#BLM

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  • Salarrue-3

    • everything's fine, sir. See this chart? It's green. Now please put your hands on the hood of the carProjectile
    • The red should start at 1776Gnash
    • Technically it should start at 10,000 bc as they were slaves to other Africans and eventuallly arabs_niko
    • Not if it’s ‘American’ slavery, thoughGnash
    • ummm, American slavery started LONG before 1776, dude ... c'monmonospaced
    • It wasn’t America yet. They were British, along with French, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies, ofc. DudeGnash
    • But the bigger red line does make for a better memeGnash
    • they only care about 'american' slavery bc that's where blacks are a minority. unlike rest of carribean & s america. black lives matter only to white people.hotroddy
    • Yes, it was america. The British were here, in America, with slaves. And those british identified as Americans and founded the nation on slavery.monospaced
    • The French introduced African slaves to Lousiana territory in 1710hotroddy
    • and the Spaniards raped, pillaged and enslaved the native populations of Mexico.hotroddy
    • There is no similar BLM movement in Mexico. Mexican commercials are white people and they are 5% of population.hotroddy
    • foUnded On sLaVerYGnash
    • bUilt On sLaVerYutopian
    • bUilt By iTalians aNd GerMansGnash
    • The us economy was undeniably built on American slavery for a many decades before 1776. If you have a problem with this then you have a history problemmonospaced
    • every economy in the west was built by slavery until 1900s. USA didn't become a global power house until 1950's. You're the idiot that thinks Slaves did it.hotroddy
    • the costa rican economy was built on slavery. the jamaican economy was built on slavery. the Bermudan economy was built on slavery. what's your point?hotroddy
    • the haitian economy was built on slavery and it's the poorest country on this side of the Atlantic.hotroddy
    • don't teach CRT in schools boys and girls. you end up with a mono thought AKA shit for brains.hotroddy
  • crazyprick2

    I'm waiting for some proper protests, like the shit that was going on after George Floyd's death. And obviously another golden casket for the man.

    • I guess the outrage wasn't directed at cops after all._niko
  • Ramanisky28

    Kyle Rittenhouse charged:

    1st-Degree Reckless Homicide

    1st-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety.

    1st-Degree Intentional Homicide

    Attempt 1st-Degree Intentional Homicide

    1st-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety

    Possession Dangerous Weapon (Misd.)

    • Goodpseud
    • He'll have the protection of the prison nazis, but believe me a few black fists (and dicks) are going to penetrate that shield.Projectile
    • I'm not sure that will help with his racism affliction, but perhaps that was never going awayProjectile
    • Is that your kink, Projectile? Thinking about young adolescent males getting raped in prison?Nairn
    • If you’re not gay, how can you get it up and into another guys stinky poop hole. You guys talk so disgusting. The idea of it. Yuk.shapesalad
    • Are you twelve, Shapesalad?Nairn
    • Someone spike shape with a v.strong psychedelic, he needs rebooting.fadein11
    • I predict 5 acquittals and some community service.zarkonite
    • 0% chance any of the 1st degree charges stick.noRGB
  • drgs0

    So why are people racists?

    Desegregation of the 1950s was based on the premise that racism was a consequence of lack of culture and poor education. However, the luminaries of behavioral biology have established that racism has nothing to do with upbringing, IQ or education.

    By and large racism has no more convictions or conscious choice than for example homosexuality. It's just that there is a biological mechanism fixed by evolution: when you see a stranger, be alert, who knows what he has on his mind.

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/…
    In the brain it is the amygdala which is responsible for recognizing friend or foe. Those with less developed amygdala will only get a minor sense of discomfort at the sight of a stranger, and those who who have overdeveloped amygdala are "literally shaking". There is also the prefrontal cortex which moderates the amygdala, which is basically what I described in my previous post (controlling the sinful urges), and those with sloppy prefrontal cortices are consequently more racist, so maybe IQ does have a play in this, but not directly.

