J.R. said:

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J.R. said:

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Bearitto said:

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J.R. said:

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fubar said:

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Some of you seem to be more outraged by rioting and looting than you do about a police officer killing a man who was subdued and unable to resist arrest.

I find that to be astounding.

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Astounding? Yes.

But with this group? Not surprising in the least.

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A single guy was killed by a bad cop. Hey, let's burn the whole damn city to the ground and turn this place into Somalia!!!!!

That sounds like a great idea. No cause for concern there.

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just great you don't have a problem with a cop killing someone in plain sight...... humility, much?

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Try keeping your words in your own mouth instead of lying about what I've said.

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not hard to read between the lines of your ilk!

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It's just hard for you to read at all, you god damned moron. I've been very explicit about the murder. You're just a re tard who can't read for comprehension.

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nice use of cussing to articulate yourself. Go back to your cube.

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D. C. Bear said:

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Gold Tron said:

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FWBear said:

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Gold Tron said:

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If a looter gets shot in the next few days, will that be spun as racist?

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You know it will.

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If someone broke into my house, I would shoot them without prejudice, literally. I would not care what their ethnicity happened to be.

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If someone broke in to my house and I could avoid shooting them, I would. Killing someone, even in self defense, can be psychologically devastating.

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Bearitto said:

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J.R. said:

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Bearitto said:

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J.R. said:

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Bearitto said:

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J.R. said:

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Bearitto said:

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RebelT said:

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fubar said:

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Some of you seem to be more outraged by rioting and looting than you do about a police officer killing a man who was subdued and unable to resist arrest.

I find that to be astounding.

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Astounding? Yes.

But with this group? Not surprising in the least.

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A single guy was killed by a bad cop. Hey, let's burn the whole damn city to the ground and turn this place into Somalia!!!!!

That sounds like a great idea. No cause for concern there.

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just great you don't have a problem with a cop killing someone in plain sight...... humility, much?

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Try keeping your words in your own mouth instead of lying about what I've said.

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not hard to read between the lines of your ilk!

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It's just hard for you to read at all, you god damned moron. I've been very explicit about the murder. You're just a re tard who can't read for comprehension.

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nice use of cussing to articulate yourself. Go back to your cube.

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That's not cussing. That's NBC at 7pm. Stop lying about what I've said.

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br53 said:

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Bearitto said:

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RebelT said:

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fubar said:

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Some of you seem to be more outraged by rioting and looting than you do about a police officer killing a man who was subdued and unable to resist arrest.

I find that to be astounding.

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Astounding? Yes.

But with this group? Not surprising in the least.

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A single guy was killed by a bad cop. Hey, let's burn the whole damn city to the ground and turn this place into Somalia!!!!!

That sounds like a great idea. No cause for concern there.

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Well it is Ilhan Omar's district. She just wants it to feel like home again.

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Gold Tron said:

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D. C. Bear said:

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Gold Tron said:

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FWBear said:

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Gold Tron said:

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If a looter gets shot in the next few days, will that be spun as racist?

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You know it will.

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If someone broke into my house, I would shoot them without prejudice, literally. I would not care what their ethnicity happened to be.

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If someone broke in to my house and I could avoid shooting them, I would. Killing someone, even in self defense, can be psychologically devastating.

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I'm not going to sit down and have an Algonquin Round Table to discuss their intent.

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J.R. said:

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Bearitto said:

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RebelT said:

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fubar said:

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Some of you seem to be more outraged by rioting and looting than you do about a police officer killing a man who was subdued and unable to resist arrest.

I find that to be astounding.

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Astounding? Yes.

But with this group? Not surprising in the least.

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A single guy was killed by a bad cop. Hey, let's burn the whole damn city to the ground and turn this place into Somalia!!!!!

That sounds like a great idea. No cause for concern there.

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just great you don't have a problem with a cop killing someone in plain sight...... humility, much?

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Jack and DP said:

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Give this guy a hand!

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GrowlTowel said:

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J.R. said:

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Bearitto said:

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RebelT said:

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fubar said:

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Some of you seem to be more outraged by rioting and looting than you do about a police officer killing a man who was subdued and unable to resist arrest.

