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Sure, Black and Brown people have legitimate things to protest. But all I see are videos of white kids throwing bricks and otherwise stirring the pot.

ebg13 6y ago
At this point, if that's all you've seen, it's because you aren't looking. So maybe look up videos of cops shooting journalists, smashing windows, bashing people in the face when they weren't doing anything, and running people over with their cars. There are literally hundreds of such videos from the past few days. Then you'd be able to say you've seen videos of things other than white kids throwing bricks.
- TheGrim-888 6y ago
  "bashing people in the face when they weren't doing anything" Please link me to any such video. I bet you can't. I bet when I watch whatever you link to, there's more than adequate explanation for the use of force, that it isn't a person just sitting there minding their own business and they just get punched in the face. Unless of course you link to a video which has cut out all context, and all you see is a cop using force, which the majority of all these videos are.
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  - bunje 6y ago
    This was really interesting: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isPkpZehssY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isPkpZehssY
    - craftinator 6y ago
      Woh, crazy, did you see that cop rush the news cameraman after like 3 minutes of peaceful protests and literally bash him in the face? Man I'd look like such an asshole if I'd just bet that videos of this don't exist! Glad I didn't do that, I would feel just soooooo stupid! Like a real Grade A dumbass, that's for sure!
  - pbourke 6y ago
    https://twitter.com/allan_wrestle/status/1267230507428974592?s=21 https://twitter.com/allan_wrestle/status/1267230507428974592...
  - wetmore 6y ago
    https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1266908354821206016 https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1266908354821206016 not "bashing in the face" but I'm sure you can tell me why this old man was rightfully knocked over while standing around.
    - gremlinsinc 6y ago
      He sure looked menacingly at those cops. I'm sure he must've done something. Cops wouldn't do that w/out a reason. /s
      - craftinator 6y ago
        Maybe it is the "everyone is born guilty" mantra? That would make the policies job a lot easier.
  - pbourke 6y ago
    https://twitter.com/michaeladams317/status/1266945268567678976?s=21 https://twitter.com/michaeladams317/status/12669452685676789...
  - pbourke 6y ago
    https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1267252951640346626?s=21 https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1267252951640346626?s=21
  - freeone3000 6y ago
    https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1267662905383596032 https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1267662905383596032
  - gremlinsinc 6y ago
    Cops shove woman down unprovoked so hard she went into seizures. https://twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/1266540710188195843 https://twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/1266540710188195843 Does casually hitting a man w/ a car door just to be a jerk count? https://twitter.com/DriveWendys/status/1266555286678048770 https://twitter.com/DriveWendys/status/1266555286678048770 Can you tell me what the state senator did do warrant pepper spray? https://twitter.com/zellnor4ny/status/1266802303807500288 https://twitter.com/zellnor4ny/status/1266802303807500288 Woman sitting on ground is pepper sprayed THEN KICKED in the head. https://twitter.com/ItsKadynC/status/1266967646345613317 https://twitter.com/ItsKadynC/status/1266967646345613317 what about a man that just was talking to police, got pepper sprayed and blasted in face w/ a flare? That was definitely not excessive either... https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gub8fx/police_shoot_protestor_point_blank_in_the_face/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gub8fx/po...
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whymauri 6y ago
I mean, the United States is predominantly white. It's nearly certain that most people on video will be white, as a result. Also, the presence of white people does not negate that the protests are about black lives (not COVID). I won't engage with the statement about bricks because another user has that covered. Many of my black friends don't like the idea that the protests are about COVID tensions (even if income inequality and unemployment obviously contribute). It's felt like an erasure of their struggle. I'm Hispanic and have been profiled a few times in my life. While I cannot pretend to know the full spectrum of the black experience in the US, I'm inclined to agree that I feel similar, too. Edit: no clue why this keeps getting downvoted. The protests are (1) not only about COVID and (2) implying that they're only about COVID feels like erasure to Black (and Brown) people. Unless I'm missing something, here. Perhaps I need to be more detailed? The entire point of this protest is to be heard. There is a population, long silenced, that has a message to convey. Today that message is BLM - and it is incredibly taxing to convey that message. To then look that movement in the eye and completely miss the message, returns us to square one: the problem of being unheard. That is what I mean by "a feeling of erasure."

ebg13 6y ago

At this point, if that's all you've seen, it's because you aren't looking. So maybe look up videos of cops shooting journalists, smashing windows, bashing people in the face when they weren't doing anything, and running people over with their cars. There are literally hundreds of such videos from the past few days. Then you'd be able to say you've seen videos of things other than white kids throwing bricks.

