George Floyd death

[rietrot]

Why are there no monuments to the atrocities committed by the Empire through its long standing history?

These are key parts of Britain's heritage.

Jeez. You just complained about statues of slavers and now you want to say there isn't any? Wtf

 

[TysonRoux]

More to trigger the Orange Dotard and his redneck hicks.

George Floyd's brother and other key witnesses testify about racial profiling at a House hearing

George Floyd's brother: 'Stop the pain. Stop us from being tired.

Even as he begged for his life, George Floyd called Derek Chauvin 'sir,' his brother says


LIVE: House holds hearing to examine policing practices and law enforcement accountability
House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing to examine the crisis of racial profiling, police brutality and lost trust between police departments and the communities they serve. Testimony will be heard from Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother, and other witnesses.

 

[buka001]

Jeez. You just complained about statues of slavers and now you want to say there isn't any? Wtf

Lol. Over your head.

 

[C4Cat]

Fears of violence as far-Right thugs plan to 'defend' London statues

Police fear far-Right thugs could descend on the capital this weekend to take on anti-racism protesters. Football hooligans are planning counter-protests to 'defend' memorials.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I will just sit here with my . When the authorities demonstrably fail to protect key parts of Britain's heritage by left-wing loons, then you are asking for conflict from the extremist fringe of the other side.

This thread is instructive:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1270711803597615111

Let's see this play out, I have my doubts

 

[C4Cat]

That's why I believe things like statues and such should have dedicated display areas where full history of their existence can be explained. Their prominence serves np purpose in modern society.

Why even display them, just throw them into the sea, what do we need them for?

 

[Jabulani22]

Had he lived and gone to prison, general feeling would've been that of disdain. It's a joke to many people but it could've been anyone. It's not about the man or his misdemeanours but the police poor execution (/shrug) of his arrest.

Its not about the man etc , correct !
Why are people making it about race if its about police brutality ?

Not quite as specific as your attempt to deflect from what you know is the actual cause of the outrage.

Also, Jabs, the space goes after the comma.

Did you just try grammar nazi me ? broken keyboards do strange things , go figure.

I think they're specifically outraged about the video where the officer asphyxiated him to death for 9 minutes by kneeling on his neck while he begged for his life, asked for his mother, and gurgled into oblivion, while the officer tried to shove away concerned passers-by

That is a weird way to say the officer "contributed to" his death while another officer made sure to keep a perimeter.

 

[zophas]

Ever heard of the snowball effect? Today it's statues, tomorrow and the next day it's all the other things named after people you don't like. Who can say when it ends?

 

[TysonRoux]

Ever heard of the snowball effect? Today it's statues, tomorrow and the next day it's all the other things named after people you don't like. Who can say when it ends?

Yes, like today its covert lynchings, tomorrow its killing in the streets in broad daylight with onlookers taking videos.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Floyd is inspiring more people to talk up, especially about us,

Ellis Genge: Eddie Jones and ethnic England players suffered racist abuse on 2018 tour to South Africa

Ellis Genge has added his voice to stamping out racism, claiming Eddie Jones and England suffered racist abuse during their 2018 tour to South Africa.

www.rugbypass.com

Ellis Genge: Eddie Jones and ethnic England players suffered racist abuse on 2018 tour to South Africa

Ellis Genge has claimed that Eddie Jones and some ethnic England players – including himself – were subjected to racial abuse during their 2018 trip to South Africa. Jones’ side played a three-Test series two years ago in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Cape Town and while the Leicester prop didn’t play in those matches, he revealed there was an unsavoury moment after one of the games.

Speaking on 5 Live Breakfast on Tuesday, Genge explained that racism is something he tries to shield himself from but despite this cautious approach, there are still occasions when he is left vulnerable to verbal abuse.

“I don’t think BBC 5 Live needs those type of profanities on their radio at five-to-eight in the morning so I won’t go into too much stuff but it was quite tough in terms of a quite heavily white-dominated area growing up,” he said, initially recalling what it was like being reared in Bristol.

“I still get that [racist abuse] now. You try and segregate yourself from all those people who are sort of naive or ignorant enough to be racist, you try and stay away from it as much as you can, but you can’t shield yourself from everyone’s thoughts.

