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If you only see BLM people as the enemy, then you’re getting played. And BLM people are getting played BIG TIME. The vast majority of BLM supporters don’t want socialism and communism and all of that. Yes, I am not ignorant, I understand what the BLM organization represents, who runs it, who finances it, and what their goal is. I am fully aware of that. But the average person who wears a BLM shirt and comes to a rally just wants black people to be able to be safe and not have fear that police officers are going to abuse them. You have to be smart enough to make a distinction between the national organization of the BLM and the average BLM supporter who is ignorant to what the organization is really all about. If you can’t make that distinction, then you’re just as ignorant as they are.
Now, lets talk about the average BLM supporter for just a second. Whether their feelings are warranted or not is not the point at the moment. The point is that their desire to be free in America without being abused or tyrannized by a police force because of the color of their skin is something that I can agree with! I personally have been abused by police. My family has been abused by police. My brother was shot by police. My friend was killed by police. Thousands of Americans have been abused by police. And I’m talking about innocent people! Why is it so hard for us to unify around this cause?
. The point is that their desire to be free in America without being abused or tyrannized by a police force because of the color of their skin is something that I can agree with!
originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: seedofchucky
Even when you lay there on the ground and are clearly not a threat they are liable to kill you. This is why people are protesting.
Aledda was found guilty by a jury of culpable negligence.
originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: frogs453
I think his heart is in the right place but his aim is too low. Where is the defund congress movement? Thats who makes all these opressive laws in the first place. Most people cannot make it from their bed to their car to get to work without breaking a law. Did ya take an SSRI or drink a bunch of caffeine? Driving under the influence. I went to the Drake law library a few years back. There is an entire room of law books just about tax law and the IRS. The only law we should be passing right now is that for every law passed 5 need to come off the books.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CREATE YOUR RIGHTS; YOUR RIGHTS CAN ONLY BE RESTRICTED.
originally posted by: frogs453
a reply to: Boadicea
I agree with you on that. We all know it's about how things are portrayed or who has the loudest voice on a subject. People should have really looked at what was occurring with the Bundy's.
They should also look at the protests in a lot of states daily that are non violent. The bigger powers like us to remain distracted and divided while the government looks out for its own interests and people. Both parties.
originally posted by: frogs453
Why is it so hard for us to unify around this cause?
originally posted by: bigsnowman
originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: seedofchucky
Even when you lay there on the ground and are clearly not a threat they are liable to kill you. This is why people are protesting.
The sad part is, with situations like this, there's never a shortage of people who will dig & dig until they find some unrelated negative incident or criminal charge in the victim's past and use that to 'justify' why he deserved it.
Whenever a controversial police killing comes around, people are all over the victims past but never even think of looking into the responsible officer's past. Many Americans have an almost instinctive tendency to side with the police by default, it's sad.
originally posted by: blueman12
originally posted by: bigsnowman
originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: seedofchucky
Even when you lay there on the ground and are clearly not a threat they are liable to kill you. This is why people are protesting.
The sad part is, with situations like this, there's never a shortage of people who will dig & dig until they find some unrelated negative incident or criminal charge in the victim's past and use that to 'justify' why he deserved it.
Whenever a controversial police killing comes around, people are all over the victims past but never even think of looking into the responsible officer's past. Many Americans have an almost instinctive tendency to side with the police by default, it's sad.
It's even sadder that 8-10 years ago the people spearheading citizen rights and police brutality seemed to be the right and alt-right. Like the infowars (alex jones') website.
Now police brutality and civil rights has become a leftist thing and the right. Now the right has to think against the left and follow trump's lead.
"All the protesters are terrorists!" "Blue lives matter"
Im starting to think many people 's ethics and morals rest on the whims of politics.