-
[QUOTE=WestPhillyPunisher;4989747]What about the other three bastards who participated in Mr. Floyd's death? When will those bastards be thrown in jail?[/QUOTE]
They might have been asked to join the Trump campaign organization already.
-
[QUOTE=Malvolio;4989751]Why is it that cops are more afraid of a single unarmed Black man than they are of 100 white guys with guns?[/QUOTE]
Spoiler: They don't kill out of fear.
-
[QUOTE=JamesonAnders;4987488]Please let's not forget that all states were effectively hamstrung by the denial of any real crisis at the national executive level. There's only so much a state can do without the cooperation of the national government.[/QUOTE]
States are better able to manage their resources without a federal government intervention
-
[QUOTE=Kuro no Shinigami;4989800]States are better able to manage their resources without a federal government intervention[/QUOTE]
That depends on the issue.
When it comes to getting testing kits, they are not better than the federal government. Especially given the fact that they would be/are competing against 49 other states.
The Federal Government should have stepped in, helped order tests and supplied them based on priority. If we could catch the outbreaks before they got bad, we wouldn't have needed all these damn shutdowns.
-
[QUOTE=Kuro no Shinigami;4989800]States are better able to manage their resources without a federal government intervention[/QUOTE]
You're probably right given how the government stepped in and took material from the states. I mean having to sneak in medical supplies so the government wouldn't seize it? Yeah I don't think we need them here.
-
[QUOTE=Kuro no Shinigami;4989800]States are better able to manage their resources without a federal government intervention[/QUOTE]
That is not true with issues that cross state borders such as this one. Even worth most internal masters, states at least need the cooperation of the federal government.
-
[QUOTE=SuperiorIronman;4989820]You're probably right given how the government stepped in and took material from the states. I mean having to sneak in medical supplies so the government wouldn't seize it? Yeah I don't think we need them here.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, WTF was that? Do we know where the material they seized went?
-
[URL="https://twitter.com/mukhtaryare/status/1266413742939672578"]https://twitter.com/mukhtaryare/status/1266413742939672578[/URL]
[QUOTE]
Minneapolis Public Schools board members have written a resolution terminating the school district's contract with the Minneapolis Police Department.
The University of Minnesota was the first public institution to cut ties with MPD after the killing of George Floyd.
[/QUOTE]
-
[QUOTE=Kusanagi;4989375]Seriously, the lockdown protests weren't even a month ago, they featured white men with guns at various capitals.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Tami;4989541]This is like something out of a Michael Crichton novel
[URL="https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-monkeys-escape-with-covid-19-samples-after-attacking-lab-assistant-11996752"]Coronavirus: Monkeys 'escape with COVID-19 samples' after attacking lab assistant [/URL][/QUOTE]
It's more like if the monkey from Outbreak was pro-active.
-
[QUOTE=AnakinFlair;4989855]It's more like if the monkey from Outbreak was pro-active.[/QUOTE]
Gorilla Grodd reincarnated as a monkey!
-
[QUOTE]Why is it that cops are more afraid of a single unarmed Black man than they are of 100 white guys with guns?[/QUOTE]
Look at Minnesota's population
94% WHITE
5% BLACK (15% of that lives in Minneapolis)
Midland Texas (where 6 cops and a 90 year old granny bumped heads)
76% White
8% Black
So what their image of a black person is relegated to the media and word of mouth or limited experiences.
Meanwhile many have grown up or been around some of those white guys with guns or certain beliefs.
And here is the big thing-Some of these cops did not grow up in or near the communities they work in.
According to a former cop in my district-there is a reason for that.
SAFETY of family.
She was in a store with her child when a guy came up to her to just say "hello, remember me". It was a guy she BUSTED years ago. When he left she got her daughter and left that store. Her family moved to another city.
So now the issue is how do you solve that? While it would be nice to get folks from the community as cop (let alone TEACHERS)-it's not easy.
-
[QUOTE=The Cool Thatguy;4989858]Gorilla Grodd reincarnated as a monkey![/QUOTE]
You sure that wasn't Lance Link?
-
[QUOTE=Kirby101;4989428]And the Democrats outpaced the Republicans in the Senate by 20% in the popular vote, and 10% in the House. Since when do Republicans care about the popular vote?[/QUOTE] The main relevance of the popular vote in that context is that it is helpful in winning the electoral college (and before anyone brings up Hillary Clinton and Al Gore, neither won a majority of the popular vote.)
As for congressional elections, it was a different time for Democrats. No one thought the segregationist Senators who had at that point recently filibustered the civil rights bill were on the side of the rioters.
[QUOTE=babyblob;4989455]I get anger and frustration. But riots and looting just give the authorities the groups are speaking out against an excuse to clamp down harder. A few days of venting and feeling better because they stuck back against the status quo then more hatred directed their way because of what had happened. So there is more anger and the cycle starts all over again. It is foolish.
Its like those gun toting Alt right people at the capital with their guns. Look at us we are standing up to the status quo. Look at how great we are with our guns. But in the end it just makes sensible people hate them more.[/QUOTE] It hurt Republicans that some morons went to the capital to march with guns.
It doesn't help Democrats when people pissed off at cops are taking over police stations and burning out pharmacies.
[QUOTE=Kieran_Frost;4989497]As in what good did he do outside of the office of prime minister? Or as in "besides the things a prime minister normal does, what else as prime minister did he do that went that extra mile"?[/QUOTE] My point was more that leading the UK during World War 2 might have been the most important act of any prime minister ever, so that you were responding to an odd dismissal.
[QUOTE=JDogindy;4989529]Yeah, when I was a dumbass teenager, I thought looting sounded cool since you're "sticking it to the man", but after working in retail, looting flat out obliterates a store's profit margin and will probably cause it to close, screwing over the community who likely depends on it for goods and services.[/QUOTE] This is an underappreciated problem.
The big box stores can afford the losses, but it might discourage them from coming back.
Local businesses might not have the resources to recover.
[QUOTE=worstblogever;4989686]And I have to consider that the cause of a riot in a democracy isn't only the actions of the rioters... it's the state that has neglected to make their voices heard.
We are what we build, and if we fall into civil unrest, we have to ask, "How did we get here?" and fix the problems that cause it.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't this approach encourage riots, by letting people know that if they riot, they'll benefit from it?
-
[QUOTE=worstblogever;4989686]And I have to consider that the cause of a riot in a democracy isn't only the actions of the rioters... it's the state that has neglected to make their voices heard.
We are what we build, and if we fall into civil unrest, we have to ask, "How did we get here?" and fix the problems that cause it.[/QUOTE]
Was George Fowley supposed to have asked himself that while he was dying? Was the truck driver beaten within an inch of his life by rioters in 1992 supposed to have asked himself that? How about the woman run down by that scum in Charlottesville?
-
[QUOTE=williamtheday;4989954]Was George Fowley supposed to have asked himself that while he was dying? Was the truck driver beaten within an inch of his life by rioters in 1992 supposed to have asked himself that? How about the woman run down by that scum in Charlottesville?[/QUOTE]
The fact that you brought Charlottesville into this makes your statement moot