Black Lives Matter protests
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Regis was a tv celebrity of royal stature same as what Trump imagines himself to be so that should not be a surprise.
NBA players boycott games while some consider leaving the bubble
The NBA has postponed all of Wednesday night’s scheduled games after the Bucks boycotted their game. Lindsay Dunn looks at how some players, including the Raptors, are considering leaving the bubble to fight for social change.
toronto.citynews.ca
As five teams decided to boycott their games on Wednesday to denounce the recent police intervention against African American Jacob Blake, the NBA has finally postponed the three playoffs scheduled for the day.
After initiating the boycott in the NBA and in North American professional sports on Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks demanded justice for Jacob Blake, who was the victim of a violent police intervention on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Major League Baseball Teams Follow NBA Lead
Another case of the media trying to stoke a race war! This is no George Floyd. Here is the video the media doesn't want you to see.
He was fighting with police while resisting arrest. He attempted to enter his vehicle while armed police were in pursuit - all the while having no regard for the fact that he was putting several of his children in extreme danger. Jacob is a career criminal with outstanding warrants, and was attempting to flee. He also had a knife on the floorboard of his vehicle.(You won't hear that from the race-baiting media) I guess the officer should have waited to get stabbed, before he unloaded on him.
^^^^^ The media loves fear and violence, it sells to the gullible.
Just found this clip
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Just found this clip
Wisconsin DOJ Confirms Jacob Blake Was Armed When He Was Shot - The Police Tribune
by Sandy Malone and Christopher Berg Kenosha, WI – The Wisconsin Department of Justice confirmed Wednesday that Jacob Blake was armed with a knife when he was shot on Sunday. “During the investigation following the initial incident, Mr. Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession,” a...
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^^^^Let's see how long these boycotts last when these millionaires, I mean athletes stop getting their money for not playing. Or for that matter the owners, for not getting their TV and advertising revenue. But, I do respect the athletes decision to boycott games to send a message. It's crystal clear now what their boycotting/protesting about unlike kneeling during the national anthem which will give people a reason to be upset about it. Meaning that you can't say they're being disrespectful to the flag because they aren't even entering the arena. This is different and I applaud their boycott.
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Waloo, the athletes can afford the boycott because most of them earn money higher than the median salary. The real issue is if the league supports the players' actions while business is being disrupted. The NBA as a whole clearly has the players' backs. Contrast that with the patchwork approach the NFL has taken. To pick one example, Jerry Jones likely will not look favorably at players refusing to play when he already has issues with them kneeling.
Also, for the last time, the protests were never about the flag so not playing is an escalation, not a different situation. Anyone who thinks the anthem protest or kneeling was about patriotism was wilfully distorting issues.
Also, for the last time, the protests were never about the flag so not playing is an escalation, not a different situation. Anyone who thinks the anthem protest or kneeling was about patriotism was wilfully distorting issues.
On the end the only thing the boycotts will do is piss the fans off, it will do zero for racism or police ( do not want to call it bruitality ).. STFU, listen to the police and there is a 100% chance you will not get hurt. The last guy killed brought it on himself.
Hope once pro sports wipes out racism they work on this virus.
Hope once pro sports wipes out racism they work on this virus.
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I never said the protests were about the flag, I said that by boycotting the games it wouldn’t give the people that said it was about the flag an argument. So although I may not agree with your statement I do agree that these boycotts are definitely not about flags.
I don't get it? The mainstream media was reporting that Jacob went to this house as a "peacemaker" but instead he was shot in the back 7 times. The truth is that he started the fight when he took a women of color's keys. The woman of color called the cops. The cops came and Jacob had three outstanding warrants for domestic violence and sexual assault. He resisted arrest and was tased twice. The officers had guns drawn and he thought he was just going to just drive away? Later, he admitted that he had a knife. Regardless, the video did not look good but shouldn't we wait for the investigation prior to looting and burning our own city?
The first autopsy of George Floyd, the coroner said that he had a lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. He also had other drugs and was passing counterfeit currency. He had been incarcerated 5 time previously. He had once held a pregnant black woman at gun point. Yes, that was 13 years prior. The local media and the mainstream media reported none of this. In fact they described him as father of two. Yes he fathered two children but he had nothing to do with their upbringing. They say he was getting his life together. Does passing counterfeit currency while using fentanyl and meth...is anyone going to pretend that this is someone getting their life together? Also, I haven't spoke with one person that agrees with what Derrick Chauvin did to George Floyd. He should be locked up and he is. Also, initially Floyd resisted arrest. He sure didn't deserve to have his neck stood upon.
