Ridiculous Police News (Specific events)

[Xno Kappa]

The GOAT.

[Koul]

I think this is a really good article:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/11/us/emo...inkId=26460733

[Krandor]

Can you really consider yourself Hispanic if you didn't grow up with this?

Is fried summer sausage a Hispanic thing?

I ate that shit a ton growing up (and still make it at home) but I've never considered is a Hispanic thing.

[AidenCarby]

Can you really consider yourself Hispanic if you didn't grow up with this?

Remember that Pacheco game show? That was my shit, went to a live showing when I was like 5 but I didn't get picked to go on stage :/

[kuronosan]

Is fried summer sausage a Hispanic thing?

I ate that shit a ton growing up (and still make it at home) but I've never considered is a Hispanic thing.

Major part of some of our dishes.

[Dantrag]

Major part of some of our dishes.

Which ones. Never seen it in a single Puerto Rican dish.

[Andalusian girls]

it's almost as though there are a plurality of cultures and cuisines within the broader Hispanic ethnicity

[Boyiee]

Guys, today is my birthday. This thread delivers. This thread feels like a birthday gift. Thank you.

[6souls]

These fools really believe they are a race of blue men. #BlueManGroup

Minneapolis cops working Lynx game walk out over player comments, warm-up jerseys

http://www.startribune.com/minneapol...eys/386373171/

http://insidempd.com/2016/07/12/chie...-on-lynx-game/

There might be some disciplinary action taken against those who walked off the job.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Bum just became two tweets and a fedora away from being the poster child for the guilt and cuck-ridden white boy.

The absurdity is too high for me to even be mad.

[Gokku]

I had no clue bum was white , however yall have been killing me in this thread , carry on ~

[kuronosan]

Which ones. Never seen it in a single Puerto Rican dish.

It's almost as if you know nothing about Puerto Rico.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salchich%C3%B3n

Almost.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/95631192062319590/

Maybe a little more than almost.

https://cookpad.com/us/search/puerto%20rico%20food

Turns out we have tons based around salsichas (summer sausages).

Puerto Ricans aren't Mexican dude. We're Spanish descent, like Dominicans.

NOW OFF TO THE KITCHEN WITH YOU!

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Looks pretty dull in comparison to my culturally appropriated chorizo verde. Very few snausages compete with it's 11/10 flavor and I ain't even vaguely South American.

[Salodin]

Can you really consider yourself Hispanic if you didn't grow up with this?

Omg with some tostones?! Fucking heaven...

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[Greatguardian]

To GG: In today's world of fast-moving media and a public with an increasingly short attention span, there are two way to accomplish political action. One, years - decades - of carefully crafted policy, often enacted in several variant forms at state and local levels before it ever becomes viable in Congress, requiring inertia across multiple office holders and a lot of political capital. Two, have the public make a big noise about it so the media picks it up and doesn't let it go, force Congress to vote so they don't seem out-of-touch or uncaring about this enormous issue.

Also three: Start with two, and when it fails, salvage whatever connections were formed to start doing one.

Oh I agree wholeheartedly that this is great if the problem you're trying to tackle can be solved with legislation. But can police shooting colored people be solved with legislation? Is there some combination of existing laws that allow cops to shoot colored people without repercussions? Is there some sort of new law which could be passed which would make white cops less afraid of colored people?

If not, then you're left with very different avenues to enacting change. The way I see it, you have two primary options for enacting change at the local level (the only possible kind of change without legislation). First, you can directly appeal to officers and the legal system. Present yourselves and your case in such a way that they are won over to your side because ultimately the legal system is comprised of people and people are fallible. Alternatively, you can appeal to the public and support candidates for local office who could change the culture of the legal system. District/State's attorneys, judges, and sheriffs are directly elected. Police chiefs are chosen by an elected mayor. These people set the tone for their departments.

Neither of these avenues is helped by taking an adversarial stance with the people around you. It doesn't matter how much outside attention and support you receive if the people you need voting in your local elections are the ones you just made an hour late for work.

[dasva]

Like, if you are really inconvenienced to a point where you say "Man, I was almost with you guys but now I'm not because I'm five minutes late to work!", then you were never an ally to begin with and were looking for excuses not to be.

Same tired arguments. Same faulty logic.

And here I thought the point of a protest was to actually get more allies not some bs test to annoy someone enough to see if they already are and will stay your ally. Didn't realize rallies were such passive aggressive mind games. Also I'm apparently late as fuck. So much for sleeping in lol

edit: and reading up holy fuck this thread has delivered.

[Kaslo]

Oh I agree wholeheartedly that this is great if the problem you're trying to tackle can be solved with legislation. But can police shooting colored people be solved with legislation? Is there some combination of existing laws that allow cops to shoot colored people without repercussions? Is there some sort of new law which could be passed which would make white cops less afraid of colored people?

If not, then you're left with very different avenues to enacting change. The way I see it, you have two primary options for enacting change at the local level (the only possible kind of change without legislation). First, you can directly appeal to officers and the legal system. Present yourselves and your case in such a way that they are won over to your side because ultimately the legal system is comprised of people and people are fallible. Alternatively, you can appeal to the public and support candidates for local office who could change the culture of the legal system. District/State's attorneys, judges, and sheriffs are directly elected. Police chiefs are chosen by an elected mayor. These people set the tone for their departments.

Neither of these avenues is helped by taking an adversarial stance with the people around you. It doesn't matter how much outside attention and support you receive if the people you need voting in your local elections are the ones you just made an hour late for work.

Some legislation that might work is making it easier for police officers to be sued for their actions. This actually is a good deterrent in the medical field to prevent malpractice. The best evidence is that when Texas made it harder to sue doctors for malpractice, studies showed that the quality of care doctors provided actually decreased. Holding people accountable for their actions makes them more cognizant of their actions.

[kuronosan]

Omg with some tostones?! Fucking heaven...

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Only thing better than those are when you use them to make mofongo.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Pretty sure I've had that from a food cart in Portland and it came with scotch bonnet slices on the side and it was banging good. Me llamo el no mucho gusto bano tho.

[Tyrath]

Xno is not-so covertly making an argument that black folks can't participate in civil disobedience and capes for the FBI, so he's whiter than I could ever be.

I know I'm late, but goddamn. As a person of color, I love white people who think they know more about the struggles of colored people than they do.


Also come on BG. You guys not realizing bum is white is almost as bad as me not realizing tyven was white until I heard his voice in a game.