I can't breathe . . . Minneapolis police kill a man in broad daylight

[Anonymous]

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The savage violence defames the memory of George Floyd.

George Floyd is dead. He was murdered. He is not committing violence. This has nothing to do with his memory and everything to do with his murderer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you asking us to answer for these people? I was not rioting or looting. I am still angry about this murder, and I fully support the protesters. I understand the rage and the f*ck-it-all attitude of the rioters and the looters. I do not think some property damage even comes close to the issue of this man and so many others losing their lives at the hands of people who have sworn an oath to protect them.

Then by all means, invite them over to your house to loot.

You are clueless.

But even these guys get it:
At a nearby Metro PCS, an African American man who identified himself only as Frank guarded his store with his employees and friends.

“We want to see peace prevail, but tensions are high right now,” he said. “The pain and the things people are feeling right now is rooted for years.”
Frank’s childhood friend Joe, a graduate student at Metropolitan State University standing guard with him, said: “This ain’t anger — this is pain. This is the type of stuff we need to address in the black community. They need to stop the brutality against black people.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/28/minneapolis-protests-george-floyd-death/
(7:02pm update)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
The savage violence defames the memory of George Floyd.

George Floyd is dead. He was murdered. He is not committing violence. This has nothing to do with his memory and everything to do with his murderer.

I seriously doubt the killers got their homes burnt. Try again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this were happening on TV from another country, you wouldn't see this as people stealing TVs. You'd rightly see it as political violence. They are not burning buildings because they found an excuse to be arsonists. They are burning down buildings because they feel powerless and are trying to be heard.

So a better question is, why have we created a situation where people have to literally burn a city into the ground in order to secure the basic right to life?

Thank you! We would cheer this in another country if we felt the government was committing abuses. WAKE UP! We're witnessing state sanctioned murder!

Exactly.

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This isn't "the government" committing abuses. it was 4 bad cops. "The government" is condemning the cops' actions.
If I saw this in another country in response to the killing of a man, I would think those burning businesses, looting businesses, and destroying the city were like terrorists.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
The savage violence defames the memory of George Floyd.

George Floyd is dead. He was murdered. He is not committing violence. This has nothing to do with his memory and everything to do with his murderer.

I seriously doubt the killers got their homes burnt. Try again.

What is wrong with you? Why are you trying to cause people pain? What do you get out of continuing to try to provoke me?

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Anonymous wrote:why are people rioting?? America agrees this is terrible

Im a white conservative trump supporter, support cops, etc. Once I watched the video, I would tell anyone it's beyond disgusting

The black community is hurting themselves acting like this and rioting. Giving the media what it wants. Stop it!

"The black community" aren't the only people protesting...

True, but they’re the only ones looting.

Focusing on the looting = waving the confederate flag.

Did you get our your special tiki torches out on Memorial Day?

This is a weak statement.

The rioting and looting were a result of the reaction to this awful death.
They are hurting innocent business owners, destroying property, and causing the taxpayers of the city undue costs.

The police station and police cars that were damaged and destroyed? They'll be repaired and replaced - at the taxpayers expense.

Rioting and looting is just stupid and short sighted. Many were simply taking advantage of a bad situation. The people there who were protesting should speak out against these criminals.

The only criminals we really need to focus on right now are the killer cops.

Your continued focus on looting says a lot about you.

Really? Looting going on right now at the Target in Minneapolis.
When you come out to protest, and you start stealing stuff, you become a thief.
When you come out to protest, and you start burning stuff, you become an arsonist.
Thieves and arsonists are criminals.

The justice system will take care of the cops. Hopefully, the justice system will also take care of the criminals who are taking advantage of this situation.

Looting isn’t the issue here.
. . .

Really?

- what about all the sick people who depended on the pharmacy for their life-saving medications?
- how about those who depended on the Target minute clinic?
- and now the Target employees there are unemployed. For what?

Those looters just victimized countless innocent people right there in their own community.

But you don’t think it’s an issue at all??!?

+1000 There are consequences for innocent people who did nothing wrong. There is absolutely nothing high and mighty about looting and rioting. It's out of control mob behavior.

In response to an out-of-control racist police force who MURDERED someone because of the color of their skin.

So in retaliation you get to steal a big screen t.v. from Target and torch a nearby apartment complex? Explain to me how this rights any wrongs? Answer: it doesn't. Two wrongs do not make a right.

Omg. Fock the TVs. Fock the windows. Fock Target. Those.do.not.matter.

I’m disgusted by the vile racist scum that are more worried about a TV than a man who lost his life because of the color of his skin.

WTF is wrong with you? Were your parents racist?

