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June 5, 2020 at 5:26 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115908
znModeratorThis girl is educating her parents about racism. Maybe the future Speaker of the House.
pic.twitter.com/EI0tSwWc0L— JJF729 (@JonathonJFelix) June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020 at 5:23 pm in reply to: the one-shot tweets thread (diff'rent stuff, funny angry interesting) #115907znModeratorYesterday in Alta, Norway: Huge mudslide dragging several houses into the sea. pic.twitter.com/FvDzDcVfCd
— Nature is Scary (@NatureisScary) June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020 at 5:20 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115906znModerator#BREAKING: I’m told the entire @BPDAlerts Emergency Response Team has resigned from the team, a total of 57 officers, as a show of support for the officers who are suspended without pay after shoving Martin Gugino, 75. They are still employed, but no longer on ERT. @news4buffalo
— Dave Greber (@DaveGreber4) June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020 at 4:14 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115903znModeratorJune 5, 2020 at 3:01 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115897znModeratorTrump promised his followers he'd protect us by building a wall. Now he’s building a wall to protect himself from us.
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 4, 2020
June 5, 2020 at 2:45 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115896znModerator
znModeratorThe #LARams team coverage grade was ranked 8th in the league in 2019, despite some significant turnover in the personnel coming last season
How will the secondary fare in 2020? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/3BJcBIv4Um
— PFF LA Rams (@PFF_Rams) June 5, 2020
znModeratorfrom https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/06/05/nfl-rams-andrew-whitworth-virtual-meetings/
It can be tough for coaches to teach players techniques through a computer, but studying plays and film work hasn’t changed all that much, according to Andrew Whitworth. He says it feels like a regular O-line meeting, only the players are not physically in the same room.
“So basically, what we’ve really done – it’s kind of changed throughout the week depending on what we think is best,” Whitworth told former Bengals tackle Willie Anderson on Instagram. “But really, for the most part, like an O-line meeting, the only difference is our O-line coach will get his Zoom and put it to where it’s attached to his computer and showing plays and he’s got his whole plethora of plays and everything we want to watch for the offseason. And you just kind of tag his screen. So really, it’s like you’re sitting in a meeting room. The only difference is you’re obviously not physically in there. We just talk and stop the tape and talk about plays. That part hasn’t really been that different.”
znModeratorColts GM Chris Ballard: ‘I can’t sit here and remain silent’
https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-gm-chris-ballard-i-can-t-sit-here-and-remain-silent
As protests of police brutality continue across the nation in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, it’s impossible to deny that the United States is experiencing a moment in its history.
The hope is it ends up being a moment of positive and perhaps even transformative change. Colts general manager Chris Ballard knows it has at the very least gotten his attention and forced him to acknowledge the systemic issues in this nation. It has also forced him to look in the mirror, through which he realized he’s had the privilege of ignoring those same systemic issues because they don’t affect him.
“I can’t sit here and remain silent because that’s exactly what we’ve done every time our black community screams and yells for help,” Ballard said during a Thursday unscheduled videoconference call with reporters. “We have to end social injustices and racial inequalities. We have to end the police violence against our black communities. Black lives matter. I don’t understand why that’s so freaking hard for the white community to say. Black lives matter.
“I’ve been ignorant. I’ve been ignorant to the real problem, and I’m ashamed of that. I just came to the realization here over the last 10 days with some really hard, difficult conversations that’s we’ve had as an organization, as a team, with my family, with my sons. And I’ve been ignorant to the real problem.”
Ballard knows his overlooking of the inequities faced by African Americans isn’t just a problem with his approach, but a significant issue with a large portion of the country. He said he realized that through his own ignorance, his children were left uninformed “about what’s going on in our country … and they have no idea. And that’s my fault.”
As someone who holds a position of influence with a platform, he’s decided to stop talking football or sticking to sports during this time and instead come out with a strong, unprompted and unprepared statement on the matter at hand.
“See, this is not a black problem, this is a white problem,” Ballard said. “This is an issue that we have to talk about and we can’t sugarcoat it, we can’t sugarcoat our way out of this. We can’t go back into our bubble, because that’s what we’ve always done. We’ve always gone right back into our bubble and we’ve never really listened.
“We haven’t listened, I haven’t listened. We haven’t listened as a country. White America refuses to listen. We want to keep things the same and it can’t, or we’ll continue down the same paths we’re continuing down. And that has to change, and nothing will change until we do that. I’m ashamed of that.”
Ballard’s first step has been to speak with those closest to him — family, friends, colleagues and the members of the roster he’s assembled in Indianapolis — to better understand the whole situation. He said his Colts “have guys hurting, and I didn’t know that.”
But one of the more notable members of the team gave Ballard a simple explanation that he said will drive him to act, starting with his comments Thursday.
“I thought Jacoby Brissett put it best: ‘You’re either part of the solution, or you’re part of the problem,'” Ballard said, via The Athletic’s Stephen Holder. “I want to do my part. My family is going to do its part.”
June 4, 2020 at 7:50 pm in reply to: the one-shot tweets thread (diff'rent stuff, funny angry interesting) #115870znModerator
June 4, 2020 at 7:38 pm in reply to: the one-shot tweets thread (diff'rent stuff, funny angry interesting) #115869znModeratorJune 4, 2020 at 7:19 pm in reply to: the one-shot tweets thread (diff'rent stuff, funny angry interesting) #115868znModeratorA message from I, Vice President of antifa North East division:
Fascism is bad, be gay, do crimes, eat the rich
— Bill Banks (@brizzle_bill) June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020 at 6:50 pm in reply to: the one-shot tweets thread (diff'rent stuff, funny angry interesting) #115867znModeratorI told my husband about my sexual assault case.