    Interestingly, the bonding hormone oxytocin can also make you racist (not by making you more hostile towards POCs directly, but by making you favor your own kin more, I think married men with children tend to be more racist)
    https://time.com/49399/oxytocin-…

    Bad news is amygdala fears are at firmware level together with spiders and reptilians. Good news is it can be patched. There was a study done on American recruits, which I cannot find, which showed that recruits who served together with POCs were void of racist attitudes than those who served in white-only squads.
    Basically, like with any irrational fears, which are either installed by default or imprinted in childhood, phobias can be overcome/whitelisted by exposure.
    Tl;dr: racism is not learned -- it must be unlearned. This problem is especially difficult because it requires you to overcome the stubborn nature of your biology, which lags 10000 years behind where the society is today.

    Hence the notorious school busing. A good idea in principle -- to mix children when they are still young, before the stereotypes are set for life, but difficult to execute. All this is complicated.

    This is also why I keep nagging about segregated student dorms, the most murderous phenomenon possible today and orthogonality opposite of what Americans should be doing. In two generations from now you will have more racism than during slavery.

    Discuss

    • Discuss!pango
    • We go full debate on this onedrgs
    • Them's a lot of words for "Most humans are tribalist, until they're not".Nairn
    • As you all know, the loudest homophobes are latent homosexuals, who suppress their sexuality.
      Similarly, I have a theory that individuals
      drgs
    • with unpatched amygdala, who are controling their racist urges with raw willpower (=prefrontal cortex), have the greatest feeling of guiltdrgs
    • and therefore a greater need to seem as anti-racist. They are also the loudest, most mouthfoaming fighters of racism.drgs
    • It goes both ways, sort of the opposite of this: https://nymag.com/in…drgs
    • Whenever there is a conflict between amygdala and prefrontal cortex there is neuroticism -- BLM for short.drgs
    • Just kidding, but seriously, if the BLM movement is mainly guilt-driven, its bad news, because it will eventually culminate in some form of sadistic fascism.drgs
    • the amygdala controls all emotional responses saying it can be 'patched' is like saying you can end racism by turning off the TVkingsteven
    • Get yourself black friends and spend time with them, that's all. Most people in urban areas have been through that and are "vaccinated"drgs
    • which is why your last assumption is so off... you can unlearn racism, but it has nothing to do with stimulation of the amygdala.kingsteven
    • But its worse if you grew up in some rural predominately white areadrgs
    • in a general sense control of amygdala = emotional maturity.kingsteven
    • https://www.reddit.c…drgs
    • i fully endorse meditation as a method to reduce racism and general reactionary fuckery in the world.kingsteven
    • and hard drugskingsteven
    • I enjoy reading these contrarian takes but have you considered possibility that the side that wants to build a giant wall to keep the scary foreigners out mightyuekit
    • be the ones with "overdeveloped amygdala"?yuekit
    • I think there is even science backing this up actually...yuekit
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm…yuekit
    • https://qz.com/12389…yuekit
    • They have the biggest, veiniest amygdalas, throbbing with justice!drgs
    • "greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right amygdala"yuekit
    • So yeah you're onto something here but unfortunately it shakes out exactly the way you'd expect.yuekit
    • "the size of the bilateral amygdala, which governs emotions, survival instincts, and memory, was strongly correlated with support for the existing social order"drgs
    • Nairn, what drugs suppress amygdala?
      https://clinicaltria…
      "MDMA will increase mPFC, but decrease amygdala"
      drgs
    • that was me ha:
      https://www.ncbi.nlm…
      kingsteven
    • Lololol at “I have a theory”nb
    • Just thought of a great analogy. All children are born as fussy eaters. With age they learn what foods they like/are ok to eat.drgs
    • This is an universal evolutionary strategy: You are born with "Deny from all" and gradually you whitelist things which are safe.drgs
    • Not the other way around (accept all and gradually blacklist things which are bad).
      From evolutionary perspective the first strategy was better.
      drgs
    • Same with people who seem strange or new.drgs
    • Amygdala is the .htaccessdrgs
    • You're now conflating the amygdala with the entire function of the brain.kingsteven
    • All children aren't born as fussy eaters though.fadein11
    • Don't show them where you keep Tide podsdrgs
    • "the loudest homophobes are latent homosexuals",
      true.
      i_was
    • hey drgs, your analogy about fussy eating children is the biggest load of ignorant bullshit I've read today, congratsmonospaced
    • it implies people are racist by nature, which if you have children, you know is absolute bullshit ... racism is 100% taughtmonospaced
    • It's NOT an evolutionary strategy. You just made that up.monospaced
    • https://www.parents.…drgs
    • https://www.utoronto…drgs
    • "Lee, a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, says that lack of exposure to other races may be the cause."drgs
