Terrence Floyd took the bullhorn to condemn the looting and rioting that followed his brother’s death. He did not want fire and violence to obscure the deeper meaning that could be realized from his family’s tragedy. He wanted resolution, but one not marred by fury.
“I’m not over here blowing up stuff,” he said, impassioned. “What are y’all doing? You’re doing nothing. That’s not going to bring my brother back.”
“Educate yourself and know who you vote for. That’s how you’re going to get it. It’s a lot of us,” he said. “Do this peacefully.”
Rodney King made a similar appeal shortly after riots began in his name, to no avail, and the LAPD was accused of deliberately failing to intervene against the pillaging of the city. It’s a tragedy unto itself that Floyd, a man who was a victim of violence, will now be forever associated with this madness, his name emblazoned across burned out ruins from coast to coast.
June 02, 2020, 08:26 PM
B. W.
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
Well I watched the event commemorating Floyd today in Houston. Turns out it was a campaign rally for Joe Biden. According to Democratic Reps Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, Trump is the problem in these Democrat run cities. Who knew?
June 02, 2020, 11:14 PM
Prodromos
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
Took me a while to find this clip. Seems appropriate here
June 03, 2020, 12:45 AM
ggggtotalwarrior
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
Retired police captain David Dorn was murdered defending his friend’s jewelry store from looters. RIP
June 03, 2020, 01:42 AM
Love Mountain
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Originally Posted by Legio_Italica
Rodney King made a similar appeal shortly after riots began in his name, to no avail, and the LAPD was accused of deliberately failing to intervene against the pillaging of the city. It’s a tragedy unto itself that Floyd, a man who was a victim of violence, will now be forever associated with this madness, his name emblazoned across burned out ruins from coast to coast.
The legacy of Rodney King riots isn't over how terrible looting and rioting is. The legacy of those riots is that the result of leaving racial tension and injustice unaddressed can be explosive. Instead of obsessing over the looting opportunists, conservative pundits have yet again missed a chance to address and make amends over perceived grievances.
June 03, 2020, 02:24 AM
Common Soldier
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Better than I was expecting.For one brief moment, he was thinking about Sanders. "It's not about me. It's about you.It's about us".:cool:
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And what is rhe relevance of this? George Floyd incidient occurred in a Democrarically controlled state wirh a Democratic mayoe and cops that were tained and controlled by local Democratic leaders. So how is Trump reaponaible?
Obama had 8 years, and obviously failed according to the same blacks. Perhaps more success would have been achieved instead of treating incidents like George Floyd's as issues of racism, they were rightly treated as issues of cop behaviour and training.
And perhaps if the same protesters had complained and demonstrated about the earlier shoting of an unarmed woman in her pajamas by a black Minnesota cop, the death of George Floyd could havw been avoided.
Despite a complete lack of cooperation by the black officer into the Justine Damond shooting, the officer was never fired, and only resigned 8 months later when he was indicted by the grand jury. Officer Noor, reaponsible for the ahooting had pending complaints againat him for assaulting a woman at the tine of the shooting. It seems.like the Minnesota police department hadn't changed its ways. Maybe if groups lime BLM cared about all people instead of a privileged few changes would have been made.
And as for what 83% of the African Americans believe, well, about the same number believed Trayvo Martin was shot because he was wearing a hoodie and if the roles had been reversed the outcome would have been different, neither of which was true*
*Martin was shot because he was sitting on top of Zimmer pounding his head into the ground, not because he was wearing a hoodie. And years before the Martin shooting black neighborhood watchman Rodney Scott shot and killed an unarmed white student, and unlike Zimmer, Scott hadn't even been touched. Scott too was aquitted. Obama instead of informing the public of all facts instead fanned the flames of racial hatred and furthered racially polarized country. Whatever Trump has done is not a tenth as bad as Obama.
The Afican American community commits 52% of murders in the US even though it makes up only 13% of the population, and the vast majority of those victims are black. The fhants of the Black Lives Matter movement will continue ro fall on deaf ears so long as they ignore the 90% of rhe blafk lives lost due to bkacks themselves. The only reason whites don't make up a higher percentage of victims is due to whites largerly separating themselves from the Aficsn Amererican community, and protests like this will only enfourage and reinforce.that behaviour.
