Members Taoboi Posted June 11, 2020 Members Share Posted June 11, 2020 Unbelieveable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 11, 2020 Members Share Posted June 11, 2020 He left jail? Really? I guess he WANTS to die. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DRW50 Posted June 11, 2020 Members Share Posted June 11, 2020 I did not realize just how ridiculous and sad this article was going to be until I read it. This man went out of his way to grovel over taking a knee, to the point of saying he couldn't even eat and sleep. Now I see why so many people find this practice to be phony and manipulative. (Jamal Bowman is running a primary against longtime Congressman Eliot Engel - I don't live there so I have no real opinion, but Engel hasn't been doing himself a ton of favors) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted June 11, 2020 Members Share Posted June 11, 2020 That's how you know there's a culture of bullying in that police department. You best believe he's been threatened as a result of what he did. This is why the "bad apples" theory doesn't work. The bad apples intimidate the good ones into compliance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 11, 2020 Members Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) It's the old saying: "talk is cheap." In this case, however, even certain actions are cheap. It's easy to say "Black Lives Matter!" and to march with us and "take a knee" and all the rest. Right now, actions like those are what we call "fashionable," or "trendy." But, what are you going to do when the protesting stops (because, like 'em or not, but they can't go on forever) and social media has moved onto the next shiny object? How have the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and other POC affected you beyond this news cycle? You might SAY you will "do better" from now on, but will you? Will you continue to stand with us, who have to keep fighting this fight even when the rest of the world isn't watching (or caring)? Or will you default back to "So glad it ain't me!" the next time you see a person of color harassed, threatened or discriminated against on account of their skin color and then resume your daily, white business? Furthermore, if you told me these law enforcement officers who display solidarity with the protesters and POC are, in fact, attempting to lull protesters into backing down so they can "restore law and order," I wouldn't be a bit surprised. They don't appear to be so cunning, but then again, neither does the Trump administration or the Republicans in Congress; yet, they manage to get an awful lot done (or undone) even after we scream bloody murder. As a Christian, I wish I weren't this cynical about anyone, let alone white people. But, as an American, I have to be. For me, and for anyone in my shoes, it's literally the difference between life and death. Exactly. There ARE no "good cops." The only ones who might qualify for that distinction are the ones who speak up and out (and throw their lives and livelihoods in the balance) the minute they see any kind of injustice; and who refuse to back down from their convictions, no matter how pressure their colleagues (and in many cases, their loved ones and communities) apply on them. But, "Serpico" was, in the end, just one guy. Edited June 11, 2020 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted June 12, 2020 Members Share Posted June 12, 2020 He's probably hiding in the same bunker Trump is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted June 12, 2020 Members Share Posted June 12, 2020 That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taoboi Posted June 12, 2020 Members Share Posted June 12, 2020 Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DRW50 Posted June 12, 2020 Members Share Posted June 12, 2020 And they did this while Congressman Rush was with his dying sister. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members alphanguy74 Posted June 13, 2020 Members Share Posted June 13, 2020 I'm utterly shocked that nobody has mentioned in this thread how Floyd went to prison for robbing a pregnant woman, and pointing a gun at her stomach. Granted, what the officers did was hella wrong, but George Floyd isn't the best martyr to hang your hat on. In most other cases, I'd see people saying this was his "Karma" or something similar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Roman Posted June 13, 2020 Members Share Posted June 13, 2020 saw this morning....Chauvin will be receiving his retirement money even though he has been changed with murder, and even if he is convicted....he still gets that money. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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