I thought it was Steve Carrell at first glance
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 June 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
There's rightful furor in Orlando over one of our commissioners now. Patty Sheehan was the city's first openly gay commissioner, has been lauded in the past in the Orlando Weekly, and been awarded Best Local Leader by LGBTQ publication Watermark. She was a highly loved frequent guest of the Orlando International Fringe Festival, which features thousands of progressive artists of all races and backgrounds.
My friend, a playwright, used to write her into his scripts. She is a huge voice in the LGBTQ community.
She was completely silent on George Floyd. Social media on her personal and public pages went dark. No public statements either. Whereas she had been posting publicly on COVID-19 on a daily basis.
Someone texted her asking her why she was silent, and she said his killing was a murder, she felt it was unsafe to protest, and "an eye for an eye makes a whole world blind", and made a snarky remark about how her leadership didn't seem to be wanted, so she was listening.
Then, a few days later, she made an angry post on another site saying "WE GET IT, you're angry", and repeated the "eye for an eye" quote, defending law enforcement.
Last night, she posted on FB an explanation of her silence, saying she couldn't protest due to being high risk (which, ok, but that doesn't explain the public silence).
She offered a weak show of support but again, said she'd be refusing to make any sweeping statements about law enforcement.
Orlando is lighting her up on her post. I think her re-election is doomed. It's sad....but she's lost trust
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 June 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
It’s really disappointing when leaders don’t understand that silence is a signal. There’s also plenty of ways to communicate the significance of this moment without attacking any group specifically. Police retraining on de-escalation and racial bias is an easy win. Just legislate that shit.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
Man who trains San Jose police about bias severely injured by riot gun during George Floyd protest: https://abc7news.com/san-jose-police-george-floyd-protest-bay-area-shot-by-during/6234212
― dip to dup (rob), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
They shot him in the groin and he might not be able to have kids. Damn.
― Nhex, Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
unsurprising fact about the president of the Minneapolis police union:
A few days after prosecutors in Minneapolis charged an officer with murder in the death of George Floyd, the president of the city’s police union denounced political leaders, accusing them of selling out his members and firing four officers without due process.“It is despicable behavior,” the union president, Lt. Bob Kroll, wrote in a letter to union members obtained by a local reporter. He also referred to protesters as a “terrorist movement.”Mr. Kroll, who is himself the subject of at least 29 complaints, has also chided the Obama administration for its “oppression of police,” and praised President Trump as someone who “put the handcuffs on the criminals instead of us.”
“It is despicable behavior,” the union president, Lt. Bob Kroll, wrote in a letter to union members obtained by a local reporter. He also referred to protesters as a “terrorist movement.”
Mr. Kroll, who is himself the subject of at least 29 complaints, has also chided the Obama administration for its “oppression of police,” and praised President Trump as someone who “put the handcuffs on the criminals instead of us.”
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
Police retraining on de-escalation and racial bias is an easy win.
I think it's pretty clear that retraining gets you nowhere if there are no serious repercussions for ignoring your training and taking actions that are against the stated policies of the department. It just tells cops that whatever the trainer says can be forgotten as soon as you walk out of the room.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:41 (four years ago) link
yup
― sleeve, Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
Join our statement, #8CantWait is a toothless set of demands that doesn't target fundamental ways & racist underpinnings that govern policing. It serves as a valve to release pressure & distracts from the movement to #Defundthepolice & end the violence and killings of Black ppl pic.twitter.com/zWsiobr9Kk— LA CAN (@LACANetwork) June 6, 2020
So which one of the million dork-ass elite-approved tweaks would have stopped this? Training? An oversight board? Open forums about race?The problem is so far beyond that and if you can’t see it, that’s on you. pic.twitter.com/kQQGPbBItr— Mass for Shut-ins (is a podcast) (@edburmila) June 5, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
Carrell is definitely rich and powerful enough to set up somebody else to take the fall
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
The crowd in Philly is...unfathomable? I can’t even guess. Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/02ZIcyTXW5— Bradford Pearson (@BradfordPearson) June 6, 2020
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Saturday, 6 June 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
Union Park today (site of the Pitchfork Festival):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ18KC-WsAUyLcs?format=jpg&name=large
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 June 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
Conflicted. Amazing to see solidarity. Terrified because of the likely Covid outbreak.
