Re: USA Gun Violence & Police Brutality Thread

by Lex Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:33 pm

Those two examples saved dozens of lives. And the mall guy is being smeared left, right and centre Rolling Eyes

by VivaStPauli Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:18 am

Just gonna point out to the NRA, that in Uvalde, the police showed up, which are supposedly multiple good guys with guns, and apparently they just stood around for a bit until the shooting stopped.

by BarrileteCosmico Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:31 pm

In Uvalde 400 officers loitering around for 1 active shooter. If there's a gun police are afraid of then maybe people shouldn't be able to buy that gun.

I'm pretty sure nearly all active shooters scenarios would be solved with a ban on males under 35 buying semi automatic long rifles or high capacity magazines. These are people that don't vote so presumably congress wouldn't care. And it'd be easier to pass than an outright ban. Not sure why age limits are not discussed more often.

But this wouldn't actually solve gun violence as mass shooters are a small percentage of all deaths.

by VivaStPauli Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:14 pm

Oh yeah mass shootings are what grabs the headlines, but the bulk of shooting victims die in accidents and in murders/manslaughters, not sprees.

by Myesyats Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:10 am

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/tyre-nichols-video-memphis-police-footage-released

These officers are fully aware they have bodycams on them and still do this shit??? They must've gotten away with a lot, it's basically like a gang within a police unit.

by Warrior Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:37 am

Atrocious and senseless video to watch, you can hear Tyre Nichols scream for his mother and they keep beating him up, those police officers are cowards. They belong in jail for the rest of their pathetic lives.

Whatever the context was there is no excuse for this

by Found Sun Jan 29, 2023 2:09 pm

Kind of ruins the idea that black communities will be better off with just black police officers

by McLewis Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:11 am

Warrior wrote:Atrocious and senseless video to watch, you can hear Tyre Nichols scream for his mother and they keep beating him up, those police officers are cowards. They belong in jail for the rest of their pathetic lives.

Whatever the context was there is no excuse for this

For my own mental health, I decided against watching it. No good will come of it.

Found wrote:Kind of ruins the idea that black communities will be better off with just black police officers

I've lived in Black communities all my life in 3 different states. This was never a thing.

On Black cops in general, James Baldwin said it best:

Black policemen were another matter. We used to say, "If you just must call a policeman" - for we hardly ever did - "for God's sake, try to make sure it's a White one."
A Black policeman could completely demolish you. He knew far more about you than a White policeman could and you were without defense before this Black brother in uniform whose entire reason for breathing seemed to be his hope to offer proof that, though he was Black, he was not Black like you.

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