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XIV wrote So you are more concerned about a little looting than a black man getting murdered by "police"

Yep, because that store that was completely ransacked has ruined peoples lives.

Meaning.. you don't fix a problem by making it worse.

I don't like the way you stated this one bit. You can look at this situation from many different perspectives, but there's only one right one. Merchandise and items can be replaced, LIVES CANNOT

Adding on to what I said above, if a few buildings need to go to get the point across that you shouldn't kill ANY INNOCENT PERSON, then so be it.

This is more than just a Black Lives issue, this is a HUMAN RIGHTS issue. If we can go ahead and kill just to kill, there is no reasoning to have a police force and/or authority figures.

Get your shit together before it gets worse.

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JoeExotic wrote Autopsy results come back it wasn't strangulation that killed him. Is what he did wrong? 100%. The 4 cops should be in prison. Now, what all these rioters are doing are plain out retarded. Trying to protest about racism by robbing stores and burning down hundreds of buildings? Yeah, that says a lot. Seems legit.

A little looting? 170+ buildings were looted or burned down in less than 24 hours in St. Paul alone lmao.

I know when you posted this it was the case, but an independent autopsy paid for by the Floyd family has come back as showing the primary cause of death being asphyxia. So now it's just deciding who to believe, and I believe the independent pathologist. We have a video showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of a man who consistently says "I can't breathe" for almost 9 minutes, so the answer to me is clear.

As for the rioting and looting, I can't really blame them. While there are obvious issues with burning buildings and looting, people in this country have been consistently ignored, shamed, and mocked for non-violent protests. Just look at the Kaepernick kneeling protests. That was an excellent form of peaceful protest, and it was mocked by the media, laughed at by the Trump base, and Kaepernick lost his job because of it. This happens time and time again, where people are encouraged to take advantage of their first amendment rights to speech and assembly, and then are just completely ignored and nothing happens. Inevitably people are going to get fed up with that tactic and are going to explore alternatives. Look at Hong Kong, the violent protests are seen as brave and a fight for freedom against a dangerous state. Here though it's seen as hoodlums making unnecessary noise. There's differences between the groups, but bottom line is they are both fighting for their right to exist safely.

Just my 2 cents.

SSR wrote My personal opinion on it is as follows

There is a lot of injustice in society that date's back since the emancipation proclamation,
Over the past few decade's several groups emerged like the Black Panther's, Black Live's Matter etc who's goal is to promote equality.

With police brutality nowadays's being recorded it's bound to promote civil unrest since many minorities have had enough with our justice system.

Thus the protesting by these various groups are considered necessary and reasonable by both the left and right.

The issue is with the looting and burning down building's which is not whatsoever condone'd and as someone said, the protestor's have different agenda's, for some it's monetary while for other's it's for promoting basic civil rights.

I personally don't agree with any of the looting/violent act's BUT a building can come back (in theory but not every business owner has the money to rebuild their business).

But a person can not come back, George Floyd is gone, no way of reviving his soul but a business can be rebuilt.

I personally don't believe in discrediting the entire protests just because some radical's decided to do this or that, at the end the goal of all the protestor's no matter what is to promote civil rights,

But as said, everyone has different ways of leading up to that goal.

(once again im not condoning the looting whatsoever, many black owned businesses have been burnt down which is a travesty since the goal of the protests is to promote equality).

Plucky wrote

SSR wrote My personal opinion on it is as follows

There is a lot of injustice in society that date's back since the emancipation proclamation,
Over the past few decade's several groups emerged like the Black Panther's, Black Live's Matter etc who's goal is to promote equality.

With police brutality nowadays's being recorded it's bound to promote civil unrest since many minorities have had enough with our justice system.

Thus the protesting by these various groups are considered necessary and reasonable by both the left and right.

The issue is with the looting and burning down building's which is not whatsoever condone'd and as someone said, the protestor's have different agenda's, for some it's monetary while for other's it's for promoting basic civil rights.

I personally don't agree with any of the looting/violent act's BUT a building can come back (in theory but not every business owner has the money to rebuild their business).

But a person can not come back, George Floyd is gone, no way of reviving his soul but a business can be rebuilt.

I personally don't believe in discrediting the entire protests just because some radical's decided to do this or that, at the end the goal of all the protestor's no matter what is to promote civil rights,

But as said, everyone has different ways of leading up to that goal.

(once again im not condoning the looting whatsoever, many black owned businesses have been burnt down which is a travesty since the goal of the protests is to promote equality).

Black Panthers was mostly a socialist/communist group mostly derived of African Americans trying to promote a agenda. That agenda was not peaceful, it was violent and was almost like a militant group, almost as Similar to the KKK. As for BLM (Black Lives Matter) most of the organization is peaceful, but there are some that take advantage, and still promotes that white people should apologize for being white. I recommend looking at this video, because this guy is 100% right.

video

lel wrote

Plucky wrote

SSR wrote My personal opinion on it is as follows

There is a lot of injustice in society that date's back since the emancipation proclamation,
Over the past few decade's several groups emerged like the Black Panther's, Black Live's Matter etc who's goal is to promote equality.

With police brutality nowadays's being recorded it's bound to promote civil unrest since many minorities have had enough with our justice system.

Thus the protesting by these various groups are considered necessary and reasonable by both the left and right.

The issue is with the looting and burning down building's which is not whatsoever condone'd and as someone said, the protestor's have different agenda's, for some it's monetary while for other's it's for promoting basic civil rights.

I personally don't agree with any of the looting/violent act's BUT a building can come back (in theory but not every business owner has the money to rebuild their business).

But a person can not come back, George Floyd is gone, no way of reviving his soul but a business can be rebuilt.

I personally don't believe in discrediting the entire protests just because some radical's decided to do this or that, at the end the goal of all the protestor's no matter what is to promote civil rights,

But as said, everyone has different ways of leading up to that goal.

(once again im not condoning the looting whatsoever, many black owned businesses have been burnt down which is a travesty since the goal of the protests is to promote equality).

Black Panthers was mostly a socialist/communist group mostly derived of African Americans trying to promote a agenda. That agenda was not peaceful, it was violent and was almost like a militant group, almost as Similar to the KKK. As for BLM (Black Lives Matter) most of the organization is peaceful, but there are some that take advantage, and still promotes that white people should apologize for being white. I recommend looking at this video, because this guy is 100% right.

video

Jesus, there is so much wrong in what you just wrote I don't even know where to begin. Comparing the Black Panther Movement to the KKK? Are you serious? YOU are the reason these protests and riots are happening.

XIV wrote You speak on looting but stay silent on murder I SEE YOU.

So many privileged people on here. But what do I expect from a community predominantly white.

You're not ignorant for not knowing.
You are ignorant for refusing to understand.

If only the black community did something peaceful like kneel peacefully during the national anthem.

i'm sure that will work....

Try understanding from someone's else point of view for once. Someone of color who has experienced discrimination.