Instead of worrying about the actions of a few right wing extremist, you should worry about the actions of those who made US cities hotspots of crims, or at least worry about islamic extremist, who in just one attack in the US killed more people who than all the right wing extremist combined.
June 03, 2020, 03:09 AM
Common Soldier
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Originally Posted by Ludicus
Better than I was expecting.For one brief moment, he was thinking about Sanders. "It's not about me. It's about you.It's about us".:cool:
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And what is rhe relevance of this? George Floyd incidient occurred in a Democrarically controlled state wirh a Democratic mayoe and cops that were tained and controlled by local Democratic leaders. So how is Trump reaponaible?
Obama had 8 years, and obviously failed according to the same blacks. Perhaps more success would have been achieved instead of treating incidents like George Floyd's as issues of racism, they were rightly treated as issues of cop behaviour and training.
And perhaps if the same protesters had complained and demonstrated about the earlier shoting of an unarmed woman in her pajamas by a black Minnesota cop, the death of George Floyd could havw been avoided.
Despite a complete lack of cooperation by the black officer into the Justine Damond shooting, the officer was never fired, and only resigned 8 months later when he was indicted by the grand jury. Officer Noor, reaponsible for the ahooting had pending complaints againat him for assaulting a woman at the tine of the shooting. It seems.like the Minnesota police department hadn't changed its ways. Maybe if groups lime BLM cared about all people instead of a privileged few changes would have been made.
And as for what 83% of the African Americans believe, well, about the same number believed Trayvo Martin was shot because he was wearing a hoodie and if the roles had been reversed the outcome would have been different, neither of which was true*
*Martin was shot because he was sitting on top of Zimmer pounding his head into the ground, not because he was wearing a hoodie. And years before the Martin shooting black neighborhood watchman Rodney Scott shot and killed an unarmed white student, and unlike Zimmer, Scott hadn't even been touched. Scott too was aquitted. Obama instead of informing the public of all facts instead fanned the flames of racial hatred and furthered racially polarized country. Whatever Trump has done is not a tenth as bad as Obama.
The Afican American community commits 52% of murders in the US even though it makes up only 13% of the population, and the vast majority of those victims are black. The fhants of the Black Lives Matter movement will continue ro fall on deaf ears so long as they ignore the 90% of rhe blafk lives lost due to bkacks themselves. The only reason whites don't make up a higher percentage of victims is due to whites largerly separating themselves from the Aficsn Amererican community, and protests like this will only enfourage and reinforce.that behaviour.
Instead of worrying about the actions of a few right wing extremist, you should worry about the actions of those who made US cities hotspots of crims, or at least worry about islamic extremist, who in just one attack in the US killed more people who than all the right wing extremist combined.
June 03, 2020, 04:17 AM
mongrel
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Originally Posted by Legio_Italica
Rodney King made a similar appeal shortly after riots began in his name, to no avail, and the LAPD was accused of deliberately failing to intervene against the pillaging of the city. It’s a tragedy unto itself that Floyd, a man who was a victim of violence, will now be forever associated with this madness, his name emblazoned across burned out ruins from coast to coast.
Doubt that. This is more a Rosa Parkes moment, it's a given that society will no longer tolerate police murder, capricious policing, Karens and so forth.
June 03, 2020, 04:17 AM
Love Mountain
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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And what is rhe relevance of this? George Floyd incidient occurred in a Democrarically controlled state wirh a Democratic mayoe and cops that were tained and controlled by local Democratic leaders. So how is Trump reaponaible?
President Trump regularly shows solidarity with police, regardless of how guilty they are in perpetrating police brutality. He also has an unhealthy tolerance for White supremacists.
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Obama had 8 years, and obviously failed according to the same blacks. Perhaps more success would have been achieved instead of treating incidents like George Floyd's as issues of racism, they were rightly treated as issues of cop behaviour and training.
Obama didn't call protesters looters or urge Governors to deploy the military. Trump also closed one of Obama's police reform programs.
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And perhaps if the same protesters had complained and demonstrated about the earlier shoting of an unarmed woman in her pajamas by a black Minnesota cop, the death of George Floyd could havw been avoided.
This is nonsensical.
