Finally! A list of BLM demands!

[Spartanmack]

Talk about putting words in someones mouth, wow. Of course violence is not appropriate, I empathize with the people and understand their anger but there's a better way to express it and really, this situation isn't a clear cut case of police acting inappropriately. It's possible that Milwaukee was a powder keg and this is just the thing to set it off but they'd have a much stronger case if the victim wasn't armed.

I'm not shocked by the rage of the woman who just lost her brother, I expect her to be angry and understand that in that state you can say some crazy shit. That doesn't make her message acceptable though.

apparently you've missed some of michturd's posts about violence and vandalism. And what is your basis for empathy with violent thugs and vandals? Is it your predisposition to believe they're victims of a racist society despite the complete lack of evidence to support it? "This isn't a clear cut case of police acting inappropriately?" Can you name one, since Rodney King, that was - even then everyone waited until the trials were over to riot. In this instance it seems, based on the early evidence, a pretty clear cut case of a justifiable shooting by the police - an armed criminal, fleeing the scene refuses to put down his gun and is shot by police. None of that is in dispute and now we know he has an extensive criminal past. Apparently the officer was wearing a body camera and it was working at the time, so we'll know better when that footage is released but don't you think, based on the evidence, the initial bias should be on the side of the cop? You're empathizing but holding off judgement until your hunch about Milwaukee being a powder keg of racial injustice just waiting to explode?

 

[Sbee]

apparently you've missed some of michturd's posts about violence and vandalism. And what is your basis for empathy with violent thugs and vandals? Is it your predisposition to believe they're victims of a racist society despite the complete lack of evidence to support it? "This isn't a clear cut case of police acting inappropriately?" Can you name one, since Rodney King, that was - even then everyone waited until the trials were over to riot. In this instance it seems, based on the early evidence, a pretty clear cut case of a justifiable shooting by the police - an armed criminal, fleeing the scene refuses to put down his gun and is shot by police. None of that is in dispute and now we know he has an extensive criminal past. Apparently the officer was wearing a body camera and it was working at the time, so we'll know better when that footage is released but don't you think, based on the evidence, the initial bias should be on the side of the cop? You're empathizing but holding off judgement until your hunch about Milwaukee being a powder keg of racial injustice just waiting to explode?

I agree too that the shooting was justifiable, you can't let an armed suspect flee the scene and potentially take a hostage. I don't think I'm going to convince you that we should have empathy for people born into an underclass. There are racial disparities in access to housing, policing, sentencing, etc, but I don't expect you to understand. It's reverse racism that we need to worry about. Us poor white people, how are we going to survive with the deck stacked against us?

 

[Spartanmack]

I agree too that the shooting was justifiable, you can't let an armed suspect flee the scene and potentially take a hostage. I don't think I'm going to convince you that we should have empathy for people born into an underclass. There are racial disparities in access to housing, policing, sentencing, etc, but I don't expect you to understand. It's reverse racism that we need to worry about. Us poor white people, how are we going to survive with the deck stacked against us?

I don't need to be convinced to have empathy for poor people, but you're gonna have to try pretty hard to get me to have empathy for people who riot, loot and assault people in a knee jerk reaction to a cop making a justified killing. To you, that makes me heartless at best and probably racist. To me, that attitude makes you a race baiting naive fool.

 

[Sbee]

I don't need to be convinced to have empathy for poor people, but you're gonna have to try pretty hard to get me to have empathy for people who riot, loot and assault people in a knee jerk reaction to a cop making a justified killing. To you, that makes me heartless at best and probably racist. To me, that attitude makes you a race baiting naive fool.

It is possible to hate the looting and criminal activity but also understand the anger and empathize with their struggle, just like walking and chewing gum at the same time.

 

[Spartanmack]

It is possible to hate the looting and criminal activity but also understand the anger and empathize with their struggle, just like walking and chewing gum at the same time.

It's nothing like walking and chewing gum at the same time, at least not anymore than hating the looting and criminal activity and not thinking its society at large's fault. you love saying that but neither walking nor chewing gum require you to be oblivious to facts. It's a stupid analogy and it doesn't achieve the affect you think it does.

