"Protestors" Steal From Stores

I Have a Dream on a New TV wrote:

Saw this video on Reddit of "protestors" in Minneapolis stealing from a Target store. These are protestors from that black guy that got killed by a cop while in handcuffs. A lot of these outrage events are just another excuse by those with low integrity to steal from others and not because of race.

https://v.redd.it/0jbrgtev9f151

Ironically, this would be society without police officers to enforce the law.

disgusting wrote:

I Have a Dream on a New TV wrote:

Saw this video on Reddit of "protestors" in Minneapolis stealing from a Target store. These are protestors from that black guy that got killed by a cop while in handcuffs. A lot of these outrage events are just another excuse by those with low integrity to steal from others and not because of race.

https://v.redd.it/0jbrgtev9f151

Ironically, this would be society without police officers to enforce the law.

Ironically NO one is asking for no police.

Ironically this would have not hapend if a police officer wouldn't have put a knee to a guys neck.

but you know. Things white people say

It's Me wrote:

Ironically NO one is asking for no police.

Ironically this would have not hapend if a police officer wouldn't have put a knee to a guys neck.

but you know. Things white people say

A police murder isn't a justification for burning down and looting a Target.

I don't understand why looting occurs. It discredits the message of any protest.

Kvothe wrote:

I don't understand why looting occurs. It discredits the message of any protest.

They don't care about the message, especially not the pink people in there

I would think a couple cops would be able to stop this looting by standing at the doors. Nope though, none around, cops are only stunning and brave when kneeling on people's necks.

“Looting” is always a straw man tactic by racist whites to discredit black protests and messages. You’re transparent.

The officer should go to jail. The looters should go to jail also. Do they think the police own Target or the cars that they burned?

The cops were told to stand down, so as not to aggravate the "protestors" further. They only intervene when a person's health is at risk. This situation is made insane by political correctness.

flysnizzwallophun wrote:

The cops were told to stand down, so as not to aggravate the "protestors" further. They only intervene when a person's health is at risk. This situation is made insane by political correctness.

Is it more or less politically correct to kneel on someone’s neck until they die?

Keep in mind the cameras on a nearby store proved the police were lying about him resisting arrest.

flysnizzwallophun wrote:

The cops were told to stand down, so as not to aggravate the "protestors" further. They only intervene when a person's health is at risk. This situation is made insane by political correctness.

Trying not to make a bad situation worse isn't necessarily political correctness. Police stood down for weeks when Bundy's group of armed terrorists took over government property and refused to leave. White protesters armed with AKs should have been arrested when they forced their way into the State Capitol of Michigan.

JRBE wrote:

It's Me wrote:

Ironically NO one is asking for no police.

Ironically this would have not hapend if a police officer wouldn't have put a knee to a guys neck.

but you know. Things white people say

A police murder isn't a justification for burning down and looting a Target.

I haven't seen anyone here justifying the looting. I have seen people here justify the cop's fatal actions.

The officer should go to jail. The looters should go to jail. Why should the Michigan protesters go to jail when they broke no law?

conservative straw man tactic wrote:

JRBE wrote:

A police murder isn't a justification for burning down and looting a Target.

I haven't seen anyone here justifying the looting.

I have.

JRBES wrote:

conservative straw man tactic wrote:

I haven't seen anyone here justifying the looting.

I have.

Feel free to point them out. If you are implying me, then my faith in you understanding the difference between calling out a straw man and defending looting is misplaced.

conservative straw man tactic wrote:

JRBES wrote:

I have.

Feel free to point them out. If you are implying me, then my faith in you understanding the difference between calling out a straw man and defending looting is misplaced.

There's a guy a few posts above who said looting is just a racist accusation of some sort. There are some other guys saying the looting "wouldn't have happened if..." as if this somehow justifies it.

Here wrote:

flysnizzwallophun wrote:

The cops were told to stand down, so as not to aggravate the "protestors" further. They only intervene when a person's health is at risk. This situation is made insane by political correctness.

Is it more or less politically correct to kneel on someone’s neck until they die?

Keep in mind the cameras on a nearby store proved the police were lying about him resisting arrest.

Your question is ridiculous as you have phrased it, and I think you know it. You are probably bright enough to know these two things don't get put on a balancing scale to see which one "wins."

JRBES wrote:

conservative straw man tactic wrote:

Feel free to point them out. If you are implying me, then my faith in you understanding the difference between calling out a straw man and defending looting is misplaced.

There's a guy a few posts above who said looting is just a racist accusation of some sort. There are some other guys saying the looting "wouldn't have happened if..." as if this somehow justifies it.

None of those posts condoned looting. Saying that it wouldn't have happened had the cops not killed Floyd isn't justifying looting - it's pointing out the cause of it. Come on, you're better than these false accusations.

conservative straw man tactic wrote:

JRBES wrote:

There's a guy a few posts above who said looting is just a racist accusation of some sort. There are some other guys saying the looting "wouldn't have happened if..." as if this somehow justifies it.

None of those posts condoned looting. Saying that it wouldn't have happened had the cops not killed Floyd isn't justifying looting - it's pointing out the cause of it. Come on, you're better than these false accusations.

The statement has implied justification. Similarly, if someone said "Ahmaud Arbery wouldn't have been killed if he hadn't trespassed in homes," even if it were technically accurate, wrongly implies justification.