Minneapolis cops slowly murder handcuffed man in front of crowd

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Broken windows can be fixed and shelves restocked but the numerous black people who have died by the hands of police officers will never come back. At this point, who gives a crap? The Target will get fixed. When will innocent black people stop being killed though, that's the more pressing concern I reckon.

I mean, point taken I guess, but how do you know who owns these stores?  They could be people absolutely outraged by this tragedy and doing all they can to make a difference...

Respectfully, how many peaceful protests need to happen before the powers at be do something?

There have been hundreds of peaceful protests about police brutality yet black people keep getting killed. What are they supposed to do?

You still aren't listing a single valid reason to destroy property.

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Moral of the story:  don't try to pay with forged legal tender.

Moral of the story #2:  don't resist arrest if caught.

He fought the law.  And the law won.

It's really not that hard to understand.  

None of those are reasons for a cop to kill you when you are already handcuffed and on the ground.

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The footage of that Target being ransacked is going to be the subject of countless of dogwhistle-filled ads by far-right candidates for the next few years. All because people couldn't wait to see the inevitable filing of murder charges.

At the same time, can you really blame them? Not only do you have the cases of Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the attempted lynching of Christian Cooper, but the area was also home to Philando Castile. We had a police brutality incident where a man effectively got away with murder three years ago because he shot someone for doing what every gun owner should have done.

As far as I'm concerned, Castile is only dead because the pig that pulled him over thought that black people didn't have Second Amendment rights.

And still there are people who seriously think it's a good idea to have cops confiscating people's guns because "safety"...

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Force needs to be applied to curb the actions of the criminals that are looting and destroying businesses, how much economic damage is being inflicted upon normal business owners as a result of these riots. As for the issue of Floyd, it's clear the police attracts some sadists and when you have hundreds of thousands of police officers, you will get a few sadists who enjoy causing pain and killing people, its unfortunate but inevitable, the only solution is a trial for the police officer who was involved with killing Floyd.

ok sauron

So... the angry anarchy mob can just do whatever they want and they can't be met with force? Defending your home, business and family members from pitchforks and torches makes you Sauron now?

To be clear, I am VERY MUCH with these protestors on this unjustified killing. A destructive violent mob and protestors are two different things though. One understands right/wrong and processes logic and reason, the other does not.

This isn't Canada, fam.

"Peaceful" protests have failed time and time again. Is this the right answer? Almost certainly not but it isn't unreasonable for desperate times to call for desperate measures. People are already on their last legs due to the pandemic, it's the perfect storm.

Riots like these won't help their cause. It will only (rightfully) make people think those burning down buildings and looting are human trash taking advantage of a tragedy to cause trouble.

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The Michigan protest while which you can disagree with politically was mostly peaceful.

Storming the capital with assault weapons is NOT peaceful.

Sorry bud, just because you don't like guns doesn't mean people carrying them are committing a violent act.

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And since people are trying to reference MLK to shame folks...

https://twitter.com/NBCJoshua/status/1266216328265969664?s=20

The rioters and looters deserve to be shamed.

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The Michigan protest while which you can disagree with politically was mostly peaceful.

Storming the capital with assault weapons is NOT peaceful.

Sorry bud, just because you don't like guns doesn't mean people carrying them are committing a violent act.

Storming a legislature with the express purpose of intimidating elected officials is domestic terrorism

No one "stormed" anything. Also they did so in an open carry state.
Nothing wrong was done, and unlike the scum rioting in Minnesota, they aren't causing harm to people and property.

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Yeah this is insane. George Floyd would be aghast to see this happening.

Keep his name and what he would feel out of your mouth, you don't know.

No respectable person would support what is happening.

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Yeah this is insane. George Floyd would be aghast to see this happening.

Keep his name and what he would feel out of your mouth, you don't know.

No respectable person would support what is happening.

I'm not sure you would make a good judge of who is or isn't a respectable person.

Says the person who supports harming people and destroying property for no valid reason. 

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For anyone who can and will read.

The entire framing is a lie. There are not Riots in Minneapolis, there were no riots in Baltimore or Ferguson, and I would venture to say that Black people have probably never rioted in the history of the United States.

yeah, no. the article is garbage is so is your opinion if you agree with this.

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For anyone who can and will read.

The entire framing is a lie. There are not Riots in Minneapolis, there were no riots in Baltimore or Ferguson, and I would venture to say that Black people have probably never rioted in the history of the United States.

yeah, no. the article is garbage is so is your opinion if you agree with this.

"All of which brings us to the first part of our definition. That’s the part that sticks. A riot requires “a disturbance of the peace.” When has there EVER been peace in this country for Black people?"

imagine being so delusional that you seriously think that

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For anyone who can and will read.

The entire framing is a lie. There are not Riots in Minneapolis, there were no riots in Baltimore or Ferguson, and I would venture to say that Black people have probably never rioted in the history of the United States.

yeah, no. the article is garbage is so is your opinion if you agree with this.

"All of which brings us to the first part of our definition. That’s the part that sticks. A riot requires “a disturbance of the peace.” When has there EVER been peace in this country for Black people?"

imagine being so delusional that you seriously think that

If you think there are peaceful periods in the history of black American life that the author of the article is glossing over, feel free to provide us with some examples.

I'm not white, but your failed attempt here is hilarious.

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For anyone who can and will read.

The entire framing is a lie. There are not Riots in Minneapolis, there were no riots in Baltimore or Ferguson, and I would venture to say that Black people have probably never rioted in the history of the United States.

yeah, no. the article is garbage is so is your opinion if you agree with this.

"All of which brings us to the first part of our definition. That’s the part that sticks. A riot requires “a disturbance of the peace.” When has there EVER been peace in this country for Black people?"

imagine being so delusional that you seriously think that

If you think there are peaceful periods in the history of black American life that the author of the article is glossing over, feel free to provide us with some examples.

I'm not white, but your failed attempt here is hilarious.

Failed attempt at what, exactly?

Well it was edited as I was quoting it, but it was in reference to you referring to me as white.

But this notion that non-white Americans face constant oppression and their lives are always at risk is simply exaggerated. Sure, it might make for fun talking points to certain groups, but it has little basis in truth in this day and age.