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lowkell

(671 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 09:38 AM Jun 2020

Video: Cuccinelli - There's No Systemic Racism, George Floyd Would Still Be Dead If He'd Been White

Asked if there is “systemic racism in American police forces,” Cuccinelli point-blank responds, “No, there is not. There are individuals who are racists, they’re a small number…a bigger problem is simply bullying...That’s a broader problem that captures the racists and captures other problems as well. And I would suggest that since we do NOT have a systemic racism problem in our policing in this country, that we should challenge that attitude when we find it among officers…It is a very tough balancing act…”

Asked whether George Floyd would be alive today if he had been white, Cuccinelli responds, “No, I don’t think he would. I think that the behavior by that officer – we’ll learn more as the FBI investigation goes on… if there’s something special about this guy in terms of racism…George Floyd, of course, is an African American who perished under the knee of Officer Chauvin…What I heard in that 8 1/2-minute clip was someone who was a bully, who was abusing his position of authority and power…”


https://bluevirginia.us/2020/06/video-former-virginia-ag-ken-cuccinelli-says-theres-no-systemic-racism-in-american-police-forces-that-george-floyd-would-be-dead-if-he-had-been-white

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Video: Cuccinelli - There's No Systemic Racism, George Floyd Would Still Be Dead If He'd Been White (Original Post) lowkell Jun 2020 OP
This guy is one of the worse . . . Iliyah Jun 2020 #1
I never knew there were so many rocks ... Blecht Jun 2020 #2
Well, if the racists say the racism is not systemic, it must be true. Renew Deal Jun 2020 #3
"Never trust a racist to admit something is racist." dawg day Jun 2020 #7
There you have this week's GrOPper talking point... Hugin Jun 2020 #4
fuck off kenny spanone Jun 2020 #5
... Hugin Jun 2020 #8
That's not a really great argument-- dawg day Jun 2020 #6
In some sense, he is partially correct. IowaGuy Jun 2020 #9
Virginia Dems Need to Run this video On Loop in 2021 Best_man23 Jun 2020 #10

Blecht

(3,803 posts)
2. I never knew there were so many rocks ...
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 09:43 AM
Jun 2020

... that these morons keep crawling out from under.

Yes, they're bullies. Yes, they kill some while people, too. That does not offer any support for the idea that the racism is not there.

Idiot.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
7. "Never trust a racist to admit something is racist."
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 09:50 AM
Jun 2020

A good rule. We need to say, "Well, of course YOU would say that. Racists never admit there's racism."

Hugin

(32,778 posts)
4. There you have this week's GrOPper talking point...
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 09:45 AM
Jun 2020

It boils down to 'bullying'. (And, also unsurprisingly, all lives matter.)

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. That's not a really great argument--
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 09:49 AM
Jun 2020

Like the police are so out of control they'd kill ANYONE. I'm so reassured.

Plus he's a racist stupido. The three cops who helped Chauvin? The medical examiner who put out an initial report suggesting George Floyd sort of coincidentally died at the moment a cop was kneeling on his neck, and it was probably more due to pre-existing conditions and "possible intoxication"?

The prosecutor who dithered, then finally charged minimally, and didn't charge the accomplices?

The police union that always defends abusers? The police union chief who is openly racist?
The police department that fielded many complaints against this officer and still let him out with a badge and gun?

That, Mr. Cuccinelli, is called "systemic racism".

IowaGuy

(776 posts)
9. In some sense, he is partially correct.
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 10:07 AM
Jun 2020

However, in his little mind, he cannot accept that both things can simultaneously be true, systemic racism and bullying, a sense of entitlement by police over the liberty of anybody they perceive as weaker than they. We have seen the brutality demonstrated against children, unarmed peaceful protesters, women and the elderly of all races in these demonstrations. The common thread is that they are perceived as weaker and therefore low hanging fruit to assert their own self perceived authority.

Accepting the truth of either overall bullying or systemic racism does not negate the fact of the other, it, in fact supports the truth and veracity of both.

It is a pretty tortured and twisted rationalization and conjecture of Cuccinelli's though, shows the darkness of his own soul. Sort of a twisted spin on the "All lives matter" concept.

Best_man23

(4,889 posts)
10. Virginia Dems Need to Run this video On Loop in 2021
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 12:17 PM
Jun 2020

Cuccinelli will most likely try to run for governor next year, and he needs this video pinned on him hard and repeatedly.

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