George Floyd Murder by Cop

[archibaldcrane]

It certainly sounds bad

[TsingTao]

Boy, if you thought things were wild the last few weeks let someone find footage of an actual lynching.

[Gredival]

First case I ever worked on while a law student was a lynching. Police tried to say it was suicide. The kid was 50 feet up a goddamn tree

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[Xno Kappa]

To be fair, when I worked deaths the families almost never believed their child/sibling would be capable of suicide. Suicide deaths in general are ridiculously easy to prove or disprove.

Given the racial tension though... Who knows. Autopsy will be key to determine if there were any defensive wounds.

[BerenTebogo]

It's just...a tree in a park. I'm sure the data overwhelmingly supports that not being a popular method for black males to use to commit suicide.

God damn man...I'm pretty speechless. This is up there on things I didn't expect to see this week.

[kuronosan]

To be fair, when I worked deaths the families almost never believed their child/sibling would be capable of suicide. Suicide deaths in general are ridiculously easy to prove or disprove.

Given the racial tension though... Who knows. Autopsy will be key to determine if there were any defensive wounds.

Yes that same autopsy that said George Floyd died of hypertension and maybe drugs before a real autopsy report was released.

I'm skeptical right now. He's the right age for this but the methodology doesn't make sense. We'll see if anything turns up. Sketchy af imo.

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[Rhyis.]

ive heard of kids stringing up other kids overnight as a prank not realizing it could kill. there's a dozen different scenarios it can be

[archibaldcrane]

It was supposedly "near city hall"

Could mean a lot of things but hopefully means there's a lot of security cams around

[BerenTebogo]

ive heard of kids stringing up other kids overnight as a prank not realizing it could kill. there's a dozen different scenarios it can be

Do...do you think black men in the united states of america string each other up from trees as a prank?

This is not a stupid white canadian kid.

[Xno Kappa]

I’m going to have to buy more ammo if there’s footage of it being a lynching.

[BerenTebogo]

I mean I am hoping against hope that this is a suicide. I truly do not want to believe that a lynching of a young black man just happened in a (seemingly) upscale city right outside of LA.

[kuronosan]

I’m going to have to buy more ammo if there’s footage of it being a lynching.

Seriously might have to sit down with the wife and talk about arming ourselves, quite frankly it goes against my moral code but if this kid was lynched shit is going to obliterate the fan.

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[archibaldcrane]

I mean I am hoping against hope that this is a suicide. I truly do not want to believe that a lynching of a young black man just happened in a (seemingly) upscale city right outside of LA.

Palmdale is more working class/industrial. Median household income of 60k (compared to 63k for US or 71k for California)

17% poverty rate vs 13% California or 11% US (pre-COVID)

[Rhyis.]

Do...do you think black men in the united states of america string each other up from trees as a prank?

This is not a stupid white canadian kid.

i am of the wild opinion kids of all colour and races are morons

it could have been a hate crime. it also might not not have been. it's impossible to know without more information

[kuronosan]

Unfortunately the family is also unreliable in terms of information, because unless they directly witnessed something "they'd never do something like this" is what every parent of a suicide victim says.

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[BerenTebogo]

Palmdale is more working class/industrial. Median household income of 60k (compared to 63k for US or 71k for California)

17% poverty rate vs 13% California or 11% US (pre-COVID)

Today in "Sath still doesn't understand how California works"

[archibaldcrane]

Today in "Sath still doesn't understand how California works"

Remember that many of the wealthy parts are in the middle of/surrounded by the city of LA - Beverly Hills, Bel Air, the Hollywood Hills. There's wealthy 'burbs' too like Rancho Palos Verdes, Malibu, Pacific Palisades - but those are all on the ocean.

Going inland isn't going to get you wealthier for the most part unless it gets more Asian like South Pasadena/San Marino.

[tyven]

Remember that many of the wealthy parts are in the middle of/surrounded by the city of LA - Beverly Hills, Bel Air, the Hollywood Hills. There's wealthy 'burbs' too like Rancho Palos Verdes, Malibu, Pacific Palisades - but those are all on the ocean.

Going inland isn't going to get you wealthier for the most part unless it gets more Asian like South Pasadena/San Marino.

What about rancho cucamunga

[Cantih]

Palmdale is red, that white area in between is basically MOUNTAINS. Anyone commuting between there and LA proper has a life that is hell.

Topographic

[archibaldcrane]

That too.