Law Enforcment

[Happy Monkey]

Have you heard them say that it's OK for cops to kill white people indiscriminately?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Have you heard them say that it's OK for cops to kill white people indiscriminately?

Nope, don't even mention white, yellow, red, or plaid, at all.

[Happy Monkey]

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Thank you.

[Big Sarge]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Bull shit. Inflammatory bull shit. Crap like this is what helps escalate the racial divide in our country.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Sandra Bland committed suicide in her cell after assaulting a cop. After a few days, video evidence proved it. But at the time, people were really hungry for examples to be outraged about, and here was this hanging...

Video evidence did not prove either of those things. The claimed assault occurred after he moved her out of camera view, and the motion controlled camera wasn't pointed in her cell.

Now, it's entirely possible that she did kick him off camera, and I consider it extremely likely that she did commit suicide, but your strong claim that video evidence proved it makes your next sentence a bit ironic.

So now she's crowbarred into the narrative every time. Facts don't matter. Actually they do and the game is to pick the facts that support your narrative and just avoid the facts that don't. Pretty soon you "just know what happened" and the facts don't actually matter to anyone.

Whereas you discount the entire video after finding one way that you interpret the facts differently from Vi.

Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Bull shit. Inflammatory bull shit. Crap like this is what helps escalate the racial divide in our country.

And you didn't even bother to do that.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Video evidence did not prove either of those things.

Read my post again. I did not intend to state both things were proven by video. Video evidence proved that she wasn't lynched.

Whereas you discount the entire video after finding one way that you interpret the facts differently from Vi.

Yes I do. If someone claims a lynching, and there was none, I absolutely stop and do not trust anything else they say.

I encourage everyone to do this too. Once you positively identify narration where the intent is to present a limited set of facts, in an emotional way, you may stop right there.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Video evidence proved that she wasn't lynched.
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Yes I do. If someone claims a lynching, and there was none, I absolutely stop and do not trust anything else they say.

Vi did not claim a lynching, and video evidence did not prove anything, but it indirectly supports suicide.

[DanaC]

Brilliant video.

[sexobon]

Black lives don't matter any less than anyone else's.

[classicman]

No lives matter... unless they want your vote.

[Undertoad]

Sandra Bland committed suicide in her cell after assaulting a cop. After a few days, video evidence proved it. But at the time, people were really hungry for examples to be outraged about, and here was this hanging...

So now she's crowbarred into the narrative every time. Facts don't matter. Actually they do and the game is to pick the facts that support your narrative and just avoid the facts that don't. Pretty soon you "just know what happened" and the facts don't actually matter to anyone.

Y'all eat that shit up. Enjoy. I know it tastes great and you get to feel that oh so self-righteous satisfied feeling of being on the right side and being a part of it all. You care harder.

And that's good, and important. Empathy is in short supply in the world. But it's not the only thing that's good and important.


"Close your eyes, close your ears young man
You've seen and heard all an old man can
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
Throw away the ones that make you feel bad"
-- Ben Folds "Bastard"

[sexobon]

It's a propaganda piece that takes 9 minutes 41 seconds to mix truths with half truths trying; but, FAILING to rationalize using a race-centric phrase that in itself causes divisiveness. Stupid is as stupid does.

I was able to accomplish what it failed to do, rationalize a race-centric phrase that in itself causes divisiveness, without using propaganda technique and with just 5 words: Black lives don't matter any less than anyone else's.


It took the Doctor 6 words to depose Prime Minister Harriet Jones ... amateur.

[Big Sarge]

Victoria Hart is a mathematician known for making educational videos. She isn't a sociologist, anthropologist, or even experienced criminal justice professional. Let us break down her video.

Her claims the Black Lives Movement have concrete plans are ludicrous. I have heard everything espoused from having only black police officers to patrol urban areas to no police presence in some neighborhoods. These are the same groups that have called for the removal of body armor from police. BTW, which BLM group do we listen to? Who is there leader? Is it Shaun King who has clearly been identified as a white male pretending to be African-American?

[Big Sarge]

Hart brings up George Zimmerman and stated if he was held responsible for his actions, there would be no BLM. Excuse me! He was tried in a court of his peers and found not guilty. The DOJ investigated Zimmerman for 3 years and it was concluded there was not sufficient evidence of a federal hate crime. Are we supposed to throw this guy in jail because internet warriors don't like the verdict? Food for thought, Zimmerman is a registered Democrat and a Hispanic. What the fuck does this have to do with white police officers???????????