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Despite a complete lack of cooperation by the black officer into the Justine Damond shooting, the officer was never fired, and only resigned 8 months later when he was indicted by the grand jury. Officer Noor, reaponsible for the ahooting had pending complaints againat him for assaulting a woman at the tine of the shooting. It seems.like the Minnesota police department hadn't changed its ways. Maybe if groups lime BLM cared about all people instead of a privileged few changes would have been made.
Drawing lines where none exist. When did BLM say that police brutality towards whites does not matter? They didn't. This is akin to accusing rainforest activists of being okay with letting other types of forests burn.
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And as for what 83% of the African Americans believe, well, about the same number believed Trayvo Martin was shot because he was wearing a hoodie and if the roles had been reversed the outcome would have been different, neither of which was true*
*Martin was shot because he was sitting on top of Zimmer pounding his head into the ground, not because he was wearing a hoodie. And years before the Martin shooting black neighborhood watchman Rodney Scott shot and killed an unarmed white student, and unlike Zimmer, Scott hadn't even been touched. Scott too was aquitted. Obama instead of informing the public of all facts instead fanned the flames of racial hatred and furthered racially polarized country.
This again. Martin was shot because Zimmerman followed him with a firearm. If Zimmerman did not follow Martin, Martin would've been alive.
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Whatever Trump has done is not a tenth as bad as Obama.
Delusional.
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The Afican American community commits 52% of murders in the US even though it makes up only 13% of the population, and the vast majority of those victims are black. The fhants of the Black Lives Matter movement will continue ro fall on deaf ears so long as they ignore the 90% of rhe blafk lives lost due to bkacks themselves. The only reason whites don't make up a higher percentage of victims is due to whites largerly separating themselves from the Aficsn Amererican community, and protests like this will only enfourage and reinforce.that behaviour.
Instead of worrying about the actions of a few right wing extremist, you should worry about the actions of those who made US cities hotspots of crims, or at least worry about islamic extremist, who in just one attack in the US killed more people who than all the right wing extremist combined.
Black-on-Black crime is not exactly an issue. This is misinterpretation of data. The reason why the majority of victims of Black homicide are also Black, is due to the fact that most homicide is interracial. Majority of Hispanic victims are other Hispanics, Blacks on Blacks, Whites on Whites. Moreover, Black Lives Matter is primarily concerned with how the Justice System treats African Americans and other minorities. It's a completely separate issue from Black on Black violence, or White on White violence, etc.
The legacy of Rodney King riots isn't over how terrible looting and rioting is. The legacy of those riots is that the result of leaving racial tension and injustice unaddressed can be explosive. Instead of obsessing over the looting opportunists, conservative pundits have yet again missed a chance to address and make amends over perceived grievances.
As cited, leaders on both sides of the political aisle have condemned the violence and looting as unacceptable and counterproductive to the cause the protestors are seeking to advance. The false dichotomy between condemning violence and looting while also condemning police brutality is a rhetorical virtue signal, and does nothing at all for Floyd, perceived grievances or amends from relevant parties.
June 03, 2020, 06:15 AM
Muizer
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Well I watched the event commemorating Floyd today in Houston. Turns out it was a campaign rally for Joe Biden. According to Democratic Reps Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, Trump is the problem in these Democrat run cities. Who knew?
To be honest, I don't disagree with your sentiment. Trump is most definitely not the cause of this problem. He may be a symptom, but not the cause. Then again, he's making it easy on his opponents with the way he has responded. That response is either utterly incompetent when measured by the degree to which he manages to defuse the situation or extremely successful if the measure is "how do to make this about Trump again". I mean riots and outrage everywhere. How do I top that? Uh, let's threaten to send in the army, that'll do". I wonder if that's POTUS' first angle on anything happening on the world stage. Sure would explain a lot.
June 03, 2020, 06:33 AM
Love Mountain
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Originally Posted by Legio_Italica
As cited, leaders on both sides of the political aisle have condemned the violence and looting as unacceptable and counterproductive to the cause the protestors are seeking to advance. The false dichotomy between condemning violence and looting while also condemning police brutality is a rhetorical virtue signal, and does nothing at all for Floyd, perceived grievances or amends from relevant parties.
There is no dichotomy, that is true. But while some choose to discuss the reason why these riots started, others prefer to focus solely on the consequences of said rioting.
