People are protesting the Minnesota incident in my town in Michigan that is only 4% Black

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

That's the problem with these modern movements. No real leaders and no direction. That's why they don't know how to control these protests. They turned we want justice for a black man's murder to Fuck Trump and capitalism. Of course you are going to lose supporters with that type of dysfunction.

It's a lot more than that. 37 million Americans are unemployed and assistance is running out. The economy is gutted, the future is uncertain, and 3 months of pressure built up under quarantine suddenly exploded unto the streets. I'm surprised it's being contained as much as it has all things considering.

At least they're not destroying cities just to celebrate a Stanley Cup victory.

Now that's embarrassing.

 

[Ornife]

It's a lot more than that. 37 million Americans are unemployed and assistance is running out. The economy is gutted, the future is uncertain, and 3 months of pressure built up under quarantine suddenly exploded unto the streets. I'm surprised it's being contained as much as it has all things considering.

At least they're not destroying cities just to celebrate a Stanley Cup victory.

Now that's embarrassing.

Canuck fans were in mourning. That was anything other than celebration.

 

[eternaldarkness]

People of colour have been duped into thinking racism holds them back. The reality is, it's the class system.

 

[Not A Real Fan]

White people be like "gotta protest for the black people."

I'm sure it pains you to no end that young white people have been protesting in large numbers this week. Millions of whites are not drinking that white nationalist kool-aid anymore.

The biggest losers this week have been the alt-right. Those cowards are nowhere to be found except online. There are baddest muthafuckas on the interent. In real life, they are weak ass LARPers.

 

[TidWell]

Most of the people are peacefully protesting though. That is the majority.

If the majority of protesting was peaceful we wouldn't have Curfews initiated or national guard. over here its 6pm to 6am

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

If the majority of protesting was peaceful we wouldn't have Curfews initiated or national guard. over here its 6pm to 6am

The majority of people protesting are being peaceful though. In fact the peaceful Protestors are suffering a lot of police brutality.

 

[Scott Parker 27]

This is cringey as fuck. Overall this is a pretty peaceful town there has only been a few murders in the last 50 years and the crime rate is very low here. There also has never been an issue with police brutality here, and there has definitely never been any cases of cops murdering black people.

The university here made a top 25 list as one of the safest schools in the country when it comes to violence, rapes, and hate crimes. The protesters aren't really doing any harm besides a few people stomping on cop cars and blocking traffic, but I don't think they really know what they're gathering about.

People need to stop with the Twitter and social media. This is obviously an attack on America from foreign influences that wish us harm. We have to realize we have to stick together as Americans.

 

[Phisher]

Their were riots in SLC, which is like 2% black.

This has shit to do with George Floyd. It's just angry people who've found an excuse to run amok due to a convergence of factors.

 

[JSN]

If the majority of protesting was peaceful we wouldn't have Curfews initiated or national guard. over here its 6pm to 6am

from what I've seen the majority is peaceful. The problem is peaceful protesters provide a smoke screen for extremists. And I don't feel bad for the ones getting arrested when they violate curfew in civil disobedience.

They should receive a night in jail and a slap on the wrist, but I'm glad they're being forced off the street now. We've seen a shit tons of shady vehicles and individuals going around with no license plates or guys who appear to be paramilitary types because all of the police can focus on protesters right now.

 

[DC23]

Embarrassing.

 

[The_Renaissance]

We've got protests here in the UK over this. Our police aren't even armed. They are not allowed to carry guns (only a very select few). The last time anyone in the UK was killed by the fucking police, it was an armed drug dealer who was ambushed essentially. The time before that, was another armed drug dealer. Both of them happened to be not white, who cares - they could have been blue for all I care, they were armed and therefore were asking for trouble.

I don't understand who these people in the UK think they're protesting against.

The cops here must be like "ummm. Go for it, I guess. Nothing to do with us - we haven't done fuck all!"

The incident itself is a disgrace and there's a horrific problem in THE USA with police brutality and police killings. That is not the case here in Europe, I don't understand who these protesters think they're being heard by. It just all seems a bit pointless really for protests to be happening here in the UK.

Laws and behaviours aren't going to change in Minneapolis, Minnesota because 40-50 socially conscious young people have gathered to chant in fucking Maidstone, England or somewhere.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

The price of freedom is destroyed cities

Not necessarily.
The problem is that a lot of people equate "freedom" with "freedom from the restraints of reality".

