LOCKED: George Floyd

posted by BRF

Just saw on the news that the driver was an independent contractor for an Ohio company and they have issued an apology for his actions. 

Good. I’m assuming they will cut ties with him. That was dangerous af. 

posted by justincredible

Two Atlanta cops fired for excessive force. This video is fucked up.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1267229440477716482

I just watched this, and please correct me if I’m wrong (not kidding, I hope I am missing something), but how TF did the white girl & presumably white driver of the car directly in front of them have nothing happen to them? 
 

Tjat video seems to encapsulate the exact issue with this countries police force at the moment.

posted by Laley23

I just watched this, and please correct me if I’m wrong (not kidding, I hope I am missing something), but how TF did the white girl & presumably white driver of the car directly in front of them have nothing happen to them? 
 

Tjat video seems to encapsulate the exact issue with this countries police force at the moment.

Not 100% sure. It’s certainly a bad look given the circumstances. 

posted by Laley23

I just watched this, and please correct me if I’m wrong (not kidding, I hope I am missing something), but how TF did the white girl & presumably white driver of the car directly in front of them have nothing happen to them? 
 

Tjat video seems to encapsulate the exact issue with this countries police force at the moment.

Not confirmed but I read in the comments section of that video last night that the car in front of them were undercover cops. 

posted by justincredible

Indeed. If shit starts happening close to my house, I'll be sitting on my front porch with a rifle on my lap waiting while I read a book or something.

If someone sneaks up in the middle of the night on a normal day, no shit I'm not going to catch them until it's too late unless they're being loud as hell.

Have you considered motion detector surveillance cameras?  They illuminate the area at night and buzz your phone for a small service charge.  I recently installed one on my front porch to deter porch pirates and protect my very expensive porch furniture. 

posted by justincredible

Good. I’m assuming they will cut ties with him. That was dangerous af. 

Hard to employ someone in jail anyways 

posted by Al Bundy

The garbage has just St. John's Church in DC on fire. It's from 1815. This stuff is sad to anyone who loves our country.

The fire was only in the basement and was put out. No further damage to the church

posted by SportsAndLady

Not confirmed but I read in the comments section of that video last night that the car in front of them were undercover cops. 

I’m just going to use my own judgement and say nope. No idea what was before the video started, but if that was just for curfew (as has been reported), holy fuck America has a major problem. 

posted by SportsAndLady

That’s not even the point I was trying to make. I’m not anti-2nd amendment or anything. Just asking if rioters have been breaking INTO houses and causing harm. I don’t need that big fuck ICL giving me anymore links to things that don’t coorelate to my question. Clearly it’s not happened yet, but maybe it will. 

Man, I miss a lot of action when I go to sleep.  Now I get the point of your original question.  My brain was a noodle yesterday.   At that time I didn't see any personal houses being broken into.  There is a video of a black lady crying about her community being destroyed and the rioters/looters heading toward her apartment complex trying to get in before the cops arrived.  The video of the chick throwing the molotov cocktail and setting herself on fire looks like at an apartment complex (haven't verified).

Regardless, that wasn't why I made that post.   If you have a bunch of unruly people going out creating violence in your neighborhood, you're not going to be able to bank on law enforcement.  Hell you can't bank on law enforcement on a normal day and they have proven that many times.   You can also argue a small business owner considers their business a second home. especially since it is a big part of his/her family's livelihood.  So yeah, when people ask why you would need an AR-15, I think this is a perfect example of why.  Ask the Koreans in Koreatown why they needed AR15s and how it worked out for them in 92'.   

posted by justincredible

The rest of the forum grew up over the last 10 years, S&L seems stuck in his early 20s for some reason. 

It's really odd.
 

posted by like_that

Man, I miss a lot of action when I go to sleep.  Now I get the point of your original question.  My brain was a noodle yesterday.   At that time I didn't see any personal houses being broken into.  There is a video of a black lady crying about her community being destroyed and the rioters/looters heading toward her apartment complex trying to get in before the cops arrived.  The video of the chick throwing the molotov cocktail and setting herself on fire looks like at an apartment complex (haven't verified).

Regardless, that wasn't why I made that post.   If you have a bunch of unruly people going out creating violence in your neighborhood, you're not going to be able to bank on law enforcement.  Hell you can't bank on law enforcement on a normal day and they have proven that many times.   You can also argue a small business owner considers their business a second home. especially since it is a big part of his/her family's livelihood.  So yeah, when people ask why you would need an AR-15, I think this is a perfect example of why.  Ask the Koreans in Koreatown why they needed AR15s and how it worked out for them in 92.

 Or ask the people of Hong Kong if they could've used them recently.

posted by SportsAndLady

Also stop pretending like you're not fat IRL.

This part of your argument is what really drives it home. It's the final nail in the coffin that makes me want to take your side.  Awesome show, great job.

Most every year we go to Va Beach on vacation....this year at Outer Banks (this week)....watched the breaking news last night and it was all going down right where we always stay in Va Beach.

