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[–] [email protected] 157 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm indigenous Canadian, brown skinned long haired big tall dark 100% Ojibway Cree on both sides of my family from northern Ontario.

Unless you are white Caucasian, dealing with law enforcement is always a risk. As a teen and young man, I was always a suspect every time I dealt with the police, a criminal that had to prove on my own that I wasn't. And I was one of the lucky ones because I had a lot of older family look out for me. So many of my friends who didn't have the same protection just ended up miserable as they got trapped inside the system. They grew up being treated like criminals that no one was surprised that they became criminals.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Indigenous canadian?! That's kind of racist

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

probably a cop

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

kind of racist

kind of?

[–] [email protected] 80 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

41 shots, Lena gets her son ready for school

She says, "On these streets, Charles,

you've got to understand the rules

If an officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite

And that you'll never ever run away

Promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight"

Is it a gun? (Is it a gun?)

Is it a knife? (Is it a knife?)

Is it a wallet? (Is it a wallet?)

This is your life (this is your life)

It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)

It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)

No secret my friend

You can get killed just for living in your American skin

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago

I want every American to hear this and be angry.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago

I'm white as Wonder Bread and I remember hearing my daddy give that second talk to my big brother, word for word. Being as he's white, it did work to keep him safe when he was arrested. For young men of color, the record shows it doesn't always work for them.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm glad we had sex ex in school before that class got shut down by the parents that wouldn't even be affected because they homeschool their kids or have them in rape-church private school.

I feel bad for black people though. I remember as a kid being at a friend's house when his little brother got pretty much this talk.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago

Except the talk starts at 3, when you tell them to go to a shop owner or an employee for help rather than the police. And then again in a few years when you have to tell them not to walk around with The hood of their sweatshirt up. And then a few dozen more times over the next 10 years when you have to explain to them why doing something in public that white kids wouldn't get a second look for doing is a really bad idea.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

American civil war never really ended

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, it ended, It was just never won.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remember, slavery in the US was never abolished, just obfuscated.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Yep.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The small text for accessibility:

the daddy gives the mommy a very special gift. The gift of a brother. Daddy has a penis, and Mommy has a vagina. He sticks his penis into her vagina, and Mommy has an egg. Sperm comes out of Daddy's penis and that comes into contact with the egg. When this happens, the sperm enters the egg and it causes over time for something to develop inside Mommy. Nine months later, the gift is delivered. Timmy, this is where you came from eight years ago. Lorem ipsum [...]

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago

the daddy gives the mommy a very special gift. The gift of a brother.

Sweet Home Alabama

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

White people need to tell their kids not to trust cops either

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

White people need to tell police not to trust cops either

...Hol' up..

[email protected]

Ah carry on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Actually that's true too. Any cop that tries to do the right thing becomes an enemy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

username checks out 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I like the original version better. No one should trust cops, not even police

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (5 children)

This should be viral. Every BLM piece of propaganda on Youtube that I saw involving the death of a black person could be traced back to a shadow banned (by YouTube) raw video showing resisting arrest, brandishing a gun, etc. If they cared about people's lives; they'd educate. My father had this talk with me, and any father that loves their kids should do likewise.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Are you legit victim blaming the dead on a comic about the effects of institutional racism, even in how black kids have a prejudiced introduction to growing up?

Everyone should teach their kids what to do when they encounter a wild animal but apparently you think that's enough license to blame them when they get bitten?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

This is the weirdo anti-Linux troll, there's not a whole lot of rhyme or reason with them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It has nothing to do with blame and everything to do with survival. Correctly blaming the wild animal isn't much comfort when the damage is done.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Resisting arrest is not punishable by death. The cop is not a jury. If you choose to resist, the punishment should be reasonably forceful arrest.

Also, some of the people you think were resisting arrest were sleep in their apartment. So...?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

were sleep in their apartment. So...?

So they definitely weren't resisting a rest.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

I think tasteless puns are the only thing keeping me on the internet anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Some of the picture that you're conveniently omitting:

George Floyd was a violent thug with a history which was known by Derek, so the situation was confirmed high risk for him (not even counting the unruly mob they had to contend with).

George complained about not being able to breathe while being escorted to the vehicle.

At that moment; medical was called for which is why they arrived on sceen (attempting to save his life).

George refused to get in the car and at his suggestion they laid him on the ground outside.

Derek's knee to the neck was protocol and what he was trained to do that they lied about in court.

There's conflicting testimonies about what actually killed him, but let's not forget that he was complaining about not being able to breathe while still standing before a struggle, (which used up oxygen) which was his choice. He was also affected by Covid.

So stop with the propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

Ah, the high risk situation of being called to deal with a man falsely accused of a non-violent crime, and an unruly mob of people keeping their distance and "begging the men with guns and armor not to murder a man in the street". I can definitely understand why shitty cowards would feel threatened.

lied about in court

I'm gonna go with "nah". He was found guilty, so he's a guilty murderer.
I'm shocked a bootlicker like yourself would have such doubts in the system. Or is it because they actually found a cop guilty and you just can't accept such a travesty? Just think of all the black kids he could have threatened!

Go to hell.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

I didn't mention Floyd. The fact you have to put words in my mouth and then argue against them proves that you know you're wrong.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

So stop with the propaganda.

That's rich, you stupid fucking racist.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (5 children)

In most countries failure to comply doesn't carry a death sentence. Maybe I'm mad about that part. And maybe I'm mad because it's disproportionate for black people. Maybe I'm mad because jogging while black and deaf shouldn't put you at risk of police violence. Maybe I'm mad because even as a white lady cops look like they're itching to get violent

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Lmao the dude who loves proprietary and hates open source, slobs on Microsoft's knob all day, and bans me with little snarky notes cause he knows I can't say anything back is a racist. Who'd have known? This town don't take to kindly to bigots.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

for every video you have, I've got 2 that show people of all colors getting fucked royaly by cops, most often just by hurting their feelings. is a cops thin skin, usually after initiating and talking down to a person, or cussing at them or threatening them, a valid reason for jamming them up or killing them?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I hate this so bad. "Surrender yourself to any abuse the pigs come up with so that they don't shoot you in the ditch"

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