Black Lives Matter
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@No-Quarter said in Black Lives Matter:
@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
Texas Realtors Stop Using 'Master Bedroom' Over Slavery Connotations.
This one is weird. In this context, the abbreviated form of Master is Mr, and it is referring to the owners bedroom. As the owner was always male back in the day, the term Master Bedroom was used.
If anything it's sexist, not racist. But, who fucking cares about this shit anyway? Does anyone in the real world actually give a shit?
Its frankly fucking stupid
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@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
@No-Quarter said in Black Lives Matter:
@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
Texas Realtors Stop Using 'Master Bedroom' Over Slavery Connotations.
This one is weird. In this context, the abbreviated form of Master is Mr, and it is referring to the owners bedroom. As the owner was always male back in the day, the term Master Bedroom was used.
If anything it's sexist, not racist. But, who fucking cares about this shit anyway? Does anyone in the real world actually give a shit?
It is strange isn't it. Normal people don't care.
Why is it even proposed in the first place?
What do they stand to gain?Probably because this stuff appeals to the Woke sections of society who are generally in the top 20% wealth-wise. Good commercial sense to appear virtuous so they'll spend their money with you.
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@canefan said in Black Lives Matter:
@No-Quarter said in Black Lives Matter:
@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
Texas Realtors Stop Using 'Master Bedroom' Over Slavery Connotations.
This one is weird. In this context, the abbreviated form of Master is Mr, and it is referring to the owners bedroom. As the owner was always male back in the day, the term Master Bedroom was used.
If anything it's sexist, not racist. But, who fucking cares about this shit anyway? Does anyone in the real world actually give a shit?
Its frankly fucking stupid
Almost as stupid as the campaign #StandUpToRacism #TakingAKnee for #BlackLivesMatter
Talk about mixed messages
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Went back, didn't see it posted
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This came up in my YouTube feed today. It went viral 5 years ago. It’s a tragedy the incidents that occurred for Dontre Hamilton and his family and then the child Laylah Peterson and her family, and there’s no doubting the conviction and raw emotion of the time for Chief Flynn. But from a media gotcha attempt, the response is absolutely brilliant.
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@ACT-Crusader you think he stepped in it? What could the media take from that for their gotcha?
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@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@ACT-Crusader you think he stepped in it? What could the media take from that for their gotcha?
Not at all. I think the reporter/journalist was trying to be cute by asking him about him looking at his phone whilst there was a heated meeting and demonstration associated with the Hamilton death. It was her attempt at a gotcha moment. Happens all the time in politically charged pressers.
But Police Chief didn’t get sucked in (many often do) and gave an answer which I don’t think she or the other journos there were expecting. Great response.
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@ACT-Crusader oh yeah fosho. I could watch that clip soooo many times.
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@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@booboo said in Black Lives Matter:
So if the car was blacked out how could they see the colour of the driver and racially profile said driver?
Maybe they used the same heightened senses that detected cannabis smell.
The question that is still begging is why did they want the car to stop in the first place? You know, before the dope smoke, the driving on the wrong side and the speeding? Do they stop A Class Mercs as a matter of routine? Or maybe that’s a yes, but only in
blackhigh violent crime neighbourhoods.Fixed it for you. Whether or not they should have been stopped or not is a question worth asking.
But they lost the entitlement to that question when they sped off.
You seem very ready to believe the official line on this. The same people who said they sped off also said the car had blacked out windows (they are tinted in the rear), that they smelled dope smoke (no dope was found and the police refused to administer a test when repeatedly asked to do so), that the car was on the wrong side of the road (it was effectively one lane and they parked on the right hand side of the road which is legal in the UK), that the woman was hysterical (she can be heard shouting to police to be careful because her baby was in the back seat), that she resisted when they put her in handcuffs (for what exactly, she wasn’t driving). They were not charged with speeding, which may be understandable as the van wouldn’t have had any radar equipment. But they could presumably have been charged with dangerous driving or failing to stop, but they weren’t.
Look, I’m hardly a poster boy for BLM. And I don’t even have a problem with profiling really. But if the police are going to use it, own up to it and get public consent for the policy. Don’t invent pretexts and the moment when they realise they’ve made a mistake own it and apologise. I imagine if what the driver was saying is true and he’s been pulled over 14 times he has a right to expect that the police fine tuned their approach a bit.
