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[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 68 points 7 months ago

George Floyd 100% did not deserve to die, and it wasn't a tragic mistake that killed him. That's why his death was so shocking.

As someone who used to deal with counterfeit currency, presenting a fake bill is not a crime. The average person has no idea whether a bill is counterfeit and cops definitely don't. There was literally no reason for Derek Chauvin (and the others) to arrest him, let alone choke him to death.

That's why people went nuts. He was killed for no other reason than being a black man. It's as simple as that: some people are totally fine with killing black people because they don't see them as human.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

That part of it was just a distraction. I don't care if he had a counterfeit printer at home churning out 20s, no-one deserves to be chocked to death for non violent crimes.

Now if you are running around with knife/gun all bets are off and you might get killed in the process of being restrained.

But again, once you are restrained you should not have a fucker standing on your neck.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

As someone who used to deal with counterfeit currency, presenting a fake bill is not a crime.

Did we ever even find out if the bill in question was actually counterfeit?

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It doesn't matter. It's only a crime if you know the bill is fake; and the average person doesn't know that. Running a red light is a worse offense.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

I'd say it matters if the people who cast "summon murderpig" did so on false pretenses.

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There was a random right wing Floyd vid on TikTok. The comments were trash and usual right wing talking points and fake news.

I commented “even if he was Hitler, he has the right to trial and not be murdered slowly on the street” and my post was removed.

Great.

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The right wing censors everything that is not lockstep with whatever the current message is. They carefully curate their message boards while decrying when others do it.

I used to use Reddit a lot and I talked a lot of shit over the years. The only time I got a temp ban was for posting that the GOP should take out Ron Desantis like the dirty diaper he is on a Pro-Trump discussion.

When I pointed out my comment was rather tame compared to the others ones on the post the mods claimed I was harassing them and tried to get my account banned. It was insane but I learned an important lesson.

[-] PPQ@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Reddit mods are insane. I pointed out the hypocrisy of the the r/news mods in that they would delete any story that didn't suck of Israel, while keeping the pro Israel post open and unlocked, they fuckin banned me. Then when I complained to the reddit admins they permabanned me. Reddit is a cesspool and I hope they go broke.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

We are ruled by depraved monsters (mods)

[-] BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

That's because mods is actually an acronym

Monsters Of Depraved Sadism

[-] hark@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

There was an opportunity to change things, in fact there is still plenty of opportunity to change things, but that would upset the current power structure so you're supposed to be satisfied with this empty gesture instead:

[-] anticolonialist@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

That's all they ever give, hollow empty platitudes.

The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and real justice.

Malcolm X.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

For a moment Rodney King's beating changed everyting, too.

The USA is a racist country. It was founded on racism, built with racism, and now thrives on racism. That's never gonna change, and it deserves to perish in fire.

[-] StinkyOnions@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

The USA is a racist country. It was founded on racism, built with racism, and now thrives on racism.

Like every other country ever.

That's never gonna change, and it deserves to perish in fire.

Careful you're going to cut yourself with all that edge.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -1 points 7 months ago

Lmao, liberals

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

Your semi weekly reminder that Biden's response to the police brutalizing peaceful protestors was to proudly give them more funding.

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