Re: USA Gun Violence & Police Brutality Thread

by VivaStPauli Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:10 pm

Yeah I was thinking that Snorlax probably saved some poor guy's life...

by FennecFox7 Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:22 am

McLewis wrote:
Two LAPD officers were fired for ignoring a call regarding a robbery in progress because they were playing Pokemon Go and had spotted a Snorlax. https://t.co/3rPFEkrJoT pic.twitter.com/zu5SNJ9Dyg
— Jake White (@unioncounsel) January 10, 2022

And these 2 morons appealed their termination. They lost.

The really wild thing here to me is they would likely get Qualified Immunity if they were to kill someone in pursuit of this pokemon.

Wow. You cannot make this stuff up. And they appealed.. these “officers” have zero dignity. Laughing

Hopefully with social media and the fact that there’s more exposure in general will show who the clowns are. You can’t have a few “bad apples” when it comes to the police. A few “bad apples” is a disaster for anyone involved.. especially minorities and people in danger.

by McLewis Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:26 pm

Dr. Matthew Wilson, a 31-year-old doctor visiting the Atlanta area from England, was fatally shot while sleeping. Georgia police are calling the shooting “a random act involving individuals participating in the reckless discharge of firearm.” #gapol https://t.co/inF666aLTQ
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 21, 2022

Another victim of this country's refusal to bring the 2nd amendment into the 21st century.

Only here will idiots fucking around with a gun not get charged for killing a person.

by BarrileteCosmico Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:00 pm

"accidentally" shooting a gun should earn you a negligence suit at least, manslaughter in this case

by McLewis Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:03 pm

We seriously should have a travel advisory put on us by other countries due to the gun violence that is rampant here. I am not joking.

by Myesyats Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:14 pm

Just saw a video of a Karen at a school board meeting (or whatever it's called) threatening to bring her loaded guns to school because of a mask mandate Laughing

2nd amendment in practice

by El Gunner Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:02 am

McLewis wrote:We seriously should have a travel advisory put on us by other countries due to the gun violence that is rampant here. I am not joking.

is it really that bad? or is it just a case of media attention making it seem more prominent than it really is? (not implying that these cases shouldn't get media attention, but it's also obvious gun control is another Dem v Rep political tactic in America)

by Myesyats Sat Jan 22, 2022 11:40 am

It's bad if we're talking about supposed "first world" countries yeah. In terms of safety index they never rank high

Last time I checked they were #122 on the global peace index which is absolutely awful

by El Gunner Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:35 pm

yea but is it bad enough where travellers have to genuinely think twice about visiting the US, is what i mean? i want stats like 1 out of every million traveller is truly in danger of getting shot, because those are probably the odds.

And then of course, the city/area matters too.

by Art Morte Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:59 pm

McLewis wrote:
Dr. Matthew Wilson, a 31-year-old doctor visiting the Atlanta area from England, was fatally shot while sleeping. Georgia police are calling the shooting “a random act involving individuals participating in the reckless discharge of firearm.” #gapol https://t.co/inF666aLTQ
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 21, 2022

Another victim of this country's refusal to bring the 2nd amendment into the 21st century.

Only here will idiots fucking around with a gun not get charged for killing a person.

What a terrible country lmao. As a teenager I used to think "it would be so cool to do a road trip or something in the USA", but nowadays you'd have to pay me to go there.

by FennecFox7 Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:36 am

Nonsense. The US is a massive country. A lot of these shootings happen in low income areas. I promise you it isn’t the norm.

by Hapless_Hans Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:58 am

If I was a black tourist, I'd honestly be not too easy about taking a scenic road trip holiday along route 66

by McLewis Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:22 pm

El Gunner wrote:
McLewis wrote:We seriously should have a travel advisory put on us by other countries due to the gun violence that is rampant here. I am not joking.

is it really that bad? or is it just a case of media attention making it seem more prominent than it really is? (not implying that these cases shouldn't get media attention, but it's also obvious gun control is another Dem v Rep political tactic in America)

I'm 100% serious about what I said. If I'm the foreign minister of any country, I'm putting out a travel advisory to my country's citizens warning them to be wary of gun violence in the US and to take proper precautions to not become victims. I personally live in an area that is pretty quiet. That doesn't necessarily mean its safer. It just means the chances of me catching a bullet unexpectedly are higher. Any day of the week, at any hour, I could be a victim of gun violence simply be choosing to go to the store at the wrong time and at the wrong place.

FennecFox7 wrote:Nonsense. The US is a massive country. A lot of these shootings happen in low income areas. I promise you it isn’t the norm.

See my response above.

And I'll point out that this happened in the same low income areas that neither major political party has any interest in actually helping. I don't know why that doctor was here, but given he was in Atlanta (one of the blackest cities in the country), I'm quite sure many of his patients were likely people of color from underserved communities. The sad thing is he likely would've die had he decided to go to the South Side of Chicago, to Queens, to the East or West Side of Detroit, Oakland, South Philly, Boston, or any other number of areas with high concentrations of poverty. Hell, he could've been living in Appalachia with the Mountain people or living in KY or WY coal country and still would've caught a bullet. Poverty breeds crime. And crime breeds violence. Where wouldn't he have caught one? Any area of true affluence. The chances of his dying of a stray bullet in Beverly Hills or the Hamptons......are extremely slim to none.

Had the problems plaguing communities, like the one he died in, been truly addressed and conditions improved, this doctor may very well be alive today.

This country's failure to reckon with its dangerous obsession with guns is directly responsible for his death. It goes far beyond a few idiots fucking around with guns. And people who just don't want to hear this stuff refuse to understand that.

by futbol_bill Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:15 am

McLewis, what do you say to Fennecfox, who says in his part of Texas (I think it was)? He feels safe and he needs his gun primarily as he doesn’t trust police. I may be paraphrasing this a bit, but that is what I believe he was saying in an earlier post.

by Warrior Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:31 am

Canada has a website that gives advice to travelers in every country. On USA's page you can find a guide on how to act during mass shootings.

USA Gun Violence & Police Brutality Thread - Page 40 Travel11

by McLewis Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:54 am

futbol_bill wrote:McLewis, what do you say to Fennecfox, who says in his part of Texas (I think it was)? He feels safe and he needs his gun primarily as he doesn’t trust police. I may be paraphrasing this a bit, but that is what I believe he was saying in an earlier post.

I would say where ever he is in Texas is likely vastly different from what I see here in Michigan. Our experiences are not all that comparable, unless we live in metro areas near large cities....and even then, it's still different culturally. I would say we have different definitions, ideologies and worldviews of what is "safe".

I will also say that there's something to be said for the inconsistency of not trusting police to protect us, yet giving them stupidly large budgets to do what.....continue not protecting us? That is a source of significant cognitive dissonance that I truly cannot logic out....likely because is utterly illogical.

by El Gunner Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:37 am

can't help but feel this is some extreme exaggeration on McLewis' part

sure be vigilant as a traveller in the States, but i wouldn't dread catching a bullet out of nowhere. Like that description Warrior posted, i believe it is rare and all about wrong place at the wrong time

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