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Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by 1helloworld1 on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:27PM (#23580371)
Nobody in power cared about George Floyd's death until the violent protests. As Noam Chomksy once said - See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by ordinarydev on Saturday June 20, 2020 @06:19AM (#23583047)
The looters and rioters don't care about his death either - they just want to exploit the tragedy to steal and cause harm to their own communities.
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by leetcrew on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:27PM (#23580705)
I'm willing to entertain this possibility, but how can you be so certain that they weren't persuaded by the persistence of the nonviolent elements? baltimore's protests have been remarkably peaceful, and the city leadership has already made some (albeit minor) concessions.
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by xxpor on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:35PM (#23580752)
Another analysis would be they're seeing the violence in other cities and want to get out ahead of it.
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by microcolonel on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:31PM (#23580391)
> Nobody in power cared about George Floyd's deaths until the violent protest

That is untrue. Well before the executions, arsons, and burglaries, there was essentially no ambiguity in the public perception of the case. Most people who watched the video believed they witnessed a murder, and that charge was already planned for Chauvin, well before the public was aware of riots.

And of course, even if it did work, it would still be wrong, and the people executing people and shooting senior citizens to death to steal televisions should be prosecuted.

Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by xxpor on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:38PM (#23580763)
Executions? Wtf are you talking about?
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by microcolonel on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:24PM (#23580978)
Several people have been executed, including a Federal Protective Services officer.
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by newacct583 on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:49PM (#23581099)
Anderson was killed a a 2A boogaloo nut, not a BLM protester: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_boogaloo_killings
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by microcolonel on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:15PM (#23581261)
Nobody is less dead when killed by a person of a different ideology from the nominal ideology of a gathering.

When you push out the police, it's no wonder that people who would like to get away with heinous crimes show up.

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Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by microcolonel on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:42PM (#23581068)
I feel like you are attacking me with a straw man, a very unfair one at that. Not everyone who sees things a bit differently from you is a baby-murdering psychopath who watches (gasp!) the most popular news broadcaster in America.

I never thought theft, assault, arson, or lynching was okay, and I hope most people don't need to watch TV to learn that.

Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by unethical_ban on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:51PM (#23581477)
FOX is despicable, bad faith programming and anyone forming opinions based off watching The Five, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity or Tucker Carlson are worse off for having been exposed to their lies and intentionally bad logic.

But you're correct on one front: I attacked your use of FOX and gave you an opening to avoid the real accusation: That you are using the (limited number of) riots and looting as a way to get out of focusing on systemic police dysfunction and the need to radically reform policing and public safety.

Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by Fjolsvith on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:22AM (#23589734)
The police departments need to be disbanded and law enforcement needs to be returned to elected county sheriffs the way the constitution intended.

Make law enforcement accountable to the people and the people accountable to the law.

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Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by unethical_ban on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:21PM (#23580676)
Who are you talking about? Floyd? Was he being arrested at that moment for beating someone? Is beating someone a capital crime? Are the police allowed to execute prisoners? Did the police know he was a "bad guy" when they were killing him slowly?

Nothing about your point makes any sense, at all. It isn't about George Floyd the man, the personality. It's about yet another human, yet another black person, being murdered by law enforcement.

Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by Fjolsvith on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:24AM (#23589743)
Being murdered by a multi-racial group of law enforcement.
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by Consultant32452 on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:02PM (#23580581)
I really wish Trump would've sent the FBI into Minneapolis to investigate before the violent protests started.
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by Fjolsvith on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:23AM (#23589741)
Who said the FBI wasn't watching?
Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by Consultant32452 on Monday June 22, 2020 @11:36AM (#23601371)
It was a trick, because Trump DID send the FBI in on the 2nd day, before the violent protests started. So people in power did pay attention and did care before the violence started.