TheGrim-888 6y ago
"bashing people in the face when they weren't doing anything" Please link me to any such video. I bet you can't. I bet when I watch whatever you link to, there's more than adequate explanation for the use of force, that it isn't a person just sitting there minding their own business and they just get punched in the face. Unless of course you link to a video which has cut out all context, and all you see is a cop using force, which the majority of all these videos are.
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- bunje 6y ago
  This was really interesting: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isPkpZehssY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=isPkpZehssY
  - craftinator 6y ago
    Woh, crazy, did you see that cop rush the news cameraman after like 3 minutes of peaceful protests and literally bash him in the face? Man I'd look like such an asshole if I'd just bet that videos of this don't exist! Glad I didn't do that, I would feel just soooooo stupid! Like a real Grade A dumbass, that's for sure!
- pbourke 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/allan_wrestle/status/1267230507428974592?s=21 https://twitter.com/allan_wrestle/status/1267230507428974592...
- wetmore 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1266908354821206016 https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1266908354821206016 not "bashing in the face" but I'm sure you can tell me why this old man was rightfully knocked over while standing around.
  - gremlinsinc 6y ago
    He sure looked menacingly at those cops. I'm sure he must've done something. Cops wouldn't do that w/out a reason. /s
    - craftinator 6y ago
      Maybe it is the "everyone is born guilty" mantra? That would make the policies job a lot easier.
- pbourke 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/michaeladams317/status/1266945268567678976?s=21 https://twitter.com/michaeladams317/status/12669452685676789...
- pbourke 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1267252951640346626?s=21 https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1267252951640346626?s=21
- freeone3000 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1267662905383596032 https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1267662905383596032
- gremlinsinc 6y ago
  Cops shove woman down unprovoked so hard she went into seizures. https://twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/1266540710188195843 https://twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/1266540710188195843 Does casually hitting a man w/ a car door just to be a jerk count? https://twitter.com/DriveWendys/status/1266555286678048770 https://twitter.com/DriveWendys/status/1266555286678048770 Can you tell me what the state senator did do warrant pepper spray? https://twitter.com/zellnor4ny/status/1266802303807500288 https://twitter.com/zellnor4ny/status/1266802303807500288 Woman sitting on ground is pepper sprayed THEN KICKED in the head. https://twitter.com/ItsKadynC/status/1266967646345613317 https://twitter.com/ItsKadynC/status/1266967646345613317 what about a man that just was talking to police, got pepper sprayed and blasted in face w/ a flare? That was definitely not excessive either... https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gub8fx/police_shoot_protestor_point_blank_in_the_face/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gub8fx/po...

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whymauri 6y ago

I mean, the United States is predominantly white. It's nearly certain that most people on video will be white, as a result. Also, the presence of white people does not negate that the protests are about black lives (not COVID). I won't engage with the statement about bricks because another user has that covered. Many of my black friends don't like the idea that the protests are about COVID tensions (even if income inequality and unemployment obviously contribute). It's felt like an erasure of their struggle. I'm Hispanic and have been profiled a few times in my life. While I cannot pretend to know the full spectrum of the black experience in the US, I'm inclined to agree that I feel similar, too. Edit: no clue why this keeps getting downvoted. The protests are (1) not only about COVID and (2) implying that they're only about COVID feels like erasure to Black (and Brown) people. Unless I'm missing something, here. Perhaps I need to be more detailed? The entire point of this protest is to be heard. There is a population, long silenced, that has a message to convey. Today that message is BLM - and it is incredibly taxing to convey that message. To then look that movement in the eye and completely miss the message, returns us to square one: the problem of being unheard. That is what I mean by "a feeling of erasure."