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My take: I don't think the government understands how must distrust there is for public institutions. The fact that they keep going on these pressers and lying

My take: I don't think the government understands how must distrust there is for public institutions. The fact that they keep going on these pressers and lying to the public, only to be discredited after the fact, shows how tone deaf and disconnected from reality the politicians are. What's even more bizarre is all the people who are cheering on the police brutality, and encouraging more violence against unarmed protestors. There are systemic issues all throughout the government, and as long as cops keep killing people the riots will continue. Maybe they'll temporarily subside, but when the next killing happens it will flare right back up. Cops operate with impunity, and the politicians go on TV apologizing for them because they're afraid of the police too. Just look what happened to de Blasio's daughter, who was arrested by the NYPD under questionable circumstances. It's crazy watching this all unfold, but if real change isn't implemented soon it will continue to foment. It doesn't help that along with racism, there's significantly economic inequality. Real unemployment is somewhere around 24%[0], food prices keep going up[1], and many still haven't been able to access unemployment benefits. [0]: https://fortune.com/2020/05/28/us-unemployment-rate-numbers-claims-this-week-total-job-losses-may-28-2020-benefits-claims-job-losses/ https://fortune.com/2020/05/28/us-unemployment-rate-numbers-... [1]: https://apnews.com/54f1efe0afa71b0a939fda91cf917366 https://apnews.com/54f1efe0afa71b0a939fda91cf917366

quinnd 6y ago
> But in a post subsequently removed from Twitter, the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) accused de Blasio, 25, of “object throwing.” > The account also posted de Blasio’s internal arrest file, which included her home address (Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence), ID number and other personal information. [0] https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nypd-sergeants-union-tweets-arrest-report-for-mayor-de-blasios-daughter https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nypd-sergeants-union-twee... apparently the address is public knowledge anyway, if that wasn't true the doxing would be a lot worse.
Mirioron 6y ago
The government isn't a single person or even consistent entity. Different people and groups are vying for control via control of the government. Some people distrusting the current government and others supporting it is pretty much what politicians want (it's also the natural result of politics). I don't think this will change much when it comes to governing. Hopefully there will be change with how the police work in the US, but the political play is going to stay the same. Some people might just end up being switched out. Just think of it this way: almost all of the rioting/protesting is happening in blue areas. They have a Democratic mayor, police chief, state representatives etc. The police are under the control of these local officials, not federal officials. At the same time, many of protestors are angry at Trump and other Republicans on a federal level. So who do they vote for to enact change? Voting for those same Democrats in local ejections keeps the status quo, but at the same time they don't like the opposition (Republicans). They can elect a different federal president, but that isn't going to change the police issue as long as the local status quo remains. All in all, I would say that politically not much is going to change.
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throwaway894345 6y ago
> What's even more bizarre is all the people who are cheering on the police brutality, and encouraging more violence against unarmed protestors. There’s lots of people cheering on the violence. The strangest are the white collar professionals, the celebrities, and the executives. I will say, in a few instances it felt good when these Twitter agitators got spooked as the violence they wished upon others neared their own gated neighborhoods (and I don’t say this lightly as my neighborhood is being terrorized right now). https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/chris_palmer_nba_5-31-20.jpg https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/c...
- thrwaway69 6y ago
  Historically they used to do this for slaves where they would fight each other for entertainment of the elites or upper class people. It seems perfectly in align with that.

quinnd 6y ago

> But in a post subsequently removed from Twitter, the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) accused de Blasio, 25, of “object throwing.” > The account also posted de Blasio’s internal arrest file, which included her home address (Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence), ID number and other personal information. [0] https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nypd-sergeants-union-tweets-arrest-report-for-mayor-de-blasios-daughter https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nypd-sergeants-union-twee... apparently the address is public knowledge anyway, if that wasn't true the doxing would be a lot worse.

Mirioron 6y ago

The government isn't a single person or even consistent entity. Different people and groups are vying for control via control of the government. Some people distrusting the current government and others supporting it is pretty much what politicians want (it's also the natural result of politics). I don't think this will change much when it comes to governing. Hopefully there will be change with how the police work in the US, but the political play is going to stay the same. Some people might just end up being switched out. Just think of it this way: almost all of the rioting/protesting is happening in blue areas. They have a Democratic mayor, police chief, state representatives etc. The police are under the control of these local officials, not federal officials. At the same time, many of protestors are angry at Trump and other Republicans on a federal level. So who do they vote for to enact change? Voting for those same Democrats in local ejections keeps the status quo, but at the same time they don't like the opposition (Republicans). They can elect a different federal president, but that isn't going to change the police issue as long as the local status quo remains. All in all, I would say that politically not much is going to change.

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throwaway894345 6y ago

> What's even more bizarre is all the people who are cheering on the police brutality, and encouraging more violence against unarmed protestors. There’s lots of people cheering on the violence. The strangest are the white collar professionals, the celebrities, and the executives. I will say, in a few instances it felt good when these Twitter agitators got spooked as the violence they wished upon others neared their own gated neighborhoods (and I don’t say this lightly as my neighborhood is being terrorized right now). https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/chris_palmer_nba_5-31-20.jpg https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/c...

thrwaway69 6y ago
Historically they used to do this for slaves where they would fight each other for entertainment of the elites or upper class people. It seems perfectly in align with that.