So now, people who oppose the looting and destruction of property are “vile racist scum?” “Fock” you!

Yes, “fock” you for caring more about a TV than a man’s life.

Just stop.
It is not about an f'ing TV. They are burning the city. Throwing Molotov cocktails into random cars just to watch them burn. Looting business and destroying everyone that's left.









How in the hell does this help in the killing of a black man??????

Anyone?

At least they're wearing masks

King Kong?

No arrests. Cops told to stand down, instead of protecting innocent brown people, and their city. The Police Chief's OATH to "protect and defend" seems to be null and void.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:why are people rioting?? America agrees this is terrible

Im a white conservative trump supporter, support cops, etc. Once I watched the video, I would tell anyone it's beyond disgusting

The black community is hurting themselves acting like this and rioting. Giving the media what it wants. Stop it!

"The black community" aren't the only people protesting...

True, but they’re the only ones looting.

Focusing on the looting = waving the confederate flag.

Did you get our your special tiki torches out on Memorial Day?

This is a weak statement.

The rioting and looting were a result of the reaction to this awful death.
They are hurting innocent business owners, destroying property, and causing the taxpayers of the city undue costs.

The police station and police cars that were damaged and destroyed? They'll be repaired and replaced - at the taxpayers expense.

Rioting and looting is just stupid and short sighted. Many were simply taking advantage of a bad situation. The people there who were protesting should speak out against these criminals.

The only criminals we really need to focus on right now are the killer cops.

Your continued focus on looting says a lot about you.

Really? Looting going on right now at the Target in Minneapolis.
When you come out to protest, and you start stealing stuff, you become a thief.
When you come out to protest, and you start burning stuff, you become an arsonist.
Thieves and arsonists are criminals.

The justice system will take care of the cops. Hopefully, the justice system will also take care of the criminals who are taking advantage of this situation.

Looting isn’t the issue here.
. . .

Really?

- what about all the sick people who depended on the pharmacy for their life-saving medications?
- how about those who depended on the Target minute clinic?
- and now the Target employees there are unemployed. For what?

Those looters just victimized countless innocent people right there in their own community.

But you don’t think it’s an issue at all??!?

Black lives matter more than Target stores. It's pretty simple. And I live in South Minneapolis. I've gone to that Target many times. We have hundreds more and tons of Minute Clinics. This is Minneapolis, HQ of Target - we aren't suffering for retail options. Get a sense of perspective.
We only had one George Floyd, and we can't bring him back.

You are a simpering idiot. A lot of independent businesses were also destroyed. A lot of those people probably had all of their life savings poured into those businesses and now they are left with nothing because a bunch of poser knuckleheads who probably didn’t even know the dead guy’s name used this tragedy as an excuse to loot and steal. Would you say to these business owners that the looting doesn’t matter? Or that they deserved it? What if that was your business?

The only idiot is the one who thinks business losses are a bigger issue than police brutality.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this were happening on TV from another country, you wouldn't see this as people stealing TVs. You'd rightly see it as political violence. They are not burning buildings because they found an excuse to be arsonists. They are burning down buildings because they feel powerless and are trying to be heard.

So a better question is, why have we created a situation where people have to literally burn a city into the ground in order to secure the basic right to life?

Thank you! We would cheer this in another country if we felt the government was committing abuses. WAKE UP! We're witnessing state sanctioned murder!

Exactly.

+3

This isn't "the government" committing abuses. it was 4 bad cops. "The government" is condemning the cops' actions.
If I saw this in another country in response to the killing of a man, I would think those burning businesses, looting businesses, and destroying the city were like terrorists.

There are a few idiots on here who actually condone the looting and arson, as long as it’s not their property of course.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If this were happening on TV from another country, you wouldn't see this as people stealing TVs. You'd rightly see it as political violence. They are not burning buildings because they found an excuse to be arsonists. They are burning down buildings because they feel powerless and are trying to be heard.

So a better question is, why have we created a situation where people have to literally burn a city into the ground in order to secure the basic right to life?

Thank you! We would cheer this in another country if we felt the government was committing abuses. WAKE UP! We're witnessing state sanctioned murder!

Exactly.

+3

This isn't "the government" committing abuses. it was 4 bad cops. "The government" is condemning the cops' actions.
If I saw this in another country in response to the killing of a man, I would think those burning businesses, looting businesses, and destroying the city were like terrorists.

The cops are the government you fool. Why do you think those bystanders could do nothing but watch and beg as this man was executed? Because the laws make it so. Why do you think these men aren't in jail tonight? Because the government is protecting them. Why is a family grieving tonight? Because a man was murdered in the custody of the government.

