BLM/Police Reform protests

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Boloni86, Jun 2, 2020.

  1. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is brutal.
     
    Boandlkramer, sitruc and charlie15 repped this.
  2. luftmensch

    luftmensch Member+

    .
    United States
    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yep, Antifa are the stormtroopers and Soros is the Emperor. Makes for a much more compelling narrative when there’s a clear enemy to hate.
     
  3. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The chainsaw wacko has been arrested.
     
    MattR, Deadtigers, Funkfoot and 3 others repped this.
  4. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Okay. Police behavior we can get behind.
     
    MattR and charlie15 repped this.
  5. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder how many mayors will be voted out of office because of how they handled the response to this.
     
    MattR and Deadtigers repped this.
  6. luftmensch

    luftmensch Member+

    .
    United States
    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I do wonder what a lot of the police who don’t get decked out like Robocop think of all this. Meaning mostly the smart ones that do things like detective work.
     
    MattR, Deadtigers and Dr. Wankler repped this.
  7. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I can't be the only one to think of this.

    [​IMG]
     
    luftmensch and Dr. Wankler repped this.
  8. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #733 charlie15, Jun 5, 2020
    Last edited: Jun 5, 2020
    Roger Goodell and the NFL are jumping on the bandwagon. Hypocrites......
    Having said that, these guys know where the wind is blowing.....They are positioning themselves.
    He has not apologized to Kap yet though.

     
    sitruc repped this.
  9. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Durkan is a dead woman walking and I would not be surprised if she doesn't finish out her term.She basically hid from the press and protestors for days after the first protests and police aggressions. When she finally did come out of the shadows, it was to meet with several "leaders" of the protest that no one had ever heard of and weren't actually associated with BLMKC. When she finally did meet with BLM leaders and protestors, she avoided answering questions (including responding to a question about what she's doing to decrease police attacks on peaceful protests by telling a story about how her family immigrated to the US), repeatedly defended the police by saying they were only responding to attacks by protestors (despite multipe videos showing police being the instigators), and by responding to requests to make police officer uncover their badge numbers and stop using rubber bullets, pepper spray, CS gas, etc on protestors by saying those need to be reviewed by the various police accountability groups when those groups have already reviewed the tactics of the police and unanimously recommending banning CS gas and focusing on de-escalation tactics rather than use of force..
     
    soccernutter repped this.
  10. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Sometimes they are brought in from other areas and have no knowledge at all of DC or the park they are operating in. They can be especially power hungry compared to MPD. They often operate like they want something to do and need to create shit. Park Police is a federal police force under Department of Interior.
    Of course she gets interviewed. :rolleyes:
    There are all sorts of things that he has done that should disqualify him, but most things are glossed over and since he ignores the DC market, his shit doesn't get covered. He'll do interviews with MAGA DC sports bro talk before doing a single interview with DC local news radio.
    From the start this thread had a bad title and not enough was brought over.
    That looks like a ransom video.
     
  11. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dang it, fvcking stereotype, Latino with landscaping equipment being racist.

    If he was carrying an AR-15 he would not have been arrested.
     
    Minnman, soccernutter, chaski and 3 others repped this.
  12. Boandlkramer

    Boandlkramer Member+

    Apr 9, 2009
    Samma Weltmeister!
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    I couldn’t help but comment and tag @buffalobpa in it
     
  13. chaski

    chaski Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    #738 chaski, Jun 5, 2020
    Last edited: Jun 5, 2020
    Goodell don’t need a weatherman.
     
  14. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So basically nobody ordered the Park Police to clear Lafayette Park on Monday. They did it on their own, I guess....

    Attorney General William Barr told the AP “that law enforcement officers were already moving to push back protesters from a park in front of the White House when he arrived there Monday evening, and he says he did not give a command to disperse the crowd, though he supported the decision.”

    “Barr’s comments were his most detailed explanation yet of what unfolded outside the White House earlier this week. They come after the White House and others said repeatedly that the attorney general ordered officers to clear the park.”
     
    sitruc repped this.
  15. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Bethesda douchebag has been arrested today.....
     
  16. chaski

    chaski Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    And I was sure he was going to say “You’re goddamn right I ordered the Code Red!”
     
    ElNaranja, song219, roby and 2 others repped this.
  17. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ...:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
  18. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Interesting ....Brees responded pretty forcefully and pushed back to Trump. Not sure how sincere is but that gave him a good occasion to pivot.

     
  19. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    russ, Cascarino's Pizzeria and sitruc repped this.
  20. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    This could fit in one of the FOX threads too, but since it originates elsewhere I'll allow it here.


    ******** me.
     
  21. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ElNaranja, luftmensch and soccernutter repped this.
  22. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Damn. Noone is buying the BS at face value any longer.
     
    sitruc, soccernutter and Auriaprottu repped this.
  23. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, it doesn’t help when there are tons of videos of police shooting and spraying protestors that aren’t doing anything and there isn’t any punishment for this...
     
  24. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'll bet Hidden Figures is up there, too.
     
    Deadtigers repped this.
  25. Iranian Monitor

    Iranian Monitor Member+

    Aug 18, 2004
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
    Racism in America is the ugly face of something that has equally long roots: a culture that promotes violence and hatred against the "other", with that other most distinguishable physically when we focus on racism against blacks and POC, but which can easily target anyone else, including "liberals", "communists" etc. This culture seems to feed the ranks of many who join the police forces across America, and is quite noticeable among those who are Trump's greatest fans. It is a culture that also extols the stronger against the weaker, almost finding some divine virtue in strength (in part, influenced by notions of Social Darwanism). Even religion in this culture is not about the ethical or universalist messages which others might emphasize, but simply as part of the ritual to identify members of the tribe - the 'us' against the 'them'. Of course, this cultural phenomenon, fueled by centuries of ideological indoctrination to justify racial slavery, racial segregation, resistance to racial equality, is most virulent and depraved often when its targets are people like George Floyd. But in reality it is almost equally virulent and depraved regardless of the target de jure.
     
    artielange84 repped this.

Share This Page