Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest

[Hickson9]

Guns is the issue but they won't give them up.

This.

There is estimated to be nearly 400 million guns in civilian ownership in the US, with only 1 million being registered.

This of course includes automatic rifles etc.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Guns is the issue but they won't give them up.

Cops still use brute force without guns. It’s part of the problem, but it goes a bit deeper than that. Firstly and most importantly the laws of qualified immunity need to be altered.

 

[Yank]

I've got a separate issue with that as well. People have been arrested for falling asleep in their car because they felt they were too drunk to drive. It's beyond ridiculous that driving whilst intoxicated is the ONLY thing that people say "well...he COULD do it so we arrested him". Not that there was intent or even an attempt to.

Considering he was in a Wendy's parking lot and they don't serve alcohol. I'm pretty sure he had driven drunk.

I'm not saying he should have gotten shot. But between that fact and how he behaved with the cops. I don't think he gets the benefit of the doubt in sound decision making.

It's like just take a damn uber.

 

[Del-boy]

@Osamabindiesel

Just can't see how this is a thing tbh. The guy shot him after the man used the taser, a one-usage taser I might add, so after that's there's no issue of the cop being incapacitated. Also the fact there was another armed cop in pursuit that could just prevent the man taking the gun off the cop (not that this could have happened since he missed with his taser).

depends what type of taser is it. Some can fire multiple times.

 

[atypicalusername]

Okay I'll say it again HE WAS RUNNING AWAY AND GOT SHOT it's not a competition who got it worse both are horrendous and shouldn't have happened regardless.

Have the bodycams been released?

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

An interesting point I just saw online;

'Any scousers taking offence at Black Lives Matter, and stating that ALL lives matter: please remember why we write Justice for the 96 and not Justice for Everyone.'

 

[bigjonny]

 

[Grinch]

Aunt Jemima's syrup now being changed! They've gone TOO FAR!!!

 

[Ruairi77]

It's impressive to see how much coverage the Premier League is giving BLM.
Will definitely put it up to the NFL.

 

[Ruairi77]

after everything that's happened over the last few weeks, the cops behave like this

 

[BillBrasky]

after everything that's happened over the last few weeks, the cops behave like this

Jesus Christ. Sounds like two murderers to me. Hope they rot for eternity.

 

[WA Toffee]

And yet the USA is not the only one...

List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's not, but if you look at the countries with higher rates, pretty much all of them would be considered "developing nations".

And I don't really think highlighting that El Salvador or Honduras has a higher rate of people killed by seccurity forces than the US is really contributing anything worthwhile to the discussion. Unless you are suggesting that because the US are not the absolute worst in the world, then it is ok?

 

[Prevenger17]

And yet the USA is not the only one...

List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lol, look at the company it keeps. Maybe the US can ameliorate tensions by saying "Well it could be worse, you could be living in Burkina Faso"

 

[Death]

All these major corporations saying they are down with BLM. Congratulations to them must have been so hard to do the bare minimum. Now I’m waiting for them to lobby for hard police reform and a living wage.

 

[DanEFC92]

Lol, look at the company it keeps. Maybe the US can ameliorate tensions by saying "Well it could be worse, you could be living in Burkina Faso"

Whatabout Burkina Faso?!