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malaise

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Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #60)

Mon May 24, 2021, 06:02 AM

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Political artist John Sims detained, handcuffed by S.C. police in his gallery apartment [View all] KG May 2021 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise May 2021 #1

Kick Demovictory9 May 2021 #38

IMO, but for George Floyd, Sims could have been murdered by the police no_hypocrisy May 2021 #2

Cops have killed hundreds of people since they murdered George Floyd. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #4

Agreed, but it may have been a factor why this time they didn't shoot first. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #5

How so? WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #7

First, nothing is 100%. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #9

Lotta conjecture just to throw George Floyd's name around. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #10

But going to prison does.... Dan May 2021 #41

_+ llashram May 2021 #45

So, your position is that stopdiggin May 2021 #50

I'm pushing back on the idea that cops thinking about what happened to Derek Chauvin WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #68

According to Beau of the Fifth Column, soldierant May 2021 #59

"When a police culture suffocates the voice of justice, quaint May 2021 #3

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 SheltieLover May 2021 #6

That figures... GoCubsGo May 2021 #8

I have a RW cousin who lives in SC. wnylib May 2021 #27

tell your cousin that stopdiggin May 2021 #51

I think I will use a health angle. wnylib May 2021 #54

whatever works stopdiggin May 2021 #55

Every time I visit Charleston DFW May 2021 #11

You may be surprised. jaxexpat May 2021 #15

I guess that shouldn't surprise me. DFW May 2021 #16

Was it really a mistake, or was it an act of deliberate political intimidation? nt Crunchy Frog May 2021 #12

That was my first thought as well Merlot May 2021 #13

And mine, too. I lean toward thinking it wnylib May 2021 #28

Interesting timing, isn't it? During his art exhibition. yardwork May 2021 #32

Yeah, it seems like too much of a coincidence. I'd bet the local cops weren't too happy about this sop May 2021 #35

You read my mind MustLoveBeagles May 2021 #42

Another isolated incident that doesn't mean anything StarfishSaver May 2021 #14

Oh FFS malaise May 2021 #17

Yes, it's Maddening Roy Rolling May 2021 #19

Ummm, I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm. 11 Bravo May 2021 #34

This site needs a sarcasm font. sop May 2021 #36

Like..... vanlassie May 2021 #40

See? And then you would have been able to type THAT in a sarcasm font! Beartracks May 2021 #49

Some comments don't need a sarcasm font StarfishSaver May 2021 #47

+ 1000 sheshe2 May 2021 #61

Some people on DU don't understand sarcasm, twodogsbarking May 2021 #70

Most people get it. StarfishSaver May 2021 #71

People are puzzling; twodogsbarking May 2021 #72

Yes you're right malaise May 2021 #39

She was being facetious, malaise. sheshe2 May 2021 #60

See #39 malaise May 2021 #67

Yup. He might have been wearing a burglar uniform, you know, like Maru Kitteh May 2021 #18

Sure he wasn't dressed like this? paleotn May 2021 #23

Only a trusty Red Ryder will save you. Maru Kitteh May 2021 #25

The 'burglar uniform' was his skin color. nt sheshe2 May 2021 #65

Ha! That's about how it stands right now. paleotn May 2021 #21

Maybe you should read the article Thtwudbeme May 2021 #22

sarcasm. paleotn May 2021 #24

That's about it, right? yardwork May 2021 #33

They picked the wrong person to fuck with... Buckeyeblue May 2021 #20

His arrest video should be part of the exhibition. rickford66 May 2021 #26

"Nazis or white supremacists" Warpy May 2021 #29

According to Sims, they did not identify themselves as police officers csziggy May 2021 #48

I'm glad Mr. Sims is not dead Marthe48 May 2021 #30

who called the GD police! llashram May 2021 #31

Like swatting, racially motivated police reports should be considered a crime. sop May 2021 #37

I concur llashram May 2021 #46

No one called the police. RVN VET71 May 2021 #43

yeah, yeah llashram May 2021 #44

you asked who called the gd police stopdiggin May 2021 #53

Actually? sheshe2 May 2021 #62

point -(nt)- stopdiggin May 2021 #64

Thanks. sheshe2 May 2021 #66

you see it that way llashram May 2021 #74

because you asked a question stopdiggin May 2021 #75

I'm glad he did not exercise the 2nd A/stand your ground/a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do... Marcuse May 2021 #52

That did not help... sheshe2 May 2021 #63

+ llashram May 2021 #76

*HERE'S THE CLIP: * OF his arrest on youtube: IcyPeas May 2021 #56

You can't make this stuff up. The police just keep fucking up and being racist. Martin68 May 2021 #57

Feature, not a bug. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #69

And people still keep giving cops the benefit of the doubt StarfishSaver May 2021 #73

You're right. And that's because they are afraid of big black men (and little children and women). Martin68 May 2021 #77

Sometimes an incident becomes a cause celebre...sometimes it sinks with nary a ripple. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #58