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AFL_ITALIA

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Yeah but it's a cool gauge on social trends and stawk picks tho.
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Anybody has got access to statista? I'm curious to dive into statistics and read up on this systemic racism. Hopefully the conclusion will not be that the vocal groups got that thing upside down? I mean the loudest can't be wrong?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/
It's not just about shootings. As @Enron pointed out earlier, it would be better to look at the statistics he mentioned. Very recently around here you had controvercy surrounding social distancing enforcement. The majority of the arrests were black people, but many parks were PACKED with white people, where the police were instead handing out masks.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...stancing-arrests-black-people-new-york-police

An easy thing to look at would be marijuana arrests. Pretty much everyone and their mother smokes weed here, it's not considered a big deal, but it's still illegal. Black people are far more likely to be arrested for it, 3.73 times more likely per the ACLU.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/sentencing-reform/war-marijuana-black-and-white

Speaking of drugs, this is also not the first time that there is video evidence of something like this. But now with it you have to question at least some drug arrests.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/19/15999806/baltimore-police-body-camera

It's clear that at least on some level there's some bias here.
 
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Salvo

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Dec 17, 2007
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I agree with you

It’s more about getting rid of bad cops, less bad cops, less bad decisions

it’s a difficult job which is why terrible people shouldn’t do it

police reform isn’t that difficult, there are usually signs of a bad police officer, don’t cover them up, come up with a policy of correction and later dismissal

there’s absolutely no reason why a police officer who proves he’s not police material in one jurisdiction should be able to get a job in another especially if said fuck up resulted in death
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Salvo

J
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Dec 17, 2007
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The looting aspect of all of this is going to take away from the actual point of the protests. While there are people that have good intentions (non looters Etc) you mix that with people who want to caused anarchy and others who are extremely disadvantaged and see this as an opportunity to hit back sadly those who do have good intentions will get caught in the crossfire.

Now this is from my perspective as an outsider. Like some have said here this is a culmination of a system that has disadvantaged so many people for so many years, this is once again the straw that broke the camels back. What I find interesting is that some Americans seem too proud to admit their system doesn't work, while there are many amazing things about the states for the outside world we see things in the US and the systems in place in the US and think how is this even possible for such a world leader in so many fields.

What I hope this shines a light on here in Australia is the fact that many are quick to criticise the US police force but fail to recognise the amount of deaths in police custody Indigenous Australians have suffered, I'm hoping that changes.

In the US it seems a majority of people are fed up and some are taking advantage of the narrative to do whatever the fuck they want. I do feel sorry for the police that actually do want to do the right thing and I think a vast majority do but what I can't comprehend is the amount of bad apples in the force. It comes down to the training and who is deemed fit for the job.
 

AFL_ITALIA

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https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u....018/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xls
#BlackLivesMatter but only the 234 that were killed by whites, the 2600 killed by other blacks don't matter
It's not that it doesn't matter, but in this case it's regarding deaths resulting from government/government policy in the form of policing.

There's some good memes on there. :D
They are funny, I'll give them that :p. How people can just lose tens of thousands of dollars and not care I will never understand.
 

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Nowhere does this say it is all Antifa which is what I believe you were saying? It says both anarchist extremists (which they suggest generally refers to the left) and militia extremists (which they suggest generally refers to the right) are looking to take advantage of the protests to commit violent acts and start riots.

Anyways, I’m just poking back ;)

It’s pretty unclear just what specific groups exactly are involved and to what extent in the violent rioting. It may end up being mostly the anarchic left, or there may end up having been a significant white nationalist extremist presence. And contrary to the narratives suggesting it is all white bad faith actors, there also seems to be significant numbers of black people involved too (which seems obvious and makes sense although the more ridiculous SJWs would have us think otherwise).
 

GordoDeCentral

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Nowhere does this say it is all Antifa which is what I believe you were saying? It says both anarchist extremists (which they suggest generally refers to the left) and militia extremists (which they suggest generally refers to the right) are looking to take advantage of the protests to commit violent acts and start riots.

Anyways, I’m just poking back ;)

It’s pretty unclear just what specific groups exactly are involved and to what extent in the violent rioting. It may end up being mostly the anarchic left, or there may end up having been a significant white nationalist extremist presence. And contrary to the narratives suggesting it is all white bad faith actors, there also seems to be significant numbers of black people involved too (which seems obvious and makes sense although the more ridiculous SJWs would have us think otherwise).
Obviously the smoke has to settle and only a thorough investigation will determine that. As far as Antifa, i still welcome its imminent designation as a terrorist org, this is not their first dance

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235

Their structure targeting of govt institutions and violence definitely warrants the terrorist label imo not to mention that they're marxist, and you know how i feel about those.
 

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It's not just about shootings. As @Enron pointed out earlier, it would be better to look at the statistics he mentioned. Very recently around here you had controvercy surrounding social distancing enforcement. The majority of the arrests were black people, but many parks were PACKED with white people, where the police were instead handing out masks.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...stancing-arrests-black-people-new-york-police

An easy thing to look at would be marijuana arrests. Pretty much everyone and their mother smokes weed here, it's not considered a big deal, but it's still illegal. Black people are far more likely to be arrested for it, 3.73 times more likely per the ACLU.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/sentencing-reform/war-marijuana-black-and-white

Speaking of drugs, this is also not the first time that there is video evidence of something like this. But now with it you have to question at least some drug arrests.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/19/15999806/baltimore-police-body-camera

It's clear that at least on some level there's some bias here.
You create conflict over what you decide to enforce. That's a given.
 

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