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George Floyd is an instance of a very, very difficult video to watch. Even when you’ve been desensitized to watching people be violently subdued under seemingly

George Floyd is an instance of a very, very difficult video to watch. Even when you’ve been desensitized to watching people be violently subdued under seemingly peaceful conditions, the absolute lack of humanity of his actions is undeniable. There are also other events that happened last week: the murder of Breonna Taylor by plain clothes cops in a no-knock raid where her boyfriend called the cops that murdered her to report “someone just broke in and shot my girlfriend”. Then Ahmad Arbery, who was shot by an ex-cop and his son in a “citizens arrest” gone wrong in a style reminiscent of Jim-crow era lynching. All of this happened in a week, under a blatantly white supremacist presidency, during a pandemic with 25% unemployment where you might have gotten a $1200 stimulus check, after the populist, anti-racist candidate was shoved out the primary by another president who did nothing (that worked) after protests of police brutality. The rage is palpable. Edit: spelling

michaelmior 6y ago
This actually happened across several months, but much of it did become public within a very short period of time. Breonna Taylor was shot near the end of February, Ahmaud Arbery a few weeks later, and George Floyd was murdered around 2.5 months following that. Unfortunately these sorts of events happen far too often and don't always gain the widespread attention they should in a timely manner.
- olivermarks 6y ago
  Without negating either of these two comments I do think it is alarming the degree to which the US corporate media are capricious in their coverage of these types of incidents. As the link I posted claimed, there are currently thousands of 'news' stories about the unfortunate Floyd's demise but little over time of many other similar incidents regardless of race, situation etc. This massive inconsistency leads me to suspect perhaps there is a coverage agenda here, whipping an already massively stressed population into a state of rage and anxiety, and giving black bloc and other bad actors the media coverage they crave during this era of soft and muzzled martial law. Raising money for organizations that may be a remedy could be a good idea but could also further inflame a media whipped up holocaust
  - gremlinsinc 6y ago
    > there are currently thousands of 'news' stories about the unfortunate Floyd's demise but little over time of many other similar incidents regardless of race, situation etc This seems disingenous and actually a bit insensitive. I'm a white man, but I know white privilege exists. Everytime a black person leaves the home and sees a police officer they get PTSD not because they're guilty but because they think no matter what the cop thinks they already are guilty for something or will try and pin something on them, and it's not some irrational fear, it's seated in decades of them doing JUST that. Common examples of white privilege include the following phrases: - White lives matter too - All lives matter - "But what about black on black crime" - Not all white people.... - I'm not privileged, I'm poor - White people are discriminated against too... Black lives matter isn't saying only Black lives matter, but that Black lives matter too, as in they're not animals like they're treated by police officers, and if you don't think it happens then you're simply blind or you don't care because you're prejudiced or showing blatant racism.
- monadic2 6y ago
  Ach, my bad. I do remember discussing this well before last week.

michaelmior 6y ago

This actually happened across several months, but much of it did become public within a very short period of time. Breonna Taylor was shot near the end of February, Ahmaud Arbery a few weeks later, and George Floyd was murdered around 2.5 months following that. Unfortunately these sorts of events happen far too often and don't always gain the widespread attention they should in a timely manner.

olivermarks 6y ago
Without negating either of these two comments I do think it is alarming the degree to which the US corporate media are capricious in their coverage of these types of incidents. As the link I posted claimed, there are currently thousands of 'news' stories about the unfortunate Floyd's demise but little over time of many other similar incidents regardless of race, situation etc. This massive inconsistency leads me to suspect perhaps there is a coverage agenda here, whipping an already massively stressed population into a state of rage and anxiety, and giving black bloc and other bad actors the media coverage they crave during this era of soft and muzzled martial law. Raising money for organizations that may be a remedy could be a good idea but could also further inflame a media whipped up holocaust
- gremlinsinc 6y ago
  > there are currently thousands of 'news' stories about the unfortunate Floyd's demise but little over time of many other similar incidents regardless of race, situation etc This seems disingenous and actually a bit insensitive. I'm a white man, but I know white privilege exists. Everytime a black person leaves the home and sees a police officer they get PTSD not because they're guilty but because they think no matter what the cop thinks they already are guilty for something or will try and pin something on them, and it's not some irrational fear, it's seated in decades of them doing JUST that. Common examples of white privilege include the following phrases: - White lives matter too - All lives matter - "But what about black on black crime" - Not all white people.... - I'm not privileged, I'm poor - White people are discriminated against too... Black lives matter isn't saying only Black lives matter, but that Black lives matter too, as in they're not animals like they're treated by police officers, and if you don't think it happens then you're simply blind or you don't care because you're prejudiced or showing blatant racism.
monadic2 6y ago
Ach, my bad. I do remember discussing this well before last week.