George Floyd Protest/Riots

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Tyler Durden said:
Cops have carte blanche to do whatever the hell they want to people with little outside oversight and even less meaningful repercussions when they break the law. That's a police state.
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So the answer is to police on the honor system I guess. There are problems to be sure but turn policing measures over to terrorists like antifa and BLM is not the answer.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
If they are employed there concerns disappear. What you are witnessing is mass hysteria, Stockholm syndrome, covid quarantine boredom, virtue signaling, and plain stupidity all wrapped up in one destructive package.
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What does employment have to do with whether someone cares about police brutality?
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
No they don't man. Like I said. Every other country except Canada has a much much more harsh law enforcement than the USA. Like I said, do you think cops can take your baby from you here if you served time in prison before it was born? They can in the UK.
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Every country has their bs laws that give cops free reign. The answer is to dismantle the police force.
 
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Bigun said:
So the answer is to police on the honor system I guess. There are problems to be sure but turn policing measures over to terrorists like antifa and BLM is not the answer.
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No one's saying to turn it over to anyone. Just to defund and dismantle.
 
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Bigun said:
Why will none of the lefties answer what these protests are for? More murdering of people trying protect their businesses?
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I'm pretty sure the protesters think police brutality, especially against minorities is a problem. You can debate whether they're right or wrong all you want, but I'm pretty sure that's their issue.

Also... the crowd in that video seemed peaceful. Although it's possible things could turn violent.
 
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Tyler Durden said:
No one's saying to turn it over to anyone. Just to defund and dismantle.
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Let's start with Metro Nashville PD. And then Uber down to where Wharf Ave and Trimble St split. Mingle with the crowd in J.C. Napier public housing. No rush, just a casual stroll. As you get assaulted beyond belief, be sure to let them know that you stand with them. I'll be looking for the online obit because the outcome will be a not-so-funny version of this:

 
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FLVOL_79 said:
No. Having a job means you have something to focus on besides ridiculous and statistically insignificant protests, which these are.
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I don't know if that's accurate. Some people may care about things you care about and you may care about things they don't care about. Do you have any social, charitable, or civic activities you support outside of your job?
 
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RockyTop85 said:
The main idea of that argument was that the protest wasn’t violent. The styrofoam cup was cited as a demonstrative, it was not a statement of the sum total of everything that happened.

My perspective is obviously limited because I wasn’t there and most of the videos I’ve seen were short clips. However, one video, posted here, showed 28.5 minutes prior to the altercation. I think that video gives a pretty solid basis for judging the protest as a whole and whether it posed a threat to life or property. If it were a violent protest, I would have expected to see indications of that in a video of that duration shot from that angle.

As a contrasting example: I don’t need to scrutinize footage of the riots and looting in MN, NY, ATL, or DC to try to pick out unlawful actions of individuals and ascribe them to the entire event in order to classify the thing as violent. You watch the video and everybody is smashing and looting and few if any are trying to stop it.
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I understand that but even if a few are doing it, it's better to nip it. Earlier in this thread I said that if I had the opportunity to speak to protesters I would encourage them to escort the bad actors to the officers to nix it. I celebrate their rights to protest as should everyone. The people have already demonstrated looting, rioting and setting buildings on fire are no beneath them. Without that, I may agree with you.
 
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NashVol11 said:
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Maybe this time it's a plastic water bottle and the next its gasoline followed by a firework. or its actually cement. This did not occur before cops and businesses have been attacked and several already dead due to these demonstrations. It's not as simple as "sUmOnE tHrEwW a WaTeRz BoTtLe"
 
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Bigun said:
@NashVol11
@evillawyer
@Tyler Durden

Do you agree that the COVID lockdowns and irate reactions to business owners wanting to open their business was fake and 100% political in light of the protests?
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I think the COVID reaction is overblown and if people want to go out and drink at a bar or protest and potentially get COVID that's their right. They should I don't think the reactions are fake because unfortunately 1/2 the population is brainwashed by one side and the other 1/2 is brainwashed by the other.

I'm not sure how determine the percentage of whether something's political or not, but I'd say if it affects a large amount of the population then it will be made largely political by someone somewhere.
 
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