Lockdown Ends, Riots Begin

[PurpnGold]

@conan

Does it matter?

It does.

[Samm]

@hwyflier

@WuWei

Who are their masters?

@STODR

Then who are the masters you claimed they are roiting against?

The people with their literal knees and boots on their necks. What’s the confusion here guys? They burned down the precinct police station.

Did you miss the part where all four cops involved in that action were immediately fired and the one who actually did the act was charged with murder? That doesn’t sound like they are masters to me.

[conan]

So are you saying looting, rioting and burning people cars and business is acceptable?

[STODR]

However I think all of them should be arrested.

[Samm]

@hwyflier

@Samm

Do you think that the cop would not have been charged with murder if the riots had not occurred? By what evidence?

I doubt he would have been charged if it weren’t for the video tape. It would have been 4 cops reports vs 1 dead guy.

So … it’s just your opinion.

[PurpnGold]

@conan

So are you saying looting, rioting and burning people cars and business is acceptable?

Kneeling did not work, Peaceful protesting did not work, Riots… seems to be working now.

[Camp]

Curfew in place.

Arrest made.

Time to stand back.

[Sknyluv]

@Samm

@Sknyluv

@SeaManatee

“News conference “ just now…about the WHO and runs before taking questions.

Given a chance to address the nation … he runs away.

Given a chance? Are you suggesting those instances are so rare that a President can’t afford to pass any such opportunity up? Don’t you realize that the President can command the airways anytime they want?

But given the track record of Media “gotcha” questioning, do you really blame Trump for denying them another opportunity?

Stop defending this clown.

[STODR]

@Camp

Curfew in place.

Arrest made.

Time to stand back.

All of them should have been arrested not just one.

[Camp]

To drive out business?

They aren’t making a more just system.

I say the virus isolation was a considerable factor.

[Camp]

They will.

It takes time to get charges that are supported.

[STODR]

Would you and I be in jail that first night?

[Samm]

@WuWei

@Samm

@WuWei

@TommyLucchese

They just arrested the cop that killed that dude.

Well.

Blue privilege. The delay was the benefit of the doubt.

Actually, for this kind of incident, it was pretty quick. So was the immediate firing of all four cops. Usually there is a lengthy investigation before charges are brought.

Charging perhaps. Are you denying I would have left there in the back of a car in handcuffs?

None at all, but cops arresting other cops for questionable actions during an arrest would be completely unprecedented. I doubt that if the cop now charged with murder had pulled his gun and shot the man as he lay handcuffed on the ground would his peers have arrested him on the spot. Standard procedure to deal with cops suspected of criminal behavior requires an investigation by IA.

[PurpnGold]

@Camp

To drive out business?

They aren’t making a more just system.

They weren’t being heard.

[Samm]

@WuWei

@Samm

@Sknyluv

@gooddad409

@Sknyluv

@gooddad409

I might carry a sign.I would probably campaign against the politicians involved.

Burning and looting? No way.

That’s privilege.

In what way?

Some groups are heard, others are not. Being heard by carrying a sign or staging a sit-in is a privilege some groups are not afforded.

Do you think that the cop would not have been charged with murder if the riots had not occurred? By what evidence?

I do. He would have been fired maybe.

Well, I don’t. He (all four cops actually) were fired before the riots. And as far as murder charges, the National attention was on this from the moment it occurred. The City could not ignore it. I do think, however, that had it not been videoed, that it would have been covered up or at least they would have attempted to cover it up.

[Camp]

Probably.

I won’t defend any of them in any way.

They ruined a lot more than the life they stole.

I don’t want the outraged people to think they are improving their case by driving out business.

They will be looking at those derelict structures for a long time.

[Camp]

In this case they were.

It was that horrible.

[Samm]

@Bosun

Where you a spectator, press or gawker?

Or participant … or instigator.

[Samm]

@PurpnGold

@zantax

So they were looting flat screens to protest police brutality? Spare me.

How many people were doing that? Was it a large part of the protests or a small one?

More than enough … more than there should have been … more than you will admit to.

[Samm]

@hwyflier

@Samm

Sounds to me like you are viewing this like a sport. Are you missing baseball that much?

Why do you say that? I’m intentionally trying to discuss this as clearly and without emotion as possible.

I literally watched a police precinct evacuate their building while under assault from thousands last night in a city I used to know. This is significant.

Why would I say that? Have you read your own posts?