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znModeratorThere’s a lot to this. If I get a chance I’m going to try and add things to this thread.
znModeratorMy 2 cents.
To be honest, the police violence does not surprise me. I mean it’s shocking and disturbing but it’s not a surprise. That’s not everywhere of course–as of right now more than 700 towns and cities have had protests and the vast majority are both peaceful in themselves and unmolested by police. But some of the imagery is so dark (and I’ve posted a lot of it here). Way over the top–like police deliberately shooting people in the face with tear gas canisters at short range.
What is my attitude about the whole thing, all combined?
I am heartened by the size, scope, and extent of the protests. 4 years ago I never thought protests led by a group called BlackLivesMatter would be this powerful, widespread, and deep. I am heartened by all the international protests. I am heartened by images of cities full of protesters to the tune of 10s of thousands of them.
I am also heartened by the way the message is being supported. A poll I posted says that 74% of the country believes the Floyd murder points to underlying systemic racism in the system. 74%?! I never expected that.
These images will remain in political consciousness for a long time. I’ve never seen anything like it. And I was at some anti-war protests when I was in high school. Now what the real changes will be…we’ll see.
View this post on InstagramLA showed up today!!! #blacklivesmatter
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June 10, 2020 at 11:56 pm in reply to: BT & others–simple things on the “spam” issue–mods please read #116189znModeratorbump
June 10, 2020 at 6:23 pm in reply to: the one-shot tweets thread (diff'rent stuff, funny angry interesting) #116170znModeratorHow are America's children supposed to learn about the history of giant metallic panther testicles now? https://t.co/cd2eoe37T7
— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) June 10, 2020
znModeratorHere were Rams QB Jared Goff’s full comments about using his platform to speak up in support of those protesting racial injustice and systemic oppression, and the team’s own meetings on these subjects: pic.twitter.com/PilrHBkpKR
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) June 10, 2020
znModeratorI once rode in a helicopter with NASCAR licensing and its partners as they searched the speedway grounds for illegal souvenir sales and they shut them down like a machine. So, if they really want to enforce this, they totally know how to. https://t.co/J8g7oluX7n
— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) June 10, 2020
znModeratorIt would be interesting to know more about the video, or videos. Why is the whole-entire incident not shown, from beginning to end? A
So far there are 2 vids. Neither covers the whole thing. One is an onlooker filming the act of killing Floyd. The other is a security cam showing the first portion of the arrest still on the sidewalk before they moved. There is no continuous vid of the entire episode.
znModeratorMost valuable DL in 2019
1. Steelers
2. 49ers
3. Rams
4. Buccaneers pic.twitter.com/CSUpGBpWcz— PFF (@PFF) June 10, 2020
znModeratorCan’t wait to see @Ty_Higs19 tear it up this season pic.twitter.com/Lvmsbw5GAn
— JB 🐏 (@JB_Peeples) June 9, 2020
znModeratorfrom POWER RANKING NFL QUARTERBACKS 2020
Cian Fahey
https://www.otbsports.com/american-football/power-ranking-nfl-quarterbacks-2020-102779912. Jared Goff
Stat Caveat: Jared Goff was the eighth-most accurate quarterback in the NFL last season.
The Los Angeles Rams offence changed dramatically last season. Goff became more of a focal point than a complement. He was asked to carry the offence and that led to a lot more mistakes. But he also showed off improved accuracy, ranking in the top 10 on both intermediate and deep throws, while working the pocket better than he had in previous seasons. Goff ranking 12th in the NFL is more a reflection on the NFL currently being in a position where old quarterbacks have declined and the younger quarterbacks are still developing, or have already failed to develop.
