2020 Protests megathread

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Who's ready for the race war?

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Who's ready for the race war?

This isn’t a race war, it’s a class war. Anything saying otherwise is propaganda.

As a member of the Proletariat, I am supportive of the Bourgeoise struggle here. Because Rioting brings down property value.

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Who's ready for the race war?

This isn’t a race war, it’s a class war. Anything saying otherwise is propaganda.

As a member of the Proletariat, I am supportive of the Bourgeoise struggle here. Because Rioting brings down property value.

Please tell me this is some sort of sarcasm.

Yes, in all seriousness there needs to be some major change in American society because we have reached a point where it hasn't just been once, but dozens of times when White Police officers have unjustly slain unarmed African American men. The Class war comment was this conflicts version of the "As long as the DOW is doing good Grandma can die".

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Recent NFL 1st overall pick and overall badass Joe Burrow said this about the protests, "They have been unheard for far too long," Burrow, the Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall draft pick, said Friday on Twitter. "Open your ears, listen, and speak. This isn't politics. This is human rights."

I didn't know I could like him more than I already did.

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Taxes should automatically go up in major cities where there is mass violence.

Burning down your own city is ing dumb. Fighting cops because of a few bad apples is ing dumb.  Using a tragedy as an excuse to loot from your fellow man is down right disgusting.

So make people who did nothing, but had their livelihoods taken from them pay more taxes. Why not make the rich pay more taxes?

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https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1267289308756504576

If the police can't do it, Americans will.

Why are you re-posting a tweet from a Dude, who is almost the literal definition of a "Fake News Poster"....?

I mean I went and clicked on the local Fox News Guy deal, and really he seems to have no idea what he is talking about half the time.

Not that there might not be a few grains of through in this guys report, but to me it looks like a "small town local news reporter" trying to create a story and some media hype to advance his career... doesn't appear that he is actually talking hardly anyone on the ground here, but simply making a provocative claim because he got a photo op with a few business owners somewhere within the "General Neighborhood"....

Call me skeptical for now.... this is not 1992.

Like I've seen other people in like Cleveland doing this on twitter. 

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Hours after Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington characterized Trump's recent actions as "antithetical to the teachings of Jesus", he's now also drawing flak from Catholic Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory:

President Trump drew fresh criticism from religious leaders on Tuesday when he and first lady Melania Trump visited a shrine to Pope John Paul II in Washington, D.C.

The trip to to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine drew a sharp response from Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, who said, "I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles."

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Gregory said in a statement that John Paul II was a defender of the dignity of human beings who "certainly would not condone the use of tear gas and other deterrents to silence, scatter or intimidate them for a photo opportunity in front of a place of worship and peace."

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/02/868188511/catholic-archbishop-criticizes-trumps-visit-to-st-john-paul-ii-shrine?t=1591131034353

Gregory is a black, you see.

It's weird to see the Catholics and Protestants united

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Attorney General Barr ordered authorities to clear protesters near White House, DOJ official says.

Attorney General William Barr on Monday evening ordered authorities to clear a crowd of protesters that had gathered near the White House, according to a Justice Department official, minutes ahead of President Donald Trump's televised address from the Rose Garden.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/barr-protests-white-house/index.html

Is this even under the authority of the attorney general?

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Military Dictatorship:

Fitting imagery for the Lincoln Memorial.

I am angry that the camouflage is mixmatched

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What do you think the chance of Chauvin and Co being acquitted on the 2nd-degree charges? I'd say they're higher then some people are willing to admit I think for Chauvin the chance is around 30% of him being acquitted on 2nd-degree murder charges, while for the other 3 officers I'd say it's around 50/50 on whether they're acquitted or convicted. With how things stand now I don't really see how you can establish definitively that Chauvin purposefully murdered Floyd.

Of course, I believe he intended to murder Floyd, but I think that the defense could be able to cast reasonable doubt on the part of the intent.