Breanna Taylor was dating a drug dealer. Her drug dealer boyfriend was having packages delivered to her address. She had to know about this. Anyway, the police had a no knock warrant. When they went to serve the warrant, Taylor's BF fired upon them. The police fired back and she was killed.
The guy at the Atlanta Wendy's was asleep in his car drunk blocking the drive through. I believe he was let out early due to COVID. He was doing time for false imprisonment and child cruelty. The Wendy's manager called the police because he was asleep in the car drunk blocking their drive through. He resisted arrest and fought with the police and then stole a taser from one of the policeman and tased one and tried to tase the other and missed and was then shot and killed. The Atlanta DA charged the cop with 2nd degree murder because in his words a taser is not a deadly weapon. 10 days prior he indicted a police officer because the cop tased an old woman and he said that that a taser is a deadly weapon in the state of GA. The DA was recently defeated in a Democratic primary. He was accused of absconding with 140K$ of public funds and sexual harassment.
The media said that the George Floyd riots were started by White Supremacists. This is not correct but the local news reported this for 2 or 3 days. I'm not sure if any of the above incidents were what the police would refer to as a "good shoot" but I can tell you that the media does not want you to hear these things that I listed above because it doesn't support their narrative. They always try to make it seem like they are choir boys and girls. Michelle Obama said we cannot count the number of unarmed black men that were shot by Police. The Washington Post (no bastion of conservatism) said it was 15 black men and there were about 27 white guys. We can all count to 15.
We have due process in this country. Every citizen is afforded due process even the police. Why not give the authorities time to investigate like we did a few years ago when Micheal Brown tried to tackle a police officer in Furguson MO? Remember "Hands Up Don't shoot?" The Obama justice Dept. investigated this twice and found that it was a lie. Brown attacked a policemen. Several witnesses testified to this.
To me I think the Wendy's shoot was justified. I'm not sure about Breanna or Jacob. I'm also not sure if Derick Chauvin's actions directly led to George Floyd's death. This is debatable. This is why we have due process. A thorough investigation has to be conducted in all four cases. Otherwise, we have mob rule.
The first autopsy of George Floyd, the coroner said that he had a lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. He also had other drugs and was passing counterfeit currency. He had been incarcerated 5 time previously. He had once held a pregnant black woman at gun point. Yes, that was 13 years prior. The local media and the mainstream media reported none of this. In fact they described him as father of two. Yes he fathered two children but he had nothing to do with their upbringing. They say he was getting his life together. Does passing counterfeit currency while using fentanyl and meth...is anyone going to pretend that this is someone getting their life together? Also, I haven't spoke with one person that agrees with what Derrick Chauvin did to George Floyd. He should be locked up and he is. Also, initially Floyd resisted arrest. He sure didn't deserve to have his neck stood upon.
Breanna Taylor was dating a drug dealer. Her drug dealer boyfriend was having packages delivered to her address. She had to know about this. Anyway, the police had a no knock warrant. When they went to serve the warrant, Taylor's BF fired upon them. The police fired back and she was killed.
The guy at the Atlanta Wendy's was asleep in his car drunk blocking the drive through. I believe he was let out early due to COVID. He was doing time for false imprisonment and child cruelty. The Wendy's manager called the police because he was asleep in the car drunk blocking their drive through. He resisted arrest and fought with the police and then stole a taser from one of the policeman and tased one and tried to tase the other and missed and was then shot and killed. The Atlanta DA charged the cop with 2nd degree murder because in his words a taser is not a deadly weapon. 10 days prior he indicted a police officer because the cop tased an old woman and he said that that a taser is a deadly weapon in the state of GA. The DA was recently defeated in a Democratic primary. He was accused of absconding with 140K$ of public funds and sexual harassment.
The media said that the George Floyd riots were started by White Supremacists. This is not correct but the local news reported this for 2 or 3 days. I'm not sure if any of the above incidents were what the police would refer to as a "good shoot" but I can tell you that the media does not want you to hear these things that I listed above because it doesn't support their narrative. They always try to make it seem like they are choir boys and girls. Michelle Obama said we cannot count the number of unarmed black men that were shot by Police. The Washington Post (no bastion of conservatism) said it was 15 black men and there were about 27 white guys. We can all count to 15.
We have due process in this country. Every citizen is afforded due process even the police. Why not give the authorities time to investigate like we did a few years ago when Micheal Brown tried to tackle a police officer in Furguson MO? Remember "Hands Up Don't shoot?" The Obama justice Dept. investigated this twice and found that it was a lie. Brown attacked a policemen. Several witnesses testified to this.