    • The fuck did we just discussed for 40 subnotes?drgs
    • actually the subnotes are mostly you and people telling you you're wrong. this was all discussed in depth when obama said "children are not born racist" yearskingsteven
    • ago, the idea of race bias in babies is well known but it has no connection to racism as adults (other than to say we naturally fear what we don't know)kingsteven
    • yes, and my message about "whitelisting" the unknown somehow got lost in the discussion?drgs
    • We are not discussing how we want things to be. Do you agree or disagree with me -- has nada effect on how amygdalas work. All we can do it to understanddrgs
    • Nature is indifferent to our sentimental snot chewing, what is racist, politically incorrect, and how we wished things should have been instead.drgs
    • I wish the same things as you do, the only difference is that I understand that there is no one to care about these wishesdrgs
    • BLM is raw human nature turned inside out, which we cannot control one tiniest bit, only observe from distancedrgs
    • Like rectal prolapsedrgs
    • I stopped reading at the end of the first paragraph. Did a white man write this?Maaku
    • You do realise your theory is embraced by BLM too? race is more than the colour of skin, it's a social construct that is learned.kingsteven
    • the amygdala is interconnected to every part of the brain, it coordinates all emotional responses, it does not act independentlykingsteven
    • the analogy of flavours is only relevant because children don't even have fully developed taste buds until they are 6 months +kingsteven
    • babies do not require salt, so they aren't born with that facility. it's the same with the amygdala - beyond what is evolutionarily required to survive requireskingsteven
    • reason - and this is why kids should be exposed to kids of other races. but it requires a lot of enforcement of race bias to make a racist.kingsteven
    • my niece ate olives until she turned 6, started school and found out her friends don't like them. racism is not so simple :Dkingsteven
    • Amygdala is a bit more high-functioning than just flavors: its more about what type of berries will poison you and which will not.drgs
    • It is more evolutionary advantageous to be a skeptic by default, and only put things in your mouth if your parents say its ok.drgs
    • This was relevant 100 000 years ago, now not so much, but the stubborn flesh will make sure this continues to work for thousands of years to comedrgs
    • Similarly with neighboring tribes. Some are friendly, some are at war with you. By default skepticism makes sure that you survive.drgs
    • Again an atavism, not relevant, so its your job as a parent to teach the kids to whitelist all other races/phenotypes.drgs
    • I disagree that babies are “born racist”. “Estimating the threat level of a new person” is being incorrectly bandied about as interchangeable with “racism” herescarabin
    • I do agree that time spent with other races may dissolve racist impulses but toddlers don’t give a flying fuck about the color of each other’s skinscarabin
    • That shit is learned behavior from the family and people it’s raised aroundscarabin
    • Drgs is saying he's racist and he can't help it.pango
    • To a baby everything is ALREADY whitelisted and threats require blacklisting. Just look at all the crap they put in their mouths to investigatescarabin
    • Racism is learnedscarabin
    • If you start eating every random shit that grows on the ground (in nature, not your kitchen), you will be dead within the first day. This is self-explanatory.drgs
    • Correct. That’s what parents are for. To teach them what’s dangerous. In the wild as well as with humansscarabin
    • Also i never said babies EAT everything, just that they put it in their mouths to investigate because they don’t know better yet. It’s still whitelisted to themscarabin
    • If a baby was born with everything blacklisted it would hate everyone and everything and that’s just not the casescarabin
    • And nothing would go in their mouths because everything is a threatscarabin
    • First article in google http://www.bbc.com/e…drgs
    • Scarabin, you're describing the world as you want it to be, not how it is.
      https://www.newscien…
      drgs
    • I’m not even talking about food, i’m talking about investigation. Picking up sharp things, touching ovensscarabin
    • This article says food neophobia kicks in around 2nd or 3rd birthdays and i would argue that they have developed eating preferences by thenscarabin
    • Drgs, The kids in that study were aged 5 to 17. PLENTY of time to learn racial bias.scarabin
    • So, if I was to attack the problem at it's root -- how is racial bias learned?drgs
    • I think you’re right that exposure is critical, growing up ONLY around people of a certain type creates a preference toward that typescarabin
    • Those things become what’s “normal”. I just mainly disagree about the baby thing. I think it happens a bit laterscarabin
    • And more subtly than some might suspectscarabin
    • Anyway, I will agree to the following:
      1) both whitelisting and blacklisting is possible
      drgs
    • 2) there is some level of initial fear, which is lower than if a subject is blacklisted, and higher than if whitelisteddrgs
    • I absolutely agree that segregated dorms will only reinforce biasesscarabin
    • Thank you scarabin.monospaced
    • All people are racist at firmware level
      https://www.youtube.…
      drgs
  • grafician-3