Picked a good year to change it up

Bones Jones is one of the few guys who doesn’t need a gun lmao.
 

https://twitter.com/chisanga_malata/status/1267398536322338816?s=21

posted by ernest_t_bass

This part of your argument is what really drives it home. It's the final nail in the coffin that makes me want to take your side.  Awesome show, great job.

Thanks! Glad to have you on my side, which doesn’t exist because I was simply asking if the rioters have moved to breaking in homes. 
Also isn’t it funny, you call someone a cunt and a retard (ICL to me), and no big deal...you call someone fat (me to icl) and everyone loses their minds and says grow up. 

posted by like_that

Man, I miss a lot of action when I go to sleep.  Now I get the point of your original question.  My brain was a noodle yesterday.   At that time I didn't see any personal houses being broken into.  There is a video of a black lady crying about her community being destroyed and the rioters/looters heading toward her apartment complex trying to get in before the cops arrived.  The video of the chick throwing the molotov cocktail and setting herself on fire looks like at an apartment complex (haven't verified).

Regardless, that wasn't why I made that post.   If you have a bunch of unruly people going out creating violence in your neighborhood, you're not going to be able to bank on law enforcement.  Hell you can't bank on law enforcement on a normal day and they have proven that many times.   You can also argue a small business owner considers their business a second home. especially since it is a big part of his/her family's livelihood.  So yeah, when people ask why you would need an AR-15, I think this is a perfect example of why.  Ask the Koreans in Koreatown why they needed AR15s and how it worked out for them in 92'.   

posted by justincredible

The rest of the forum grew up over the last 10 years, S&L seems stuck in his early 20s for some reason. 

It's really odd.
 

 

Okay so zero examples so far of rioters breaking into homes, got it. So zero need for anyone with a gun to protect themselves. You keep saying “this is a great time to own a gun!” (Said it when covid was starting up, too) and yet there’s been no evidence of needing a gun to protect your homes from rioters or covid? home? thief’s?

And yes, what a great time to have an Ar-15 lol jesus 

posted by SportsAndLady

Okay so zero examples so far of rioters breaking into homes, got it. So zero need for anyone with a gun to protect themselves. You keep saying “this is a great time to own a gun!” (Said it when covid was starting up, too) and yet there’s been no evidence of needing a gun to protect your homes from rioters or covid? home? thief’s?

And yes, what a great time to have an Ar-15 lol jesus 

Not how it works.  Gun ownership and your right to have a gun comes with more then zero need.  There is always a need.

posted by Spock

Not how it works.  Gun ownership and your right to have a gun comes with more then zero need.  There is always a need.

 

 

I know it’s hard for you to read sometimes, being a gym teacher and all, but try really hard this time to read what I said: I’m pro-2nd amendment and your rights to own a gun. The comment you bolded was in regards to this particular situation of rioters destroying property. So far, they’re not breaking into people’s homes. 

posted by SportsAndLady

I know it’s hard for you to read sometimes, being a gym teacher and all, but try really hard this time to read what I said: I’m pro-2nd amendment and your rights to own a gun. The comment you bolded was in regards to this particular situation of rioters destroying property. So far, they’re not breaking into people’s homes. 

How much proof do you need? Search "breaking into homes" on twitter comes up with a lot of results. I'm not going to post them all. San Leandro Cali and Chicago were the ones with the most people saying it. No way to prove it is real though. And are you suggesting business owners shouldn't be armed either?

Also from this article "A Chatham community leader said the National Guard needed to be out around the city. She said homes were broken into at 87th Street and Exchange Avenue, and named numerous stores around the area that were looted and vandalized or burned."

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/31/live-updates-national-guard-called-into-chicago-as-unrest-persists/

posted by SportsAndLady

Okay so zero examples so far of rioters breaking into homes, got it. So zero need for anyone with a gun to protect themselves. Y

Did you miss the video posted of the woman being absolutely brutalized outside of her store while her husband impotently yelled at the attackers? Have you missed the videos of people literally standing outside of their businesses with guns and being left alone?

For someone that's not anti-2A you have a really weird habit of making fun of any mention of firearms. 

posted by iclfan2

How much proof do you need? Search "breaking into homes" on twitter comes up with a lot of results. I'm not going to post them all. San Leandro Cali and Chicago were the ones with the most people saying it. No way to prove it is real though. And are you suggesting business owners shouldn't be armed either?

Also from this article "A Chatham community leader said the National Guard needed to be out around the city. She said homes were broken into at 87th Street and Exchange Avenue, and named numerous stores around the area that were looted and vandalized or burned."

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/31/live-updates-national-guard-called-into-chicago-as-unrest-persists/

Lol 87th and exchange is a horrible part of town And it wouldn’t surprise me if that wasn’t been looting related, but I mean THANKS for finally providing some sort of proof. I honestly thought home break-ins would be more of an issue country wide but it wasn’t. Sure there were probably an example or two across the country, but no more than what would happen on a normal weekend. Which is a good thing that that’s the case.