chappelle. what a genius. could have taken it a multitude of ways but chose to use it as a teaching moment. and changed at least 2 people’s minds. and hopefully, they can go on and spread that message forward.

yeah. it’s worth a bump.

wv wrote:

Well we already know what life looks like when Police Unions are prohibited.

ima check it out tomorrow.

Zooey wrote:

If I had a gun, I would train with it a lot until I was very good with it.

well right now i’m thinking maybe they need more training without a gun. like de-escalating a situation. communication. conflict resolution. meditation. i don’t know.

and not to just excuse law enforcement. but the average life expectancy of a cop is 57 years. 57 years. 22 years younger than the general population.

the leading cause of deaths among cops is suicide. i’m not sure if that includes retirement. but shoot. if the average life expectancy is 57 you’re probably not living long past retirement.

but again. african american communities of low socioeconomic status. what kinds of trauma do they experience all throughout their lives? i can’t even imagine.

it’s all just so tragic.

wv wrote:

Btw, I think the fact he was complaining he couldnt breathe BEFORE the cop put his knee on his neck, works FOR the prosecution. If thats not negligence, i dont know what is. The cop was already on notice that the guy was having breathing problems.

yeah. i’m not a lawyer. but that’s how i see it.

whatever it is. and i’m not a legal expert. but they have to be consistent.

and all four need to be charged.

and there’s no reason he should have even been on his stomach not even mentioning a knee being pressed into the back of his neck. if he really was complaining of not breathing well and was in distress, you don’t put him on the ground and have four officers putting their body weight on him. and again not even mentioning the fact that he wasn’t resisting a damn thing.

and if you listen to the call, the guy even returned the cigarettes he bought with the supposed counterfeit bill. i mean what the hell? this is just madness.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by InvaderRam.

has anyone here been a cop? i haven’t. can’t even imagine what it would be like to be a cop. i’ve met officers in law enforcement. some of them have ptsd from years of seeing shit no person should ever see.

mental health evaluation would be at the top of my list. evaluate these officers’ well being. see if they’re fit to go out on the streets.

some stats i’ve read show that rates of ptsd are similar to rates seen in veterans. 6 times higher than the general population. shoot some of them have come from the military and are still dealing with issues from their tours of duty.

i actually sometimes wonder if ptsd issues are affecting some of these officers during the protests with all the yelling and confusion and explosions going on.

we have to treat this problem with compassion.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by InvaderRam.

i do believe that class issues get washed over in a lot of these discussions. and it’s disheartening to me. although it’s not the only issue. i get it. but give everyone well paying jobs. good healthcare – mental and physical. i bet a lot of issues start to go away. not all of them.

i don’t know. i don’t know if that statement even directly addresses either of those videos. racism and gender equality. can there ever be an honest discussion about those two topics?

on the first video i do believe feminists can weaponize their gender. that’s not to say that the feminist movement should be discredited because of that. but didn’t hillary pull similar tactics against bernie in 2016?

on the second video. i think yeah. the looting and the violence to some extent is distracting the general public and local officials. they need to address the real issues. about why people are so pissed off.

but also. if one man person had all the answers….

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by InvaderRam.

more on long. sounds like there was a bit of learning curve the first season due to michigan’s relatively simple scheme. but he should be better prepared this season.

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-michigan-cb-david-long-can-overcome-size-concerns-to-be-a-steal-in-the-2019-nfl-draft

Now, these numbers certainly come with a bit of a caveat compared to most. Michigan runs pretty much two coverages exclusively. Long lined up in press nearly every snap of his college career. From there, he either played man coverage or cover-2 where he’d press and then trap the flat. Off-coverage, zone coverage, slot coverage: all pretty much non-existent in Long’s world. All will be present once he gets to the NFL, though, where even the most man-heavy franchises are running press-man less than 2/3 of their snaps. With his skillset though, I’d bet on him being a quick learner.

Unity is strength. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/sSu2sarAXa

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rhian brewster – british born soccer player. plays for liverpool.

⁣This is way deeper than just pointing out who’s staying quiet and who’s speaking up. Unfortunately for us black/brown people etc, this is a real life & everyday occurrence in so many different ways. For years & generations we’ve been screaming out for change and to be heard 1/3 pic.twitter.com/Lo3pvJlTQJ

— Rhian Brewster (@RhianBrewster9) May 31, 2020

yet the pain continues… ⠀
We’ve all been shown films like Roots, we’ve all seen films like Boyz in the hood where this reality is covered and showcased. Yet we are still living these movies in real life. In 2020, today. 2/3

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This goes beyond just #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd, we need justice for us as Human beings. We don’t want special privilege. A level playing field is all we have been crying for, forever. Hear us. #BlackLivesMatter 3/3

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acab.

you’re seeing it all over the place where the disturbances were taking place.

“all cops are bastards”. comes from far right skinhead culture.

i wanna say this too. i’m watching local news coverage right now.

they are careful to emphasize that MOST of the protesters today and this whole week really have been peaceful. they are careful to point out that it is only a minority of the people out there who are causing a majority of the destruction we’re seeing now. and i’m sure it’s the same all over the country.

i don’t know how the national coverage is portraying it.

let me say this again though. all four officers need to be brought to justice.

if not. this will be nothing compared to what’s to come.

Zooey wrote:

I’m not interested in getting a statistical breakdown of who did what, for what reason.

There could be leftists, white nationalists, and selfish chaos-lovers in any kind of blend, and the bottom line is this:

Our police departments need reform, and the police must be held accountable for their actions.

The rest of it is ideological tug-of-war.

yeah. and the people responsible are in the minority. most people are peacefully demonstrating.