Jun 8, 2020 -- 2:10PM, Foinavon wrote:
The BBC describe Floyd as "an unarmed black man". Looking at his record it would also be fair to describe him as "a violent serial criminal". Of such things are perceptions made.
Irrelevant. Once you are face down and handcuffed it is a matter for the courts and a jury of your peers. I'm not advocating the no-peaceful protests in any way, but I can not stand his criminal record being brought into this.
Jun 8, 2020 -- 2:17PM, Shrewd_dude wrote:
It's not relevant to him being killed. It is relevant to him being described as a "gentle giant" and people advocating a street be named after him.
It's not really the man they want a street named after. He is now and forever destined to be a symbol of racial inequality in the USA.
Jun 8, 2020 -- 3:21PM, Johnny The Guesser wrote:
Why isn't there more comment or focus on black v black crimes ?
For what reason does this need to be discussed at the minute?
Jun 8, 2020 -- 3:33PM, Whisperingdeath wrote:
Because this is more about the role of the Police. Black people do also need to take a long hard look at what is happening. BLM groups in New York will be setting up armed patrols to defend their communities from Police Assaults, which, has been demonstrated is quite common.It will also be interesting ow they deal with the drugs gangs. Unfortunately black people have been deprived of decent education, medicare, the ability to move out of their ghetto's, their housing projects are also poor.The rage that is felt in black communities is also being felt by underprivileged white communities too so perhaps that is why you see many white people on these demonstrations. The American dream is turning into a nightmare for tens of millions. The rich and the privileged are taking too much out of the system for their own greed. The criminal justice system which has suppressed black people is also being used to suppress whites.Watch and see. America will burn again. There is also an huge opioid epidemic sweeping poor white America. This will stop being about black and white and more about the rich v the dispossessed.
The white people on the demos appear to be middle class university students and lecturer types.