If I lived in Minneapolis, I think I’d move as soon as possible.
In an ideal world, we would not need police.
Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world.
Some areas are less perfect than others.
I’m betting that it was a lot of white folks…racist though we are.
Dude seems like a nice man, and has, according to sources, a decent family.
Got screwed by a rioting mob. I doubt that they care.
I donated.
Dude has nearly a half million dollars to make a second start. I bet he doesn’t do it in the same neighborhood.
That is all out the window now.
What possible excuse is there for any city to keep barber shops, dine-in restaurants, nail salons, gyms, churches, gatherings of more than 10 people, etc., closed or severely restricted?
Why should we continue the (poorly) enforced “social distancing? Hundreds if not thousands, of people have gathered in very close proximity in many municipalities to protest the death of a man they did not know, whose history they knew nothing about, whose death they only know about from an edited cell phone video, yet the government authorities stood by and did nothing. Watched as they marched hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, in protest, violating every “Social Distancing” protocol.
I fully expect that every city and state restriction will soon be lifted, as we have now seen that supposed public health precautions can be overriddeden by Social Justice politics.
Any mayor or governor who does otherwise is a hypocrite.
We ahve the surveillance video of him being removed from the car and walked towards the building. where he seems to be somewhat intoxicated and, if not fighting back or resisting arres, not terribly cooperative.
THen we get the cell phone video showing him being restrained, and eventually passing away after shouting loudly “Officer, I can’t breathe”. (oddly, he can get enough air to shout that).
But what about the in-between? What happened that 4 cops chose to dogpile the dude?
Enquiring minds and all that.
Yep, all of us are. You can tell. All those white people that are marching (but, oddly, not looting black businesses or breaking windows, or setting fires to black neighborhoods or general mayhem) that outnumber those poor downtrodden black people in the peaceful marches.
That country that is so racist that they (*the whites mostly) have paid Billions and Billions of dollars every year…used to help the black community….essentially feeding them, housing them, educating them. The country that was so worried about past sins that they forced large companies in the ’70’s through the early 2000’s to hire a greater percentage of black people than the local community had per capita….to the point where those companies hired black people that were incompetent in the field (and those same companies tried to teach them how to DO the job competently) to the detriment of well qualified whites and asians.
The country that hires an overwhelmingly large number ( almost 2 times the per capita percentage) of black people for Government jobs….gives preference to them, in fact, and won’t fire them, no matter how unproductive they are….Mostly because they are “black”, and therefore a protected segment of society.
The “Racist” government that gives special consideration and advantages to black businesses for construction projects, supplies for offices, other contracting positions….to the detriment of white owned businesses that can do the job for a lower cost…..”Set asides” for that special, protected class, based on race.
The country that gives a great number of scholarships (paid for by mostly WHITE people) to nearly any black kids that can read, write, has a high school diploma and can bother to show up (even though black kids fall out of college at a 3 times higher rate than Whites or Asians or Hispanics….).
Yeah, we are all racist (except black people, of course). Racist ’cause we expect people to follow the laws. Expect them to pay fines and show up for court when they don’t. Expect them to not do criminal acts. Expects them to follow the rules in the society in which they live…the rules of the society that pays for their kids housing, education, food, and medical care when they are “poor”…Often “Poor” because of a series of bad decisions those same black people make over and over and over.
And when they choose not to, our “racist” society then has police arrest, and prosecutors prosecute, them for failing to abide by the rules of society. When they fail to go quietly, and have to be forced to submit to those officers so they can have their day in court, we are then “Bad People” for expecting them to behave…..And forcing them when they won’t.
Yeah, that “Racist America”.
Waiting for the time to start, to run ashore against a hail of bullets from a beached transport to find cover on a sandy beach.
Sitting there, waiting.
Hoping that the plan was good, and that they would survive the night.
On this day, most of western europe should get down on their knees and thank God for these men, for their countries are free thanks to them.
Remember those men, of the US, Britain, Canada who invaded on D-Day 76 years ago.
Sure, that statue of a long dead man inspires then of thousands of white police officers to go out every day to make the lives of black me miserable…Yep, I believe that.
Does the statue also inspire the black men to break the law at a rate that is 4 x higher than any other racial group? Do the statues force them to fail to show up for court dates at a rate that is 7 times higher than the other demographic? Fail to graduate high school at a rate that is 5 times greater than their fellow citizens who have different ancestors? Enter adulthood with felonies at a rate that is 9.8 times greater than their fellow citizens who are lighter skinned (I include hispanics and middle easterners in the lighter skinned group)…?
It is amazing how those statues are such an enemy.
Or there could be something else in play and the media is just using the current unrest as a vehicle….
The cop three cars back saw it, and pulled me over. Fair. Reason to stop me.
I signaled to indicate that I was pulling over, and slowed down and rolled for about a quarter mile until there was a place where I could pull over (steep ditches along the right side of the road for a while). I turned the motor off and waited for him.
The Hispanic officer walked up to the car. I looked back out of the (already opened) window and greeted him……hands on the wheel so he knew I wasn’t gonna shoot him (hands empty). He greeted me and asked for my license and registration. Told me why he pulled me over. I acknowledged that it was a fair stop. I was polite. He was polite. I had to get the registration from the glovebox, told him what I was gonna do, and that I had a pistol on my hip. He was cool with all of the above and I retrieved the document without trouble and handed it to him.
He took my paperwork, went back to the car, and later returned.
Oddly, no one got shot, he didn’t feel the need to call another officer for help, didn’t pull me out of the car, arrest me, nor search the car because he smelled pot or anything else…..and at the end of it, we both went on our way.
Why? I acted decently…. politely. Acknowledged the fact that I had broken a law. Wasn’t rude. He too, was polite and professional. I had no warrants, no unpaid fines, nothing to make him have a reason to arrest or detain me any longer than to verify my license and registration and give me verbal warning.
How one acts CAN determine the outcome. We BOTH chose to make it a peaceful stop. Plus, I am square with the law, so no reason for him to go farther.
Was it ’cause I was white? I doubt it. I think that my behavior (and lack of criminality) determined the outcome.
But that is, of course, different. Because…?
I’m not sure if he posted something unapproved or he has simply pissed them off by telling the truth.
I’m gonna leave the link up for now, in case he works it out. If me moves, I’ll update the link and make notes of that.
(ETA: A message at Kenny’s place…)