....property, victimizing the innocent neighbors and committing acts of vandalism.
https://www.orangeobserver.com/photo...mere-area-home
Protestors flocked to the Horizon West home of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin in order to protest the death of George Floyd.
Protestors from around the area gathered in front of the Horizon West home of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin to protest the death of George Floyd in a demonstration Friday, May 29.
Chauvin, who was not at the home and arrested earlier in the day in Minneapolis, has become the center of unrest after a video surfaced of him placing a knee on the neck of Floyd while arresting him. Floyd later died at a hospital.
About 200 protestors marched their way around the neighborhood holding up signs and chanting Floyd's name in unison while Orange County Sheriff's deputies watched in silence. Aside from the front door and side of the house being vandalized with graffiti, the protests remained peaceful.
C'MON MAN!!!!
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
Joe Biden on Obama.
Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
Earl (05-31-2020), Granule (05-31-2020), Grokmaster (05-30-2020), Irish (05-30-2020), Life is Golden (05-30-2020), Matt Dillon (06-02-2020), RB 60 (05-31-2020), Saudade (05-31-2020), Stretch (05-30-2020)
When this many Americans become agitated, it indicates several severe underlying problems. Police annually kill innocent Americans, but most do not result in rioting. When it does result in rioting, it's because the homicide was a flashpoint for a powder keg of underlying problems.
I know Trump thinks it's all about him, but it isn't. Trump as President is also a symptom of problems in the country, not a cause himself. Same goes for Floyd. His death triggered a lot of pent up emotions and public concerns. Trump and others can either throw gasoline on it or be smart enough to figure out what to do. So far it seems Trump favors the high octane solution.
I'm guessing, like Kent State 50 years ago this month, America will once again see its military shooting down protestors and several innocent bystanders. Let the fun begin!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/us/ke...rnd/index.html
Fifty years ago today, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State University students as they protested against the Vietnam War. Four students were killed. Nine were injured.
The incident on May 4, 1970, now known as the Kent State massacre, dramatically changed the nation...
...The shootings turned the tide of public opinion against the Vietnam War, and some political officials even argued that it played a role in the downfall of the Nixon administration. Today, the incident symbolizes the political and social divides brought on by the Vietnam War.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Earl (05-31-2020)
PoliTalker (05-30-2020), Tranquillus in Exile (06-03-2020)
I cannot understand why they haven't burned all his neighbor's homes to the ground in protest..........what are they waiting for?.......
Isaiah 6:5
Woe to me! I cried. I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
Joe Biden on Obama.
Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
Earl (05-31-2020)
Matt Dillon (06-02-2020)
In my career, mistakes were fatal. A favorite saying was "the definition of a superior pilot was a pilot who used their superior judgment to avoid those situations requiring use of their superior skills".
Minneapolis screwed up because their police officers were poorly trained and poorly led. While Cauvin is the one under indictment, IIRC, there were four other officers standing around. Not one of them had a better idea on how to handle the situation. That's a leadership failure on the part of the city.
As noted above, when a single event like this triggers massive social unrest, the event itself isn't the problem. It's a trigger point for an entire set of problems. Again, a failure of State and city leadership to have been proactive in resolving those issues before it came to this point. In essence, dismantling the bomb before some event sets it off.
Once the bomb goes off, it's a matter of dealing with the aftermath. That's what we're seeing right now. Maybe it is better to just let it burn out rather than throwing gasoline on it like Clinton did with Waco. Again; the most important thing for State and City leaders is to be proactive enough to prevent events from building to the point where any single event could trigger a massive civil disturbance reaction. Isn't the really their fucking job? Protect their citizens?
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Earl (05-31-2020)
CharacterAssassin (05-31-2020)
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
Joe Biden on Obama.
Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
Earl (05-31-2020), Matt Dillon (06-02-2020)
TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..
De Oppresso Liber
Bigdog (05-30-2020), Matt Dillon (06-02-2020)
TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..
De Oppresso Liber
that didn't stop them from starting the other fires.....Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
Maybe because his neighbors didn't kill anyone.
Isaiah 6:5
Woe to me! I cried. I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.
Earl (05-31-2020)
and we certainly shouldn't be ignoring the fact the violent ones are violent......Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
I don't think we should be assuming that every protester is violent.
Isaiah 6:5
Woe to me! I cried. I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.
ThatOwlWoman (05-30-2020)
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