 

[Sbee]

It's nothing like walking and chewing gum at the same time, at least not anymore than hating the looting and criminal activity and not thinking its society at large's fault. you love saying that but neither walking nor chewing gum require you to be oblivious to facts. It's a stupid analogy and it doesn't achieve the affect you think it does.

Sorry you don't like it, it makes perfect sense. It's completely possible to denounce the behavior but empathize with the conditions from which the anger arises. I don't know if you're capable of empathy, at least not for poor minorities. You may have empathy for wall street traders and white people who are the victims of reverse racism.

 

[tomdalton22]

Sorry you don't like it, it makes perfect sense. It's completely possible to denounce the behavior but empathize with the conditions from which the anger arises. I don't know if you're capable of empathy, at least not for poor minorities. You may have empathy for wall street traders and white people who are the victims of reverse racism.

but in this instance, the anger that made them riot was a justifiable shooting of an armed criminal.

 

[Sbee]

but in this instance, the anger that made them riot was a justifiable shooting of an armed criminal.

Yes, that's nuanced and could be over your head. Something tells me the situation between the police and poor blacks wasn't the best before the shooting and that put it over the edge.

 

[tomdalton22]

Yes, that's nuanced and could be over your head. Something tells me the situation between the police and poor blacks wasn't the best before the shooting and that put it over the edge.

that's why they were targeting white people? A black cop kills a black criminal and the community goes after white people. If they were angry at the police why didn't they target only the police?

 

[tomdalton22]

This is still my favorite quote from that other video.

"the rich people they got all this money, and they not tryin' to give us none" - Milwaukee Riot

 

[tigermud]

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-milwaukee-sheriff-david-clarke-20160816-snap-story.html

 

[Spartanmack]

Sorry you don't like it, it makes perfect sense. It's completely possible to denounce the behavior but empathize with the conditions from which the anger arises. I don't know if you're capable of empathy, at least not for poor minorities. You may have empathy for wall street traders and white people who are the victims of reverse racism.

no, because it implies that people who think differently than you on one point can't have two independent thoughts at the same time. It's a stupid attempt to silence dissent by levying a personal attack against someone who disagrees with you. It's a common tactic of the left and it's dumb, particularly when the person you're levying the attack against is the one armed with all the facts. It's about as dumb as accusing me of having empathy for wall street traders but not poor minorities - you argue like a middle school kid.

 

[Michchamp]

no, because it implies that people who think differently than you on one point can't have two independent thoughts at the same time. It's a stupid attempt to silence dissent by levying a personal attack against someone who disagrees with you. It's a common tactic of the left and it's dumb, particularly when the person you're levying the attack against is the one armed with all the facts. It's about as dumb as accusing me of having empathy for wall street traders but not poor minorities - you argue like a middle school kid.

Hey, I didn't know you were in Houston last weekend. you should've emailed me. we could've met up at Buffalo Wild Wings for some brews and wings.

 

[Spartanmack]

Hey, I didn't know you were in Houston last weekend. you should've emailed me. we could've met up at Buffalo Wild Wings for some brews and wings.

I don't hang out with racists or idiots and I especially don't have time for people that are both (i.e. you) so if I ever do make it to Houston, don't expect an email.

 

[Michchamp]

awwww, darn. I am deeply saddened by this news.

 

[Spartanmack]

don't worry, from the photo you posted, it looks like you have plenty of racist idiots like yourself to eat wings and drink beer with.

 

[byco42]

MC and S-Mack ... this is message-board banter. I would hope that a personal meeting would/should have a different dynamic.

 

[Michchamp]

don't worry, from the photo you posted, it looks like you have plenty of racist idiots like yourself to eat wings and drink beer with.

what photo?

 

[Gulo Blue]

what photo?

This one:

Hey, I didn't know you were in Houston last weekend. you should've emailed me. we could've met up at Buffalo Wild Wings for some brews and wings.

 

[tomdalton22]

Dwayne Wade's cousin killed in Chicago yesterday. Homicide #462 for the year. BLM isn't concerned...they would rather concentrate on shootings of armed criminals by police.

If you go to their website the first tab is the "donate" tab. My guess is the people that started this "movement" are getting rich off of it.