Politics BLM protests across the US

[Mike1976]

Police ends demonstration in The Hague. Around 350-400 people had gathered, but the protest was ended by the police after 20 minutes with the excuse that not everyone was keeping their distance. This hadn't stopped BLM protests, but there was one tiny little problem with the demonstration; the protesters were holding up signs reading "100% anti Antifa" and "All lives matter" as well as protesting against Corona lockdown measures. To put that into context as just one example of the ridiculously random rules you're not allowed to travel together in a car unless you're related, but fully laden aircraft with hundreds of people breathing into each other's faces for hours are a-ok. The government is also trying to push through legislation that would give them the power to rule by decree in case of an "emergency". A previous lockdown protest of around 50 people was beaten into submission by the police with 29 people being arrested.

In between these two protests was a BLM protest in Amsterdam of over 14,000 people in which no social distancing was maintained including by the mayor of Amsterdam, a combination of Lenin and Greta Thunberg. No police intervention here because the mayor considered this protest "too important". She didn't even put on PPE because that would have ruined her photo-op.

"Do as I say, not as I do"

 

[digrar]

UC Berkeley History Professor’s Open Letter Against BLM, Police Brutality and Cultural Orthodoxy

Note from Editor: I was sent this and felt the need to share it to a wider audience on Twitter. I shared a link to the original post in the tweet. Then, the post was removed, and I made the decision that this is an important perspective not given an equal share in the marketplace

uncoverdc.com

A ballsy move by this Professor. Note the people mentioned have verified that they received it on twitter.

 

[Chazman]

UC Berkeley History Professor’s Open Letter Against BLM, Police Brutality and Cultural Orthodoxy

Note from Editor: I was sent this and felt the need to share it to a wider audience on Twitter. I shared a link to the original post in the tweet. Then, the post was removed, and I made the decision that this is an important perspective not given an equal share in the marketplace

uncoverdc.com

A ballsy move by this Professor. Note the people mentioned have verified that they received it on twitter.

It certainly is, since our new world order Marxists/fascists want to destroy anyone who disagrees with them.

 

[Mike1976]

UC Berkeley History Professor’s Open Letter Against BLM, Police Brutality and Cultural Orthodoxy

Note from Editor: I was sent this and felt the need to share it to a wider audience on Twitter. I shared a link to the original post in the tweet. Then, the post was removed, and I made the decision that this is an important perspective not given an equal share in the marketplace

uncoverdc.com

A ballsy move by this Professor. Note the people mentioned have verified that they received it on twitter.

This being Berkeley expect a witch hunt to uncover who wrote this piece of truth.

 

[Musashi]

It's nearly 02:00AM in the UK and I'm watching a programme on BBC where this black American guy is talking about racism in the U.S.A.:

Baratunde Thurston - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Five minutes on and I've got eough. I simply cannot listen this guy for any longer. He just expects black people to be treated as somebody special due to the U.S. history of slavery that ended 150 years ago.

 

[Euroamerican]

National radio news here in the USA is spouting the line that the Georgia drunk was not armed, and not committing a crime when firing or attempting to fire a tazer at the police:

WRONG

Ga. Code § 16-10-33. Remove or attempt to remove firearm, chemical spray, or baton from person acting within course of employment (a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term “firearm” shall include stun guns and tasers. A stun gun or taser is any device that is powered by electrical charging units such as batteries and emits an electrical charge in excess of 20,000 volts or is otherwise capable of incapacitating a person by an electrical charge. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to remove or attempt to remove a firearm, chemical spray, or baton from the possession of another person if: (1) The other person is lawfully acting within the course and scope of employment; and (2) The person has knowledge or reason to know that the other person is employed as: (A) A peace officer as defined in paragraph (8) of Code Section 35-8-2; (B) An employee with the power of arrest by the Department of Corrections; (C) An employee with the power of arrest by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles; (D) A community supervision officer or other employee with the power of arrest by the Department of Community Supervision; (E) A jail officer or guard by a county or municipality and has the responsibility of supervising inmates who are confined in a county or municipal jail or other detention facility; or (F) A juvenile correctional officer by the Department of Juvenile Justice and has the primary responsibility for the supervision and control State Statutes Regarding or Relating to TASER Brand Conducted Electrical Weapons TASER is a trademark of TASER International, Inc., registered in the US and other countries. For more information, visit www.TASER.com/legal. All rights reserved. © 2015 TASER International, Inc. Page 31 of 117 (updated August 18, 2015) of youth confined in such department's programs and facilities. (c) Any person who violates subsection (b) of this Code section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

 

[riderboy]

UC Berkeley History Professor’s Open Letter Against BLM, Police Brutality and Cultural Orthodoxy

Note from Editor: I was sent this and felt the need to share it to a wider audience on Twitter. I shared a link to the original post in the tweet. Then, the post was removed, and I made the decision that this is an important perspective not given an equal share in the marketplace

uncoverdc.com

A ballsy move by this Professor. Note the people mentioned have verified that they received it on twitter.

