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    Post by orphaned Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:51 am

    Half Flower



    over the course of my life .. I have seen horrible things

    some in nursing ...


    but if I live to be 100

    I can NEVER unsee

    Mr. George Floyd being squished to death like a bug

    by a cop  ...   who does not deserve to be named  ...

    who pressed his knee against this man's neck for over 9 minutes

    while Mr Floyd screamed he could not breathe .. and even called out for his mother

    as other cops looked on and did nothing

    and bystanders pleas to stop were ignored


    his death will forever be seared into my brain

    as are his unanswered, ignored cries for help  ... " I CAN'T BREATHE "
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    Post by genkicoll Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:06 pm

    I couldn't watch it, knowing that I'd be watching a man die.  Whatever his crime was, he deserved due process, not an execution.  That man is a murderer, plain and simple, and should be tried as such.  Bad cops exist, and he's one of them.

    ... but let's not forget that for every bad cop, there are a hundred cops that do the right thing.  It's not right to hold all police officers responsible (although the ones who watched need to be tried as accessories.)

    Protesting is OK.  Rioting, violence and looting are not.  Period.  There is no justice in destruction.
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    Post by orphaned Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:03 pm

    Half Flower

    when it first aired .. there was no disclaimer

    I make myself watch it now


    the point of my piece was clear .. this happens far too often

    but for phone cameras ... this would have been misreported as well

    as it has been for months, years, decades, generations


    systemic racism exists
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    Post by orphaned Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:29 pm

    Half Flower


    "Protest is the language of the unheard."


    I am tired of peaceful protests being undermined by  "others".


    by undermining the peaceful protests ..

    they change the narrative ...

    and put the focus on the looting etc not THE REASON FOR THE PROTESTS.

    the unrest is real, the pain is real 


    changing the narrative has long been a tactic by the others


    most of the riot like behaviour is NOT by the legitimate protesters


    but their actions ( the others ) escalate what was a peaceful start and protest

    and the REAL message gets lost
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