The All-Purpose Political Thread

[indianasmith]

Response to the Amber Guyger verdict offers painful glimpse into white supremacy's widespread impact 

Shock. That's the feeling that so many black Americans felt last September as details emerged about Botham Jean's murder at the hands of Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer who was eventually fired. Public outrage was widespread, of course, but the sheer audacity of Guyger's claim that her crime was justified created a special kind of horror. Essentially, the ex-cop was claiming that her fear rendered her deadly error irrelevant. After all, tiny white woman vs. big black guy is an all-too-familiar racist trope... 


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/1/1889299/-Response-to-the-Amber-Guyger-verdict-offers-painful-glimpse-into-white-supremacy-s-widespread-impact?detail=emaildkre

I thought the charge should have been manslaughter or negligent homicide rather than murder. There was ZERO evidence of premeditation or planning.  She got off after a long shift, walked into the wrong apartment, thinking it was her own, saw what she thought of as an intruder, and shot him.  It was a horrible combination of confusion, panic, and poor judgment.  However, watching what happened at her sentencing today gave me some hope that perhaps good will come out of this terrible sequence of events.  It was a genuinely moving moment.

[Allhallowsday]

I admired the brother giving the perpetrator a hug. 

[Svengoolie 3]

She got 10 years in prison which may be reduced on appeal.

Meanwhile in a city one of my relatives lives in a black man refused to submit to a false and unjust arrest in a case he was innocent in and recieved 6 years n prison for it refusing to submit and defending himself when the cop went for a gun buy grappling  the cop and keeping him from getting his gun out.

The cop who wrongly decided he was the suspect and tried to grab his gun when he refused to be handcuffed for exactly no punishment whatsoever.

So apparently an innocent black man who finally refuses to be taken in form the nth time because he "matched a description " deserves 60% of the punishment a white cop who murdered a black man in his own home.

When we tell people that's cop can come into their home and gun them down then only face charge s of manslaugter or negligence  but people  who defend  police abuse face summary execution or felony charges and imprisonment if they agency killed on the sppt  you're sending a message to people that  their lives don't  matter.

[lester1/2jr]

good, honest video on what is going on in China

http://youtu.be/ed4ryYokLzU

[RCMerchant]

It's hard for me to watch the news anymore. It just gets more insane by the second. I don't even bother anymore. I've become immune. I can't do it no more. I just wanna shoot straight whiskey into my brain when I turn on the news.   Which is not a bad thing- compared to the madness I see on TV ...I reckon I ain't hurting no one!
I swear- the TV is on in my head sometimes after I see the news, and I don't like it. I'm about done with it. I've watched Vietnam and Nixon and Manson as a child- and I came out the normal guy I am today! But I can't do this s**t no mo! I'm done! Stick a fork in my ass.
Before I even watched a video on you tube, there was an ad hyping Donald Trump's WWF cartoon ass! Weird propaganda s**t. It's a chasm of spasms! It's a madhouse!

[Svengoolie 3]

Well,  after nearly 50 years a cop in texas was convicted of murder for murdering someone in their own home.

The police in texas have apparently responded by murdering a star witness in the case.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/06/witness-in-amber-guyger-case-found-shot-dead-in-dallas

The man who filmed the murder of Eric garner in new york was harassed by police and eventually imprisoned  on questionable charges.  I guess he was lucky the cop wasn't convicted of the murder he committed. If he had maybe he would have been murdered instead of just harassed and imprisoned in relaiaition for his testimony against a murderer.

Who should investigate  the possibility that police retaliate against  and even murder witnesses who testify against them?  Who watches the watchmen?

[ER]

Well,  after nearly 50 years a cop in texas was convicted of murder for murdering someone in their own home.

The police in texas have apparently responded by murdering a star witness in the case.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/06/witness-in-amber-guyger-case-found-shot-dead-in-dallas

The man who filmed the murder of Eric garner in new york was harassed by police and eventually imprisoned  on questionable charges.  I guess he was lucky the cop wasn't convicted of the murder he committed. If he had maybe he would have been murdered instead of just harassed and imprisoned in relaiaition for his testimony against a murderer.

Who should investigate  the possibility that police retaliate against  and even murder witnesses who testify against them?  Who watches the watchmen?

I still watch The Watchmen. It's a good movie.

[Svengoolie 3]

It's hard for me to watch the news anymore. It just gets more insane by the second. I don't even bother anymore. I've become immune. I can't do it no more. I just wanna shoot straight whiskey into my brain when I turn on the news.   Which is not a bad thing- compared to the madness I see on TV ...I reckon I ain't hurting no one!
I swear- the TV is on in my head sometimes after I see the news, and I don't like it. I'm about done with it. I've watched Vietnam and Nixon and Manson as a child- and I came out the normal guy I am today! But I can't do this s**t no mo! I'm done! Stick a fork in my ass.
Before I even watched a video on you tube, there was an ad hyping Donald Trump's WWF cartoon ass! Weird propaganda s**t. It's a chasm of spasms! It's a madhouse!

A while ago I posted here about china's violent oppression of Islam and Christianity .  yes I spoke against the persecution of Christians in china. And they're really being persecuted there,  not like in america  where Christians from feel not being allowed to persecute others is being persecuted.

No one replied. But I was opposed to what China is doing. Still am.

[lester1/2jr]

China is regressing a bit. in the stock market its called a fibonacci retracement https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fibonacciretracement.asp

[Svengoolie 3]

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/768150426/u-s-blacklists-chinese-tech-firms-over-treatment-of-uighurs

I really wish I could believe thst this was done out of a genuine regard form human rights and a sincere opposition to oppression and tyranny. As is i'm  sure it's just a cynical excuse to justify messing with china.

And again, where is the outrage over the persecution Muslims and Christians and falon gong.

[Rev. Powell]

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/768150426/u-s-blacklists-chinese-tech-firms-over-treatment-of-uighurs

I really wish I could believe thst this was done out of a genuine regard form human rights and a sincere opposition to oppression and tyranny. As is i'm  sure it's just a cynical excuse to justify messing with china.

And again, where is the outrage over the persecution Muslims and Christians and falon gong.

I think there's a lot of outrage over China's treatment of minorities. But it's literally happening on the other side of the world from us, doesn't effect people's lives here directly, and there's nothing we can do about it. Most people in America don't have much idea what's going on in this country, much less in China.

[ER]

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/768150426/u-s-blacklists-chinese-tech-firms-over-treatment-of-uighurs

I really wish I could believe thst this was done out of a genuine regard form human rights and a sincere opposition to oppression and tyranny. As is i'm  sure it's just a cynical excuse to justify messing with china.

And again, where is the outrage over the persecution Muslims and Christians and falon gong.

Outrage minus constructive action is largely useless. Are you wedding your well-informed sense of outrage to some constructive action, Sven? If so, please share and inspire us to imitation. 

[Svengoolie 3]

Share with you? Talk about pearls before swine.

[ER]

You no longer need CNN, FOX, talk radio, or the office water cooler, Thee McLaughlin Group has returned to the air!

All is right again in the universe. Namaste.

http://www.mclaughlin.com/

[lester1/2jr]

I loved that show. Pat Buchanan is one of my heroes