Another Black man killed by cops ... this time by accident?

[jficke13]

  think ya got em all covered?   convenient filter ya got there.  btw, criticism of chinese gubmint is more about human rights issues and...ahem...slavery?  there are many profiting from this abhorrent treatment of human beings that has been an ongoing flashpoint about our very own country.  big difference is we saw the wrong and corrected it.  terrible things going on in china right now.  nothing much said about the "editing"/censoring of the freddie mercury movie for example.  big hollywood had no problems there.  wonder why?  not really

whataboutism?

[jesmu84]

China is a huge blind spot for ALL of America.  IMO we're all guilty of it.  I would wager that your portfolio is doing well in part because of American company's mining the Chinese consumer the past 10-15 years.  But LeBron's indifference to the Uyghurs doesn't invalidate his stance on police brutality.

Ding ding ding

I assume rocket has divested from any company doing business in china. And he also never buys any product made in china or with a part made in china. Otherwise, he's a huge hypocrite.

[MU82]

  think ya got em all covered?   convenient filter ya got there.  btw, criticism of chinese gubmint is more about human rights issues and...ahem...slavery?  there are many profiting from this abhorrent treatment of human beings that has been an ongoing flashpoint about our very own country.  big difference is we saw the wrong and corrected it.  terrible things going on in china right now.  nothing much said about the "editing"/censoring of the freddie mercury movie for example.  big hollywood had no problems there.  wonder why?  not really

hoo boy.

what kind of cellphone do you use? do you own a tablet and/or computer; where were they made? do you or any member of your family wear raybans, hushpuppies and levis? have you ever supported a politician who had clothing manufactured under his name that was made in china (even as he claimed that china was evil)? how about that politician's daughter's clothing line? etc etc etc. show us your hands are 100% clean and we'll respect your viewpoint on this subject a little more.

in the meantime, if you go to the grocery store and they ask if you want to give $1 to fight childhood cancer, i suggest you get all angry and say, "all cancer matters," and storm out.

[Pakuni]

  think ya got em all covered?   convenient filter ya got there.  btw, criticism of chinese gubmint is more about human rights issues and...ahem...slavery?  there are many profiting from this abhorrent treatment of human beings that has been an ongoing flashpoint about our very own country.  big difference is we saw the wrong and corrected it.  terrible things going on in china right now.  nothing much said about the "editing"/censoring of the freddie mercury movie for example.  big hollywood had no problems there.  wonder why?  not really

My favorite part is when you said we corrected racism.

[GooooMarquette]

Ding ding ding

I assume rocket has divested from any company doing business in china. And he also never buys any product made in china or with a part made in china. Otherwise, he's a huge hypocrite.

Gotta be awkward when he shows up to the office naked, hey?

[cheebs09]

Gotta be awkward when he shows up to the office naked, hey?

Probably no issue if he doesn’t shave his head.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Probably no issue if he doesn’t shave his head.

almost spit my coffee

[GooooMarquette]

Probably no issue if he doesn’t shave his head.

Well played.

[brewcity77]

And when Garland investigates the Minneapolis police he will find out that are primarily Democrats.

If you truly believe this, I have a number of bridges and South Florida investment properties you might be interested in.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

If you truly believe this, I have a number of bridges and South Florida investment properties you might be interested in.

Its cut from the same cloth as "The January 6th insurrectionists were really Antifa and BLM".

[naginiF]

If you truly believe this, I have a number of bridges and South Florida investment properties you might be interested in.

True....

Its cut from the same cloth as "The January 6th insurrectionists were really Antifa and BLM".

....and true.

What's also true is that if the DOJ does find that elected officials that are Democrats are guilty of wrongdoing 80% of Dem voters will call for them to be prosecuted, 15% will call for due process (and accept the results) and 5% will engage in deflection/whataboutism.

[rocket surgeon]

My favorite part is when you said we corrected racism.

do you have to intentionally be obtuse? slavery

[JWags85]

True........and true.

What's also true is that if the DOJ does find that elected officials that are Democrats are guilty of wrongdoing 80% of Dem voters will call for them to be prosecuted, 15% will call for due process (and accept the results) and 5% will engage in deflection/whataboutism.

Where are those stats on the virtuous and noble Democrat voters coming from?  Cause that feels like some blue tinged glasses

[Jables1604]

Do you think people will be "satisfied" with the verdict if he's convicted on all charges assuming Waters didn't cause an automatic appeal or mistrial?  Or will there be violence regardless of the verdict?

Here's what I noticed having just watched the summations:  The prosecutor was excellent and the defense lawyer was solid as well.  There is no such thing as a slam dunk verdict.  But the prosecutor not a single time invoked race as having anything to do with this particular case , nor did he condemn police departments.. 

As far as I know race was never mentioned at all during the entire trial.  This is about right and wrong, period.  The vast, vast, vast, majority of people at the very minimum, agree Chauvin was guilty of excessive force (manslaughter) which led to the death of Mr. Floyd.   I think all of us hope he's convicted on all charges but that won't necessarily please the protesters and rioters.  Unfortunately the fact that this case wasn't moved to a different venue, and you have people like Maxine Waters saying asinine things in the streets, this is potentially a fking nightmare.  And the Governor of Minnesota, proved in his comments as well, that he's a complete asshead..

