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Yavin4

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7. We, as a country, have given the police immunity to kill citizens because we're afraid.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:08 AM

Jun 2020

George Floyd was killed because we're afraid of Black people, and we've given the greenlight to cops to kill. Look at how hard it is for the state of MN to bring charges against all of the cops involved. It's been over a week, and the prosecutors are still deliberating.

If any group of citizens killed someone like that, they would be in jail right now, but not cops. That is the issue.

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Lest We Forget: This Civil Unrest Started with The Murder of a Black Man [View all] MineralMan Jun 2020 OP

People are definitely forgetting Bucky Jun 2020 #1

All of the violence began with violence against one black man. MineralMan Jun 2020 #2

The actual cause? Wunderkind Chauvin and George Floyd were not strangers, not likely random? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #3

And it has degenerated quickly. Clueless. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #4

Hmm.... MineralMan Jun 2020 #5

Not "The Murder of a Black Man" - The Murder of Another Black Man. LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #6

Yes, but the immediate issue was the death of George Floyd. MineralMan Jun 2020 #8

We, as a country, have given the police immunity to kill citizens because we're afraid. Yavin4 Jun 2020 #7

Yes. Exactly. He was killed because the police think they have immunity. MineralMan Jun 2020 #9

We had three consecutive days of protesting in Portland that started off peacefully. CentralMass Jun 2020 #10