Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[Toffeeslam]

The tweet that the picture is from said they were all singing the songs from Les Miserables.

French revolutionary songs ?

more hair then a french lady’s armpit

 

[TheBigIguana]

This is a huge problem across the board on both sides. When people discuss police incidents for example, cops as a whole are generally painted as the enemy, not the bad ones that need to be rooted out. You may view view each incident for what it is, but that’s generally not done tbh, at least not from what I’ve seen over the past 18 months.

I personally think the breakdown in policing is higher level. I don't mean that every officer is personally bad, but on the whole police and especially inner city police have been trained and given experience in policing in a way that makes rooting out just the bad ones impossible as they all could easily be that guy.

 

[Jebus_lives]

The tweet that the picture is from said they were all singing the songs from Les Miserables.

"Everyone ready: Confederate flag, buffalo skin, MAGA hat check, ok here we go...a 1, 2, 3, 4...
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind"

 

[Tubey]

Twitter have deleted several Trump tweets, including that video.

Unprecedented.

 

[Wizard]

BBC just said that they are going to finish the count in Congress tonight. Pretty surprised by that if correct

 

[Tubey]

Horrifying tweet.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Jebus_lives]

Applies across the board

 

[Death]

The absolute state of the pearl clutching on 'undermining our democracy' 'oh heavens, wont somebody please think of the legitimacy of our democracy'.

Our corrupt, corporate tainted capitalist democracy is at stake!!!

 

[Prevenger17]

The absolute state of the pearl clutching on 'undermining our democracy' 'oh heavens, wont somebody please think of the legitimacy of our democracy'.

Our corrupt, corporate tainted capitalist democracy is at stake!!!

Go to bed Jay

 

[Tubey]

BBC just said that they are going to finish the count in Congress tonight. Pretty surprised by that if correct

They might resume, but any objections at all will push it back a day now.

Will be interesting to see who objects.

 

[BlueTX]

Uuuuggggghhhhh. Of course somebody from my city ends up on a video that’s now being widely circulated on social media. I promise we’re not all this dumb.

No worries, mate. Soon enough you'll have one less dumbass on the streets of Knoxville.

#lockherup

 

[Tin-Tin]

Dictionary for the win. Every news outlet should be using this term, not 'protestors'

 

[navidson]

BBC just said that they are going to finish the count in Congress tonight. Pretty surprised by that if correct

Pelosi just said "after calls to the Pentagon, the Justice Department and the Vice President, we have decided we should proceed tonight at the Capitol once it is cleared for use"

 

[tsubaki]

I personally think the breakdown in policing is higher level. I don't mean that every officer is personally bad, but on the whole police and especially inner city police have been trained and given experience in policing in a way that makes rooting out just the bad ones impossible as they all could easily be that guy.

TBF a lot of the US policing experience is down to a lack of money for numbers and equipment, a lack of job security and the state of the US economically and politically.

You end up with poorly paid people driving, often by themselves, around areas that have been wrecked economically and socially (often deliberately) for decades and expected to sort things out whilst armed with a gun. They also have a good idea that, if things do go wrong, they'll either end up dead or fired and compo paid to the victim / their family. Meanwhile somewhere in the state someone else is driving around in an APC with all manner of ex-military tactical gear.

What should happen is proper reform over there, not defunding but a proper debate on what they expect cops to do.