Minneapolis cops slowly murder handcuffed man in front of crowd

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I think I the strategy of the police is to withdraw until public rage builds at the rioters enough that they have room for maneuver. "All cops are bastards?" They are quietly saying to the public. "How about we show you a week or two without us? You'll come crawling back!"

Seems smart.

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Interesting way for Trump to frame it on literally the same week we're supposed to be standing up for HONG KONG. Trump may be tough with China, but he's simpatico with the CPC on ideology. And wanting to shut down Twitter too. The Democrats should OWN the China issue. They're the only ones who oppose the CPC's actual IDEOLOGY. Trump's Minneapolis tweet shows his only problem with them is that he isn't as powerful.

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The people trying to articulate a case for or against the riot are missing the point. There is no argument for it. There is no argument against it. It is simply an expression of blind rage.

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I really hope Biden is vets Keisha Lance Bottoms.

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We all know what supported the arrests because it's the same thing that always happens. Politicians felt there was a name to make for themselves by appealing to an unhinged and illogical mob against all sensible justice. Remember when Stephanie Rawlings-Blake thought she could make herself a national name. And especially Marilyn Mosby.

I don't know that. I assume that probable cause was found since they have been charged, and I'm willing to keep an open mind that there will not be proof beyond a reasonable doubt of their guilt.

To be fair this case is more clear cut than many previous BLM cases, and Officers Keung and Lang were holding Floyd down, so if Chauvin committed a crime then they certainly helped in it. And Thao did as well by physically protecting Chauvin from bystanders. You could say they were accessories to a crime which warrants being charged, in a similar way that the getaway driver is charged even though he didn't commit the robbery.

As far as politicians "making a name" sure, but absent public pressure the police and prosecutorial systems have an incestuous relationship. What's really needed is a truly independent prosecutorial branch that oversees the police, but we don't have that. Without these cell phone videos the whole thing would have been swept under the rug.

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More black people have been murdered in the riots than what started the protests in the first place. I thought black lives matter?

23,000 black lives were lost from Covid-19, and now these protestors are gathering in large groups and screaming while literally so close they touch eachother.
It’s pretty obvious that BLM isn’t thinking this idea through. Unfortunately, it will be too late once they realize their mistake and we all will suffer because of it.

Yeah I mean black people are already twice as likely to die from Covid-19, likely due to a combination of socioeconomic related factors. How is that not systemic racism? And encouraging these protests is just going to make it worse. But I guess there's not an obvious police villain so no one cares.