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No its a direct shot at black people. He's one of the types that would refer to us as monkeys which are notorious for that behavior. He just thinks he's being cute and slick by tip toeing around it.
What is wrong with people? Yes, go ahead & antagonize officers who have their weapons drawn. Just stupid. Why even go to those protests? Do you really want to be involved in that? What are the chances that you could possibly get shot not even by an officer but by some random protestor?
Goodness, why stand up for something you believe in? You might get hurt or make an officer angry. Peaceful protest is all we have and we should do it more often.
One has to wonder how much damage would have been done by the rioters/looters had the local police force not had that gear & equipment available to them. It has been said that the presence of the 'militarized' police is what set off the rioting, but I suspect it would have happened anyway and probably have been much worse. Perhaps the situation could have been handled better (by police) early on, but I don't have a problem with them having the equipment necessary to protect lives & property and protect themselves in the process.
If the police hadn't been there, it's likely the rioting mobs would have destroyed the entire city, rather than just a neighborhood or two. It's a shame the police didn't step up and protect the people of the city from the rioters and instead backed off for fear of "offending" anyone. It should be a lesson-when police are the most desperately needed, they won't be in sight.
Goodness, why stand up for something you believe in? You might get hurt or make an officer angry. Peaceful protest is all we have and we should do it more often.
Gosh maybe you haven't heard about the rash of police officers shooting innocent dogs?? Got a few informative threads for u right here on cd
Obviously I'm not referring to peaceful protestors. I am referring to the protestors who are throwing things at the police, throwing Molotov cocktails, harassing the police, looting, burning down stores. Come on. That solves nothing but showing people that you can't control yourself.
My point is that maybe HE is one of those animals that he accuses others of being.
I don't know, and even though I kind of thought I knew what he meant, I would not fan the flames by saying it online. I'm trying to choose peaceful things to say or something like that, but not that blatant.
there was a bottle or more of urine being thrown, that's pretty close to throwing stuff that can be toxic if it contains AIDS virus or something else.
i will start posting up news about police brutality. This needs to stop! Enough is Enough!
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