Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest

[Prevenger17]

Hadn't noticed that. Interesting.

I wonder if he's the return of a certain bad penny

Probably Frank with a name like that. He’s due a return.

It is recently deceased @TheBigEasy/@TheBigBaldy

This is not the time and place to do it its an absolute disgrace.

Makes a mockery out of all the NHS workers, careers and people fighting to stop this.

Absoloutle slap in the face it is. Shambolic.

The smart money would be on Usyk points and i wouldnt be supried to see a late stoppage due to accumulation of punches, Usyks footwork and ability to get in and out whilst throwing a ridiculous amount of punches for his size makes him a absoloutle nightmare for anyone, but i actually think he will fare better (if possible) at HW where his attributes will be enhanced againts the slower big men.

 

[Pettifogger]

How do you countenance the numerous times an actual threat like Dylan Roof are allowed to be taken into custody when a "justified threat" like George Floyd are killed in the street?

This isn't really an apt comparison IMO. Floyd wasn't an ideological killer. He was killed on the street for a minor criminal allegation. There wasn't a massive police response with the most highly trained guys in the local/state/national agency taking him down. The guy who killed him appeared to be a rather poor cop (or at least he was around controversy a lot). It's apple to oranges to use these big mass shooters with guys killed like Floyd was.

I suspect Roof probably wanted to be taken alive (manifesto, etc.). A somewhat better comparison would be someone like the Dallas and Baton Rouge cop killers. But again, both were killed while still shooting at the police (or having very recently done so). There are some apples to apples white/minority comparisons you could make, but I don't think the facts verify racial prejudice (Chris Dormer/Tsarnaev/Nidal Hassan/DC Sniper).

Anyway, I think this argument misses the point. Anyone who seriously analyzes how high profile takedowns and captures occur will likely acknowledge that racial bias doesn't play a major role.

I think the better question/argument is "why will the same minor drug bust be far more aggressive with a black perp in Baltimore than a white perp in the suburbs"? I'm sure we won't see entirely eye to eye on that either, but I think it's the right question to ask for issues with American police brutality/racial disparity.

 

[Jimishorts]

I must say some of the work done in this thread by @Prevenger17 and @JimmyJeffers has been absolutely marvellous.



keep up the good work

 

[carlos21]

I must say some of the work done in this thread by @Prevenger17 and @JimmyJeffers has been absolutely marvellous.



keep up the good work

Hi mate can you give me some rep.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Sadly, yes. That's what white privilege has done to him.

Explains a lot, actually

 

[the sniderman]

No doubt there 1000s of other black men who could tell the same stories at parties, as with whites.

hello buddy. about that midnite court appt is why i guess u returned??

 

[Papa Shango]

Possibly yes...however

In japan white kids born there are bullied and called gaijin

Mixed race kids are called halfu (half local half foreign) and bullied

China has models who are mixed or local born from expats who are destroyed on social media...

Etc etc

Gaijins can also be revered in Japan, like in wrestling for example...

Models get destroyed on social media everywhere, most people do because people are knobheads.

I still don't think you are getting the point though here, giving instances of certain races being abused in certain parts of the world doesn't change the fact that these races do not get this treatment everywhere they go. These white people you are talking of have actively chose to live there too, their ancestors were not dragged over as slaves for example.

Your examples are still more to do with being foreign than being white.

 

[Papa Shango]

In US the black people went up against the Koreans due to ONE korean shooting ONE black girl....ALL koreans were punished.

Wait...what?

When did all the black people go up against all the Koreans?

Must have been some war that.

 

[jaspercabbage]

I've started reading Zatara's posts in David Brent's voice.

I think Vicky Pollard's voice works better.

 

[jaycee]

Wait...what?

When did all the black people go up against all the Koreans?

Must have been some war that.

You not played GTA?

 

[DanEFC92]

Died of covid seconds before the incident.

 

[RAFUH]

hello buddy. about that midnite court appt is why i guess u returned??

I'm telling ya snides. I want Friday night off.

 

[the sniderman]

i am hearing court is postponed due to covid sorry buddies.

 

[verreauxi]

Joined 53 minutes ago.

To post *this*?

Ghost of Rathbone perhaps.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Wait...what?

When did all the black people go up against all the Koreans?

Must have been some war that.

Wasn't that the race war the midget predicted in In Bruges?