Current Events > I was appalled at the George Floyd video, but last night a line was crossed.

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I said to myself, How can I try to show people that not every cop is bad when shit like this is going on? People are angry and they should be. People are protesting and they should be. When the rioting and the looting started in Minneapolis I thought, this isn't right but riots are the voice of the oppressed. Still I didn't say anything because I don't have a solution.

The restaurant my mom manages was attacked downtown and I'm so angry I can't sleep. All the "merchandise can be replaced lives can't" people....sure that's true but what about the innocent people you are hurting. How does that support George Floyd? My mom is one of the kindest and most caring people I know. When told her restaurant had to close because of COVID-19 she didn't think "How am I gonna pay my bills"
HER FIRST STATEMENT WAS HOW IS MY STAFF GONNA FEED THIER KIDS. That's the kind of person she is. She took all the food in her store and gave it to her staff to take home despite the cost to the restaurant. She would cook take-home meals for them because they were out of work. My mom employs a lot of members of the minority community, single moms, people that have made mistakes and are trying to become better people, college students. Everyone. My mom hires everyone and she gives them a chance. Sometimes she gives coffee to the homeless. She cares about everyone.
On holidays my mom takes money out of her own pocket and cooks for her staff on HER DAY OFF and feed them. Her staff is like a second family to her and her staff loves her. When she found out her restaurant could open back up she was just excited to call her employees and get them back to work. She cares about everyone.
My mom spent everyday this week cleaning and prepping her restaurant so she could open and get the people she feels responsible back to work. So to hear my mom crying because rioters smashed in her store front and burnt the building next to hers....It makes me angry. So now until the restaurant is fixed, my mom and the same community you are advocating for has to go even longer without work.

And don't even get me started about my friends in Atlanta having to evacuate their apartments because of riot fires. Thankfully they are safe.
We want change and justice for George Floyd. But stop hurting people that are trying to make a difference and lead by example. You want to know how riots discredit a movement...this is how.

fuck the police

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Fuck the police

Biggest gang in the US

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Police are trash. They need to be fixed.

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So a building burning down is what crosses the line, but not the decades of police brutality resulting in the deaths of innocent black men?

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This is going to be a very, very bad year.

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people are extremely stupid and do irrational things during mob mentality

i'm not really sure what their goal is by burning their own community down

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Yeah, cops will respond well to this. Theyre cleanin up their acts as we speak.

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Your country is broken dude. The police have lost control and people are taking advantage. It goes way beyond your Mother's store having her store window smashed in.

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There are 2 kinds of people out on the streets. Actual protestors who are fighting for change, and people who just want to wreck shit and have fun and loot. Its the 2nd kind that destroyed your restaurant. Anyway I'm sorry

Hinakuluiau posted...

So a building burning down is what crosses the line, but not the decades of police brutality resulting in the deaths of innocent black men?

Don't put words in people's mouths, thats not what he said at all.

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Hinakuluiau posted...

So a building burning down is what crosses the line, but not the decades of police brutality resulting in the deaths of innocent black men?

He was all for burning buildings to the ground the past few days, but now that the one his mom manages was hit he suddenly changed his tune

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Hinakuluiau posted...

So a building burning down is what crosses the line, but not the decades of police brutality resulting in the deaths of innocent black men?

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I am very sad to hear this.

I hope the restaurant had good insurance.

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RevivedPacifist posted...

He was all for burning buildings to the ground the past few days, but now that the one his mom manages was hit he suddenly changed his tune

If so that's pretty much the hypocrisy of all these rioters. They love it until it happens to them, then somehow it's monstrous.

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These rioters are piece of shit human beings, violence doesnt solve violence.
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Vyrulisse posted...

If so that's pretty much the hypocrisy of all these rioters. They love it until it happens to them, then somehow it's monstrous.

Or maybe they get some real world perspective and.....I knoe this sounds crazy......CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND GROW. I know, I know, sounds impossible.

The amount of white dudes telling me how to feel about all this is ridiculous.

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It's not the protestors' fault. If the police weren't violent murderers, they wouldn't need to destroy the restaurant.

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RevivedPacifist posted...

He was all for burning buildings to the ground the past few days, but now that the one his mom manages was hit he suddenly changed his tune

Not exactly what he said.

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Lairen posted...

Yeah, cops will respond well to this. Theyre cleanin up their acts as we speak.

Just look how much they have improved since Rodney King.

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Zikten posted...

There are 2 kinds of people out on the streets. Actual protestors who are fighting for change, and people who just want to wreck shit and have fun and loot. Its the 2nd kind that destroyed your restaurant. Anyway I'm sorry

This.

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OgesMC posted...

These rioters are piece of shit human beings, violence doesnt solve violence.

Tell that to wars.

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A lot of rioters are opportunists coming in from out of town/state. Youve got protests going on and then youve got anonymity fueled indiscriminate mayhem.

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True. A lot of these are made by undercops though. Most of the protesters know this harms the cause (and so does the opposition).

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I really do feel bad for what happened to your mom and the other employees, but why would you say line wasn't crossed until last night? You don't think the line was crossed as soon as they started looting/burning the first businesses at the start of the riots? Do you not think that any of those other business owners/managers are good people who care about their employees too?

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