OT Black Man In Minnesota Dies After Cop Kneels On His Neck/ Portland Riots

They had the perfect cover of riots and lawlessness.

 

All part of the Go bag. Also useful in Earthquake situations.

 

during earthquakes you won't need to saw your arm off dude....or dig a deeper hole ...instead of a knife you need a new address

 

I guess all it needed was a lit match, and we got several....

I read some of the posts in this thread and get pissed-off...but that feeling dies down quickly because I know there's no reasoning with hard heads, and less than 0 reasons to argue

* I have no doubt at all that extremists from both sides of the spectrum are at the root of a lot of this violence and destruction. From the left there are idiots that want anarchy and chaos. From the right there are idiots that want race wars and chaos. They are all fucking assholes in my book.

* the video where cops shoot people on their own porches, in their own neighborhoods, with paintball rounds is a great metaphor for the major problem we have and why blacks keep getting killed by police. Police departments all over have been militarized. They use dis-proportional responses; and they act like they are on patrol in Fallujah or Kabul instead of Minneapolis or Louisville. They look at certain blocs of people as the enemy, and enemies are always less than human. Step on their throats for control....or kneel on the throat is that works. Serve and protect has been replaced with 'light em up'

* I don't agree that this is going to rile up trump's base. That's because they are always riled up with heavy portions of hatred and resentment. Ignorance is fuel for the engine too. They are going to show up and vote no matter what. I just don't believe there will be many 'leaners' in the next election that could be swayed by 6 month old memory of riots

* the anger fueling these protests is justified. From Emmett Till, thru Rodney King, and George Floyd, the victims & corpses keep piling up and nothing seems to change. And the system seems to protect those in blue uniforms over those in black skins. If you're a young black man or woman....or anybody with a conscience for that matter, you're going to be pissed off. It's a national tantrum right now

 

I'm not sure if you actually believe that, or if the character you play on this forum is the one that believes that, but since it's probably something on the minds of other people too, I'll say this: I'm sure there are some bad actors who just see this as an opportunity to steal stuff, but there are also a lot of people who see things like what happened to George Floyd and feel powerless in a society that has marginalized them since the inception of the nation. Breaking things, taking things gives them a feeling of control that they need emotionally at times like this, when the community is essentially venting rage.

 

I always believe what I post.

These people were having fun destroying and looting and assaulting.

Sure, there's some big outrage about injustice, but this was them knowing they can destroy and assault with no repercussions. They showed what kind of rabid animals they truly are. No civilization. Just zero education hoodlums who will destroy themselves and their community. These are the dregs and trash of society.

 

I think 100,000 people have died in 3 months. Seems kind of bad. and that’s with locking everything down. If we didn’t? It’s what, 500,000? More? Then would it have been a big deal to you? This drives me crazy. “See- this was overblown only 100,000 dead”- yeah ONLY because we locked shit down.

 

Why do you think?

 

If you think these riots are bad just wait till Trump and his foreign friends steal the election this fall. Should be fun.

 

Amazing how clueless the idiot cop was. Must have slept through the past few days before reporting for work.....what an effing tool.

 

If that actually happens I can promise you I will be at the front of the barricades......