Sat Jun 06, 2020 1:21 pm
Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:48 pm
Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:52 pm
Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:58 pm
Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:04 pm
davids wrote:As horrific and unacceptable as the killing of George Floyd.
Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:22 pm
Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:37 pm
Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:43 pm
bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Disgusting
#ALL lives matter
Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:56 pm
Sven wrote:bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Disgusting
#ALL lives matter
Agree, mate but if the anti-political cap of some fits...
#PoliceLivesMatter
Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:59 pm
Sven wrote:bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Disgusting
#ALL lives matter
Agree, mate but if the anti-political cap of some fits...
#PoliceLivesMatter
Sat Jun 06, 2020 8:32 pm
davids wrote:As horrific and unacceptable as the killing of George Floyd.
Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:28 pm
Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:04 am
bluesince62 wrote:Absolutely dreadfull act!!![]()
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Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:55 am
Bigmarkw wrote:davids wrote:As horrific and unacceptable as the killing of George Floyd.
It’s more horrific
Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:20 am
Bigmarkw wrote:davids wrote:As horrific and unacceptable as the killing of George Floyd.
It’s more horrific
Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:56 am
Sun Jun 07, 2020 12:19 pm
Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:00 pm
Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:13 pm
skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:50 pm
piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the rascist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:58 pm
piledriver64 wrote:
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the racist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:03 pm
Bigmarkw wrote:
Explain to me then why USA is so racist?
They had a black president before a white female president.
Countless high ranked black police officer.
Loads of high level black politicians.
Loads of very highly paid black sports stars movie stars. How did Oprah Winfrey get to where she is like a lot of other high powered successful black people if every it’s so racist?
Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:27 pm
piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the rascist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:26 am
skidemin wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the rascist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
how about basing your thoughts on something more than a Netflix programme…
as for George Floyds death ..was that racial ?
Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:32 am
piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the rascist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
how about basing your thoughts on something more than a Netflix programme…
as for George Floyds death ..was that racial ?
Are you seriously suggesting that I base my views solely on a Netflix documentaryI won't bother listing the books, articles that are also available because if your opinion is that shallow then I'm wasting my time anyway.
Read what I said. I said it gives "possible" reasons, I said "you may not agree". I just suggest that people look at both sides of the argument educate themselves and then decide for themselves rather than basing their view on just one perspective.
It's a matter for you whether you decide to look at information from other sources but please don't insult me by thinking one Netflix documentary has been the deciding factor on my views.
Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:00 am
Bigmarkw wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the rascist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
how about basing your thoughts on something more than a Netflix programme…
as for George Floyds death ..was that racial ?
Are you seriously suggesting that I base my views solely on a Netflix documentaryI won't bother listing the books, articles that are also available because if your opinion is that shallow then I'm wasting my time anyway.
Read what I said. I said it gives "possible" reasons, I said "you may not agree". I just suggest that people look at both sides of the argument educate themselves and then decide for themselves rather than basing their view on just one perspective.
It's a matter for you whether you decide to look at information from other sources but please don't insult me by thinking one Netflix documentary has been the deciding factor on my views.
I noticed you side stepped the question I asked on how such a racists country continually rewards black people with high powered and week paid jobs??
Tricky one for your agenda isn’t it so best ignored.
Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:12 am
piledriver64 wrote:Bigmarkw wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the rascist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
how about basing your thoughts on something more than a Netflix programme…
as for George Floyds death ..was that racial ?
Are you seriously suggesting that I base my views solely on a Netflix documentaryI won't bother listing the books, articles that are also available because if your opinion is that shallow then I'm wasting my time anyway.
Read what I said. I said it gives "possible" reasons, I said "you may not agree". I just suggest that people look at both sides of the argument educate themselves and then decide for themselves rather than basing their view on just one perspective.
It's a matter for you whether you decide to look at information from other sources but please don't insult me by thinking one Netflix documentary has been the deciding factor on my views.
I noticed you side stepped the question I asked on how such a racists country continually rewards black people with high powered and week paid jobs??
