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You really are more of a clown than even your unhinged posts indicate, if you don't understand the symbolism of a raised fist during a civil rights protest like this.
This is police brutality
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You really are more of a clown than even your unhinged posts indicate, if you don't understand the symbolism of a raised fist during a civil rights protest like this.
I prefer Presidents who don’t hide in a bunker and turn the lights of the White House off, sending out childish tweets in the middle of the night during a national crisis.
Here is your great MAGA leader.
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Coward.
LOL, yeah, because that was totally Trump's decision and had NOTHING to do with the Secret Service.
The best thing that Trump can do right now is to release the DOJ and FBI to determine who is orchestrating this organized assault on our cities, determine who is leading, who is funding. Throw the book at them.
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Drumroll please.....the Trump apologists dig in. The Secret Service is keeping Trump from addressing the nation during a time of peril? The Secret Service is forcing Trump to send out stupid *** tweets in the middle of the night? The Secret Service is causing Trump to enflame divisions and incite further violence and upheaval in the country? If that's the case, the Secret Service has entirely too much sway over this President.
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There have been police officers that have been abusing their power for as long as there's been police. We've seen the videos of some officers escalating situations that don't warrant their excessive use of force. Yes, there are instances, when it is the polices' fault things get out of hand. Police need to reevaluate their process. I know, police have to be on guard and situationally aware 100% of the time in these instances. Not being on the "offence" at all times can get an officer killed. However, .... oh no....there's a however....
If we insist the police look at themselves too see where change can be made, shouldn't we ask citizens to do the same? When you get pulled over, comply with officer's instructions, Don't be belligerent. Don't fight. You won't win. Act civilized . You will have a chance to give your side when you take the matter to court. The street is not the place to plead your case. How many times do we see the excessive force start up when the detainee puts up a struggle? Just follow instructions and take it to court. Not every instance is so simple as I just laid out but, you get the idea.
If we insist the police look at themselves too see where change can be made, shouldn't we ask citizens to do the same? When you get pulled over, comply with officer's instructions, Don't be belligerent. Don't fight. You won't win. Act civilized . You will have a chance to give your side when you take the matter to court. The street is not the place to plead your case. How many times do we see the excessive force start up when the detainee puts up a struggle? Just follow instructions and take it to court. Not every instance is so simple as I just laid out but, you get the idea.
The database developed by The Guardian is currently the largest database on fatal shootings available. They gather data through police reports, monitoring of regional news, fact-checked witness statements and other crowdsourced police fatality databases.
In 2016, The Guardian counted 1,093 people who were killed by the police in the United States. Out of these 574 were white and 266 were black. 95 of the white victims were unarmed, 42 of the black victims were unarmed."
Only a percentage of these were deemed unwarranted.
When you look at The Guardian database, out of the 1,093 victims of police shootings, 170 were unarmed in 2016. 56% were White. 25% were Black.
This is an epidemic?
Come one man, EYES open. This is NOT an epidemic.
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I prefer Presidents who don’t hide in a bunker and turn the lights of the White House off, sending out childish tweets in the middle of the night during a national crisis.
Here is your great MAGA leader.
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Coward.
I turn my lights out at night also. Are you going to take a picture of it and post it to the world? Hell if he left them on you would ***** about global warming!
Your post said nothing about anything but hiding in the basement and turning off the lights...nice deflection though, about all you ever do.
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Even a cursory search on the subject reveals the truth behind these numbers. Who are you trying to fool?
This is all from wikipedia, with the sources of data footnoted in every case.
I hate to say it- but as things escilate- I hate to think an actual martial law and national curfew is inevitable because of these tantrum throwers.
The flag is still lit. That is all that matters. But not to Tibs.
Hearbreaking backstory on George Floyd, didn't know he was involved in the ministry.
George Floyd Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/may/george-floyd-ministry-houston-third-ward-church.html
Were you aware stories are now circulating that Floyd was in porn? So was Chauvin. They knew each other in real life?
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Take those same numbers, but as a percentage of the population of each race.
And at the same time consider the percentage of crimes committed by each race.
I edited the post before you posted it. Wrong source initially on my end. My source corroborates your second one.
I posted the same #s. I also posted the absolutes, you did not.
You however swallow the narrative of "as a percentage."
MORE whites were killed. Over DOUBLE the number.
But this same leftis statistical manipulation is used that FUELS riots like these.
Lets repeat this narrative until it sticks....blacks make up 13% of the population. Of that 13%, half are males (committing most of the crime). Of that 6-7%, half are of the age to be committing most of the crimes. 3-4% of our population commits the overwhelming amount of crime in this country.
Blacks are FAR more likely to encounter police in deadly situations than ANY other race by a landslide. It's scary bad. The more incidences there are, the higher the likelihood of a bad result.