This goes well beyond 4 cops. This is an epidemic of state sanctioned violence perpetrated against black bodies.

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Anonymous wrote:why are people rioting?? America agrees this is terrible

Im a white conservative trump supporter, support cops, etc. Once I watched the video, I would tell anyone it's beyond disgusting

The black community is hurting themselves acting like this and rioting. Giving the media what it wants. Stop it!

"The black community" aren't the only people protesting...

True, but they’re the only ones looting.

Focusing on the looting = waving the confederate flag.

Did you get our your special tiki torches out on Memorial Day?

This is a weak statement.

The rioting and looting were a result of the reaction to this awful death.
They are hurting innocent business owners, destroying property, and causing the taxpayers of the city undue costs.

The police station and police cars that were damaged and destroyed? They'll be repaired and replaced - at the taxpayers expense.

Rioting and looting is just stupid and short sighted. Many were simply taking advantage of a bad situation. The people there who were protesting should speak out against these criminals.

The only criminals we really need to focus on right now are the killer cops.

Your continued focus on looting says a lot about you.

Really? Looting going on right now at the Target in Minneapolis.
When you come out to protest, and you start stealing stuff, you become a thief.
When you come out to protest, and you start burning stuff, you become an arsonist.
Thieves and arsonists are criminals.

The justice system will take care of the cops. Hopefully, the justice system will also take care of the criminals who are taking advantage of this situation.

Looting isn’t the issue here.
. . .

Really?

- what about all the sick people who depended on the pharmacy for their life-saving medications?
- how about those who depended on the Target minute clinic?
- and now the Target employees there are unemployed. For what?

Those looters just victimized countless innocent people right there in their own community.

But you don’t think it’s an issue at all??!?

Black lives matter more than Target stores. It's pretty simple. And I live in South Minneapolis. I've gone to that Target many times. We have hundreds more and tons of Minute Clinics. This is Minneapolis, HQ of Target - we aren't suffering for retail options. Get a sense of perspective.
We only had one George Floyd, and we can't bring him back.

You are a simpering idiot. A lot of independent businesses were also destroyed. A lot of those people probably had all of their life savings poured into those businesses and now they are left with nothing because a bunch of poser knuckleheads who probably didn’t even know the dead guy’s name used this tragedy as an excuse to loot and steal. Would you say to these business owners that the looting doesn’t matter? Or that they deserved it? What if that was your business?

The only idiot is the one who thinks business losses are a bigger issue than police brutality.

It’s not an either or situation, dummy. You can be against both. And opposing the looting and arson which could easily have killed numerous other people and in fact DID result in another man’s death does not mean that one is valuing property over human life. But you seem stubborn and lacking in critical thinking skills so it is really no wonder that you can’t comprehend this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why are people rioting?? America agrees this is terrible

Im a white conservative trump supporter, support cops, etc. Once I watched the video, I would tell anyone it's beyond disgusting

The black community is hurting themselves acting like this and rioting. Giving the media what it wants. Stop it!

"The black community" aren't the only people protesting...

True, but they’re the only ones looting.

Focusing on the looting = waving the confederate flag.

Did you get our your special tiki torches out on Memorial Day?

This is a weak statement.

The rioting and looting were a result of the reaction to this awful death.
They are hurting innocent business owners, destroying property, and causing the taxpayers of the city undue costs.

The police station and police cars that were damaged and destroyed? They'll be repaired and replaced - at the taxpayers expense.

Rioting and looting is just stupid and short sighted. Many were simply taking advantage of a bad situation. The people there who were protesting should speak out against these criminals.

The only criminals we really need to focus on right now are the killer cops.

Your continued focus on looting says a lot about you.

Really? Looting going on right now at the Target in Minneapolis.
When you come out to protest, and you start stealing stuff, you become a thief.
When you come out to protest, and you start burning stuff, you become an arsonist.
Thieves and arsonists are criminals.

The justice system will take care of the cops. Hopefully, the justice system will also take care of the criminals who are taking advantage of this situation.

Looting isn’t the issue here.
. . .

Really?

- what about all the sick people who depended on the pharmacy for their life-saving medications?
- how about those who depended on the Target minute clinic?
- and now the Target employees there are unemployed. For what?

Those looters just victimized countless innocent people right there in their own community.

But you don’t think it’s an issue at all??!?

Black lives matter more than Target stores. It's pretty simple. And I live in South Minneapolis. I've gone to that Target many times. We have hundreds more and tons of Minute Clinics. This is Minneapolis, HQ of Target - we aren't suffering for retail options. Get a sense of perspective.
We only had one George Floyd, and we can't bring him back.

