ Only a jury can bring justice to the murderer of George Floyd, but he's about to become a hero of the Trump world, a symbol of the poor, oppressed cops (sarcasm tone, people) who just have so much stress they have to murder an unarmed black man on the street.</p>— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1266347244736991238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">6/ This is the culture war at its most cynical and dark, and Trump and his allies will be talking about the "long, hot summer" any time now.<br><br>They're ALREADY modeling how the rioting plays for campaign messaging, I promise you. <br><br>Also, 103,000 Americans are dead.</p>— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1266347746862252036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[J.D.]

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Are you talking about white people excusing the Boston Tea Party? Because if you're talking George Floyd, I have seen tons of conservatives that are outraged.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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But Clyde and his AR-15 think he's been treated worse...

When your group has dominated long enough, any steps toward equality feel like oppression.

 

[J.D.]

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To add, if we start arguing about the Boston Tea Party we've really lost the plot. People who defend what the cop did should be called out and people in charge need to be pressured but certainly not like we're seeing in Minneapolis right now.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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"Arby's burning in the distance."

Somewhere: Jon Stewart, like the indian, with one tear.

Arby's: Now it's not just your colon that's on fire™

 

[Drew S.]

To add, if we start arguing about the Boston Tea Party we've really lost the plot. People who defend what the cop did should be called out and people in charge need to be pressured but certainly not like we're seeing in Minneapolis right now.

They should be grateful for the 13th amendment and stop whining.

 

[J.D.]

They should be grateful for the 13th amendment and stop whining.

Good god. People like you are part of the problem not solution.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Jacob Frey looks like a cut-rate Justin Trudeau.

 

[solovsfett]

That wasn't her point at all. Her point was fascinating -- what are we getting from this? What do the cops get from abandoning the precinct house? What does the city get from letting the buildings burn? What do we get from sitting on our hands while these people are abused year after year?

Once we can answer that we have a start in understanding what a society gets out of having Haves and Have Nots, and out of racism, and out of grotesque, perpetual wealth inequality, and systemic inequality under the law.

She was what, 16, and she'd already internalized all that. FFS, she's already got a better understanding of politics than anyone who has ever appeared on network television.

Exactly.

To respond to another query: What does burning down stores get you? Well, immediate release of decades of pent up anger, frustration, resentment, rage etc., which is what voting for people who don’t give a **** about you doesn’t offer.

This country has needed a reckoning for well over a century and this may be a point where it begins to happen. Discomfort and fear and being shaken awake from the comforts of home and life are necessary because by and large we haven’t had our denouement and it’s time for action instead of words.

We should have listened to Malcolm and protected him. We should have listened to Martin and protected him. Instead we generally stood around and sinned by silence. Went to work and hoped things returned to “normal” soon afterward.

Does it suck if your place of employment burned down? Yes. But try being invisible for 40-50 years of your life. See how that affects you.