“I’m more referring when you go out in town after games and stuff. When we went on the South African tour in 2018 I remember after a game we were walking through one of the tunnels and they started hurling racist abuse at myself and a few of the other ethnic boys and Eddie himself.

“It is still very rife, especially in sport. Look, you can’t control that yourself, you just sort of need to put the message out there. Like Raheem Sterling said, if you have got a platform you can use it. It’s something that needs to be stamped out.”

Genge, who has spoken to RugbyPass before about the need for rugby to expand its horizons and shake off its reputation as a posh white man’s sport, added that he would love to see more black coaches and players involved in rugby.

“Yeah, I’d like to see that. The issue in rugby is it has been a white man’s game for a number of years. There’s not really many black coaches or ethnic coaches, especially here in England.

“The only one I am aware of – and I actually worked under him – was Paul Hull at Bristol who played for Bristol himself. But other than that it’s dominated by white males, which is obviously not a problem but that is just the foundation the game was built on.

 

[cerebus]

That is a weird way to say the officer "contributed to" his death while another officer made sure to keep a perimeter.

Not as weird as you saying "contributed"

 

[Tokolotshe]

Ever heard of the snowball effect? Today it's statues, tomorrow and the next day it's all the other things named after people you don't like. Who can say when it ends?

Let's just skip the slow dance. Or the Hong Kong phase.

Burn the books. Kids can learn whatever the government dreams up. Oh - and make sure to block the internet so kids can't get bad ideas from outsiders. Make Mandarin the national language while you're at it ... and make diesel vehicles illegal because it seems we're out.

 

[Jabulani22]

Not as weird as you saying "contributed"

Quoting my original comment , not weird at all .
It was spot on .

 

[Fulcrum29]

Let's just skip the slow dance. Or the Hong Kong phase.

Burn the books. Kids can learn whatever the government dreams up. Oh - and make sure to block the internet so kids can't get bad ideas from outsiders. Make Mandarin the national language while you're at it ... and make diesel vehicles illegal because it seems we're out.

Listening to Ramaphosa’s anti-racism speech in its entirety I was quite surprised when he drew a comparison with China and how they overcame western imperialism.

 

[Tokolotshe]

Quoting my original comment , not weird at all .
It was spot on .

It was. But personal accountability is trumped by a cop in a faraway land who happens to be sufficiently melanin deficient. Of course now I'm going to get critique, saying I'm defending the cops. Read back. The first victim was logic and truth, long before George.

 

[Tokolotshe]

Listening to Ramaphosa’s anti-racism speech in its entirety I was quite surprised when he drew a comparison with China and how they overcame western imperialism.

Not me.

 

[Vorastra]

UCLA professor suspended, under police protection after threats

A California college professor is reportedly being investigated for discrimination and under police protection after refusing a request to exempt black students from final exams in the wake of George Floyd's death.

www.foxnews.com

A California college professor reportedly is being investigated for discrimination and under police protection after refusing a request to exempt black students from final exams in the wake of George Floyd's death.

 

[TysonRoux]

Rednecks selling NASCAR season tickets real cheap.


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NASCAR driver to race with Black Lives Matter themed car
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace announced he plans to race a car with a paint scheme dedicated to the Black Lives Matter

 

[Fulcrum29]

Not me.

The irony is that China's peoples' policy is a cultural lockdown.

 

[ISP cash cow]

That is a weird way to say the officer "contributed to" his death while another officer made sure to keep a perimeter.

You keep bringing the word "contributed to" as if it is some sort of defense of the officer. I know you are Afrikaans and maybe the word to you may be lost in translation but you do know that the word "contributed" means "help to cause or bring about"?

In other words "the officer helped to cause or bring about the death of Floyd". That is seriously no defense for the officers actions.

 

[Vorastra]

Rednecks selling NASCAR season tickets real cheap.
NASCAR driver to race with Black Lives Matter themed car
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace announced he plans to race a car with a paint scheme dedicated to the Black Lives Matter

Oh it's Bubba Wallace again. The man that has to get relevancy from being black because he can't get close to the podium. Also the same guy who rage quit from a sponsored virtual race, and then lost his biggest sponsor, Blue-Emu, because of it. Nice guy that Bubba, bit a of a quiter though.