To me I think the Wendy's shoot was justified. I'm not sure about Breanna or Jacob. I'm also not sure if Derick Chauvin's actions directly led to George Floyd's death. This is debatable. This is why we have due process. A thorough investigation has to be conducted in all four cases. Otherwise, we have mob rule.
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I watched the video and yes 7 bullets to the back of this guy is well served. The police has to protect his own life when a resisting man was trying to reach an unknown object in his car. Just feel bad for the kid because he has to witness all of that. But the police played by the book, and no blame on them.
I'm kind of undecided on this one. First off, a person shouldn't put themselves in that kind of a situation. Let them handcuff you and arrest you, fight them in court. And yes, the system will be against you, but at least you'll be alive or able to walk. Secondly, how did the cops not put the man into custody long before he was able to walk all the way around the car and open the drivers door? Police deal with people resisting arrest all the time. They can be high, anger issues, or just dangerous so it's important to subdue that person as quickly as possible. Not wait for them to open the door and reach into their car and then decide to use deadly force. So a person, any person, should never put themselves in that kind of situation, and the officers can't just let him walk around the car like that and open his door. Easy for me to make these comments not having to make split second life and death decisions but this incident didn't need to happen.
^^^^^ Yes, it did not need to happen. He could have listened to the cops and all would have been good. Bad call of the day for him.
Whenever at cop is attempting to arrest someone who has at least one felony warrant, and is therefore looking at multiple years in jail - the chance of him not resisting arrest is slim. If he has a weapon the chance of someone being stabbed, shot, and/or killed is high.
I am sitting here watching Blake’s father holding a microphone and going on and on about his “baby”
As a parent this makes me sick.
Why is he not at the hospital with his baby, why did he raise a career criminal.
This is not the way to end racism these are not the people that should represent black lives matter.
They do matter.
I deplore violence and don’t believe in a lot of things that may make Americans angry like the ownership of semi automatic weapons for the masses.
I don‘t believe the cops handled this the proper way, he did not need to be shot 7 times in the back.
Neither did the other George Floyd deserve to die with someone murdering him by kneeling on his neck.
Is there racism in the US and yes even here in Quebec of course there is and just like in every profession there are bad cops that need to be routed out.
Unfortunately the wrong people are being used and held up as shinning examples, these are not the people Martin Luther King
would be sitting down to have dinner with or would want to know.
The media unfortunately is totally out of control on both sides and nothing seems to make sense anymore.
As a parent this makes me sick.
Why is he not at the hospital with his baby, why did he raise a career criminal.
This is not the way to end racism these are not the people that should represent black lives matter.
They do matter.
I deplore violence and don’t believe in a lot of things that may make Americans angry like the ownership of semi automatic weapons for the masses.
I don‘t believe the cops handled this the proper way, he did not need to be shot 7 times in the back.
Neither did the other George Floyd deserve to die with someone murdering him by kneeling on his neck.
Is there racism in the US and yes even here in Quebec of course there is and just like in every profession there are bad cops that need to be routed out.
Unfortunately the wrong people are being used and held up as shinning examples, these are not the people Martin Luther King
would be sitting down to have dinner with or would want to know.
The media unfortunately is totally out of control on both sides and nothing seems to make sense anymore.
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So what are you supposed to do? Your called to a disturbance and the guy that is creating the disturbance is a known criminal that has three outstanding warrants for domestic violence and sexual assaults. You try to take him in and he won’t comply. He resista arrest and fights you. You tase him twice to no effect. He jumps in a car to evade arrest and he grabs for something. What are you supposed to do? Can he just drive off after all this?
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No.
You shoot him in the back 7 times in front of his 3 kids.
I guess that's what you are supposed to do.
So letting the wanted criminal, who did not comply and therefore forfeited his rights, go in a car with 3 children and risk harming them by driving away With a knife in his possession is what the police officers are supposed to do for fear of being too brutal? 2020 is one messed up year
its in police protocol now to not let the perp back into the car. This changed when that video came out where the perp went back into his car to grab his gun and shot the officer.
the officer also shot him to maim not to kill, by shooting his lower back which is also part of their training hence why he survived 7 shots but he is paralyzed for life
if the perp is still reaching for a threatening situation after being shot, unfortunately its about survival, and you keep shooting
justice was served here
the officer also shot him to maim not to kill, by shooting his lower back which is also part of their training hence why he survived 7 shots but he is paralyzed for life
if the perp is still reaching for a threatening situation after being shot, unfortunately its about survival, and you keep shooting
justice was served here
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