George Floyd Murder by Cop

[BerenTebogo]

At least one other attorney I know who lives in Chicago has said that the neighborhood gangs they all know have only become more organized in the last week, but have also been driving out other violent actors from their territory, so they're in the awkward and probably dangerous position of relying on gangs for security.

I am not shocked at all to hear that the existing neighborhood gangs are extorting business owners to beat up actual extremists who want to do far more than just steal some TVs. Extortion rackets are already a thing at the best of times.

[Rhyis.]

Like Baskin Robbins I think it's pretty safe to assume there's been 31 flavours of crime raiding the streets. The percentage of each group will vary depending on the location.

[Kaslo]

https://twitter.com/49ers/status/1267846500064784384

[Aerin]

https://twitter.com/49ers/status/1267846500064784384

[Heavencloud]

https://twitter.com/49ers/status/1267846500064784384

stronger message would be to give minorities free tickets for life. come on 49ers.



Military out in full force in LA today

[Rhyis.]

So when do people begin to acknowledge that Kaep was offered NFL contracts in 2017 and 2018 by Seattle and Baltimore respectively but he turned both teams down in favour of not playing football. Just curious.

[Malithar]

When people are still defending the cops, even as other democracies mull suspending firearms to america

I don't think anyone here is defending the brazen disregard some cops are showing in the clips, but let's be real, not all cops are bad. For every one one who thinks it's a great idea to blast someone in the face with a tear gas grenade when they're unarmed and at a distance, there's dozens more who are having issues coping with what they're having to do. It's easy to forget that they're in this shit situation too.

I've got an old school friend in Louisville who's a beat cop and he said it's triggering flashbacks to Iraq when they'd find themselves under attack, unsure of who's peaceful and who's an aggressor. I've never been in that situation, but I can't really begin to relate to it. I've experienced fight or flight, and I can only imagine it's far worse than that.

[Aerin]

So when do people begin to acknowledge that Kaep was offered NFL contracts in 2017 and 2018 by Seattle and Baltimore respectively but he turned both teams down in favour of not playing football.

Seattle doesn’t need him when we got Wilson to run the ball

[tyven]

So when do people begin to acknowledge that Kaep was offered NFL contracts in 2017 and 2018 by Seattle and Baltimore respectively but he turned both teams down in favour of not playing football. Just curious.

You never gave to acknowledge anything if you believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything.

[Xno Kappa]

Those Nike memes were lit

[Melena]

So when do people begin to acknowledge that Kaep was offered NFL contracts in 2017 and 2018 by Seattle and Baltimore respectively but he turned both teams down in favour of not playing football. Just curious.

https://sports.yahoo.com/in-light-of...175616379.html

[Cail]

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights will investigate the Minneapolis Police Department’s policies and practices over the past decade after filing a civil rights charge in response to Floyd’s death, the state announced Tuesday.

Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero will lead the probe, which Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s office said in a statement “will determine if the MPD has engaged in systemic discriminatory practices towards people of color and ensure any such practices are stopped.” Walz said at a news conference that this was the state’s first civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis police.

Filing the charge against the police department will enable state officials to act quickly if they find civil rights abuses, Walz’s office said. The Department of Human Rights will ask city and police officials to immediately make short-term changes before long-term responses to systemic racism can be formulated and put in place.

“Minnesotans can expect our administration to use every tool at our disposal to deconstruct generations of systemic racism in our state,” Walz said in the statement. “As we move forward, we ask the community to watch what we do, not what we say.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-live-updates/

[Cail]

Six Atlanta police officers face criminal charges after video captured them pulling two college students out of their car and firing Tasers at them while enforcing a curfew Saturday night.

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the charges, including aggravated assault and simple battery, during a news conference Tuesday. He called the footage, which sparked outrage after circulating on social media and being aired on the local news, “very difficult to watch.”

“The conduct involved in this incident, it is not indicative of the way that we treat people in the city of Atlanta,” Howard said. “And it certainly isn’t indicative of the way that we treat our children."

The officers being charged are Lonnie Hood, Willie Sauls, Ivory Streeter, Mark Gardner, Armond Jones and Roland Claud. Two of them, Streeter and Gardner, have been fired from the department, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) announced Sunday.

same link as above

[Corrderio]

Now if we could do that on a national scale and provide more strict protocol

[Cail]

Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) sparked a torrent of criticism Tuesday after he repeatedly asked to speak at a Bronx news conference on protests over the killing of George Floyd, then said into a hot microphone, “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.”

Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is serving his 16th term in the House. He is facing a competitive June 23 primary, and his leading challenger, middle school principal Jamaal Bowman, cited the gaffe as a sign that it’s time for Engel to leave Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...bbd_story.html

https://twitter.com/emilyngo/status/1267873270218600448

[Rhyis.]

https://sports.yahoo.com/in-light-of...175616379.html

It's kinda hard to say it didn't come down to salary when he was offered a job in the league twice. There were two different owners willing to give Kaep a job and he turned both of them down. It's just a statement of fact.

If Kaep was blackballed than so was Dez Bryant. Both players haven't played since 2016 yet both players could have played much much earlier but decided the money that was offered to them wasn't enough (coincidentally the Ravens offered both of them jobs).

[tyven]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...bbd_story.html

https://twitter.com/emilyngo/status/1267873270218600448

lol amazing

[tyven]

It's kinda hard to say it didn't come down to salary when he was offered a job in the league twice. There were two different owners willing to give Kaep a job and he turned both of them down. It's just a statement of fact.

If Kaep was blackballed than so was Dez Bryant. Both players haven't played since 2016 yet both players could have played much much earlier but decided the money that was offered to them wasn't enough.

Dez has definitely played since 2016 because I’m confident I wasted a fantasy pick on him in 2017

[Rhyis.]

Ah yeah you're right, I mixed the year up. Regardless of the year though the comparison still applies.

[Aerin]

The attorney for George Floyd’s family said Tuesday that former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to attend the funeral service next week in Houston, Texas for the Minneapolis man who died in police custody.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/geo...attend-funeral