George Floyd Murder by Cop

[Cail]

Mutliple fires, possibly shootings in Chicago

Fire trucks/cop cars being looted

Reported a CHI cop car got destroyed by an explosive device

[Lokus]

The only ones at this point that can reliably calm down the protests within their cities are the lawmakers and police chiefs & police union that have the power to enact actual change to policing standards and punishment for failure to follow those standards. Either that or things peter out come Monday when most people go back to work, the ones that are lucky enough to still be employed at least. The problem right now, and it doesn't seem it's likely to change, is that those that can enact change still remain more concerned with the protests and not the why of the protests. All we''re hearing from police and politicians right now is to go home and chill.

[Aerin]

I read your whole post Zealot, very well written (for what my opinion is worth). I just struggle to understand what the end looks like. There’s no leader of the protests as a whole, so who is there to articulate what the change is? And as you have seen with various officials, a lot of them stop listening when the riots are going on. There are other things, but it’s been a long night.

If you had well thought out ideas and presented them in a logical way I promise I would care at a much higher level that I do now. I see your posts, currently, as vacuous concern trolling. It would be hard for me to think less of your presence in this thread right now.

My heart bleeds.

[arus2001]

Pittsburgh being the nearest big, big city to me, I haven't heard a whole lot of crazy when local news has been on. Though cursory googling is telling me there has been some violence here and there. I don't really expect any protests in my immediate vicinity because we're vast majority white and I know the fucking racism is real so folks will either be apathetic or on the cops' side.

Still, it's unfortunate how many of these protests seem to be going fine until the cops roll in and decide they wanna forcibly disperse the crowds. The looting/vandalism has otherwise been an effective red herring, the point you can't help but wonder it's not deliberate obfuscation. And of course, you're not going to have any well-meaning politician just be like, "Fuck it, burn it all down!" That'd be as good as suicide even if public opinion is largely with them. As for the question of what we should do, well, it's not something that can be answered in a few quick sentences and there are definitely wiser minds out there for the task. Nonetheless, it is a cumulative sum of social, economic, and political issues. "Back to normal!" isn't an option, which isn't far removed from political stance once Trump is hopefully ousted... be it by the process or the rage of the people.

[Cail]

Multiple buildings on fire in La Mesa, CA

On a twitch stream, you could see people actively setting fire to one of em

[kuronosan]

National Guard deployed to KCMO.

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[Psion]

Riots are basically America's 4.0 storm blood expansion.

Viva la revolution!

In crimson there is blood. In crimson there is birth.

[chazzyphizzle]

get out there and start revolting then

[milez]

I feel like we've had this conversation half a dozen times in the last couple years. The sad reality of this is that the absolute most that comes out of any of this is the one Cop already arrested will go to jail for a length of time which equates to a slap on the wrist, people will get bored or run out of shit to burn down, and the only tangible difference will be the possibly irreparable damage done to the homes and business of innocent people who are likely fighting the same struggles as the ones those rioters are supposed to be out there fighting for.

I ain't happy about it, but thats the outcome I'm placing my bets on.

I want change, and I'm not a hypocrite who's going to sit here and pretend I'm actively fighting for it, I'll leave that to better men than I and I have no illusions that I'm morally superior because I can virtue signal online. I'm a useless ally, but I won't stand in the way at least.

So just toss ya hands in the air....hey what ya gonna do. Oh well

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[fussel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN8ISwuiX68

[Salodin]

Amazing how no cops have been killed thus far

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[Lokus]

https://twitter.com/chadloder/status...045115392?s=20

They can't seem to stop themselves from putting knees on necks.

[archibaldcrane]

Amazing how no cops have been killed thus far

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Just a "federal protective service" officer, whatever the fuck that is

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7new...od-in/6221576/

[Xno Kappa]

https://twitter.com/chadloder/status...045115392?s=20

They can't seem to stop themselves from putting knees on necks.

It’s not even that effective. These retards just have little to no training on apprehending individuals.

[archibaldcrane]

Some sort of private security firm apparently

[kuronosan]

State of Emergency declared in KCMO.

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[Salodin]

I'm on tapa, who got bant and for how long?

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[BerenTebogo]

I'm on tapa, who got bant and for how long?

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Fondue and HC have both gotten 13hrs at points during this.

But not me.

Conspiracy???

[Lokus]

I'm on tapa, who got bant and for how long?

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Fondue and guartz were timed out for trollin, that's about it.

[Meresgi]

https://imgur.com/gallery/QNFCcZo