Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest

[TheBigIguana]

I think this deserves its own thread at this point. A thread to bring people up to speed:



And of course there is this:

 

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Some mad footage out there

 

[orchard]

So, am I right in thinking they're rioting because they think that lives are being lost because the economy is being prioritised?

Edit: and George Floyd revenge?

 

[TheBigIguana]

So, am I right in thinking they're rioting because they think that lives are being lost because the economy is being prioritised?

I assume you mean in relation to COVID and if that is what you mean the answer to your question is no. This is about (another) killing of an unarmed black man by police.

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Some mad footage out there

"justredpills"

Is this what we're posting these days?

 

[TheBigIguana]

I've seen this going around and the St. Paul PD is denying it pretty strongly. Personally, I don't think they're the same guy at all.

 

[DanEFC92]

I've seen this going around and the St. Paul PD is denying it pretty strongly. Personally, I don't think they're the same guy at all.

Well yeah they would, wouldn't they?

 

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"justredpills"

Is this what we're posting these days?

u wot ?

 

[TheBigIguana]

Well yeah they would, wouldn't they?

I know they obviously would but it's just such a crazy rumor that I'd prefer something more than a photo. Especially when as I said I don't really see it in the photo.

 

[DanEFC92]

I know they obviously would but it's just such a crazy rumor that I'd prefer something more than a photo. Especially when as I said I don't really see it in the photo.

His ex-wife grassed him up.

 

[zzr45]

Americans doing American things.

 

[tsubaki]

Tragic scenes, though the video of him dying is so bad no one should be that surprised when things went wrong.

 

[Amw79]

Martin Luther King said “Riot is the language of the unheard”.

You’d have to be blind not to have seen this coming.

People are complaining that those rioting should be demonstrating peacefully, however when black Americans were protesting peacefully by taking the knee, they were roundly criticised by many, including the president for doing just that.