znModeratorThe NFL vs. the President continues, with Donald Trump retweeting: "I will never buy another NFL ticket until they go back to playing football and stop dividing America" https://t.co/BaO6Z64ohn
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 10, 2020
znModeratorIncredible drone imagery of LA protests pic.twitter.com/1CyYqdmf0y
— Justin Stevens (@_JustinStevens_) June 8, 2020
znModeratorLMU93
from FootballOutsiders: Rams QBs make lists of best/worst games of past decade
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/quick-reads/2020/quick-reads-decade-review-qb-games
Best Games:
4. Jared Goff (RAMS vs MIN, 2018) 26/33, 466 yards, 5 TD/0 INT, 1 sack
Goff had one stretch over the second and third quarters where he picked up first downs on six straight throws, gaining 151 yards and two touchdowns in the process. Then he had first downs on seven straight throws over the third and fourth quarters, gaining 123 yards and a touchdown. Each of those 13 throws gained at least 11 yards.Worst Games:
7. Nick Foles (RAMS @ GB, 2015) 11/29, 141 yards, 1 TD/4 INT, 3 sacks
Hoo boy. If opponent adjustments and league baselines hold steady, this will be one of the 25 worst games we’ve ever measured, and the worst since Teddy Bridgewater’s eight-sack day against Detroit in Week 6 last year. (It was not quite as bad as Bridgewater’s game, but it was the 26th-worst game on record.) The Rams seemed to know he was in for a bad day; they only asked him to pass four times on first down, and only once in the first half. Eventually though, they got to third down, and then Foles was screwed. All four of his interceptions came on third downs, and all with 7 to 9 yards to go for a conversion. And they weren’t on deep balls either — all four were thrown to receivers within 7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Two of them came in the red zone in the fourth quarter.znModeratorfrom PFF: Ranking the NFL’s 32 starting running backs by elusiveness
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-ranking-32-starting-running-backs-elusivenessROOKIES
1. CAM AKERS, LOS ANGELES RAMS
Making people miss wasn’t an added bonus for Akers at Florida State. It was a necessity while running behind one of the worst offensive lines in college football. Comparing college numbers to the NFL is always tricky, but we’ve seen that missed tackle numbers and stats like yards after contact translate well to the NFL. Last season, Akers forced a missed tackle on 32% of his touches and averaged nearly 4 rushing yards after contact per attempt. He’ll likely have to put those skills to use again as a rookie behind a Rams’ offensive line that still has some questions.znModeratorThis Date In Transactions History: Rams Sign No. 1 Overall Pick Jared Goff https://t.co/bybq0IVxki pic.twitter.com/S3w23aEwQC
— Pro Football Rumors (@pfrumors) June 9, 2020
znModeratorHall of Famer @aeneas35 joined @gmfb earlier this week to discuss current events taking place in the U.S.#HuddleUpAmerica pic.twitter.com/u2HWgFFksG
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) June 9, 2020
June 9, 2020 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #116112znModeratorChristian Neal MilNeil@c_milneil
Just an update – I’m OK, the police blustered and left, and I’ve got an attorney.Thanks for everyone’s support. I’m a white guy, so please, let’s remember that most incidents of police harassment don’t get this kind of attention.
City of Portland@CityPortland
Officers were there to serve him with a court summons for criminal mischief for damaged city property via graffiti. Milneil refused service. Case is being submitted to DA’s office, but @PolicePortland is hopeful he’ll contact them to accept service prior to DA review. #June 9, 2020 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #116111znModeratorNathan Bernard@nathanTbernard
Police are at this journalist’s house right now in Portland, Maine threatening to arrest him for tweeting about cops. Not goodPortland, Maine city officials are now defending the police officers threatening to arrest a journalist for tweeting about cops, but the journalist’s lawyer shut them down immediately. pic.twitter.com/HAwH6ksSYJ
— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) June 9, 2020
znModeratorSome protesters, news crews, and medics in Minneapolis found themselves stranded after recent protests: The tires of their cars had been slashed.
Many assumed protesters were to blame. But videos reveal a different culprit: the police. https://t.co/SGYS5nXPFq pic.twitter.com/HH6uygLgoI
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 8, 2020
znModeratorHmmmm. I honestly can’t think of one.
Its all poor-people buying drugs.
Poor-people selling drugs.
Poor people taking drugs.
Poor people stealing to get money to buy drugs.There are no good solutions, because the system either
Sends the poor-people to jail/prison.
Or,
The system sends poor-people back out into corporate-capitalism.I’m not being facetious. I have no stories that have a happy-ending.
Oh, and Every reflective person in the system is burned out, btw.
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vThank you for responding.
So you never got a witness to confess on the stand that they were the real perpetrator and your client was innocent?
But that happens all the time on tv and in movies!
Maybe you just haven’t lucked into one of those situations yet.
znModeratorThe “correspondent” on the story Trump cites here also works for Sputnik, a Kremlin propaganda network. The story is based on an anonymous post to a conspiracy web site. https://t.co/XCLbRZ7IrF
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) June 9, 2020
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znModeratorDianna Russini@diannaESPN
Spoke to a few players today about essentially not having OTAs or minicamps… most just genuinely miss seeing their teammates and coaches. As much as the virtual meetings have been fun and different, they just want to be together.June 8, 2020 at 11:41 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #116092znModeratorTucker Carlson: "This may be a lot of things, this moment we are living through, but it is definitely not about black lives and remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will." pic.twitter.com/HMP3q8WgbQ
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 9, 2020
znModeratorLee J. Carter@carterforva
I really don’t think people are grasping the reality that a car running into a crowd was a once-in-a-lifetime event 3 years ago and now it’s happening like 4 times a day, sometimes done by police themselves.znModeratorStill brings a tear to my eye everytime I see this masterpiece of a throw pic.twitter.com/UqKQkIOAQ4
— JB 🐏 (@JB_Peeples) June 7, 2020
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Goff to Kupp is always a beautiful sight to see pic.twitter.com/eTmFYssQ5e
— JB 🐏 (@JB_Peeples) June 8, 2020
znModeratorznModerator.@RGabriel4HOF to ❄️ #LARams pic.twitter.com/fl8BcX8Y22
— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) June 8, 2020
znModeratorESPN did a draft, assuming every player was available. Here’s the 1st round…
Thoughts? 😬 pic.twitter.com/6bCghHzpgo
— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) June 8, 2020
znModerator“A bunch of leaders on the team decided to speak up and say what was on their mind. And some guys who weren’t leaders decided to speak up too, which was really powerful.”@j_fuller4 on last week’s team meeting + more. pic.twitter.com/0VtgIW2xuX
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) June 8, 2020
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