& he blamed me for it.
he called me a hypocrite & told me I put myself in that position, ”I knew better” & I shouldn’t have been there, that I shouldn’t have been drinking.We’ll be divorced in July.
This is why we don’t report.— kate (@txkate__) June 3, 2020
June 4, 2020 at 6:47 pm in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115865znModeratorThis is the reality we live in. This isn’t about pinning black against white, but more so about the narrative that is created when a black person speaks and when a white person speaks. Pay attention. This is why we protest! This is why we take a knee! To be HEARD. Nothing more. pic.twitter.com/vMQ2QvvaNN
— Alvin Kamara (@A_kamara6) June 4, 2020
znModeratorI was guilty of having an iota of hope, again.
Thank-you for dashing my hope 🙂
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vHere’s me posting this again:
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znModeratorTeresa Leger Fernandez
During the campaign, Leger Fernandez was endorsed by Congresswoman Deb Haaland, EMILY’s List, and The Santa Fe New Mexican. A political progressive, Leger was endorsed by the Working Families Party, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Leger has advocated for a “New Mexico Green New Deal” and Medicare For All.
Though she did take some dark money.
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znModeratorNOTE: I TRIED TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO IDENTIFIABLE PROTESTOR FACES IN THESE VIDEOS, IF I LEFT SOME IN DM ME AND I WILL REMOVE THE VIDEO
police officer sprays pepper spray at peaceful protesters as they drive by pic.twitter.com/QlHVfZrCqa
— Mae says BLM ✿ (@theepictheymer) June 2, 2020
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A THREAD:
some people still seem to be having trouble believing that police are instigating violence at the protests, so i compiled together 51 images/videos and 6 news reports of police instigating and encouraging violence or being cruel to people who are no threat to them. 1/?
— Mae says BLM ✿ (@theepictheymer) June 2, 2020
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A THREAD:
some people still seem to be having trouble believing that police are instigating violence at the protests, so i compiled together 51 images/videos and 6 news reports of police instigating and encouraging violence or being cruel to people who are no threat to them. 1/?
— Mae says BLM ✿ (@theepictheymer) June 2, 2020
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police officer threatens peaceful protestors with live gun pic.twitter.com/BM1JFh3GUr
— Mae says BLM ✿ (@theepictheymer) June 2, 2020
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swat team member shoves reporter into fire pic.twitter.com/VqDNyFBFHz
— Mae says BLM ✿ (@theepictheymer) June 2, 2020
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2️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ New York City, NY: NYPD cop flings a guy into a patrol car with such force that he's knocked out cold and ends up with a concussion
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) June 3, 2020
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This happened in Fairfield, Ca. THIS IS FUCKING SICK. The man in the video told the officers MULTIPLE TIMES that he was fucking paralyzed. For all these people that don’t believe in police brutality, explain to me why you think this is ok.. pic.twitter.com/2dlMxdbxvI
— Lil Miss Sunshine🙎🏻♀️ (@JaqCiccarelli) June 2, 2020
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3 cops beating the hell out of a protester behind a wall thinking nobody can see them.pic.twitter.com/EF1PnCErMT
— The Resistance 🇺🇸 (@NightlyPolitics) June 3, 2020
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Different angle on 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ out of Indianapolis
From this view you can see the cop grope the woman he's restraining, that's why she breaks away
Then of course a half dozen cops beat her for not wanting to be groped
Lawlessness pic.twitter.com/6XXU7qiULj
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) June 4, 2020
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znModeratorTrump praised the Tiananmen crackdown when it happened. Trump in 1990: “When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength.” … A decent write-up on this: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-praised-china-tiananmen-foreshadowing-response-to-george-floyd-protests-2020-6
znModerator"Enough is enough."
The @packers are displaying their unity. pic.twitter.com/s48mkXCxtr
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) June 4, 2020
znModeratorSaint DE @camjordan94 putting things in perspective. pic.twitter.com/lN041ORrUj
— ESPN (@espn) June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020 at 11:22 am in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115853znModerator
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znModeratorGood Lord. Matt Waldman knows about the Tulsa thing? Wow.
Very impressed.w
vI have another Waldman tweet series in another thread. His jumping off point is that he’s a white guy who married a black woman and had a daughter who is of course black. The premise is that no matter how liberal and enlightened you think you are, if you’re white, actually experiencing black america through a direct emotional connection is a whole different thing. He talks about what he saw and learned.
It’s here, on page one of this thread: http://theramshuddle.com/topic/police-v-demonstrators-protesting-killing-of-george-floyd/
Though I will probably move it to its own thread. I’ll edit a link in here if I do.
June 4, 2020 at 2:53 am in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115844znModeratorThis is who he is.
“When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it,” Trump told Playboy Magazine months later. “Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength.” https://t.co/z3JwjmFxRn
— Kelyn Soong (@KelynSoong) June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020 at 12:48 am in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115842znModerator.@NYTimes staffers revolt over decision to publish Tom Cotton’s call for military force against protesters
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 4, 2020
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June 4, 2020 at 12:30 am in reply to: Police v. Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd #115840znModerator
znModeratorI have nothing to add to this, other than: Please please please watch and listen. https://t.co/YlKL44QSJ5
— Vincent Bonsignore (@VinnyBonsignore) June 4, 2020
znModeratorHere’s the whole overtime of that game.
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