Summer of 2020---The Civil Unrest Thread--Read OP Before Posting (in memory of George Floyd)

[CRobi21]

 

[visionary]

 

[The 12th Commandment]

Drank his coffee, ate his popcorn...even money says at least one of em whacked it in his bathroom.   Just mind bogglingly stupid.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Robert Fuller issue in Palmdale is pretty alarming, to say the least.  African American kid found hanging from a tree.  Cops are saying it's a suicide.

 

He was hanged near City Hall.  Twitter is all over it.

Edited June 12, 2020 by Spaceman Spiff

[Spaceman Spiff]

Also all over Twitter, Torrance Racist Karen.

 

https://abc7.com/torrance-tirade-wilson-park-anti-asian-rant-torrances-karen/6242074/

[Llevron]

I would mush rather watch Chappelle do that than comedy and I love his comedy. Also he is always disrespecting Ja lol. Its never safe. 

[88Comrade2000]

4 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

Also all over Twitter, Torrance Racist Karen.

Just your typical Trumpster/GOPer.

[goskins10]

5 hours ago, CRobi21 said:

Dave Chappelle

 

Thanks for posting this. One of the greatest of all time. Glad he went this way with his first appearance. He is one person who actually does tell it like it is. Made excellent points. It will of course fall on deaf ears in terms of who needs to hear it. But at least it's out there. 

 

 

[mistertim]

3 hours ago, visionary said:

 

 

So wait...a bunch of cops didn't realize that offices have security cameras? Or did they know but just figured they could get away with it?

[LD0506]

2 minutes ago, mistertim said:

Or did they know but just figured they could get away with it?

 

DING DING DING! We have a winner

 

The "fix" has ALWAYS been in, no matter what they do or who knows it.

 

They haven't figured out that cell phones videos and surveillance cams have changed that equation. 

 

Funny

 

[Cooked Crack]

🤔

[mistertim]

The hell? 

 

From this article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-downplays-concerns-of-pentagons-top-general-about-church-photo-calls-it-a-beautiful-picture/2020/06/12/da7ec79c-ac9f-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html

 

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At another point in the interview, Trump defended his tweet in response to recent unrest in Minneapolis that included the phrase, “when the looting starts the shooting starts.” He said the phrase does not necessarily imply a threat, as many people saw it.

“It means two things, very different things,” Trump said. “One is, if there’s looting, there’s probably going to be shooting, and that’s not as a threat, that’s really just a fact, because that’s what happens. And the other is, if there’s looting, there’s going to be shooting. They’re very different meanings.”

 

Edited June 12, 2020 by mistertim

[Dan T.]

The Tulsa World newspaper has published an informative account of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

 

https://www.tulsaworld.com/tulsa-race-massacre-this-is-what-happened-in-tulsa-in-1921/collection_3763032b-1ecb-5203-b256-2ba1c370f6af.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab#1

 

[The layout and presentation is a mess, but it provides a solid basic history of events.]

Edited June 12, 2020 by Dan T.

[Jumbo]

<edit---but saved lol--in case i misread something..not a mod thing, just a reply to a post, may reappear>

[goskins10]

 

35 minutes ago, mistertim said:

At another point in the interview, Trump defended his tweet in response to recent unrest in Minneapolis that included the phrase, “when the looting starts the shooting starts.” He said the phrase does not necessarily imply a threat, as many people saw it.

“It means two things, very different things,” Trump said. “One is, if there’s looting, there’s probably going to be shooting, and that’s not as a threat, that’s really just a fact, because that’s what happens. And the other is, if there’s looting, there’s going to be shooting. They’re very different meanings.”

 

Proof he really does know just how ****nig stupid his base is!!! As they read this they are shaking their heads in agreement and thinking - "Stupid libs just hate President Trump! He meant no ill will!" not realizing that once again he has just made some **** up for them to gobble up like candy! 

 

His oh poor innocent me bull**** may be his most irritating quality - and that is saying something. Nothing but complete bull**** from him - total lies and garbage. Yet at least 30+% of America believes every ****ing word! Sad, very sad! 

[PleaseBlitz]

Hilarious.

 

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/k-pop-fans-defuse-racist-hashtags

 

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One of the wonders of witnessing a political revolution led by people who are firmly rooted in online culture is watching new forms of insurrection develop and be deployed almost instantaneously. This week, thousands of K-pop stans—the passionate, Web-literate followers of bands such as BTS, BLACKPINK, Monsta X, GOT7, and others—have been steadily defusing racist hashtags by flooding Twitter with “fancams,” or fan-edited videos of K-pop stars singing, dancing, and serving looks. Fancams are often used to defang or derail an online conversation. Per stan grammar, to post a fancam is to roll one’s eyes; it’s a pointed, efficient way of refusing to engage in unsavory rhetoric while also boosting the presence of something beautiful.