These people do not seem to understand that there is a limit to what a state can legislate. Rights without requisite responsibilities are meaningless. And if your decisions are personally inconsequential, you're more likely someone's pet than a free man/woman.

 

[Otto!]

Here. It's a cop lover nazi paradise lol. New threads left and right with chaos porn and cheering anything against the protests.

Most people are ok with protests, but rioting and looting will do nothing to address racism.

Pretty sure that looters don’t give a shit about any cause, they just want free shit. The violence against people and property who had nothing to do with the incidents that triggered the protests is just senseless. Fuck all the pos who destroy lives and property and those who encourage them.

There are bad cops out there and they need to be fired and jailed for what they did wrong. But there are a lot of good cops out there, and you can’t lump them all together.

 

[brackis1]

Most people are ok with protests, but rioting and looting will do nothing to address racism.

Pretty sure that looters don’t give a shit about any cause, they just want free shit. The violence against people and property who had nothing to do with the incidents that triggered the protests is just senseless. Fuck all the pos who destroy lives and property and those who encourage them.

There are bad cops out there and they need to be fired and jailed for what they did wrong. But there are a lot of good cops out there, and you can’t lump them all together.

Yeah but the people looting arent the ones protesting or promoting reforms. And yet the cops are more eager to confront the large groups of peaceful folks, because those are the ones threatening their cushy pensions, no-fault mafia style coverups and so forth. Whereas the looters are not only harder to catch, real criminals who pose a threat, but also make for good media to help discredit protesters. Which people here erupt in glee over and say shit like "see nobody cares, blah blah bah nothing to see, lock up these animals cops are fine".
There are shitloads of dirty rotten cops out there and it took the most flagrant case of a dude getting choked out in front of some people in a viral video to get people to snap. It's not new; social media and smartphones in the hands of poor and minority people is new who get fucked with by cops because they're low hanging fruit.

 

[The Merchant]

"Just this month, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released its 2018 survey of criminal victimization. According to the study, there were 593,598 interracial violent victimizations (excluding homicide) between blacks and whites last year, including white-on-black and black-on-white attacks. Blacks committed 537,204 of those interracial felonies, or 90 percent, and whites committed 56,394 of them, or less than 10 percent. "

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv18.pdf

That's the report above, can you point out what page says what you posted as I can't find it. even searched for the specific numbers and they don't exist in the report at all. In fat there are no stats excluding homicide at all, it's all excluding "Simple Assault"

 

[Fawlty]

Jesus. TS is like "Durr, why does the white people care about the black people?" Can we just get a do-over with you, like maybe some kind of foster family situation. They can teach you some very basic things.

 

[SleepyBoy]

I do too.

Night night fatty

 

[woodguyatl]

Same here. This is what their protest looked like.

Criticizing people peacefully protesting an end to police violence isn’t a good look. What are you doing about it? It’s ok to not care about police violence and sit on the sidelines but criticizing those who do care and take peaceful action is even more cringey.

 

[superpunch]

Yeah but the people looting arent the ones protesting or promoting reforms. And yet the cops are more eager to confront the large groups of peaceful folks, because those are the ones threatening their cushy pensions, no-fault mafia style coverups and so forth. Whereas the looters are not only harder to catch, real criminals who pose a threat, but also make for good media to help discredit protesters. Which people here erupt in glee over and say shit like "see nobody cares, blah blah bah nothing to see, lock up these animals cops are fine".
There are shitloads of dirty rotten cops out there and it took the most flagrant case of a dude getting choked out in front of some people in a viral video to get people to snap. It's not new; social media and smartphones in the hands of poor and minority people is new who get fucked with by cops because they're low hanging fruit.

I'm guessing the real reason is because they know that if anything looks bad on camera when engaging the rioters, they know they'll be scapegoated as the "fall guy" by the media and politicians, and possibly be prosecuted in a politically driven kangaroo court.

 

[Ichibanner]

People of colour have been duped into thinking racism holds them back. The reality is, it's the class system.

The reality is: NOTHING is holding them back but themselves and the choices that they make which is true for every human. Let's stop with the racist attitude that they are incapable of conquering hurdles like income or single parent homes and, as such, aren't responsible for their lot in life.