I find that to be astounding.

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Astounding? Yes.

But with this group? Not surprising in the least.

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A single guy was killed by a bad cop. Hey, let's burn the whole damn city to the ground and turn this place into Somalia!!!!!

That sounds like a great idea. No cause for concern there.

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just great you don't have a problem with a cop killing someone in plain sight...... humility, much?

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Just great that you don't have a problem with people stealing and committing arson in plain sight . . . humility, much?

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Mitch Henessey said:

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These riots are based on singular instances.

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That is wishful thinking. I'm not sure how people like you manage to ignore the racial tensions of the past few centuries in America, but basic equal treatment has still not been achieved, according to any given objective metric.

The law, only relatively recently, has been changed to allow for true equality, but we all know that the law is not equally applied.

Minorities are not killed at a greater clip than whites, contrary to popular leftist propaganda, but minorities are beat up, arrested, prosecuted, jailed at a far greater clip than whites.

This is not a singular instance, it is the culmination of centuries of injustice. While the media, and pop culture is complicit in enraging minorities over a bad take on equality, when it comes to cops murdering citizens, the general consensus that this is the latest in a long line of injustices is obviously correct.

Cops have have a long way to go to regain public trust, and are seemingly heading the opposite direction, with haste.

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What a bunch of BS. Over the past 60 years, no nation in the history of mankind has done as much or more to right societal wrongs (that most definitely needed to be righted) and societally speaking, even the playing field for a minority of its citizens than the USA has done for the black community over the course of that time. Nobody is denying we have a lot of bad history regarding the plight and treatment of blacks and the black community, but on the other hand we have a bunch of people that want to deny the obvious progress and improvement in that regard over the last half century plus. I've lived through the time period we're talking about and it's a very different world than it used to be in this regard - thank goodness.

Does that mean racism has been eliminated? Of course not and just like crazy lunatics will never be eliminated, individuals here and there who are bigots (that exist in all communities with varying skin colors and ethnicities) will never be totally eradicated. And by the way, all of them are wrong and all of them have counterproductive/divisive beliefs. The norm, however, is the vast majority are not racists or bigots, but since there is so much to gain politically by claiming that's not the case per those on the left, they'll never acknowledge it and will always claim the opposite is true.

As far as this terrible, deadly incident in Minneapolis, yes, it most definitely is a "one off" type of occurrence by some bad cops. Yes, sadly and tragically there are some bad cops out there (some of them even served at the highest levels of law enforcement during the Obama Administration), but the vast majority do anywhere from an adequate to an outstanding job of serving and protecting. It's both wholly inaccurate and ridiculous to portray this as some kind of widespread systemic problem. It isn't. It's a rare occurrence and hopefully the perpetrators of this crime will be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

There are some bad, evil people in the USA in any legal profession/vocation you want to name, but the vast majority clearly aren't and when that small minority of bad/evil people commit a crime or atrocity it's absurd to paint everyone (or even the majority) in that profession/vocation as being the equivalent thereof - especially including law enforcement.

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This is what we whites tell ourselves, but it isn't true.

The Central Park incident is a good example. The woman who called the cops on the black man was a liberal Democrat. But she immediately pulled the racist card like a pro when she saw an unfamiliar black man and knew what to say to the cops. It's like programming we (white and black) have in us that we see black men as a threat.

It's also telling about our country that immediately after two terms of a high-principled black man we elect a non-principled white troll.

I wish I could say I'm free of racism, but I can't. It's deeply programmed in me.

People of color know racism is still systemic in our country while we whites engage in magical thinking that it isn't.

I think it's healthier to confess that racism is in our DNA and that it's still a problem in our country.

Frankly, I don't know what the answer is. I would like to say it's in the church, but Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour of the week.

As for me, I intend to be more engaged in dialogue and prayer with people of color in my church to understand their perspectives and look for solutions.