 

This week, as the hashtag #whitelivesmatter began trending in the U.S., the stans promptly organized, posting enough fancams to make the tag functionally useless within hours. Anyone who clicked was greeted by apparently endless footage of K-pop stars engaged in elaborate choreography. Stans are as savvy as they are righteous—when the tag changed to #whitelifematters and then #whiteoutwednesday, they simply regrouped and reëngaged.

 

But the K-pop fans haven’t just been hijacking hashtags. On May 31st, the Dallas Police Department posted a tweet inviting citizens to download iWatch Dallas, an app that could be used to upload videos and photos in order to report “illegal activity from the protests.” A user named @belispeek responded to the D.P.D.’s tweet by writing, “I got a video for you,” and then posted a fancam of the South Korean pop star Taemin performing onstage. Shortly thereafter, the call was out: overwhelm the app, neutralize it, and render it nonfunctional. A user named @yg**** helped direct the action: “guys download the app and ****ing FLOOD that **** with fancams make it SO HARD for them to find anything besides our faves dancing,” she tweeted. The post received a hundred and seven thousand likes. Two hours later, the D.P.D. announced that “due to technical difficulties iWatch Dallas app will be down temporarily.” (The app did eventually go back online, though it presently has a one-star rating in Apple’s App Store, which makes it far less likely to be featured or to appear in a search.) On June 1st, a user named @ngelwy posted a screenshot advertising a similar app being used by the Grand Rapids Police Department: “you know the drill! SEND IN ALL OF YOUR FANCAMS!!! CRASH THE WEBSITE!!! MAKE THEM TAKE IT DOWN!!! PROTECT THE PROTESTORS!!!” The stans went to work. The next day, the app was gone. “The GRPD is closing the online portal for videos of civil unrest,” the department tweeted.

 

Edited June 12, 2020 by PleaseBlitz

[@DCGoldPants]

I wonder why the KPOP folks aren't hijacking every MAGA hashtag.

[The Sisko]

 

 

 

21 hours ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

Didn't see this posted 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/kkk-black-lives-matter-protest-fallon-nevada-1510130

The actual meat of the article ended up being how the protesters and counter protesters came together to find some common ground. So while the clickbait title and picture were there to do what they do best, at least the non-sensationalized part of the article provided a little hope.

 

15 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

That statue fell much harder than it was shoved. A setup?

If it had only complied with orders, it wouldn’t have been harmed. Besides, this statue was a hardened criminal that stole two or three packs of pencils when he was five. Not one pack of pencils people, but as many as three!

 

3 hours ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

Also all over Twitter, Torrance Racist Karen.

 

https://abc7.com/torrance-tirade-wilson-park-anti-asian-rant-torrances-karen/6242074/

Somewhere, this woman almost certainly has children/grandkids. If the children have any sense, grandma would never see her grandkids again. Who knows what kind of crap she might have already put in their heads or subjected them to.

[Spaceman Spiff]

That Chappelle show was awesome.

[Spaceman Spiff]

The band Lady Antebellum, rushing to appear woke and before anyone can put pressure on them to change their name...changes their name to Lady A, not bothering to check if anyone else was using that name.

 

Well, there is.  And she's a 61 year old African American blues singer who's been using that name for years.  

 

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White tells Rolling Stone she’s frustrated that Lady Antebellum hadn’t gone to her before making a decision, pointing out the irony in changing a name in support of racial equality while simultaneously taking another one from a black performer. “This is my life. Lady A is my brand, I’ve used it for over 20 years, and I’m proud of what I’ve done,” she says, her voice breaking. “This is too much right now. They’re using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before. It shouldn’t have taken George Floyd to die for them to realize that their name had a slave reference to it.

“It’s an opportunity for them to pretend they’re not racist or pretend this means something to them,” she adds. “If it did, they would’ve done some research. And I’m not happy about that. You found me on Spotify easily — why couldn’t they?”

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/lady-antebellum-lady-a-country-blues-1013919/

[Jumbo]

checked, didn't see this yet---while i'm of a mind that the pedal has to be kept to the metal this time around, i do believe the sentiments expressed here reflect the bigger reality across the nation among leos, overall, though some locales are worse than others of course

 

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/06/11/we-ask-that-our-voices-be-heard-minneapolis-police-officers-pen-open-letter-condemning-derek-chauvin-embracing-reform/

 

‘We Ask That Our Voices Be Heard’: Minneapolis Police Officers Pen Open Letter Condemning Derek Chauvin, Embracing Reform

 

 

 

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An open letter claiming to express the view of hundreds of Minneapolis police officers says that they “wholeheartedly condemn Derek Chauvin,” the former officer accused of killing George Floyd. “Like us, Derek Chauvin took an oath to hold the sanctity of life most precious,” the letter says. “Derek Chauvin failed as a human and stripped George Floyd of his dignity and life. This is not who we are.”

