George Floyd death

[TysonRoux]

Some info on the DA.

He's black.

LOL

How damn cheeky of him.

You think him being black doesn't affect his re-election and what stance he has to show to the public to get re-elected...?

Do you actually think he's going after this [White] cop for a just reason? He's doing it for political noddy points.

You missed a word, WHITE, but knowing you we could easily fill in the blanks.

 

[Emjay]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1273426288489959424

 

[Emjay]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1273574857536487429

 

[ForceFate]

So what?

We're going around in circles now rietrot

 

[Vrotappel]

 

[TysonRoux]

If Black Americans were to seek asylum, they could qualify

I have evaluated countless refugee cases. The oppression Black Americans face in the US would qualify as persecution.

Refugee protection is less about vulnerability and more about oppression. This is at least what I have long believed, having worked in the field for more than 15 years.

When we speak of refugees, we often speak of their vulnerabilities and the responsibility to safeguard their rights. There is truth in that, but in real terms, people become refugees because they are oppressed. Their rights are violated because of discrimination.

The 1951 Refugee Convention defines a refugee as someone who has left their country due to a well-founded fear of persecution on the basis of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group, and due to that fear is unable or unwilling to seek protection from their country.

By no means do I advocate for Black Americans to leave the United States, but assuming a Black American were to seek asylum abroad, the social and political unrest that has rocked the country just these past few weeks alone would add to a trove of evidence to support any claims of "well-founded fear" for this person's safety and wellbeing at home.


The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called out disproportionate and unnecessary violence by police during the protests following the murder of George Floyd, as well as the more than 200 attacks on journalists and infringements on the right to freedom of expression.

In a bold and rare display of unanimity, 47 UN human rights experts issued a statement on "systemic racism that produces state-sponsored racial violence, and licenses impunity for this violence" in the US.

 

[konfab]

What, exactly, do you think started in Boston in 1773?

Large amounts of taxation and regulation. Something you progressive types love.

Also, "Ausfailia"?

My term for Australia.

Also, "(and including England)"?

Because the quote I was mentioning was referencing England in particular.

Also, "protecting the basic rights of people far better than the US did"... So I'm guessing you're here cheering on BLM, amirite?

Here is a shocker for you. BLM isn't about protecting individual rights. It is thinly veiled collectivism around race at best.
From their website.

We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.

Because I don't get all my history lessons from woke activists on Twitter, I can tell you that is exactly what was tried in Israel by socialists looking to create a utopia with "new men".

Collective education started on the day of birth and went on until adulthood. At the time it was considered a natural outcome of the principle of equality, which was part and parcel of the kibbutz life. The education authority of the kibbutz was responsible for the rearing and well-being of all the children born on the kibbutz, taking care of their food, clothing, and medical treatment. Everybody received the same share of everything. Parents were not involved economically in the upbringing of their children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz_communal_child_rearing_and_collective_education

 

[TysonRoux]

Charleston church massacre: 5 years on Confederate debate rages
Dylann Roof sat through an hour of Bible study at a church before shooting nine Black worshippers in 2015.

Charleston church massacre: 5 years on Confederate debate rages

Dylann Roof sat through an hour of Bible study at a church before shooting nine Black worshippers in 2015.

www.aljazeera.com

Five years ago, after nine Black church members and their pastor were shot dead in a racist attack, South Carolina banded together and took down the Confederate flag from the state Capitol lawn in Columbia after years of angry debate on the topic.

Today, as yet another shocking killing of an African American roils the country, prompting protesters to pull down statues associated with past racism and demand the removal of names of historical figures who repressed or oppressed other people, South Carolina leaders appear to be sitting out the current movement so far.


Dylann Roof sat through nearly an hour of Bible study at the Mother Emanuel AME church and then started shooting as the group prayed. Nine Black worshippers were killed. Roof spared one woman's life so she could tell everyone he wanted to start a race war. He was sentenced to death and remains in federal prison.

Roof did not hesitate to explain his racist beliefs to FBI agents and left a handwritten journal full of his views, such as Black people being inferior to whites. He also left behind pictures of himself holding the gun used in the killings, posing at historic Civil War and African American sites and holding the Confederate flag.

Brittany 'Bree' Newsome removing the Confederate flag from a pole at the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina on June 27, 2015


Rooting out white supremacy
Just weeks after Roof stormed the church, activist Brittany "Bree" Newsome Bass scaled the 9.2-metre tall flagpole outside South Carolina's statehouse and removed the Confederate flag. Footage of the incident was broadcast on news programmes across the country. She was arrested and the flag was put back on its pole.

Dylann Roof: white supremacist appeals death penalty on mental health grounds

Roof, who killed nine people at the Emanuel AME church, argues he had schizophrenia when he represented himself at trial

www.theguardian.com

 

[konfab]

If Black Americans were to seek asylum, they could qualify

I have evaluated countless refugee cases. The oppression Black Americans face in the US would qualify as persecution.

Refugee protection is less about vulnerability and more about oppression. This is at least what I have long believed, having worked in the field for more than 15 years.

When we speak of refugees, we often speak of their vulnerabilities and the responsibility to safeguard their rights. There is truth in that, but in real terms, people become refugees because they are oppressed. Their rights are violated because of discrimination.

