Vaccines, Infrastructure, and Kids In Cages: US Politics April 2021

it's a fukken party tonight

FUCK YES

Hell yeah.

We've finally discovered what a cop has to do to get convicted for something

sentencing in eight weeks

i shouldn't be relieved or surprised but this is america

Dan, I know this doesn't go anywhere near far enough in repairing all of the pain for you and your community, but I was thinking of you when the verdict was read, and I'm just very happy for you that the right verdict was reached.

That goes for any of our BIPOC on this thread.

Now my initial euphoria has passed, I can't get past the fact that George Floyd is still dead.

Also a good moment to remember how fucking many unarmed black men and women have been killed by police in the USA in the year since Officer Chauvin murdered Mr. Floyd. And how few charges have been filed in their cases.

thank god, but also this ^ (xp to DJP)

saw his girlfriend break down at George Floyd square, just gutting

Also a good moment to remember how fucking many unarmed black men and women have been killed by police in the USA in the year since Officer Chauvin murdered Mr. Floyd. And how few charges have been filed in their cases.

― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Tuesday, April 20, 2021 5:14 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

And that if it weren't for one video, nothing would have happened.

Still, I hope this comes as a relief to many.

I'm sure this whole experience is making his family live through the pain of their loss over and over again but I hope today helps move them further along towards healing and that they can sleep a little better at night from here on.

I'm glad of course but it also feels like, this is what it takes? Video, a score of witnesses, and other cops willing to testify against him. If he hadn't been convicted, it would have meant literally no officer could ever be convicted of killing a person of color. But it sets a high bar for any other convictions.

Still, some actual real-life non-metaphorical justice.

it's really great to see the live interviews from GF square, people from the community are really happy

I'm crying, it's just the weight in this city feels lifted

Thank god

shout out to Keith Ellison, what a great job he did

I've never heard him speak before, he's pretty good at this

he had to take the case over because the Hennepin County attorney is a complete weirdo fuckup

fox news careful to describe the guilty party as an "ex cop"

now here is someone who knows how to meet the moment

.@SpeakerPelosi speaking at presser with CBC: Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice...Because of you and because of thousands, millions of people around the world who came out for justice, your name will always be synonymous for justice.

— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) April 20, 2021

omfg

wtf

LOL speak on white woman

God what the fuck Nancy

https://t.co/QUZG1KzLG7 pic.twitter.com/hXTdX83HbW

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) April 20, 2021

david guetta was more eloquent

re: pelosi This is what happens when you've spent decades of your life spinning reality into sound bites and platitudes for a living, while maintaining no immediate contact with planet earth.

that's like the worst possible thing you could say

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE

the exact Pelosi quote is actually somehow worse than this tweet: "So again, thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice. For being there to call out to your mom, how heartbreaking was that, call out for your mom, 'I can't breathe.'"

— Addy Baird (@addysbaird) April 20, 2021

no doubt she thought it would be uplifting. instead it was utterly clueless.

But it sets a high bar for any other convictions.

Hopefully a dam-break - precedent setter for other prosecutions and juries.

david guetta was more eloquent

otm

Read my mind sic

wtf pelosi. i really, really wish i hadn't read that

Goddamn can we please normalize politicians leaving early and enjoying a nice long retirement?

she should resign immediately, what an awful fucking thing to say

gotta change the seniority system or they'll all hang on like grim death so they can finally chair a committee of their very own.

Well, she understands how to pick off members of the Squad, so she ain't goin' nowhere.

watching al sharpton speak with jesse jackson in the background.... impossible to imagine how many times they showed up, decade after decade, they've seen so much

fuck, day after day the last year

is jesse unwell? he seems pretty blank

Heres another gross one for u upsidedownface

George Floyd came to Minneapolis to better his life. But ultimately his life will have bettered our city. The jury joined in a shared conviction that has animated Minneapolis for the last 11 months. They refused to look away and affirmed he should still be here today.

— Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) April 20, 2021

It shouldn't be that hard to say his life wasn't given for some uplifting cause, it was unjustly and brutally taken from him by an unjust and brutal system.

Seriously, read it again knowing what we know: pic.twitter.com/XqPWCpoxeQ

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 20, 2021

As AOC wrote today, "this verdict is not a substitute for policy change."

I was just coming here to say a hearty and full-throated “fuck you, Nancy Pelosi”

Floyd's brothers are really amazing, this press conference has been really affecting

The prosecution really did a phenomenal job. I know the evidence was clearly on their side, but with the defendant being a cop they still had to nail every aspect perfectly, and they pretty much did. The defense sucked, and their head lawyer was a career cop-defending slime.

What a relief this is!

I just shudder to think of what would have happened if Mike Freeman would have been allowed to fuck this up