 

The short letter, which was obtained by WCCO-TV, is addressed to the citizens of Minneapolis and signed by 14 officers who claim to speak for hundreds of officers at all levels in the department. They say their words are not those of the administration or the police union.

 

“We are with you and want to communicate a sentiment that is broad within our ranks,” the letter says. “We ask that our voices be heard.”

 

The letter expresses firm confidence in Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, who outlined Wednesday his vision for reforming the department.

 

“We stand ready to listen and embrace the calls for change, reform and rebuilding,” the letter says. “We are with you moving forward. We want to work with you and for you to regain your trust.”

 

The letter does not address the other three former Minneapolis police officers charged in Floyd’s death, nor does it touch on recent calls from city leaders to defund and dismantle the police department.

 

The officers who signed the letter are Mark Klukow, Charlie Adams, Darcy Klund, Christie Nelson, Nick Torborg, Mike Kirchen, Pete Stanton, Gary Nelson, Rich Jackson, Mohamed Abdullahi, Molly Fischer, Steve McCarty, John Delmonico, and Richard Zimmerman

 

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<full letter below>

 

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We wholeheartedly condemn Derek Chauvin. We Are With You in the denouncement of Derek Chauvin’s actions on Memorial Day, 2020. Like us, Derek Chauvin took an oath to hold the sanctity of life most precious. Derek Chauvin failed as a human and stripped George Floyd of his dignity and life. This is not who we are.

 

We Are With You and want to communicate a sentiment that is broad within our ranks. We ask that our voices be heard. We are leaders, formal and informal, and from all ranks within the Minneapolis Police Department. We’re not the union or the administration. We are officers who represent the voices of hundreds of other Minneapolis Police Officers. Hundreds. We acknowledge that Chief Arradondo needs each of us to dutifully follow him while he shows us the way. We stand ready to listen and embrace the calls for change, reform and rebuilding. We Are With You moving forward.

 

We want to work with you and for you to regain your trust.”

 

[Jumbo]

cue the folks who are just really, perpetually,  concerned about over-reaching and cancel culture and pc run amok , which of course are huge social issues destroying innumerable lives and seriously, negatively, impacting the quality of living for innumerable others over centuries in this nation

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/clemson-removes-john-c-calhouns-name-deshaun-watson-de-andre-hopkins-join-petition-150857353.html

 

Clemson removes John C. Calhoun's name after Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins join petition

 

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The Clemson University Board of Trustees voted to remove John C. Calhoun’s name from its honors college because of a petition signed by nearly 20,000 — including NFL stars Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins — that circulated earlier this week, the Greenville News reported.

 

The former Clemson players retweeted a petition started by Clemson student Roann Abdeladl that demanded the removal of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun’s name from the Calhoun Honors College. It was rebranded as The Clemson University Honors College, per the News.

 

The protest of the name has been going on for years, but national demonstrations against police brutality and for racial justice brought a sense of urgency.

 

Calhoun a slavery advocate

 

Calhoun served as the country’s seventh vice president, from 1825-1932, first under John Quincy Adams and then continuing under Andrew Jackson. He had also represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

 

Calhoun was a slave owner and secessionist, and the college was named after him because his plantation became Clemson University.

 

“Slavery is indispensable to a republican government,” Calhoun is quoted as saying.

 

The petition noted Calhoun advocating for the expansion of slavery as a “positive good” on the U.S. senate floor and it said he “exemplifies institutional racism and white supremacy.”

 

Hopkins doesn’t acknowledge Clemson

 

Hopkins, now with the Arizona Cardinals, explained on Instagram that he doesn’t acknowledge Clemson during pregame introductions on NFL broadcasts because it associates itself with Calhoun.

 

He uses Daniel High School in South Carolina, his secondary education.

 

<video and more at link>

 

 

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1271499018233929728?s=20

Edited June 12, 2020 by Cooked Crack

[China]

WTF?  Did he really just say then end result of Lincoln freeing slaves was a questionable outcome?   This man needs to go.  I'd say more but I don't want to get banned.

[CousinsCowgirl84]

5 hours ago, goskins10 said:

 

Thanks for posting this. One of the greatest of all time. Glad he went this way with his first appearance. He is one person who actually does tell it like it is. Made excellent points. It will of course fall on deaf ears in terms of who needs to hear it. But at least it's out there. 

 

 

I only got to watch the first 15 minutes but it was enthralling. Excellently delivered speech. I look forward to the next 15....