As a % is bullshit...if you're going to say it's just 13% of the population affected, then likewise say 'as a %' they are committing 50x more crimes than whites "as a %." That matters
This isn't a policing problem, this is a "committing violent crime" problem. Stop committing so many crimes, these incidents don't happen
This is well said, and it needs to happen now.
The President Has the Constitutional Power to Restore Order. He Must Act.
By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
May 31, 2020 3:27 PM
What has happened over the last few nights in major cities of the United States is unacceptable. It has gotten worse because of federal and state passivity.
Law enforcement is a vital response to any riotous uprising. Indeed, I believe the failure to enforce the laws without apology from the start of the upheaval last week has fueled its ferocity. It would be naïve to claim that much of the violence, which is being incited and coordinated by radical groups, might not have happened anyway — these groups are always on a hair-trigger, pouncing on any opportunity to make mayhem. But how badly things get out of control has a lot to do with the resolve of state and federal law enforcement. The laws do not enforce themselves.
Progressive dogma notwithstanding, rioting spearheaded by radicals and anarchists does not exhaust itself if governments just give them time and space to get their yah-yahs out. Passivity, conveying the message that the laws will not be enforced, is provocative. It increases the appetite for rioting, which is only sated once the sociopaths have run out of things to burn and loot.
That said, law enforcement on its own is inadequate to restore order once order has been lost. Police and prosecutorial offices simply do not have the resources to quell widespread seditionist violence. Consequently, other provisions of law must be considered.
Under Article IV of the Constitution, the United States guarantees every state a republican form of government, protection against invasion, and — on request of the state government — protection from domestic violence. In furtherance of this provision, Congress enacted legislation, most notably, the Insurrection Act of 1807, which empowers the president “to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy.” Obviously, suppressing such attacks requires deploying the United States armed forces as needed.
Following Hurricane Katrina, the Insurrection Act was beefed up to enable presidents to respond to natural disasters, public-health emergencies, terrorist attacks, and other catastrophic conditions. As one might expect, state governors worried that this amendment was a federal power grab that would erode the authority of state and local governments over their internal affairs, and thrust the military into domestic policing. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 had long barred the deployment of the armed forces for domestic law-enforcement purposes. Posse comitatus, however, has always been subject to express constitutional and statutory exceptions, and the Insurrection Act is such an exception.
One effect of the Insurrection Act and its amendments has thus been to bolster the power of the federal government to respond to domestic terrorism. Although the Constitution calls for a state to request federal assistance to combat domestic violence before the president acts, that condition is more apparent than real.
As already noted, Article IV endows the president with unilateral authority to put down insurrection and invasion. “Insurrection,” of course, is a violent uprising against the authority of the state. Therefore, it encompasses the concept of broad-scale domestic violence. The Insurrection Act codifies this reality by expressly empowering the president to suppress domestic violence and conspiracies to carry it out.
It is a fair concern that modern Insurrection Act expansions of federal power to react to natural disasters overrun federalist principles — although, as a practical matter, when states actually confront a natural disaster or pandemic, governors are quick to plead for federal assistance, rather than fret over what doing so portends for their power over their own affairs. When it comes to violent uprisings, though, federalism concerns are beside the point. Washington has an express constitutional obligation to protect the people of the states, and the republican form of government, from attack.
Federal power in this regard is also reflected by the president’s authority over the National Guard. The Guard is composed of state units, an arrangement with its roots in the colonial militias that were called into the service of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
While they serve their states, National Guard units, which are reserve components of the U.S. armed forces, have over time come under increasing control of the commander in chief. They may now be deployed at the president’s direction, even overseas, regardless of whether state governors object. Clearly, if the deployment is domestic, and ordered in response to violent attacks, it is imperative that federal and state governments cooperate in the name of state and national security.
What has happened over the last few nights in major cities of the United States is unacceptable. It has gotten worse because the federal and state governments have failed to convey the signal that order will be maintained and the rule of law enforced.
That must end. The president and governors must work together to restore order, including by deployment of the military where that is necessary. The Justice Department and state law enforcement, particularly the FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Forces, must make it clear that lawbreakers will be arrested and serious crimes will be vigorously prosecuted. Anti-America must be made to understand that America has had enough.
The President Has the Constitutional Power to Restore Order. He Must Act.
By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
May 31, 2020 3:27 PM
What has happened over the last few nights in major cities of the United States is unacceptable. It has gotten worse because of federal and state passivity.
Law enforcement is a vital response to any riotous uprising. Indeed, I believe the failure to enforce the laws without apology from the start of the upheaval last week has fueled its ferocity. It would be naïve to claim that much of the violence, which is being incited and coordinated by radical groups, might not have happened anyway — these groups are always on a hair-trigger, pouncing on any opportunity to make mayhem. But how badly things get out of control has a lot to do with the resolve of state and federal law enforcement. The laws do not enforce themselves.