You are a simpering idiot. A lot of independent businesses were also destroyed. A lot of those people probably had all of their life savings poured into those businesses and now they are left with nothing because a bunch of poser knuckleheads who probably didn’t even know the dead guy’s name used this tragedy as an excuse to loot and steal. Would you say to these business owners that the looting doesn’t matter? Or that they deserved it? What if that was your business?

The only idiot is the one who thinks business losses are a bigger issue than police brutality.

It’s not an either or situation, dummy. You can be against both. And opposing the looting and arson which could easily have killed numerous other people and in fact DID result in another man’s death does not mean that one is valuing property over human life. But you seem stubborn and lacking in critical thinking skills so it is really no wonder that you can’t comprehend this.

Go crawl in a hole and stop antagonizing people here. We see your racism for what it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this were happening on TV from another country, you wouldn't see this as people stealing TVs. You'd rightly see it as political violence. They are not burning buildings because they found an excuse to be arsonists. They are burning down buildings because they feel powerless and are trying to be heard.

So a better question is, why have we created a situation where people have to literally burn a city into the ground in order to secure the basic right to life?

Thank you! We would cheer this in another country if we felt the government was committing abuses. WAKE UP! We're witnessing state sanctioned murder!

Exactly.

+3

This isn't "the government" committing abuses. it was 4 bad cops. "The government" is condemning the cops' actions.
If I saw this in another country in response to the killing of a man, I would think those burning businesses, looting businesses, and destroying the city were like terrorists.

There are a few idiots on here who actually condone the looting and arson, as long as it’s not their property of course.

I'm the person who wrote that this is political violence. Some people are truly evil, but others are desperate and the difference is obvious. In this case-- let's just keep it real here and say what we mean-- the black population of Minneapolis doesn't routinely riot and loot. This is in response to an event. Stimulus and response. And the stimulus wasn't just that a cop accidentally killed someone. He knelt on the neck of a man, crying out for his mom and begging for his life, as a crowd gathered and begged the cop to stop. And the cop hasn't been arrested for what is clearly a murder. So if you are black in Minneapolis, do you feel safe on the streets? Absolutely not. So why should Minneapolis be able to keep up a reputation of being a safe place when it's not? These rioters have a clear goal, which is to force the government to arrest the murderer so that the people of Minneapolis can be safe. The solution is obvious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this were happening on TV from another country, you wouldn't see this as people stealing TVs. You'd rightly see it as political violence. They are not burning buildings because they found an excuse to be arsonists. They are burning down buildings because they feel powerless and are trying to be heard.

So a better question is, why have we created a situation where people have to literally burn a city into the ground in order to secure the basic right to life?

Thank you! We would cheer this in another country if we felt the government was committing abuses. WAKE UP! We're witnessing state sanctioned murder!

Exactly.

+3

This isn't "the government" committing abuses. it was 4 bad cops. "The government" is condemning the cops' actions.
If I saw this in another country in response to the killing of a man, I would think those burning businesses, looting businesses, and destroying the city were like terrorists.

There are a few idiots on here who actually condone the looting and arson, as long as it’s not their property of course.

I'm the person who wrote that this is political violence. Some people are truly evil, but others are desperate and the difference is obvious. In this case-- let's just keep it real here and say what we mean-- the black population of Minneapolis doesn't routinely riot and loot. This is in response to an event. Stimulus and response. And the stimulus wasn't just that a cop accidentally killed someone. He knelt on the neck of a man, crying out for his mom and begging for his life, as a crowd gathered and begged the cop to stop. And the cop hasn't been arrested for what is clearly a murder. So if you are black in Minneapolis, do you feel safe on the streets? Absolutely not. So why should Minneapolis be able to keep up a reputation of being a safe place when it's not? These rioters have a clear goal, which is to force the government to arrest the murderer so that the people of Minneapolis can be safe. The solution is obvious.

And they've destroyed the livelihoods of innocent people, torched their homes, cars and businesses. Even killed a man. All for the sake of safety.

Knock it off. They did it to destroy and take. That's what they did and why they did it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If this were happening on TV from another country, you wouldn't see this as people stealing TVs. You'd rightly see it as political violence. They are not burning buildings because they found an excuse to be arsonists. They are burning down buildings because they feel powerless and are trying to be heard.

So a better question is, why have we created a situation where people have to literally burn a city into the ground in order to secure the basic right to life?

Voting back the same corrupted politicians will give them only more of the same corruption. Oops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank God The National Gaurd is there,
but cars are still getting torched right now.

Where is Mr Mayor right now?
Where is Mr Police Chief right now?

Anyone?