Protests and Riots Thread

[Taylor]

23 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

The last four years of it for sure

Well yeah. But as corrupt as Hillary seemingly was, it's hard to fathom that she would done the kind of illegal and corrupt shiz Trump did. And she most certainly wouldn't have refused to concede the election.

[mtangelsfan]

9 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Well yeah. But as corrupt as Hillary seemingly was, it's hard to fathom that she would done the kind of illegal and corrupt shiz Trump did. And she most certainly wouldn't have refused to concede the election.

I would agree.  That isn’t to say she wouldn’t have done other awful things.

[tdawg87]

Like go out in public.

[Redondo]

San Diego school teachers offered ‘white privilege training' where participants commit to being ‘antiracist’

San Diego Unified School District is reportedly offering professional development for teachers to undergo “white privilege” training in which they must accept that their supposed unconscious bias is perpetuating racial superstructures. 

The training documents, obtained by independent journalist Christopher F. Rufo, show training sessions with instructors notifying faculty members they will experience “guilty, anger, apathy [and] closed-mindedness.”

The teachers undergoing the training must acknowledge that they are living on land – i.e., the United States – that was stolen from Native Americans. 

They are also required to watch clips of Robin DiAngelo, author of the book, “White Fragility,” and Ibram X. Kendi, author of the book “How to be an Antiracist.”

After that, the teachers are told they are racist and “upholding racist ideas, structures, and policies” and must commit to becoming “antiracist” in the classroom.”

The trainers reportedly say that “white people in America hold most of the [power]” and white teachers are “preserved at every level of power.”

In the training, teachers vow to “confront and examine [their] white privilege,” “acknowledge when [they] feel white fragility,” and “teach others to see their privilege,” according to the documents obtained by Rufo.

Furthermore, teachers are challenged to “confront and examine [their] white privilege and “teach others to see their privilege.”

The session, which takes its content from the Racial Healing Handbook, was offered in response to nationwide protests sparked by the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. 

“We are a majority-minority district with a majority white teacher workforce,” Maureen Magee, the school district's spokeswoman, told Fox News in an email. “The ability to hold honest conversations about race with grace is important, which is why we offered the training and why so many teachers elected to enroll. Our students benefit from being able to talk about race and other difficult issues, regardless of their background. Most of all, we believe every open and sincere conversation about race -- no matter how it begins -- provides an opportunity to learn from one another, for hearts to open, and for minds to grow."

[Blarg]

Yeah, they can go stuff that bullshit back up their ass where it came from. 

[tdawg87]

Wrong thread.

[Taylor]

https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/news/2020/12/07polisci_gunderson_nature.php

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In 2014 following the police brutality protests in Ferguson, President Obama prohibited local law enforcement agencies from procuring some of the most military-like equipment, such as tracked armored vehicles and grenade launchers, from the Department of Defense. In 2017, President Trump reversed this order citing research that claimed police militarization reduces crime. Three years ago, Gunderson and coauthors at Emory University began interrogating newly released data on SME provisions through the 1033 program, which is one of the most significant federal programs that contributes to the militarization of local police and sheriffs.

“When we looked at the data and ran the replications, nothing looked like the results being cited by the Trump Administration. We spent a year trying to diagnose the problem,” Gunderson said.

She and her coauthors found significant discrepancies in the data about which law enforcement agencies have and use SME. The researchers compared a 2014 data release from National Public Radio, or NPR, and newer data from 2018 and found inconsistencies between them. For example, the NPR data recorded counties as receiving equipment like weapons, with no corresponding record in the 2018 data; and the 2018 data show some counties as receiving equipment while those counties are missing in the NPR data.

The researchers conclude that drawing firm conclusions and promoting claims about the efficacy of police militarization—especially for crime rates—based on research relying on the SME data released by the Department of Defense is unreliable. When they conducted a new analysis using updated data, the authors found no evidence that SME transfers reduce crime.

 

LOL @ police getting grenade launchers and other military-grade weapons from the Department of Defense.

Edited December 8, 2020 by Taylor

[T.G.]

Hopefully they can use drones instead.

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, T.G. said:

Hopefully they can use drones instead.

You kid, but I imagine this kind of technology has been tested. The beginning of RoboCop.

[NrM]

Protesters who have camped for months to prevent a Black and Indigenous family from being forced to leave a North Mississippi Avenue home took the property back Tuesday after morning clashes with police, who said they were working to “re-secure” the foreclosed home.

[tdawg87]

Soooo the house was foreclosed? It's not their property anymore.

[T.G.]

Send in the drones,

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Soooo the house was foreclosed? It's not their property anymore.

They were never the owners or renters. They just squatted and refused to leave. 

[Jason]

6 hours ago, NrM said:

Protesters who have camped for months to prevent a Black and Indigenous family from being forced to leave a North Mississippi Avenue home took the property back Tuesday after morning clashes with police, who said they were working to “re-secure” the foreclosed home.

In the above sentence, why is it necessary to list the person's color or nationality? 

[Tank]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

In the above sentence, why is it necessary to list the person's color or nationality? 

because agenda.

[Redondo]

Portland protesters defiant at autonomous zone after Dem mayor authorizes police to use 'all lawful means' to end occupation: report

[Lhalo]

Just send a couple of social workers there. Problem solved.

[Jay]

If only that energy could be channeled toward some useful purpose.

[Tank]

@T.G. time for you to drone these people and end this nonsense.

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

@T.G. time for you to drone these people and end this nonsense.

Let's send Taylor in first.

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Let's send Taylor in first.

I'm already in there. We have WiFi access in the CHAZ, or whatever it's called.

[T.G.]

8 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I'm already in there. We have WiFi access in the CHAZ, or whatever it's called.

Perfect. Two birds, one stone missile.

[Taylor]

5 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Perfect. Two birds, one stone missile.

If you knew my last name, you'd know that really hits home.

[T.G.]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

If you knew my last name, you'd know that really hits home.

Your last name is Dodo?

[Kevin]

True Grich has become obsessed with Taylor recently. I’m starting to think that his drone talk is just a euphemism for his dick.