[D'Lo Brown]

True........and true.

What's also true is that if the DOJ does find that elected officials that are Democrats are guilty of wrongdoing 80% of Dem voters will call for them to be prosecuted, 15% will call for due process (and accept the results) and 5% will engage in deflection/whataboutism.

Democrat here, lifelong (thus far). This is absolutely false. I'd guess somewhere around 80% of Democrats would say "who?", 15% will blame it on the Republicans or some form of conspiracy, & 5% will accept it at face value.

People that spend all day watching MSNBC/Fox, reading Twitter etc tend to vastly overestimate the extent to which people in their party actually care at all. Legitimate research shows that only 25% of Americans can even name the 3 branches of the federal government.

Vast majority of people vote for the one thing they themselves want & otherwise have negligible involvement in politics.

[Hards Alumni]

do you have to intentionally be obtuse? slavery

Oof

[Uncle Rico]

Democrat here, lifelong (thus far). This is absolutely false. I'd guess somewhere around 80% of Democrats would say "who?", 15% will blame it on the Republicans or some form of conspiracy, & 5% will accept it at face value.

People that spend all day watching MSNBC/Fox, reading Twitter etc tend to vastly overestimate the extent to which people in their party actually care at all. Legitimate research shows that only 25% of Americans can even name the 3 branches of the federal government.

Vast majority of people vote for the one thing they themselves want & otherwise have negligible involvement in politics.

The 25% seems high based on my experiences.  I did a very informal survey of knowledge of government for a class I took in college.  I questioned fellow college students and locals, most of which lived in rural Wisconsin.  The questions ranged from naming the political party of their US Senators to being able to name their districts state rep.  The lack of knowledge was astounding.  It’s always stuck with me and been reinforced over and over when listening to friends or overhearing others talk about politics. 

[MU82]

And another Black man shot by police, this time in NC.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250843094.html?

Details are sketchy still, so withholding any opinion. but protests are going on as the State Bureau of Investigations takes over the case.

But a city councilman, who is Black, reflects on the fear of a Black person having any kind of encounter with police:

“I’m afraid. You know, I mean let’s be real. We talk about transparency, I’m gonna be transparent. I’m afraid, as a Black man walking around this city, driving my car down the road ... "

White people (including me, obviously) will never ever know what systemic racism feels like in our everyday lives.

[naginiF]

Where are those stats on the virtuous and noble Democrat voters coming from?  Cause that feels like some blue tinged glasses

In retrospect - guilty as charged. I was way to optimistic.

What I was getting at can be illustrated in this thread and is a microcosm for the population in general. I'll go back and read it (later today and with non tint glasses) but the sentiment to Biden and Waters comments were 'Absolutely dumb and should not have been said but that shouldn't be the thing that outrages you about this situation'. Not defending the comments, not justifying them, just agreeing that the politician was wrong. I don't see that ever happening from the MAGA Scoopers about any Repub that's not considered a RINO.

[MU82]

In retrospect - guilty as charged. I was way to optimistic.

What I was getting at can be illustrated in this thread and is a microcosm for the population in general. I'll go back and read it (later today and with non tint glasses) but the sentiment to Biden and Waters comments were 'Absolutely dumb and should not have been said but that shouldn't be the thing that outrages you about this situation'. Not defending the comments, not justifying them, just agreeing that the politician was wrong. I don't see that ever happening from the MAGA Scoopers about any Repub that's not considered a RINO.

Yeah, your percentages were a little wacky, but your thought was reasonable IMHO.

Al Franken was forced out of Congress - by Democrats - for doing something a fraction as bad as what Gaetz allegedly did, what TaylQr-Greene did, etc. Weiner, too. He obviously had to go, but we'll see how Republicans treat Gaetz. I mean, the previous president incited a deadly riot that attempted to cancel the votes of tens of millions of Americans and resulted in 100+ cops being injured ... and not only didn't most of his fellow "law and order" Republicans take action against him, they bowed to their king and refused to acknowledge that he lost a free and fair election. The handful of Republican legislators who courageously did vote to impeach him? Those were the people the GOP went after.

[4everwarriors]

LBJ is an idiot.

[MuggsyB]

LBJ is an idiot.

Will he apologize to that cop who saved this young girl?  Or will he ever tweet about horrific murders like Jaslyn Adam's?  Left Wokism is absolutely destroying this country. 

[jficke13]

Will he apologize to that cop who saved this young girl?  Or will he ever tweet about horrific murders like Jaslyn Adam's?  Left Wokism is absolutely destroying this country.

Lebron James tweeting is destroying this country? Man, I thought we were made of sterner stuff than that if this is what takes us down.

[Galway Eagle]

LBJ is an idiot.

Hah I read this and immediately thought you meant Lyndon B Johnson lmao

[Hards Alumni]

Will he apologize to that cop who saved this young girl?  Or will he ever tweet about horrific murders like Jaslyn Adam's?  Left Wokism is absolutely destroying this country.

1. No, he's a celebrity, relax

2. No, she wasn't murdered by the state

3. Nope, just trying to drag you guys into the 21st century.