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The woman in Central Park was an INDIVIDUAL who did an idiotic thing. Again, nobody is claiming we don't have people like that in the country that exist in all communities. The point is they are a tiny minority and to indict our entire society because of them is ludicrous and asinine. You can provide one off examples all you want, but it's just flat wrong to blanket characterize the mostly good people of our country because of stories that are the exception instead of the rule.

And I don't care what the racial composition of Barrack Obama is, he was unquestionably one of the most corrupt and dishonest Presidents we've ever had who demonstrably illegally spied on and attempted to sabotage the campaign of a rival POTUS candidate. He deserves serious prison time and isn't worthy to tie Trump's shoes from an honesty standpoint.

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Sometimes I wonder what it's like to be this blissfully unaware of the goings on in the world around me. Is it painful? Does it manifest itself as a dull headache at all times? Or is it like bouncing around from cloud to cloud, everything being rainbows and daisies? Never once having to think about the fact that one's own experience in the world can be radically different from the experience of another person, solely due to the way they look.

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I thought I was pretty woke, but I don't get this. They quickly arrested the cop that did the killing. At this point, you can't do any more than that.

If you want society to change: vote and use your economic power.

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You guys do realize that this is the same area where Philando Castille was killed and that officer was acquitted. They've already seen how justice plays out. So the rioting, while troublesome and inexcusable, also takes into account previous incidents where justice definitely wasn't served.

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Have you ever pulled jury duty ?

It's not easy .

What's clear in one person's mind is reasonable doubt in another's .

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I was "one of two extras" on a jury for a federal prison escapee. When we two were released prior to jury deliberations, we agreed on the way down the stairs: GUILTY. I was stunned the next morning to read in the paper: INNOCENT.

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Malbec said:

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BUMBA1 said:

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You guys do realize that this is the same area where Philando Castille was killed and that officer was acquitted. They've already seen how justice plays out. So the rioting, while troublesome and inexcusable, also takes into account previous incidents where justice definitely wasn't served.

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Have you ever pulled jury duty ?

It's not easy .

What's clear in one person's mind is reasonable doubt in another's .

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I was "one of two extras" on a jury for a federal prison escapee. When we two were released prior to jury deliberations, we agreed on the way down the stairs: GUILTY. I was stunned the next morning to read in the paper: INNOCENT.

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Nobody is innocent after a trial, they are not guilty. Big difference.

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Everybody is innocent until proven guilty. If you haven't been proven guilty, you are STILL innocent. Vincent Bugliosi used to say it rightly should be, "Innocent unless proven guilty."

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Thee University said:

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........ offer everyone a job with decent pay cleaning up what they tore up.

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quash said:

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BUMBA1 said:

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You guys do realize that this is the same area where Philando Castille was killed and that officer was acquitted. They've already seen how justice plays out. So the rioting, while troublesome and inexcusable, also takes into account previous incidents where justice definitely wasn't served.

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Have you ever pulled jury duty ?

It's not easy .

What's clear in one person's mind is reasonable doubt in another's .

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I was "one of two extras" on a jury for a federal prison escapee. When we two were released prior to jury deliberations, we agreed on the way down the stairs: GUILTY. I was stunned the next morning to read in the paper: INNOCENT.

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Nobody is innocent after a trial, they are not guilty. Big difference.

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Gold Tron said:

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quash said:

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Canada2017 said:

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BUMBA1 said:

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You guys do realize that this is the same area where Philando Castille was killed and that officer was acquitted. They've already seen how justice plays out. So the rioting, while troublesome and inexcusable, also takes into account previous incidents where justice definitely wasn't served.

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Have you ever pulled jury duty ?

It's not easy .

What's clear in one person's mind is reasonable doubt in another's .

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I was "one of two extras" on a jury for a federal prison escapee. When we two were released prior to jury deliberations, we agreed on the way down the stairs: GUILTY. I was stunned the next morning to read in the paper: INNOCENT.

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Nobody is innocent after a trial, they are not guilty. Big difference.

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Your statement is patently anti-American and it nauseates me. Innocence is to be assumed. Wow.

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ATL Bear said:

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A riot has started out of a peaceful protest in downtown Atlanta. They have breached the CNN Center.

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