Is America burning? (Black Lives Matter protests, civil unrest and riots 2020)

[Badgers]

My local town has a small (but decent for a small town) protest still going on. Went down earlier with a neighbour and her (black) dog called Haggis who got a couple of personalised chants

All very civil and very few poolice about. To be honest most the graffiti and general ill will is focusing on the Tories and the greedy which is kind of the root cause

 

[bimble]

Interesting thing. Someone’s done the research and found that police respond more aggressively to protests that are about the police.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14742837.2017.1381592

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

The same department that did ^this, also did this:

 

[FridgeMagnet]

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The same department that did ^this, also did this:

I've said before that it is a deliberate police tactic to pretend to be your friends and then suddenly switch to arresting or attacking you. I've seen it myself and I know a lot of other people have.

I expect there is some study somewhere that says that the psychological shock will deter people in the future. I think it does deter some people but others just learn never to trust the pigs, so in the long term it is probably counter productive for them, like, uh, quite a lot of what they're doing now.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I've said before that it is a deliberate police tactic to pretend to be your friends and then suddenly switch to arresting or attacking you. I've seen it myself and I know a lot of other people have.

I expect there is some study somewhere that says that the psychological shock will deter people in the future. I think it does deter some people but others just learn never to trust the pigs, so in the long term it is probably counter productive for them, like, uh, quite a lot of what they're doing now.

Well I say "counter productive" but that depends on what your goal is really. If the idea is to have a paramilitary force that is feared and mistrusted so can rule through intimidation, it's fine, and in line with lots of other policies, like impunity for random violence, corruption etc. But that clearly builds up opposition. As we see.

 

[Humberto]

Well I say "counter productive" but that depends on what your goal is really. If the idea is to have a paramilitary force that is feared and mistrusted so can rule through intimidation, it's fine, and in line with lots of other policies, like impunity for random violence, corruption etc. But that clearly builds up opposition. As we see.

I think rioting is exactly what the police want, and what Trump wants.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I've said before that it is a deliberate police tactic to pretend to be your friends and then suddenly switch to arresting or attacking you. I've seen it myself and I know a lot of other people have.

I expect there is some study somewhere that says that the psychological shock will deter people in the future. I think it does deter some people but others just learn never to trust the pigs, so in the long term it is probably counter productive for them, like, uh, quite a lot of what they're doing now.

At the very least, you shouldn't allow yourself to be used for a photo-op unless you're getting something real and worth the price in return.

 

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[treelover]

Ridiculous, i will send it to my relative who has spent every friday(and more) dodging spittle during the C18 crisis, and needles etc, other times.

 

[Orang Utan]

This is heartwarming:

 

[Orang Utan]

Gary Younge is always spot on:

 

[Orang Utan]

Ridiculous, i will send it to my relative who has spent every friday(and more) dodging spittle during the C18 crisis, and needles etc, other times.

What’s ridiculous and what will you send?

 

[killer b]

Ridiculous, i will send it to my relative who has spent every friday(and more) dodging spittle during the C18 crisis, and needles etc, other times.

what do you think they'll do when they get told to go and break some heads?

 

[butchersapron]

what do you think they'll do when they get told to go and break some heads?

Yeah but that thing is spectacularly shit and needs calling out for the shit it is. Well done treelover, you got one right.

 

[Kasper Jonran]

This is heartwarming:

How do I watch this? It is not playing correctly.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

32 Pictures That Show What White Privilege Looks Like

Presented without comment.

www.buzzfeed.com

 

[Orang Utan]

How do I watch this? It is not playing correctly.

I don’t know, use a different browser or click on the people talking about but and go straight to twitter

 

[Kasper Jonran]

I don’t know, use a different browser or click on the people talking about but and go straight to twitter

Yes Thank You. I clicked on the feed box outside of the video and it opened in twitter. It would make a great tune. Can we get this to number one It kind of reminded me of the old rinky dink you used to see at festivals.
Thank you

 

[butchersapron]

I don’t know, use a different browser or click on the people talking about but and go straight to twitter

Then keep walking.

 

[D'wards]

I think rioting is exactly what the police want, and what Trump wants.

My mum used to go out with an ex-filth (he was a right spiteful nasty cunt) who policed the race riots in the early to mid 80s in London. He told me the police fucking love a riot - especially back then before everything was filmed. A real chance for them to break some heads without a hint of a reprimand (not that they would be pulled up for doing it anyway back then).
I suppose it's like the buzz football hooligans get.

 

[Orang Utan]

Then keep walking.

Oh it’s Cyril again is it?

 

[Humberto]

My mum used to go out with an ex-filth (he was a right spiteful nasty cunt) who policed the race riots in the early to mid 80s in London. He told me the police fucking love a riot - especially back then before everything was filmed. A real chance for them to break some heads without a hint of a reprimand (not that they would be pulled up for doing it anyway back then).
I suppose it's like the buzz football hooligans get.

Yes that rings true, that they love a bit of 'aggro' is part of the appeal of the job I expect. Beyond that though, in America, they are looking for an opportunity to keep the status quo that the protests are addressing by delegitimising these protests.

 

[planetgeli]

Can't think of any other thread to put this but it sure beats the hell out of death by 1000 Twitters.

Possibly the best poem you'll hear this year.

 

[petee]

even the pope wants the rightwingers to stfu

A bishop in El Paso kneeled in prayer for George Floyd. Two days later, Pope Francis called | CNN

Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz had no idea that his act of solidarity in El Paso, Texas, would be met with a phone call of gratitude from his boss, Pope Francis.

edition.cnn.com

 

[phillm]

Sometimes fluffy feels good...

 

[teqniq]

I saw the police horse running around riderless from the London live feed posted upthread. I wondered how it happened. Ouch.

 

[phillm]

I saw the police horse running around riderless from the London live feed posted upthread. I wondered how it happened. Ouch.

Ouch ...<3 (whatever that is and it's probably old skool now)

 

[ska invita]

people have died from less....brain damage a serious possibility...that was impact at some speed

 

[DaveCinzano]

Chicago's ABC7 shows film of 21 white people holding pistols and rifles intimidating BLM marchers as they pass by during a protest in Crown Point, Indiana (just to the east of the border with Illinois), and for some reason blurs their faces.

Armed bystanders line Black Lives Matter protest in Crown Point, Indiana

Video of several armed bystanders lining the end of a Black Lives Matter protest in northwest Indiana has gone viral.

abc7chicago.com

The station's tweet almost immediately prompts others to post the unblurred footage:

 

[rekil]

brain damage a serious possibility

Who wants the tap in.