Wow. Pretty amazing.

 

[riderboy]

At least a half dozen more in the process of resigning. Good luck with recruiting.

Seven Minneapolis police officers resign after George Floyd protests, citing lack of support from city leaders

www.startribune.com

 

[muck]

This being Berkeley expect a witch hunt to uncover who wrote this piece of truth.

These days a witch hunt could ensue at pretty much every university in the West… which is gut-wrenchingly sad, to be honest.

Historically, the first universities were founded in Europe to provide wise men with a "safe space" from the clergy's and the worldly lords' restrictions on the freedom of teaching.

Modern universities have been squandering this hard-earnt freedom.

 

[Fish&Chips]

No, Police Officers Didn’t Wash Protesters’ Feet In North Carolina

A claim that white police officers washed black pastors’ feet has widely circulated on social media—and Fox News.

www.forbes.com

 

[bfc1001]

To be fair @muck you are expecting a rational argument. I don't think this one. I don't have a problem if these lefties having got their issue aired, now pack up and leave it to the grown ups. But if they think they can win, in the UK by damaging things, and that there wont be a response, I think they are very wrong. The right clearly are ready to go. The people in the middle want to get back to work etc. Strong political ideology, on either side, tends to dwindle as kids and mortgages come on the scene.....

I also would warn all sides, that Boris may not be afraid of breaking a few eggs, plenty of harvesting to be done this year, a few chain gangs or whatever could be a vote winner....

I think there's more to it fluff . The last 4 years in the UK has been argument after counter argument with a political class incapable of articulating any sort of clear direction . What we have seen over the last few weeks for me , get used to it because it isn't going away any time soon . As history has shown when there's an economic crisis ( in this case 2008) and political leaders fail to act in the correct manner then civil disobedience normally follows as you are left with a stressed populace . Though the disobedience can be over a range of random issues as all things in life the chickens always come home to roost .

 

[Fluff]

I think there's more to it fluff . The last 4 years in the UK has been argument after counter argument with a political class incapable of articulating any sort of clear direction . What we have seen over the last few weeks for me , get used to it because it isn't going away any time soon . As history has shown when there's an economic crisis ( in this case 2008) and political leaders fail to act in the correct manner then civil disobedience normally follows as you are left with a stressed populace . Though the disobedience can be over a range of random issues as all things in life the chickens always come home to roost .

Stressed, bored, unemployed, fed up of BREXIT, fed up of COVID. Are we seeing the same or similar to the Trump bad? Every and any thing is allowed, as a group or party or anarchist organisation(An oxymoron surely) doesnt like it. Well you could be right. I hope your wrong, and that as people go back to work, or that great hobby called shopping, things get a little more normal. Maybe this is why Boris is signaling pubs to open in a couple of weeks?

I predict a huge spending plan - HS2, roads, schools, hospitals and a mask factory or 2. And Ant n Dec back on the telly.

 

[riderboy]

'Gone with the Wind' pulled from HBO Max until it can return with 'historical context'

HBO Max has pulled "Gone with the Wind" from its library of films.

edition.cnn.com

thank you for your post but I have edited some of the content out, It is thought to be a little too close to the bone.

 

[Musashi]

 

[Ivan le Fou]

"Look at my record man!"

 

[Ivan le Fou]

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George Washington Statue Vandalized in Chicago's Washington Park

Vandals spray-painted graffiti and put a white hood on a statue of George Washington in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood Sunday morning. Photos from the scene show the statue, which is located in the 5500 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, with spray-painted messages scrawled on...

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[Sideline]

"Look at my record man!"

"Come on man"

 

[colin traveller]

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[Gaz]

I'm genuinely confused - there was still segregation in the States in 1977?!?

 

[Gaz]

^^ Is this what I've heard referred to on TV and movies as 'bussing'?