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Minneapolis is a Warzone
Maybe George Floyd's death at the hands of our unchecked, militarized, racist police force will be the final straw. The mayor is calling for the arrests of the officers but so far...nothing. The police would rather watch the city burn than make a move on one of their own. It's going to get worse if they delay any further. Or when the shitsack union leader wins their jobs back.
Then I wake up and read the reports of armed, white agitators breaking windows and setting fires. Of NEWS CREWS blasting recorded gunfire sounds "on accident." Rubber bullets and tear gas canisters aimed at people's heads...
What I've learned from this is that it's OK to storm a state capitol building, heavily armed, and yell and spit at police officers because you need a haircut...as long as you are white. But protesting the latest in a long line of murdered black men at the hands of the cops? Uncalled for. Find a less intrusive way to express yourself.
I'd like to believe that what I was listening to last night was the beginning of real change but it's hard to have any faith in that anymore.
The best quote Ive seen so far:
"If, this week, you watched Minneapolis police murder a man on camera, stand idly by and watch it happen, and lie to try to cover it up, but now believe their version of how protests escalated last night, then you're not learning on purpose."
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More details please. What is the source of this nugget of information?
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Sagrilarus wrote: Of NEWS CREWS blasting recorded gunfire sounds "on accident."
More details please. What is the source of this nugget of information?
So far, unsubstantiated. I've been trying to follow local Twitter feeds looking for a more boots on the ground viewpoint and I've heard several claims regarding this. If it's true, which at this point I don't doubt, we won't see it covered.
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This is just remarkable. The video clearly shows a MAGA white supremacist willfully and deliberately murdering a terrified and helpless man. This guy has also been at Trump rallies as part of some “Cops for Trump” group or whatever.
If there is any justice and if America is not a white supremacist, racist country then this cop will face the most extreme punishment possible.
Very glad to see folks protesting in force on this.
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blatz wrote:
Sagrilarus wrote: Of NEWS CREWS blasting recorded gunfire sounds "on accident."
More details please. What is the source of this nugget of information?
So far, unsubstantiated. I've been trying to follow local Twitter feeds looking for a more boots on the ground viewpoint and I've heard several claims regarding this. If it's true, which at this point I don't doubt, we won't see it covered.
Seriously?
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Sagrilarus wrote:
blatz wrote:
Sagrilarus wrote: Of NEWS CREWS blasting recorded gunfire sounds "on accident."
More details please. What is the source of this nugget of information?
So far, unsubstantiated. I've been trying to follow local Twitter feeds looking for a more boots on the ground viewpoint and I've heard several claims regarding this. If it's true, which at this point I don't doubt, we won't see it covered.
Seriously?
Exactly, how do you mean?
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Sagrilarus wrote: I wouldn't trust Twitter for the correct time. It's the easiest media source to manipulate ever invented.
So...no comment on the actual issue, just picking apart one of my news sources? I didn't mean to imply I'm ONLY getting my news from Twitter. But, I tell you what, I trust local live feeds and friends who live here more than the mainstream media outlets on this so far.
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blatz wrote:
Sagrilarus wrote: I wouldn't trust Twitter for the correct time. It's the easiest media source to manipulate ever invented.
So...no comment on the actual issue, just picking apart one of my news sources? I didn't mean to imply I'm ONLY getting my news from Twitter. But, I tell you what, I trust local live feeds and friends who live here more than the mainstream media outlets on this so far.
No one has any idea who you are, you could just be another purveyor of false or biased news (even though you likely aren't). I think the comment on using twitter as any type of trusted news source was completely fair - and spot on, it actually made me laugh.
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blatz wrote:
Sagrilarus wrote: I wouldn't trust Twitter for the correct time. It's the easiest media source to manipulate ever invented.
So...no comment on the actual issue, just picking apart one of my news sources? I didn't mean to imply I'm ONLY getting my news from Twitter. But, I tell you what, I trust local live feeds and friends who live here more than the mainstream media outlets on this so far.
No, I asked the specific question because it has a right-wing the-media-is-trying-to-manipulate-you sort of aroma to it. When you followed with, "if it's true, which at this point I don't doubt" based on two Tweets I became incredulous. Sorry for the bluntness, but I could create three extra sources for you from here in my living room in about fifteen minutes.
Why on Earth would a news team bring a PA system with them (and set it up?) Sounds more like something some joker in a building behind them would do with their stereo system.
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You don't have to be right wing crazy to understand that the media can and does paint whatever picture they want. I'm not talking abolish freedom of the press Trumper bullshit, but I do believe lot of mainstream news is misleading and designed solely for clicks and ad revenue and so, yeah, I think Twitter and other social media CAN, SOMETIMES be a useful tool. But hey, glad you guys got a good laugh out of it.
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