Protests and Riots Thread

[Taylor]

Just now, Jason said:

If the Angels do this they’ll have fewer losses at the end of the season 

I thought the Angels forfeited two weeks ago. They're still playing?

[Amazing Larry]

This should be good for ratings and revenue.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I lost any interest in the NBA or respect I had after the Houston GM Hong Kong tweet incident.  The entire league and it's most well known players backtracked or had nothing to say because it would hurt their bottom line.  I respect the players that donated their annual salaries this year to the causes they support but the rest are just virtue signaling.  It's fine if money is what matters most to someone but at least be honest about it.

[Lou]

48 minutes ago, Taylor said:

It's only fair.

For George.

That was his name, right?

[mmc]

 

[mmc]

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

This will end with all sports canceled again.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Just now, mymerlincat said:

 

[Jason]

11 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Because their opinions are crucial evidence in the investigation of the shooting

[AngelsLakersFan]

Now I'm also wondering if I can protest work tomorrow... or was that just a 'today' thing?

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, calscuf said:

MLK had an end goal.  BLM does not.

The Bucks are BLM? The goal of peaceful protesting by athletes is to end police brutality against black people.

[Taylor]

All these athletes who are protesting need to have a conversation with cals, so he can assure them that systemic racism isn't real.

[hangin n wangin]

The NBA sucks. Should’ve been canceled for sucking a while ago anyway.

[mmc]

 

[m0nkey]

Racism is over

[Jason]

Listening to Wisconsin Attorney General now and this Blake guy admitted to having a knife on him at the time. 

[Amazing Larry]

 

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

Listening to Wisconsin Attorney General now and this Blake guy admitted to having a knife on him at the time. 

If only he had a gun, he could have truly defended himself from the cops.

You guys are really grasping for reasons to justify a civilian getting shot 7 times by a cop. 

[mmc]

 

[Jason]

11 minutes ago, Taylor said:

If only he had a gun, he could have truly defended himself from the cops.

You guys are really grasping for reasons to justify a civilian getting shot 7 times by a cop. 

They were also there because his girl called the cops on him because he wasn’t supposed to be there.  This guy was up to no good and it ended badly as a result of his choices. You just want the cops to be guilty of shooting an innocent person. See that sounds just as dumb as you accusing me of being OK with a cop shooting a civilian. It’s either justified or not. The narrative of him being another innocent, unarmed black guy shot by a white, racist, cop is BS 

[mmc]

 

[Taylor]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

They were also there because his girl called the cops on him because he wasn’t supposed to be there.  This guy was up to no good and it ended badly as a result of his choices. You just want the cops to be guilty of shooting an innocent person. See that sounds just as dumb as you accusing me of being OK with a cop shooting a civilian. It’s either justified or not. The narrative of him being another innocent, unarmed black guy shot by a white, racist, cop is BS 

Nobody is saying Jacob Blake is a perfect angel who was minding his own business when he got shot. No matter what happened, it did not need to end with him being shot 7 times.

Also, do you think the police are going to be honest in their depiction of events? 

[Amazing Larry]

39 minutes ago, Taylor said:

No matter what happened, it did not need to end with him being shot 7 times.

Imagine if he had just followed instructions. 

Edited August 27, 2020 by Lhalo

[Jason]

38 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Nobody is saying Jacob Blake is a perfect angel who was minding his own business when he got shot. No matter what happened, it did not need to end with him being shot 7 times.

Also, do you think the police are going to be honest in their depiction of events? 

If it passes the Graham v Connor reasonableness standard then it’s a good shoot. If what the suspect does never matters in a shooting then completely disarm the police

[angelinkc]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

All these athletes who are protesting need to have a conversation with cals, so he can assure them that systemic racism isn't real.

All these athletes collectively don’t have the comprehension capabilities of cal