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Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by ebg13 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:47AM (#23399827)
> It's really interesting the world we live in, some people look at these clips and get enraged at how horrible the police are. I look at the clips and they all make perfect sense.

OH YES? Do tell us more, please.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/well-try-to-help-you-follo...

> Get out of here with this nonsense.

The door is that way. -->

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Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by gwicks56 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:05AM (#23399959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5GNB_7cQxY

There you go. The Australian Prime Minister is calling for investigation into why police attacked an Australian news crew.

There are literally hundreds of video's like that out there.

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Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by whymauri on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:21AM (#23400068)
1. You are never going to agree because your beliefs are fundamentally misaligned. Since you believe police retaliation is warranted when targets are breaking the law, you will simply excuse violence upon protesters when:

>[Protesters] physically refused to obey lawful commands.

You may or may not be aware, but that’s typically what protest via assembly means.

2. You are replying to a different person. If you’re going to be so condescending and rude at least employ due diligence in identifying who you’re replying to. Or, preferably, just stop being so rude and condescending.

Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by gwicks56 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:21AM (#23400071)
You don't read so good. Check the usernames genius.
Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by mistermann on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:39AM (#23400199)
I have no horse in this race, but a YouTube video doesn't seem like an adequate rebuttal to what seemed like fairly reasonable skepticism about the quality and trustworthiness of the evidence supporting claimed abuses.
Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by gwicks56 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:09AM (#23400374)
It's literally footage from 7 News Australia, the biggest TV station in Australia.

Are you suggesting the footage was doctored? Where do you host video, if not YouTube? Honest question. If video from a reputable Australia News crew, hosted on YouTube is not adequate, what do you think would be?

Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by mistermann on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:38PM (#23405413)
> Honest question. If video from a reputable Australia News crew, hosted on YouTube is not adequate, what do you think would be?

The article in questions is titled:

U.S. police have attacked journalists more than 120 times since May 28

The person to which you replied was questioning the trustworthiness of the data upon which that claim is based. Do you consider footage of one event conclusive evidence for 120 events?

Would your thinking style change if we switched up some of the variables, say something like:

Young black males have attacked elderly women more than 120 times since May 28

Would one video be sufficient evidence to satisfy your mind in this scenario as well?

Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by Anon1096 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:19AM (#23400050)
If there's literally hundreds of videos out there (which is probably an exaggeration for the time period given, but regardless there are plenty), there's no need to publish lies or Twitter hearsay. Sticking to publishing solid evidence makes criticisms like the GP's totally irrelevant. I'm on the side of the protests, but really to change minds you need to be concise and accurate in reporting. Quality > Quantity if quantity means you're not filtering garbage.
Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by ebg13 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:29AM (#23400130)
> I'm on the side of the protests, but

I smell a concern troll.

> but really to change minds you need to be concise and accurate in reporting

Ok. Show us the links you think are the right ones.

Re:A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 G... by mistermann on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:46AM (#23400236)
Evidence that supports your side gets a free pass?

Being skeptical of claims from any side seems like what we should be striving for. There's no need to treat every story as True/False binary - considering the quality of the data we're working with, the most proper status for most claims should probably be [unknown].