___________ While Black

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by Chicks

For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
The U.S. high court’s continual refinement of an obscure legal doctrine has made it harder to hold police accountable when accused of using excessive force.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates...munity-scotus/

Generally speaking it is the organization itself that can be sued. And remember what happened to the Rodney King cops. They were exonerated in criminal court, but they didn't prevail in the end.

Edit: I just read the article. Why is it always people struggling with cops? Why did they have to taze him twice? This is ridiculous. Choose your battles, folks. Cooperate with the police and handle it with your attorney later. This is not complex.

[Chicks]

Defiant DC mayor names plaza 'Black Lives Matter'
The Washington DC mayor has changed the name of a plaza outside the White House to "Black Lives Matter Plaza" in a rebuke to Donny.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52941254

Sweet!

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Defiant DC mayor names plaza 'Black Lives Matter'
The Washington DC mayor has changed the name of a plaza outside the White House to "Black Lives Matter Plaza" in a rebuke to Donny.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52941254

Sweet!

I hope Marine One flies over that every time it carries tRump in and out of town.

[Chicks]

White instigators to blame for mayhem in some protests, local officials say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...bbd_story.html

Plenty of proof for this.

[Chicks]

The anger behind the protests, explained in 4 charts
Black men are still disproportionately likely to be killed by police.

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/31/212760...floyd-protests

If past protests have not changed this tragic paradigm, it is not clear that the present ones will either. But there is little else protesters can do than to draw attention to this problem that has not gone away. While many have been encouraged to vote, Mapping Police Violence’s data shows that these killings take place in cities with a broad range of leadership types, and regardless of which party is in control.

Many advocates argue that no change can come about until policies are put in place weakening police unions, and ensuring police cannot be militarized or demilitarized at the whim of the president of the United States. The decision to offer police military equipment is not made at the local, but federal level. And police union officials, who often shape the rules police officers are governed by, are voted in by officers in the union — not by the public.

Also, as Scott notes, complaints about police action are not always looked into — Chauvin had 18 complaints against him, but was nevertheless allowed on the street the day of Floyd’s killing. And again, 99 percent of officers are not charged following killings. With little other recourse than to attempt to press for change — and with decades, even centuries, of frustration fueling them — the protests will continue.

[Chicks]

People called police on this black birdwatcher so many times that he posted custom signs to explain his hobby

https://www.washingtonpost.com/scien...ain-his-hobby/

Racism is very much real, yet Trumpkins still refuse to see. I’m also an avid birdwatcher. I’ve never had anyone call the cops on me. White privilege.

[Chicks]

32 Pictures That Show What White Privilege Looks Like

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/whit...matter-protest

[Chicks]

I'd add "Ignorant" in front of "people" here:

[Chicks]

Jeff Bezos shared a profanity-laced email from a customer angry about the Amazon CEO's support for the Black Lives Matter movement, saying the man was 'the kind of customer I'm happy to lose'

https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff...support-2020-6

[Chicks]

MIT elects first black woman student body president in its 159-year history

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/mi...resident-trnd/

Our resident racists will seethe that a black woman is smarter than they will ever be, lol.