June 03, 2020, 06:36 AM
RedGuard
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the differences between this and Rodney King are multiple, but for one, the entirety of corporate America is on the side of the protestors
June 03, 2020, 06:41 AM
Lord Thesaurian
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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There is no dichotomy, that is true. But while some choose to discuss the reason why these riots started, others prefer to focus solely on the consequences of said rioting.
Those excusing and rationalizing violence and looting are not contributing anything to a discussion of “why these riots started.” Those who condemn violence and looting include many who are concerned about turning the protests into positive change, as cited.
June 03, 2020, 06:45 AM
Love Mountain
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Originally Posted by Legio_Italica
Those excusing and rationalizing violence and looting are not contributing anything to a discussion of “why these riots started.” Those who condemn violence and looting include many who are concerned about turning the protests into positive change, as cited.
The looting is a by-product of grifters and opportunists. It is a by product of protests that are legitimate. On the other hand, police brutality and the violent response to many peaceful protests is a conscious choice by the police, as is the deployment of military troops by President Trump. I find the latter much more concerning than the looting, as these are avoidable. Especially in contrast to looters and rioters that nobody has control over.
June 03, 2020, 07:16 AM
caratacus
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Originally Posted by Legio_Italica
Those excusing and rationalizing violence and looting are not contributing anything to a discussion of “why these riots started.” Those who condemn violence and looting include many who are concerned about turning the protests into positive change, as cited.
I am hearing on at least two news reports, libertarian academics saying that the looting and disorder were probably associated with people being confined at home for weeks.
I would say it is more to do with them not being able to get hold of their drugs, as drug use and criminality go hand in hand especially in the US. Bet the Mexican cartels took a real hit with Covid-19, as we know it is a billion dollar business to feed demand north of the border. Perhaps the authorities should next time give out weed as a way to quell disturbances, if they are no longer allowed to bash heads for fear of provoking further demonstrations.
June 03, 2020, 07:27 AM
Cope
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the differences between this and Rodney King are multiple, but for one, the entirety of corporate America is on the side of the protestors
A fact which supports my view that they are more an extension of an institutionalized social narrative than an empirically provable trend.
June 03, 2020, 07:53 AM
Lord Thesaurian
Re: Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.
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Originally Posted by Love Mountain
The looting is a by-product of grifters and opportunists. It is a by product of protests that are legitimate. On the other hand, police brutality and the violent response to many peaceful protests is a conscious choice by the police, as is the deployment of military troops by President Trump. I find the latter much more concerning than the looting, as these are avoidable. Especially in contrast to looters and rioters that nobody has control over.
Looting is a conscious choice of the looters and is therefore avoidable, your false dichotomy notwithstanding. The widespread failure of authorities to stop them does not substantiate the deflection that claims police brutality is a choice but looting and violence are akin to a natural disaster.
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I am hearing on at least two news reports, libertarian academics saying that the looting and disorder were probably associated with people being confined at home for weeks.
I would say it is more to do with them not being able to get hold of their drugs, as drug use and criminality go hand in hand especially in the US. Bet the Mexican cartels took a real hit with Covid-19, as we know it is a billion dollar business to feed demand north of the border. Perhaps the authorities should next time give out weed as a way to quell disturbances, if they are no longer allowed to bash heads for fear of provoking further demonstrations.
I agree the hypothesis bears further consideration as a potentially key contributing factor to the riots. The economic meltdown and the millions it has left destitute, coupled with the societal trauma of confinement and fear, may well have just been waiting for a spark like Floyd’s death to combine social upheaval and criminal opportunism.
June 03, 2020, 08:05 AM
Vanoi
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A fact which supports my view that they are more an extension of an institutionalized social narrative than an empirically provable trend.
This "social narrative" has been around for decades. Corporations are just taking advantage of it.
June 03, 2020, 08:52 AM
Cope
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This "social narrative" has been around for decades. Corporations are just taking advantage of it.
Both of these points are true, though it appears that as systemic racism (historically provable) has eroded, the grievance narrative has been strengthened. The data suggests that race relations declined rapidly in 2012/13. While I can only speculate as to why this was the case, it was around the time that activist left brought the concept of "white privilege" into the mainstream, race grifting became common place on social media and there was a massive uptick in mentions of systemic racism, diversity and inclusion and social justice etc. in the liberal press.