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Golemiprague, you're shadowbanned, but you can watch the full 16 minutes of this video to get a feeling for the tip of the iceberg of this issue: https://www.yo
by mellow2020 6y ago
Golemiprague, you're shadowbanned, but you can watch the full 16 minutes of this video to get a feeling for the tip of the iceberg of this issue: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Byk2axDVNHE https://www.youtube.com/embed/Byk2axDVNHE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd
This isn't just "police brutality".
> Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while he was lying face down handcuffed on the street. Two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth officer prevented onlookers from intervening. Floyd, who was being arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit bill at a nearby market, begged for his life, repeatedly telling officers "I can't breathe". During the final three minutes Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. While the onlookers repeatedly pleaded to let Floyd go, officers made no attempt to revive him, and Chauvin's knee remained on his neck even as emergency medical technicians attempted to treat him.
This is cold blooded murder by someone who thinks he should be untouchable. Just like the wanton brutality you see in the video above emanates from such people. Their pathology is one ingredient, the others are technology and special privileges.
If you consider yourself an intellectual, someone who values ideas over raw power and brutality, you must stand against it, simple as that. That's not "getting crazy", that's having a backbone as well as intellectual integrity. Unless you yourself would accept a boot to the neck as an argument against anything you might say in any situation someone else might dislike what you say, then you cannot be silent as others are treated this way. None of this should even need saying.