Progressive dogma notwithstanding, rioting spearheaded by radicals and anarchists does not exhaust itself if governments just give them time and space to get their yah-yahs out. Passivity, conveying the message that the laws will not be enforced, is provocative. It increases the appetite for rioting, which is only sated once the sociopaths have run out of things to burn and loot.
That said, law enforcement on its own is inadequate to restore order once order has been lost. Police and prosecutorial offices simply do not have the resources to quell widespread seditionist violence. Consequently, other provisions of law must be considered.
Under Article IV of the Constitution, the United States guarantees every state a republican form of government, protection against invasion, and — on request of the state government — protection from domestic violence. In furtherance of this provision, Congress enacted legislation, most notably, the Insurrection Act of 1807, which empowers the president “to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy.” Obviously, suppressing such attacks requires deploying the United States armed forces as needed.
Following Hurricane Katrina, the Insurrection Act was beefed up to enable presidents to respond to natural disasters, public-health emergencies, terrorist attacks, and other catastrophic conditions. As one might expect, state governors worried that this amendment was a federal power grab that would erode the authority of state and local governments over their internal affairs, and thrust the military into domestic policing. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 had long barred the deployment of the armed forces for domestic law-enforcement purposes. Posse comitatus, however, has always been subject to express constitutional and statutory exceptions, and the Insurrection Act is such an exception.
One effect of the Insurrection Act and its amendments has thus been to bolster the power of the federal government to respond to domestic terrorism. Although the Constitution calls for a state to request federal assistance to combat domestic violence before the president acts, that condition is more apparent than real.
As already noted, Article IV endows the president with unilateral authority to put down insurrection and invasion. “Insurrection,” of course, is a violent uprising against the authority of the state. Therefore, it encompasses the concept of broad-scale domestic violence. The Insurrection Act codifies this reality by expressly empowering the president to suppress domestic violence and conspiracies to carry it out.
It is a fair concern that modern Insurrection Act expansions of federal power to react to natural disasters overrun federalist principles — although, as a practical matter, when states actually confront a natural disaster or pandemic, governors are quick to plead for federal assistance, rather than fret over what doing so portends for their power over their own affairs. When it comes to violent uprisings, though, federalism concerns are beside the point. Washington has an express constitutional obligation to protect the people of the states, and the republican form of government, from attack.
Federal power in this regard is also reflected by the president’s authority over the National Guard. The Guard is composed of state units, an arrangement with its roots in the colonial militias that were called into the service of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
While they serve their states, National Guard units, which are reserve components of the U.S. armed forces, have over time come under increasing control of the commander in chief. They may now be deployed at the president’s direction, even overseas, regardless of whether state governors object. Clearly, if the deployment is domestic, and ordered in response to violent attacks, it is imperative that federal and state governments cooperate in the name of state and national security.
What has happened over the last few nights in major cities of the United States is unacceptable. It has gotten worse because the federal and state governments have failed to convey the signal that order will be maintained and the rule of law enforced.
That must end. The president and governors must work together to restore order, including by deployment of the military where that is necessary. The Justice Department and state law enforcement, particularly the FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Forces, must make it clear that lawbreakers will be arrested and serious crimes will be vigorously prosecuted. Anti-America must be made to understand that America has had enough.
Hearbreaking backstory on George Floyd, didn't know he was involved in the ministry.
George Floyd Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/may/george-floyd-ministry-houston-third-ward-church.html
If the rioters knew that, they would all just go home. They cant possibly care about a Christian.
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Hmmm, I wonder why people would be a little less than happy with the police right now. No idea.
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</code></samp><samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: An officer hit a local news reporter and camera operator with pepper balls during a live broadcast of protests against police brutality.<br>"Who are they aiming at?" an anchor in the studio asks.<br>"At us! Directly at us!" the reporter repsonds. <a href="https://t.co/3ikutb4APM">https://t.co/3ikutb4APM</a></p>— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1266567944907165697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</code></samp><samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Old Man Gets Knocked Over By Salt Lake City Utah Police During Police Brutality Protest <a href="https://t.co/uOBiff8e0N">pic.twitter.com/uOBiff8e0N</a></p>— VideoMixtape.com (@VideoMixtape_) <a href="https://twitter.com/VideoMixtape_/status/1267256990977462273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>
And before you get your panties in a bunch, I've posted plenty about good cops acting professinoally and with valor over the past few pages of this thread.
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Or could it possibly be there is some disparity in arrests and especially conviction rates? Not just driven by race but socioeconomics? Do poor people get the same defense opportunities in the court system?
Just a few questions I have.
Of course, it's no surprise that you did not argue this true and valid point:
Democrats are domestic terrorists and enemies of the United States.
They should be treated as such.
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At least the Democrat party has clearly re-established that it is the party opposed to law and order. That position always does well in national elections.
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