― Nhex, Saturday, 6 June 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
Better for this cause than for, like, Surfer Blood.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 June 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
Some 150-200 people at a BLM rally in Vidor, an East Texas town that’s infamously associated with racism and the Klan pic.twitter.com/Txf9iqvwOs— Christopher Hooks (@cd_hooks) June 6, 2020
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 June 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
Dang @ Vidor
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 6 June 2020 23:52 (four years ago) link
The guy in the Watt jersey made me wonder where JJ was on this
I’m sorry you feel that way. I spoke on it 2 days ago and I’ll speak again now. I think it was disgusting and impossible for anyone to defend. The situation could have been remedied many other ways and those responsible should be held accountable. George Floyd should be alive. https://t.co/03bdTJk2QJ pic.twitter.com/M4VyR9oIQE— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) May 29, 2020
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 6 June 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
Oh that's a TJ Watt jersey
pic.twitter.com/EB8boqAGdm— TJ Watt (@_TJWatt) June 3, 2020
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 6 June 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link
Woke Watts
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 June 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette^rounding up video instances of police brutality during the protests, currently above 350
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YmZeSxpz52qT-10tkCjWOwOGkQqle7Wd1P7ZM1wMW0E/htmlview?usp=sharing^spreadsheet of same with links
if you have people in your life who don't think cops are being violent out there, pass this their way.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 7 June 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
holy shit I've never seen a politician humiliated like this
The mayor of Minneapolis — @Jacob_Frey — was just chewed up and spat out by protesters pic.twitter.com/JDy1qyB2wH— Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) June 7, 2020
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 7 June 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
awesome
― maffew12, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:04 (four years ago) link
that is amazing just as a flex
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:18 (four years ago) link
not awesome
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:23 (four years ago) link
wrong
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:26 (four years ago) link
fuck these equivocating scum
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:27 (four years ago) link
well it's no "yes"
― maffew12, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:27 (four years ago) link
he's one of the better big city mayors, he's not the enemy
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:29 (four years ago) link
the enemy is cops and anyone who protects them from consequences including bootlicking coward mayors cough Jenny Durkan cough
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
meanwhile
Over our company’s history, we have built an environment where we take care of each other, build strong relationships and value respect for all people. As I did in my note on Saturday, I want to thank our 400,000-plus associates for helping to uphold our values. Diversity and respect for all people are core to who we are as an Orange-Blooded family. We do not support discrimination in any form, period.
https://corporate.homedepot.com/newsroom/message-craig-menear-%E2%80%93-racial-equality-justice-all
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
"we don't support discrimination, we're just giving billions to Trump"
meanwhile:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/20/lowes-funds-25-million-in-grants-to-help-minority-businesses-reopen.html
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:59 (four years ago) link
CEOs just love to refer to their 400,000 lackeys as "a family". They'll do it at the drop of a hat. Who the fuck besides CEOs thinks anyone buys into that shit? It's like a bad joke, but it's so much more. It's an insult to his employees, who have real families and sure as hell know the difference.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:15 (four years ago) link
Lol my company pulls that shit all the time
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
wait, don't understand. people are trashing Jacob Frey but promoting Home Depot and fucking LOWE'S?
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link
is home depot in charge of the murderous cops in the city that they run i can't remember
― Clay, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:38 (four years ago) link
I don't think making fun of bullshit corporate speak is promoting Home Depot?
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:38 (four years ago) link
we should focus our rage on mayors and cops but there is no need to praise home depot or lowe's
― contorted filbert (harbl), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link
Cheering the Lowe's promotion is pretty credulous but they are the best employer of their type (vs Home Depot, Menard's etc.), as low a bar as that is
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link
― Clay, Saturday, June 6, 2020 10:38 PM bookmarkflaglink
How Murderers Get More Done
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link
it is funny when huge businesses decide to give money to help small businesses. cute.
― contorted filbert (harbl), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:42 (four years ago) link
lol neanderthalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPDM8OVqLI
i think the people in that video have decided whether jacob frey is the enemy or not
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:43 (four years ago) link
apologies for the Lowes link, it was intended as a counterpoint to the HD nonsense
― sleeve, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:47 (four years ago) link
milo where do you live? Just knowing Menards, I thought that was regional
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link
an Orange-blooded family makes me think HD is a Trumpany
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link
oh they are. cool my brain finally caught up 4 hours later
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:58 (four years ago) link
― Clay, Saturday, June 6, 2020
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z)
ok, oout of here
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:00 (four years ago) link
Lowes actually donates more to Republicans, proportionately speaking
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:02 (four years ago) link
this shit writes itself
We can’t express enough how grateful we are to serve you, Austin. Our officers have been working around the clock during these unprecedented times and thank everyone who took the time to write and make our day a little brighter. #OneAustinSaferTogether #Thankful pic.twitter.com/U3vomU2tbq— Austin Police Department (@Austin_Police) June 6, 2020
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:51 (four years ago) link