US Anti-Police Protests and Riots Thread III

[The Rich Port]

https://www.macombdaily.com/news/local/macomb-township-pastor-in-hot-water-after-sending-angry-rant-to-asian-journalist/article_3cbc647c-f846-11ea-a9ed-ffdf0311a3dc.html#comments

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/ ... 842095002/

A march to support a black family who was targeted with racial slurs in nearby Warren turned violent today when a bunch of trumpsters showed up. I was shocked at first and then the other news story I posted made headlines and I remembered that Macomb County is where all the racists hang.

Good luck having a BLM March here. I remember some guy tried to run people over at one a friend of mine organized and another crazy bitch tried to ram some BLM protesters only a few miles from my home. This place is trump country. I'm shocked we don't have a local chapter of the Klan here.

The Klan has gone underground for the most part and dissipated into alt-right and other borderline groups.

It's funny the Klan, formerly the Invisible Empire, is the most visible and memorable hate group, and now others have usurped that position of invisible hate.

To be fair I also didn't know the Klan were the ones who founded Stormfront.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

To be fair I also didn't know the Klan were the ones who founded Stormfront.

Hardly more successful, are they?

[Loben III]

To be fair I also didn't know the Klan were the ones who founded Stormfront.

Hardly more successful, are they?

stormfront's more a mix of /pol/ and other idiots.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Hardly more successful, are they?

stormfront's more a mix of /pol/ and other idiots.

I was implying that stormfront are losers. But I'm glad that they only have a small proportion of Klan.

With their weird branding the Klan were real-life memes.

[Loben III]

stormfront's more a mix of /pol/ and other idiots.

I was implying that stormfront are losers. But I'm glad that they only have a small proportion of Klan.

With their weird branding the Klan were real-life memes.

of course they are losers, /pol/ was too mainstream for them.

mind you im not much of a fan of /pol/ myself, but at least they aint stormies.

[The Rich Port]

To be fair I also didn't know the Klan were the ones who founded Stormfront.

Hardly more successful, are they?

Yeah but it's kinda funny

[The Lone Alliance]

Especially nowadays there's no chance of that. The mentality is here to stay. It's not even unique to the police, almost everyone in every walk of life has an us vs them mentality towards other Americans.

The solution here is abolishing America.

No the best solution would be to shut off the news for two months, without anyone getting their marching orders on who to hate and who to blame people will have less reason to be divided.

Maybe someone just needs to turn off all the power for two weeks. Can we convince all the power plant operators to unplug everything for a few weeks?

[Paddy O Fernature]

The solution here is abolishing America.

No the best solution would be to shut off the news for two months, without anyone getting their marching orders on who to hate and who to blame people will have less reason to be divided.

Maybe someone just needs to turn off all the power for two weeks. Can we convince all the power plant operators to unplug everything for a few weeks?

Media blackout actually isn't a bad idea at all, given that Emergency Services are left untouched (aka EAS ect)

[Ifreann]

I'm sure the cops would be very much in favour of hiding all their actions from the general public.

[Valrifell]

The solution here is abolishing America.

No the best solution would be to shut off the news for two months, without anyone getting their marching orders on who to hate and who to blame people will have less reason to be divided.

Maybe someone just needs to turn off all the power for two weeks. Can we convince all the power plant operators to unplug everything for a few weeks?

I fail to see how anyone would be better serviced if the de facto and de jure check on unregulated government power is prevented from being informed on what the government is doing.

[Paddy O Fernature]

I'm sure the cops would be very much in favour of hiding all their actions from the general public.

Indeed.

[Ifreann]

No the best solution would be to shut off the news for two months, without anyone getting their marching orders on who to hate and who to blame people will have less reason to be divided.

Maybe someone just needs to turn off all the power for two weeks. Can we convince all the power plant operators to unplug everything for a few weeks?

I fail to see how anyone would be better serviced if the de facto and de jure check on unregulated government power is prevented from being informed on what the government is doing.

It's a lot easier to get away with brutalising your political opponents when no one's looking.

[Greater Miami Shores]

I'm sure the cops would be very much in favour of hiding all their actions from the general public.

I'm sure the violent demonstrators would be very much in favor of hiding all their violent actions from the Cops, if they could.

[Gravlen]

I'm sure the cops would be very much in favour of hiding all their actions from the general public.

I'm sure the violent demonstrators would be very much in favor of hiding all their violent actions from the Cops, if they could.

So what? Are you really saying that the police should not be held to a higher standard than violent protesters, that the police should not be expected to be accountable for their actions, and should not be expected to follow the rules?

[Greater Miami Shores]

I'm sure the violent demonstrators would be very much in favor of hiding all their violent actions from the Cops, if they could.

So what? Are you really saying that the police should not be held to a higher standard than violent protesters, that the police should not be expected to be accountable for their actions, and should not be expected to follow the rules?

I am just saying what I always say, every thing works both ways, this is a Fact, oh did I of all persons say Facts, lol have mercy, whatever the heck that means,

[Ors Might]

So what? Are you really saying that the police should not be held to a higher standard than violent protesters, that the police should not be expected to be accountable for their actions, and should not be expected to follow the rules?