    "A Colorado grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics involved in the August 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was stopped by police while walking home from a store, put in a carotid hold and then injected with ketamine, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday.'

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/…

  • hotroddy-2


    Police killing their citizens point blank range protestors for their freedom. Police have impunity will never be tried. Family will never be award 10 of millions of dollars:

    https://twitter.com/CubanDefende…

    BLM response (click on broken link to read):

    And people say BLM is not a marxist movement.

    • Communism cures racism. interesting takeGnash
    • it makes everyone equally poor and oppressed.hotroddy
    • It’s not Marxist. Lol.monospaced
    • how is BLM a marxist movement?pango
    • Because Fox News and Newsmax say it, thats how!utopian
    • I don't see "BLM's" response in your link.

      Is communism in the room right now?
      palimpsest
    • https://instagram.fm…hotroddy
    • founder is a self described 'trained marxist' but don't let the facts get in the way of your opinion.hotroddy
    • direct link won't work. click on the broken image link in the post to see their response.hotroddy
    • https://imgur.com/Sd…hotroddy
    • I see image, I don't see the response.
      We can do this.
      palimpsest
    • the image is BLM's response to recent police brutality in cuba.hotroddy
    • We're getting there. I don't see the context in which this is a response to police brutality.
      What I can see is them pointing USA's actions against Cuba.
      palimpsest
    • If you don't let the facts get in the way of your opinion you might be able to see that the embargo has a negative effect on Cuba.palimpsest
    • There is a history between Communist Cuba and Black Revolutionaries.
      https://www.harlemwo…
      palimpsest
    • I still have to hear somebody on the radical left deny that there's oppression from the Cuban government. We do point to America's part in the current situationpalimpsest
    • This is not that.palimpsest
    • the embargo is a scape goat of the reality. BILLIONS of dollars have been poured into the cuban economy from Russia, China, and Venezuela.hotroddy
    • Venezuela alone sends more petro dollars every month than the GDP of most Carribean nations in return for Cuban interventionism and imperialism in South Americahotroddy
    • and all cuba has to do is run fair elections (which is what cubans are fighting for) and the embargo would be lifted.hotroddy
    • hotroddy. I think you're trying to say guilty by association. but what has BLM done that can be described as Marxist?pango
    • Cuba is the true imperialist nation and it's colony is Venezuela, infiltrating the military and special police forces. All to for the corrupt petro dollarshotroddy
    • listen to the cuban people and stop believing the communist playbook that it's America's fault.hotroddy
    • of course, there's a link between black leaders and cuba, they want a similar revolution in the USA which is point of this discussion.hotroddy
    • because wealth has been acquired by illicit or improper means and is why the movement has zero respect towards private property and businesseshotroddy
    • @palm instead of addressing police brutality (the irony) release statement about 'right for self-determination' (irony again) seeing that's point of protest.hotroddy
    • You lost me again.
      Don't have the time to break it down.
      Good day, sir.
      palimpsest
    • cool. and what has BLM done that can be categorized as Marxist?pango
    • apart from disregarding private property, self-proclaiming as a Marxist, condoning communist dictatorships, and claiming capitalism is a form of colonization?hotroddy
    • is capitalism not in any way a form of colonization? Has US never condone dictatorship?pango
    • you can make anything is a form of colonization. Communism is a form of colonization. With exception that capitalism creates wealth for societies.hotroddy
    • Yes, USA condones dictatorships when it's the lesser evil (like in Saudia Arabia) whereby if you overthrew it would be worse then current regime.hotroddy