The 1951 Refugee Convention defines a refugee as someone who has left their country due to a well-founded fear of persecution on the basis of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group, and due to that fear is unable or unwilling to seek protection from their country.

By no means do I advocate for Black Americans to leave the United States, but assuming a Black American were to seek asylum abroad, the social and political unrest that has rocked the country just these past few weeks alone would add to a trove of evidence to support any claims of "well-founded fear" for this person's safety and wellbeing at home.


The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called out disproportionate and unnecessary violence by police during the protests following the murder of George Floyd, as well as the more than 200 attacks on journalists and infringements on the right to freedom of expression.

In a bold and rare display of unanimity, 47 UN human rights experts issued a statement on "systemic racism that produces state-sponsored racial violence, and licenses impunity for this violence" in the US.

KEK

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

KEK

Stop being so polite.

Africa is DYING to get INTO the USA. Makes you think.

 

[buka001]

Charleston church massacre: 5 years on Confederate debate rages
Dylann Roof sat through an hour of Bible study at a church before shooting nine Black worshippers in 2015.

Charleston church massacre: 5 years on Confederate debate rages

Dylann Roof sat through an hour of Bible study at a church before shooting nine Black worshippers in 2015.

www.aljazeera.com

Five years ago, after nine Black church members and their pastor were shot dead in a racist attack, South Carolina banded together and took down the Confederate flag from the state Capitol lawn in Columbia after years of angry debate on the topic.

Today, as yet another shocking killing of an African American roils the country, prompting protesters to pull down statues associated with past racism and demand the removal of names of historical figures who repressed or oppressed other people, South Carolina leaders appear to be sitting out the current movement so far.


Dylann Roof sat through nearly an hour of Bible study at the Mother Emanuel AME church and then started shooting as the group prayed. Nine Black worshippers were killed. Roof spared one woman's life so she could tell everyone he wanted to start a race war. He was sentenced to death and remains in federal prison.

Roof did not hesitate to explain his racist beliefs to FBI agents and left a handwritten journal full of his views, such as Black people being inferior to whites. He also left behind pictures of himself holding the gun used in the killings, posing at historic Civil War and African American sites and holding the Confederate flag.

Brittany 'Bree' Newsome removing the Confederate flag from a pole at the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina on June 27, 2015


Rooting out white supremacy
Just weeks after Roof stormed the church, activist Brittany "Bree" Newsome Bass scaled the 9.2-metre tall flagpole outside South Carolina's statehouse and removed the Confederate flag. Footage of the incident was broadcast on news programmes across the country. She was arrested and the flag was put back on its pole.

Dylann Roof: white supremacist appeals death penalty on mental health grounds

Roof, who killed nine people at the Emanuel AME church, argues he had schizophrenia when he represented himself at trial

www.theguardian.com

The old South African flag says a lot.

 

[jack_spratt]

You do a lot of fentanyl and meth and then try to use counterfeit money at a gas station... You then resist arrest.

What's the worst that can happen?

I think we now know...

 

[Craig_]

If Black Americans were to seek asylum, they could qualify

I have evaluated countless refugee cases. The oppression Black Americans face in the US would qualify as persecution.

Refugee protection is less about vulnerability and more about oppression. This is at least what I have long believed, having worked in the field for more than 15 years.

When we speak of refugees, we often speak of their vulnerabilities and the responsibility to safeguard their rights. There is truth in that, but in real terms, people become refugees because they are oppressed. Their rights are violated because of discrimination.

The 1951 Refugee Convention defines a refugee as someone who has left their country due to a well-founded fear of persecution on the basis of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group, and due to that fear is unable or unwilling to seek protection from their country.

By no means do I advocate for Black Americans to leave the United States, but assuming a Black American were to seek asylum abroad, the social and political unrest that has rocked the country just these past few weeks alone would add to a trove of evidence to support any claims of "well-founded fear" for this person's safety and wellbeing at home.


The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called out disproportionate and unnecessary violence by police during the protests following the murder of George Floyd, as well as the more than 200 attacks on journalists and infringements on the right to freedom of expression.

In a bold and rare display of unanimity, 47 UN human rights experts issued a statement on "systemic racism that produces state-sponsored racial violence, and licenses impunity for this violence" in the US.

I wonder about the orange fools response when he sees this. Should be good.

The old South African flag says a lot.

I also wonder how many of the posters in here would admit they still fly that flag.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

The old South African flag says a lot.

These people look like they have had lot of vigorous interaction within their own families, especially a generation ago?

 

[vigras rojara]

These people look like they have had lot of vigorous interaction within their own families, especially a generation ago?

Reminds me of this:

 

[TysonRoux]

These people look like they have had lot of vigorous interaction within their own families, especially a generation ago?

If you insist.

Did you know that Rudy Giuliani was married to his cousin?

 

[rietrot]

I also wonder how many of the posters in here would admit they still fly that flag.

Unfortunately I don't own one.

 

[Craig_]

Unfortunately I don't own one.

Can't see why anyone would want one.

 

[rietrot]

Can't see why anyone would want one.

Why not?

 

[scudsucker]

Why not?

This is a good question, and I agree.

Why didn't Craig phrase it thus:

Can't see why anyone would want one, except - perhaps - rietrot