Edit: Having since seen the man bun, I retract everything. Guilty of crimes against good taste. Take him down.
Another twist today.
So Met Police says after looking at all the evidence (body cam, social media) they are satisfied and will take no action. Then, they say after "significant interest" they will refer themselves to an independent watchdog.
Then the boss of the Met today issues an apology ...
Well, what is is then? If you did nothing wrong, what are you apologising for ....
In other news, you can be sure as shit that the Met Police won't be stopping cars with any black occupants now regardless of anything. Just fucking great.
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@booboo said in Black Lives Matter:
So if the car was blacked out how could they see the colour of the driver and racially profile said driver?
Maybe they used the same heightened senses that detected cannabis smell.
The question that is still begging is why did they want the car to stop in the first place? You know, before the dope smoke, the driving on the wrong side and the speeding? Do they stop A Class Mercs as a matter of routine? Or maybe that’s a yes, but only in
blackhigh violent crime neighbourhoods.Fixed it for you. Whether or not they should have been stopped or not is a question worth asking.
But they lost the entitlement to that question when they sped off.
You seem very ready to believe the official line on this. The same people who said they sped off also said the car had blacked out windows (they are tinted in the rear), that they smelled dope smoke (no dope was found and the police refused to administer a test when repeatedly asked to do so), that the car was on the wrong side of the road (it was effectively one lane and they parked on the right hand side of the road which is legal in the UK), that the woman was hysterical (she can be heard shouting to police to be careful because her baby was in the back seat), that she resisted when they put her in handcuffs (for what exactly, she wasn’t driving). They were not charged with speeding, which may be understandable as the van wouldn’t have had any radar equipment. But they could presumably have been charged with dangerous driving or failing to stop, but they weren’t.
Look, I’m hardly a poster boy for BLM. And I don’t even have a problem with profiling really. But if the police are going to use it, own up to it and get public consent for the policy. Don’t invent pretexts and the moment when they realise they’ve made a mistake own it and apologise. I imagine if what the driver was saying is true and he’s been pulled over 14 times he has a right to expect that the police fine tuned their approach a bit.
Edit: Having since seen the man bun, I retract everything. Guilty of crimes against good taste. Take him down.
Another twist today.
So Met Police says after looking at all the evidence (body cam, social media) they are satisfied and will take no action. Then, they say after "significant interest" they will refer themselves to an independent watchdog.
Then the boss of the Met today issues an apology ...
Well, what is is then? If you did nothing wrong, what are you apologising for ....
In other news, you can be sure as shit that the Met Police won't be stopping cars with any black occupants now regardless of anything. Just fucking great.
Very, very odd.
Why do we always have to copy the States?
They ain't all that.
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@booboo said in Black Lives Matter:
So if the car was blacked out how could they see the colour of the driver and racially profile said driver?
Maybe they used the same heightened senses that detected cannabis smell.
The question that is still begging is why did they want the car to stop in the first place? You know, before the dope smoke, the driving on the wrong side and the speeding? Do they stop A Class Mercs as a matter of routine? Or maybe that’s a yes, but only in
blackhigh violent crime neighbourhoods.Fixed it for you. Whether or not they should have been stopped or not is a question worth asking.
But they lost the entitlement to that question when they sped off.
You seem very ready to believe the official line on this. The same people who said they sped off also said the car had blacked out windows (they are tinted in the rear), that they smelled dope smoke (no dope was found and the police refused to administer a test when repeatedly asked to do so), that the car was on the wrong side of the road (it was effectively one lane and they parked on the right hand side of the road which is legal in the UK), that the woman was hysterical (she can be heard shouting to police to be careful because her baby was in the back seat), that she resisted when they put her in handcuffs (for what exactly, she wasn’t driving). They were not charged with speeding, which may be understandable as the van wouldn’t have had any radar equipment. But they could presumably have been charged with dangerous driving or failing to stop, but they weren’t.
Look, I’m hardly a poster boy for BLM. And I don’t even have a problem with profiling really. But if the police are going to use it, own up to it and get public consent for the policy. Don’t invent pretexts and the moment when they realise they’ve made a mistake own it and apologise. I imagine if what the driver was saying is true and he’s been pulled over 14 times he has a right to expect that the police fine tuned their approach a bit.
