The cop and Floyd used to work at the same restaurant.
Trump's post has been labeled as inciting violence and now needs to be clicked on to be read. good.
I don't think the MN governor could be handling this press conference any worse. Wow.
If twitter is to be believed the cop has fled to Florida and the vox populi says "get 'im". Most of it's under the Zimmerman trending, lots of dumb people in there advocating a lot of dumb things.
News now saying there is evidence that no charges could be filed and the officers involved are not cooperating.
Update... Apparently Chauvin has been arrested!
Fucking finally!
Third degree murder and manslaughter.
I was about to hit you with some bullshit but twitter suspended the account before I could. Basically the new narrative is that George Floyd isn't actually dead and it's all a hoax because him and the cop 'worked together' in the past and they obviously are working together still to sow this unrest.
twitter support working overtime right now. whew.
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hope he gets a full sentence and then some. wouldn't be surprised if that's not the case though.
we need that type of rioting right outside the White House.
I've updated the thread title.
This. I am not proud - but I am more than willing - to admit that I was not the best person in my younger days. I absolutely told my share of "jokes" that were patently unfunny and downright horrible. Fuck, I even thought "all lives matter" when BLM started because I foolishly thought that it was more important to stress that everyone matters at the absolute dumbest times.
But you know what? I listened to what people had to say about that. I listened, and I took it to heart. And I understood. And I made a conscious decision to do better. I'm still learning. I'm not perfect, and I never will be. But here's a sad, pathetic excuse for a man who has the power to seek counsel with literally anyone in the world, to listen to their viewpoints, to digest their perspectives and see things from more than one point of view...he's simply made the decision not to. He knows who he is, he LIKES who he is, and he has no desire to behave differently. He is a small, sad man.
things are ok right now but atlanta is having some sort of protestor police stand off. the chief of police for city of atlanta is saying they’re not trying to arrest anybody.
https://twitter.com/jennifer__brett/...729076224?s=21
i watched her statement live. the officer behind her had water thrown on him while she was talking. he just wiped it off. hoping there’s no escalation.
edit: its escalating with damage to police cars and physical altercations and arrests.
things are getting tense in NYC with the protests. people getting pepper sprayed, beat, arrested.
Good 'ole NYPD.
I'm going tomorrow for sure. Reaching out to friends who are supposed to be down there and might head out tonight. But so far, no response, and I ain't gonna go to this one alone.
Curfews all weekend starting tonight in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and several suburbs
I grew up near the 3rd Precinct building, and I have relatives still living in that area. As a teen, I would sometimes stop in the building's foyer and buy a pop from the vending machine on my way home from school. Seeing this happen to my old stomping grounds is heartbreaking, but I am projecting my fury at the ex-cops who killed George Floyd over a bad $20 bill. The Precinct building, Target, Cub Foods, Aldi, and many of the businesses can rebuild and get a fresh start. Floyd cannot get his life back.
Charging Derek Chauvin is a good step, but we need the other 3 ex-cops arrested and charged. And if it does turn out that Floyd and Chauvin knew each other, that could drastically up the charges against him.
In all honesty, I feel that DA Mike Freeman (who I did NOT vote for in the last election) really is not able to lead an unbiased case here. He needs to hand it over to AG Keith Ellison and let him dictate the next steps. Ellison has a lot of trust among the people of Minneapolis, and he knows he must do everything right.
I also feel that this editorial cartoon by Minneapolis Star Tribune cartoonist Steve Sack speaks volumes:
Last edited by leo3375; 05-29-2020 at 07:20 PM.
It looks like the NYPD pigs are looking to fill those jail buses so if you are so inclined...
https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-form