    • that is not the case in Cuba.hotroddy
    • afros embraced the chavista revolution, embraced the castro revolution. it will embrace any revolution that promises equity in an inequitable societyhotroddy
    • even if that 'equity' means a highly corrupt oppressive gov't that regresses into third world status.hotroddy
    • perhaps to them Cuba is the Lesser evil.pango
    • "disregarding private property" i guess sports fans are Marxist as well.pango
    • has police never kill citizens point blank in the US? I guess US is Marxist.pango
    • what is the definition of Marxist?pango
    • perhaps there's a parallel with a Korean community in Japan that loves North Korean leader.pango
    • those korean there were brought to japan forcefully during the Japanese invasion of korea.pango
    • bunch of stuff happened before the current time and now they love Nkorea. because Japanese government ignores them, nationalist Japanese hate thempango
    • the only authority who showed a helping hand was the Nkorean Gov.pango
    • majority of them in the community aren't even from Nkorean.
      all I see is when you're government failed you, you look somewhere else for help.
      pango
    • we all know how the US gov treated black people in the past.pango
    • if a free, pro-western democratic cuba is 'more evil' than pro china, pro russia, authoritarian corrupt gov't than it shows BLM's true colorshotroddy
    • that's an interesting story about Japan and north korean community. Japan should buy them all a 1 way ticket to North Korea to put things back into perspectivehotroddy
    • tim cook is gay. does that make apple gay?
      what has BLM done as an organization categorized as Marxist.
      pango
    • If you took a picture with Donald Trump smiling, holding thumbs up - does that make you a trump supporter?hotroddy
    • https://media-cldnry…pango
    • does it?pango
    • so in your eyes, if trump takes a picture with a known white supremacist - trump is exonorated?hotroddy
    • Is every so black and white for you? He's far from exonorated. That photo doesn't paint him in a good light. But also doesn't definitely say much.pango
    • *definitivelypango
    • trump took photo with Hilary. you think he's a liberal now?pango
    • politicians frequently find themselves at the same events as their advisaries which they cannot control. that's not it.hotroddy
    • I'm talking about reunions leaders actively seek with political activistshotroddy
    • its exactly the same as your trump white supremacist analogy. what point are you trying to make?pango
    • it's not marxistmonospaced
    • black people dont' want a revolution either, derp, that's just what racist white people say b ecause they're racist white cuntsmonospaced
    • I must be living in an alternate reality from you because I can name countless countries where afro revolutions have occurred.hotroddy
    • and I lived through one yet it makes me a racist.hotroddy
    • you uncultured cunt.hotroddy
    • no you.pango
  • Salarrue1

  • drgs-1

    https://www.portlandoregon.gov/c…
    "It is a little unusual to consider the Slavic community as a community of color, for conventionally the
    community is considered White, and in all databases reviewed for this research, the community is
    included within the White community. So why this variation? The Slavic community has arrived in this
    part of the USA facing similar forms of discrimination and exclusion as did the Polish, Irish and Italians
    many generations ago. These communities struggled with language, employment, education and social
    exclusion. In much the same way, the Slavic community faces these barriers to parity and to equity. As a
    result, the Coalition of Communities of Color has formally recognized the Slavic community as a
    community of color. "

    https://www.coalitioncommunities…
    Formed in 2001, the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) is an alliance of culturally-specific community based organizations with representation from the following communities of color: African, African American, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern and North African, Native American, Pacific Islander, and Slavic.