Edit: Having since seen the man bun, I retract everything. Guilty of crimes against good taste. Take him down.
Another twist today.
So Met Police says after looking at all the evidence (body cam, social media) they are satisfied and will take no action. Then, they say after "significant interest" they will refer themselves to an independent watchdog.
Then the boss of the Met today issues an apology ...
Well, what is is then? If you did nothing wrong, what are you apologising for ....
In other news, you can be sure as shit that the Met Police won't be stopping cars with any black occupants now regardless of anything. Just fucking great.
It's the Metropolitan Police.
They've been run by idiots for decades.
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@MiketheSnow said in Black Lives Matter:
Went back, didn't see it posted
I need a gif of that guy saying "fuck alllll the way off "
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@booboo said in Black Lives Matter:
So if the car was blacked out how could they see the colour of the driver and racially profile said driver?
Maybe they used the same heightened senses that detected cannabis smell.
The question that is still begging is why did they want the car to stop in the first place? You know, before the dope smoke, the driving on the wrong side and the speeding? Do they stop A Class Mercs as a matter of routine? Or maybe that’s a yes, but only in
blackhigh violent crime neighbourhoods.Fixed it for you. Whether or not they should have been stopped or not is a question worth asking.
But they lost the entitlement to that question when they sped off.
You seem very ready to believe the official line on this. The same people who said they sped off also said the car had blacked out windows (they are tinted in the rear), that they smelled dope smoke (no dope was found and the police refused to administer a test when repeatedly asked to do so), that the car was on the wrong side of the road (it was effectively one lane and they parked on the right hand side of the road which is legal in the UK), that the woman was hysterical (she can be heard shouting to police to be careful because her baby was in the back seat), that she resisted when they put her in handcuffs (for what exactly, she wasn’t driving). They were not charged with speeding, which may be understandable as the van wouldn’t have had any radar equipment. But they could presumably have been charged with dangerous driving or failing to stop, but they weren’t.
Look, I’m hardly a poster boy for BLM. And I don’t even have a problem with profiling really. But if the police are going to use it, own up to it and get public consent for the policy. Don’t invent pretexts and the moment when they realise they’ve made a mistake own it and apologise. I imagine if what the driver was saying is true and he’s been pulled over 14 times he has a right to expect that the police fine tuned their approach a bit.
Edit: Having since seen the man bun, I retract everything. Guilty of crimes against good taste. Take him down.
Another twist today.
So Met Police says after looking at all the evidence (body cam, social media) they are satisfied and will take no action. Then, they say after "significant interest" they will refer themselves to an independent watchdog.
Then the boss of the Met today issues an apology ...
Well, what is is then? If you did nothing wrong, what are you apologising for ....
In other news, you can be sure as shit that the Met Police won't be stopping cars with any black occupants now regardless of anything. Just fucking great.
I think you’re right, that’s a likely outcome. Which will cost lives probably. The Met needs to find a way to walk the tightrope. It won’t be easy because they will come up against the same issue they had with airport security, where they end up searching blue-rinsed grannies in an attempt to demonstrate their even-handedness. They could start with telling the world that they only have a couple of options, they use intelligence, which they don’t usually have because the black community won’t talk to them, profiled stops, which is apparently racist, or random blanket stops, which will get them accused of running a police state.
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@JC Yeah, Sadiq getting involved brings me zero confidence either ...
Having said that, I don't live in London and thanks to Covid, not been there in 3 months, and unlikely to for another 3 months as well ... so it really shouldn't bother me too much.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Lives Matter:
@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
This could go in any of a number of threads, but as she said BLM, I'll put it here ...
Amazing that she seems to absolutely fail to get it, blaming it on Trump supporters.
No love, if you post on social media that you are going to stab people who challenge your political opinions, then the problem is with YOU. Not Trump, not society, not everybody else ... YOU.
Watching that made me feel warm all over.
My heart bled.
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@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
I guess Don Lemon would say his views have "evolved".
Scary isn't it.
Either intentional deception (which is evil considering the consequences) or like many others he's been completely brainwashed into the woke cult.
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