the minneapolis mayor is not exactly calling a lot of shots rn i think
― j., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:42 (three years ago) link
this seemed like a significant day. some sort of turning point. i'm probably just feeling that way because i went out and did something today. but i don't know...in general it seems that way, too.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
Very ominous.
― treeship., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
i see a lot, a LOT of people who feel the same way i do, today.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
Did the obama administration ever attempt serious police reform? Why not?
― treeship., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
i don't see it as ominous
xp
i felt uplifted today
XP Republicans
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
I find the actions of the police and national guard ominous
― treeship., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
Oh my God it’s happening in Flint too.Protesters chanted: “WALK WITH US!!”So the sheriff and his men joined the protest.#GeorgeFloydProtests pic.twitter.com/igRsMyD5aD— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) May 31, 2020
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
Oh wow. Nice
― treeship., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:47 (three years ago) link
treeship. at 10:38 30 May 20Does the minneapolis mayor condone the national guard shooting paint cannisters at people standing on their porch?
I think this was MPD
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:47 (three years ago) link
The Alexander McQueen store on Rodeo Dr in Beverly Hills was looted.
― nickn, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
xp yeah looked to be, with a guard escort
still, i don't think that means frey has to be doing much
― j., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
Stolen from fb:
"I'm just going to go ahead and get ahead of this now...Derek Chauvin didn't kill himself."
― nickn, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:54 (three years ago) link
xpost j. - get the sense Frey got sent to the kid's table
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:56 (three years ago) link
exactly
Protestors having Intense confusion about which way to go, greeted by group of people with bats and clubs pointing away, yelling To get F out of our neighborhood. Say they are Protecting their homes. 26th and Longfellow pic.twitter.com/AZ2kPVEiZZ— bengarvin (@bengarvin) May 31, 2020
the directive from the cities today has been for residents to batten down hatches, fireproof, form watches with neighbors, etc. this is up the road a ways from where the worst rioting was the other night.
― j., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link
Just got an alert that Chicago is now on curfew, as well.
As I heard it the word didn't get out to the protestors, who were left stranded when they stopped the trains and raised the bridges.
My daughter asked to go to a local (right outside the city) protest tomorrow, told her it's cool with me.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:58 (three years ago) link
Jesus Christ that hunting bow dude in salt lake... holy shit.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:59 (three years ago) link
xps i assume these are protesters who were going to cross the lake street bridge over the mississippi into st paul (east of the earlier rioting site by a dozen or two blocks) and were blocked by the guard or cops or whoever
― j., Sunday, 31 May 2020 03:59 (three years ago) link
I've got friend in Duluth that just posted on FB that she & her husband can hear commotion and breaking glass outside their apartment (I think they live downtown). They're scared, obviously.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:00 (three years ago) link
Did the obama administration ever attempt serious police reform? Why not?― treeship., Sunday, May 31, 2020 3:44 AM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink]
― treeship., Sunday, May 31, 2020 3:44 AM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink]
federalism?
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:06 (three years ago) link
he had a beer with that guy and henry louis gates
― j., Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:10 (three years ago) link
Did the obama administration ever attempt serious police reform?
The Obama Justice Dept. investigated civil rights abuses in many city police departments and obtained consent decrees from many of them to pursue specific reforms and take steps to reach measurable milestones. They were pretty active on that front, but there are, oh, tens of thousands of police departments and sheriff's departments in the USA.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:19 (three years ago) link
We've got wrecked cars set up to block neighborhood streets with slashed tires. @WedgeLIVE @annapoetic my neighbors don't know where they're from. pic.twitter.com/F8WwVLzryW— Kenneapolis (@kenny_fennell) May 30, 2020
'I notified on duty @MinneapolisFire personnel nearby and they said they've seen this all over the city. I don't know what it means if anything but I worry it's a war tactic.'
― j., Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:32 (three years ago) link
xp: obama also inaugurated a 'task force' on police brutality and race by executive order, but only a fraction of police forces put its recommendations into place and following the 2016 elections it seemed dead in the water
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Sunday, 31 May 2020 05:04 (three years ago) link
Cornel West and Killer Mike speeches both v strong I thought. I'm glad CNN gave the former free reign for a few minutes.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 31 May 2020 06:17 (three years ago) link
Cornell still a force of nature
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 31 May 2020 06:42 (three years ago) link
Incredible
― flappy bird, Sunday, 31 May 2020 06:58 (three years ago) link
Obama wasn't really worried about the extra judicial killing of civilians by military drones, why would a militarised police force be any different?
― plax (ico), Sunday, 31 May 2020 06:58 (three years ago) link
Sleeve linked this on FB last night and it’s fascinating in re the drives behind the b00g4100 thing. God speed to my twin cities crushing the fuck out of these pieces of shit. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 31 May 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
#BlackLivesMatter protest today in Peckham, South East London - led by young, mainly black people. Upcoming protests also happening tomorrow and 7 June on central London pic.twitter.com/YVUKwJLnBS— Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff (@CharlieBCuff) May 30, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:01 (three years ago) link
Yesterday there were a couple in Toronto and Berlin as well.
And a vigil for George Floyd in Iran:
https://i.redd.it/i0weomgbhv151.png
― pomenitul, Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:07 (three years ago) link
i think the real jump off is going to be when brass starts explicitly thanking patriot prayer and b1g iGL°0 types for “having their 6” in the press
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
Things moving so fast but hasn't there been an incident with police killing a civilian in Toronto too a couple of days ago?
― anvil, Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:44 (three years ago) link
What happened isn't exactly clear:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/regis-paquet-balcony-toronto-1.5588318
Perhaps our fellow Toronto ILXors know more.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
so what's the mileage limit on bringing baking soda-filled bottles to throw at a police van in the US? just trying to brush up on my rights here. 'Upstate' getting shivery aura from NYC officials/media,,,,
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
Louisiana cop fired for saying it's unfortunate COVID hasn't killed more black people.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 May 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
Trump's fucking scumbag security adviser is claiming the violence is coming from out of state antifa.
even as weak-ass Stephanopoulous pushed back and said "uhhh, Governors are blaming out of state white supremacists", he denied it and said "no, it's antifa" and directed people to focus their efforts on eradicating antifa.
fuck this administration.
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
no way admin isn’t openly praising white militias by October
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
uh, they have? 'good people' in C'ville
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:31 (three years ago) link
I think it’s going to get scarily explicit hope I’m wrong
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
maybe the hell's angels can provide security at the RNC
― dip to dup (rob), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
it's already scarily explicit
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 31 May 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
yes in Minneapolis we saw typical "Antifa" vehicles like huge F150s with no plates or the Jaguar with no plates that fired into Jamaican restaurant
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 31 May 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
"Trump's fucking scumbag security adviser is claiming the violence is coming from out of state antifa."
well this is being said by mayors in Oakland, SF, Minneapolis, etc, as well; in fact I thought I read that some large proportion of arrested protestors the other night (maybe even 100%) in Minneapolis were not from the city.
― akm, Sunday, 31 May 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
xpost ah that's interesting
that was a false rumour started by the Governor, debunked upthread
― sleeve, Sunday, 31 May 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
(xp)
even if Antifa were involved, when Trump was asked "what about Governors stating that white supremacists were also involved", his security adviser basically said "nope, it was just Antifa"
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 May 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
which true, misinfo is spreading like wildfire, but it showed a refusal to accept that anybody but Antifa was involved.
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 May 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link