    • Forgot "Discuss"drgs
    • After one generation minimum the stigma is gone. That’s the difference. Also there’s no widespread stigma for Slavic. I’d bet big money most of the USA does ...monospaced
    • not even know the word, and likely hasn’t even heard it. Ridiculous.monospaced
    • CCC is the new KKKGnash
  • grafician0

    "Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for Floyd’s murder Friday afternoon."

    https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-…

  • drgs0

    Are you guys bored? Let's start a flame war about racism.

    What I think racism in America is all about -- using myself as a mirror to understand white people:

    1. White people are not afraid of black people per se. White people are afraid of the ghetto, ie. middle class white people are equally averse to white trash as they are to black or latino ghetto thugs. They live for themselves, don't want anything crime-related in their neighborhood and try not to think about black people at all (neither positive or negative attitude).

    2. Black people are associated with crime because crime rates in lower social classes are always higher. They are stuck in lower social classes because of systemic racism, which is true.

    3. Systemic racism is not an intentional, directed conspiracy by white people, it just happens that America is an awkward country with low social mobility and heterogeneous culture. Its motto is the most murderous phrase in human history: "This is your problem".

    4. When black people talk about racism they always mean systemic racism. When white people talk about racism they mean individual racism (being racist because of actual racial traits etc). When you for example ask black people if they can be racist against asians -- the answer is no because black people don't have that institutional power (black people holding asians down -- it makes no sense). White people will interpret this as hypocritical and it creates a lot of confusion.

    5. Racism will get better only when America levels up in civilization and socialism, and improves its social mobility. Its stubborn conservative skeleton has to be broken completely, which is impossible to do because American lemmings take pride in anti-socialism.
    If it doesn't happen and Europe/Canada/Australia progress further, there will be a strange gap making North America look like South America, with small protected enclaves of middle white class neighborhoods.

    Discuss

    • uh ohNairn
    • I hate to say this, but your assessment is not wrong.monospaced
    • Not saying it’s that simple, necessarily, or that it’s totally complete, but you bring up good points that speak to the “system” in place.monospaced
    • But this doesn’t factor in the actual systemic active racism in economics and the justice system. That’s what BLM is also about.monospaced
    • by 2040 whites will be a major minority in the US: https://www.axios.co…grafician
    • Give me an example of active racism in economicsdrgs
    • That’s why you see so many black refugees immigrating to Canada right?hotroddy
    • many is relative. US still got more.pango
    • In economics? Well, racism in workplace holding back promotions and raises. In real estate for sure. Etc.monospaced
    • Ok, to me that's passive racism (ignoring black people, not hiring etc). KKK is active racism. Active racism in economics -- how would that be like?drgs
    • To demand that you get paid more than black colleagues, or to have black people evicted from your neighborhood -- that's active racism.drgs
    • Anyway
      https://i.redd.it/qr…
      drgs
    • By active, I mean that racism is driving a decision. Like not promoting someone because they’re black. Not unconscious bias.monospaced
    • And driving black people from neighborhoods is active racism to me because it happens. Simply not selling to them based on color, etc. pricing too.monospaced
    • Active or passive, it is happening. Every day, and it’s active in that sense. White people are actively making sure black people are kept in a place.monospaced
    • Not just through being racist in general, but through racism in economics. It’s a huge part of the problem, not really factored in above.monospaced
    • It would fit in 5 I guess.monospaced
    • And it makes 3 difficult to accept by itself. It’s not simple. Racism is why social mobility is different for different races.monospaced
    • Too often it is absolutely, 100% intentional, even if nobody says it. The act is racist and economic at the same time.monospaced
  • drgs0

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/…
    "Oreo
    : a Black person who is perceived as adopting the characteristic mentality and behavior of white middle-class people"

    If I was to advise a black person who has a heavy ghetto accent, on how to be successful in life, I would give this unpopular advice: become an "oreo" and talk white.

    Become a "poet", a "citizen of the world" without ethnicity. Be selfish, renounce your heritage and live only in your interest.

    There is no such thing as to "act white". White people have to "act white" to be successful -- if it means to pretend to be educated and well-behaved. That's all I ever do.