Tricky one for your agenda isn’t it so best ignored.
Not ignoring just can't be bothered with arguing with people on the internet who just refuse to look at the other side or even educate themselves.
However, one short effort at doing so.
This is a link to a simple graph showing average income across race in the US. It's prepared by the Agency set up by the government.
The graph shows Indian (Asian) Americans as top earners but as they represent only 1.5% of the npopulation that isn't a statistically reliable figure.
The black population at the bottom of the pile not only significantly behind the average white household income but also significantly behind the average household income for the whole of the US.
Perhaps you would like to explain the reasons behind that if, as you clearly believe, there is no racism in the US![]()
If you can't see anything wrong with this then we'll have to agree that we are the polar opposite in our views on the subject of racism.
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Cens ... igure1.pdf
Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:14 am
Bigmarkw wrote:piledriver64 wrote:Bigmarkw wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:piledriver64 wrote:skidemin wrote:Bobby banks wrote:Dont want to sound pedantic but two wrongs do not make a right. The poor policeman is unfortunately fighting for his life for doing his job.
Where the two cases are different is that the perpetrator of the above act was a member of the public whilst the other was a murder by badge wearing police fficers, police officers who's job is to maintain and uphold law and order. These four officers broke that code in no uncertain terms thus not only bringing shame on the badge but possibly leading us into a very dangerous territory. You cannot have the purveyors of law and order committing 2nd (I think that's what the charge is now) degree murder. You cannot have police being law, judge and jury, our civilisation would collapse and anarchy followed by a police state would ensure.
The cop fighting for his life upheld the badge and thoughts go out to his family. The other four cops along with the gunman in los Angeles deserve all they get.
nope 2 wrongs do not make a right let alone 8 thousand wrongs..... and killing police is not ok....
spot on....
Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right and incidents like this weaken the argument.
However, the rascist attitude to police in US has been going on for a century plus and still incidents like Floyd happen regularly.
If people are serious about fairness then watch the documentary on Netflix called “Thirteenth”. It gives a historical perspective and also gives some possible reasons behind why it continues, including the authorities having a vested interest in filling the privately owned prisons (slightly worrying as we now have them in UK too !!).
Whatever your views after watching that you will at least see why the discontent has built up to this crescendo. You may not agree with all of it but even the most right wing of people will agree that much, not all, of the treatment of the black population is simply not right or fair.
Don’t let atrocities such as the shooting of this poor policeman deflect from the big issue.
how about basing your thoughts on something more than a Netflix programme…
as for George Floyds death ..was that racial ?
Are you seriously suggesting that I base my views solely on a Netflix documentaryI won't bother listing the books, articles that are also available because if your opinion is that shallow then I'm wasting my time anyway.
Read what I said. I said it gives "possible" reasons, I said "you may not agree". I just suggest that people look at both sides of the argument educate themselves and then decide for themselves rather than basing their view on just one perspective.
It's a matter for you whether you decide to look at information from other sources but please don't insult me by thinking one Netflix documentary has been the deciding factor on my views.
I noticed you side stepped the question I asked on how such a racists country continually rewards black people with high powered and week paid jobs??
Tricky one for your agenda isn’t it so best ignored.
Not ignoring just can't be bothered with arguing with people on the internet who just refuse to look at the other side or even educate themselves.
However, one short effort at doing so.
This is a link to a simple graph showing average income across race in the US. It's prepared by the Agency set up by the government.
The graph shows Indian (Asian) Americans as top earners but as they represent only 1.5% of the npopulation that isn't a statistically reliable figure.
The black population at the bottom of the pile not only significantly behind the average white household income but also significantly behind the average household income for the whole of the US.
Perhaps you would like to explain the reasons behind that if, as you clearly believe, there is no racism in the US![]()
If you can't see anything wrong with this then we'll have to agree that we are the polar opposite in our views on the subject of racism.
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Cens ... igure1.pdf
We can. All throw up graphs that fit like the much larger number of whites than blacks killed by police. But like yours that in its self doesn’t prove a thing about racism.