I am just saying what I always say, every thing works both ways, this is a Fact, oh did I of all persons say Facts, lol have mercy, whatever the heck that means,

None of this addresses the obvious problem of you holding police officers to very low standards.

[Geneviev]

I'm sure the cops would be very much in favour of hiding all their actions from the general public.

I'm sure the violent demonstrators would be very much in favor of hiding all their violent actions from the Cops, if they could.

If their responsibility is to enforce the law, then they can be held to the same standard as law enforcement.

[Gravlen]

So what? Are you really saying that the police should not be held to a higher standard than violent protesters, that the police should not be expected to be accountable for their actions, and should not be expected to follow the rules?

I am just saying what I always say, every thing works both ways, this is a Fact, oh did I of all persons say Facts, lol have mercy, whatever the heck that means,

What meaningless drivel. How does it work both ways?

What you're saying is that because criminals murder people, we should also expect the police to murder people. I mean, I have a low opinion of the police but I'm far, far above your level here. Your disdain for the police is stunning.

[Kowani]

Louisville under state of emergency ahead of Breonna Taylor decision.

[Major-Tom]

Louisville under state of emergency ahead of Breonna Taylor decision.

In other words, the cops are probably going to be acquitted. How the fuck does that happen, they shot her without knocking, without her being armed, while she was in her bed and they're going to potentially walk free? How can anybody defend that?

[Cordel One]

Louisville under state of emergency ahead of Breonna Taylor decision.

In other words, the cops are probably going to be acquitted. How the fuck does that happen, they shot her without knocking, without her being armed, while she was in her bed and they're going to potentially walk free? How can anybody defend that?

People love licking cop boots.

[Gravlen]

One of the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor feels bad for himself.

A Louisville police officer wounded during the Breonna Taylor fatal shooting emailed more than 1,000 of his colleagues Tuesday, criticizing Mayor Greg Fischer and others while defending his actions that March night.

Regardless of the outcome today or Wednesday, I know we did the legal, moral and ethical thing that night. It’s sad how the good guys are demonized, and criminals are canonized.

Jonathan Mattingly is an unrepentant asshole

[Washington Resistance Army]

One of the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor feels bad for himself.

A Louisville police officer wounded during the Breonna Taylor fatal shooting emailed more than 1,000 of his colleagues Tuesday, criticizing Mayor Greg Fischer and others while defending his actions that March night.

Regardless of the outcome today or Wednesday, I know we did the legal, moral and ethical thing that night. It’s sad how the good guys are demonized, and criminals are canonized.

Jonathan Mattingly is an unrepentant asshole

No wonder they declared a state of emergency lol, Christ the city is going to burn

[Gravlen]

An Atlanta police officer quit after learning that the department was colluding with developers to gin up felony arrests against black apartment owners in order to facilitate evictions and accelerate gentrification.

The only way you can evict or do anything like that is if the person who owns the apartment is convicted of a felony. So the Bedford Pines guys just went to the police department and said: “We want you to police in here, and we’re going to give you a section of Bedford Pines to actually have office space. And I want you to lock up as many people as possible so we can make these apartments vacant and we can knock ’em down.”

I go to my supervisors: Is this what the case is? And they looked at me like, what are you, stupid? Of course, why else would we be doing this?

I’m not a constitutional lawyer—that’s not my bag. I’m not even a political activist. But something about that smacks of institutional racism, right? I mean, there wasn’t a white person in this whole complex. Most of the renters were single Black girls who are just trying to, you know, make their way in the world. And yes, their boyfriends probably were dope boys and were up to no good or whatever, but they’d been doing the same thing forever, and they would continue to do the same thing forever. I don’t know what the problem was except that now there’s a multi-million-dollar skyrise next door to them.

There was something about that that made me think now, when I clock into work, I’m not doing any good. I’m actually doing harm.

It wasn’t long before the riots started, but I started making noise right then. I was already pretty vocal about the fact that I wouldn’t lock people up for minor drug stuff. I didn’t feel great about ruining someone’s life over a dime bag of weed or whatever, so I just started trying to find a way to exit stage right.

It dawned on me that the entire system, the entire thing, was just a shitty mafia system. If you tried to do a good job and say, “I’m going to be a good cop, and I’m going to obey commands,” they would abandon you, charge you, leave you behind, and not even think twice. If you didn’t obey the rules, then they were gonna charge you for that. And if you tried to remain quiet and do your job, you are going to be a piece of modern-day redlining that way, too. There was no way that I could exist and feel good about it. And because I didn’t have to—and that’s the privilege part—I just decided not to.

The Cop Who Quit Instead of Helping to Gentrify Atlanta - “It dawned on me that the entire system, the entire thing, was just a shitty mafia system.”

[Mirjt]

I believe that protests are a part of our 1st amendment right to free speech, free assembly, and petitioning the government. So I advocate for a new policy, where we declare peaceful protests and demonstrations (including union strikes, general strikes, prison strikes, and public worker strikes) a protected activity by law, even if they are disrupting economic activity or the daily lives of the citizens and/or residents of a given polity. Any "law enforcement" officer whom breaks up or attacks protests should immediately and permanently have their employment as a "law enforcement" officer terminated, and the "law enforcement" agency they worked for should be fined, and we should have a Federal Agency that enforces these rules on said "law enforcement" officers.