    There are no other options in today's America than this kind of humiliation.

    Burn the whole continent with napalm and sow it with 1 meter thick layer of salt, so that no life grows ever again, because anti-socialism cannot be cured.

    Discuss

  • drgs-3

    Debate

    • he was never going to praise the verdict and tell his 3 million subscribers justice has been served was he?Bluejam
    • they convicted the police and white America, Chauvin was just the scapegoat, this was manslaughter at worst._niko
    • At least they can all pat themselves on the shoulders that they cured racism._niko
    • my point was is that many people played a role in his death, but they pinned it all on one man and swept the greater ills of society under the rug._niko
    • Who else decided to kneel on his neck for a few minutes? Totally missed that.monospaced
    • the police force that trained him do do so and his partners that stood and watched._niko
  • grafician0


    "Derek Chauvin found guilty in the death of George Floyd"

    • how long will he be in prison?Bennn
    • life probably_niko
    • Two murder charges and manslaughter. There's no way out of life that I'm aware of.monospaced
    • "The maximum sentence for second-degree unintentional murder is imprisonment of not more than 40 years."grafician
    • Justice was served, but police brutality will carry on, even more so, most likelygrafician
    • I know you're from Romania, so I'll give you time to read the Wiki and news so you can catch up.monospaced
    • And you're clearly missing the precedent this sets for the future. Perhaps you'll read about that too and repost it here.monospaced
    • What wiki, this was straight from CNN https://edition.cnn.…grafician
    • Two murder charges and manslaughter. There's no way out of life that I'm aware of.monospaced
    • Ah I believe we both posted at the same time, I was replying to Bennn with my quote, not yougrafician
    • But from what I'm reading, this was just the verdict, still need for the judge to read the sentencing? plus appeals?grafician
    • Yes, you would know that if you were a US citizen. You can read the Wiki. Usually three felonies are enough for a 3-strikes rule to apply.monospaced
    • I'm hoping he gets the high end of each charge at least, maybe 20-30 years ideally.monospaced
    • What wiki mono, all this is on twitter man
      anyway
      grafician
    • Appeals will start shortlyGnash
    • Wiki. Twitter. News. You’re learning on the fly in real time. I understand it’s not the same in your country, so you have to look it up to post here.monospaced
    • mono lol yeah we have no clue here how the justice system works, we barely use it, but the sentences are merged and the defendant serves the longest onegrafician
    • so in this case, he would do 40 to lifegrafician
    • https://youtu.be/Q-b…
      Yup he will serve the longest one. According to YT lawyer.
      pango
    • tldr key is "multiple charges from the same act". he will serve the longest one out of all the charges.pango
  • Ramanisky21

    WUT?!?

    “Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice...”

    • too bad it wasn't his choice to sacrifice.pango
    • yikesPonyBoy
    • What the fucknb
    • shout to my moms...bizarro speech.utopian
    • She's just an all-round fucking wretch of a human being. Cancer in a pantsuit.face_melter
    • Stock buying opportunistinstrmntl
    • senile old women talking money, nothing else.renderedred
    • lol, needs more black people in the shotMilan
    • :[ tone-deaf and out of touchpango
  • StoicLevels-3

    Black Rob died too?

    Woah

  • utopian1

  • Ramanisky23

    • Apparently, the marks on his hand are the phone number of his lawyer.MarleyMarl
  • grafician0

    BREAKING: $27 million settlement between George Floyd's family and the city of Minneapolis has been reached.

  • monospaced7

    Guilty on all charges. Rot in hell.

  • omahadesigns-2

    vs

    • Prince Philip, Queen EII's gravel-voiced husband star who battled royal laws and rum addiction, dies at 99.shapesalad
    • Where did you find this comparison?
      I can't believe that you actually read.
      utopian
    • I don't get it.TOMMYxGUNN
    • ^ "battled law and addiction" was their first headline. People called them out because it seems critical and no way to honor someone.omahadesigns
    • Gotcha. The images should be the other way round in that case, hence my confusion.TOMMYxGUNN
    • Yes, flip the DMX onesomahadesigns