Ongoing U.S Police Brutality and Corruption Discussion Thread

xp flappy i don't think you were being unclear, i was just being emphatic

i don't understand what you mean about 'offset' there in your last questions.

it seems to me fairly uncontroversial that protesting could shade into rioting easily and 'naturally'—who wouldn't wanna fuck up shitty-ass midway minimall franchises?. it also seems like ppl like the governor and frey were stupidly willing to lean into the idea of 'outsiders' having some particular stake. there can be shit-stirrers around with just as much potential to thwart the mpd's understanding of how to handle the situation.

offset = make up for, justify

so you are asking how much our being comfortable with responding to (some of?) the point of the protests also goes, or should also go, toward making us accept some degree of protest-related damage to property and infrastructure (without, say, our needing to appeal to fictions about outside agitators to make us accept it)?

Be careful out there, District of Columbia residents.

This is currently happening outside the White House pic.twitter.com/kiG6ozAzur

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 30, 2020

its MAGA night

Ladies get in no cover!

its MAGA night

― frogbs, Saturday, May 30, 2020 7:17 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Best Kool & the Gang song imo

stay safe you all.

― Yerac, Saturday, May 30, 2020 12:59 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Sending love out y'all's way

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, May 30, 2020 1:02 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

flash bangs in Seattle

FB live feed of a speech right now

https://www.facebook.com/nikkitaroliver/videos/10100889561204440/?hc_location=ufi

Asked if he's talked to @LADAOffice about lack of prosecutions of officers, @MayorOfLA says: "It is very difficult to convict a police officer when we all know they have done something wrong." (I went back and listened to this several times to make sure I got it right.) @KNX1070

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) May 30, 2020

The mayor in control of the most murderous police force in the country btw

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-accuses-dc-mayor-of-refusing-to-help-secret-service-at-white-house-demonstration-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2020/05/30/9bb59212-a276-11ea-9590-1858a893bd59_story.html

"By early evening, hundreds of protesters were circling the perimeter of the White House grounds, which was fortified with law enforcement vehicles, metal barriers and rows of armored Secret Service, D.C. and Park police sweating and shouting through masks worn to protect themselves from the deadly virus still consuming the Washington region."

While he hides behind his fence afraid/alone, I stand w/ people peacefully exercising their First Amendment Right after the murder of #GeorgeFloyd & hundreds of years of institutional racism

There are no vicious dogs & ominous weapons. There is just a scared man. Afraid/alone...

— Muriel Bowser #StayHomeDC Lite (@MurielBowser) May 30, 2020

Fucking hell, I’ve been staying on the fringes in Seattle

Just watched a man with a handgun take an assault rifle from a young man on live tv in Seattle #seattleprotest pic.twitter.com/Xm2yCYNxeJ

— Shawn Garrett (@ShawnGarrett) May 30, 2020

jeeeeeeezus

Just saw an FB live video of a guy marching down Walker in mid-downtown Houston as people were smashing windows. A guy defending a bar got hit in the head by a projectile (a chunk of glass?). The vid ended when the filmer got jumped at the mid-Main trainstop, not far from the bar I worked at for a couple years.

My mom (who turned 75 today, but is not one to look back) was comparing this to the '60s. But in the '60s no one was walking around strapped with assault weapons.

I don't know why anything surprises me anymore

Garcetti says every testing center in the city of LA has been closed. This appears to have been a punitive response. In his response as to why the centers were all closed rather than in specific areas: "We're not going to stand for the burning of police cars."

— Scott Frazier (@safrazie) May 30, 2020

Re: that guy grabbing the gun, comments indicate it could be a cop or security and that they took it for safety. If you watch the video, he immediately removes the magazine and a round from the chamber, so at the very much knew what he was doing and made the weapon less dangerous.

Self XPS I'm seeing now that the video I saw was actually taken last night.

The ⁦@CityMinneapolis⁩ just sent this tip sheet for tonight to residents. So, yeah. pic.twitter.com/vZHk56Gz98

— Jonathan Kealing (@JKealing) May 30, 2020

Sorry if this has already been posted--having trouble loading the whole thread and keeping it open. Anyway, a friend suggested I watch it. I think it's moving and wise beyond words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG0yrng0eY4&t=312s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo2-Xuko8XY

this time of night is so (literally) dreadful

I'm so scared

<3 ums

Keep us posted, ums. <3

All the positivity to the ILX Minneapolis crew (and everyone else in the thick of it)!

this time of night is so (literally) dreadful

I'm so scared

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

All the best to you and your family. I was doing ok today, but that sense of dread is creeping in already before it's even getting dark here. I stupidly thought we were over the worst, but I feel like I was just being naive.

everything's gonna be ok, cause my mom texted me an hour ago to let me know that my white supremacist metalhead cousin on the Anoka County Sheriff's Department Vice Squad has been called in to help get Powderhorn under control, oh and by the way he was supposed to have this weekend off, she mentioned

white supremacist metalhead

I wish I could say 'hey now', except, well…

So this is my block...

Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/piFeBcfiLU

— Sam Dolnick (@samdolnick) May 31, 2020

I feel like maybe they didn't need to drive into that group of people, but then again I'm not trained in the subtle art of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public

fuck

fuck the fucking police

Fucking crazy. They know they’re being filmed. They must know there’s no accountability in their profession.

.⁦@MayorOfLA⁩ declares a curfew for the entire city ⁦@KNX1070⁩ pic.twitter.com/n87lAH59zz

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) May 31, 2020

Fuck, I just saw some street-level phone footage elsewhere of that Brooklyn thing.

yeah AOC shared the street-level angle

Been dealing with a lot lately, physically and emotionally-politically, if you will, hence haven’t ilx’ed in a while. Checking in to see how y’all are doing, esp. the mnpls delegation. Sending love ❤️ and solidarity to all

Where is that Brooklyn footage exactly?

A civilian brought a hunting bow to the #slcprotest and began shooting it at protesters. pic.twitter.com/UYZFtISb9I

— Titania v. 2.0 (@Gingersonfire) May 31, 2020

Just got an alert that Chicago is now on curfew, as well.

Be well, everyone.

<3 collardio

I really really hope the people go off the streets tonight, have it on good authority that Guard will use lethal force

caek, it’s the intersection of Flatbush and St. Marks

prospect heights/park slope

Nashville protest appears to have started positive, turned ugly at the end.
https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/05/30/nashville-protesters-gather-solidarity-over-george-floyd-case/5286344002/

Black Hawk helicopters flying overhead

Thanks xxp