Current Events > When the protests against the police are over can we have protests about gang

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violence? Gangs need to be done away with. There has been too many lives taken amd families torn apart because you wear a certain color or you live somewhere else. It is ridiculous.

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ain't it grand when posters live up their tags to a T

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Delirious_Beard posted...

ain't it grand when posters live up their tags to a T

lol

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Those have been happening forever lol.

The real struggle is to get the media to actually cover them. Which they don't. Of course, this is a disengenious as fuck topic, and if you knew anything about what you were talking about you'd know this has been a thing for a long time now.

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When we discuss the mob and child prostitution problem in Utah, sure.

@Ving_Rhames you're right. There are organizations and groups that were started to do something about gang violence, yet community participation is still low.

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That's a great idea, after the protests about police brutality there should be protests about the police's failure to stop gang violence.

Monolith1676 posted...

violence? Gangs need to be done away with. There has been too many lives taken amd families torn apart because you wear a certain color or you live somewhere else. It is ridiculous.

Police the biggest gang in America, so that's what we doing

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Ving_Rhames posted...

Those have been happening forever lol.

The real struggle is to get the media to actually cover them. Which they don't. Of course, this is a disengenious as fuck topic, and if you knew anything about what you were talking about you'd know this has been a thing for a long time now.

I have never seen a protest or riot like what we are experiencing in regards to stopping gangs. There are small pockets of people that do try but nothing on a massive scale.

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did you know TC that gangs like the crips were founded to protect their neighborhoods from corrupt law enforcement and help their communities? then the CIA infiltrated them and unloaded a shit ton of weapons and drugs and they devolved into what you see today

so i say we tackle the root problem that started modern gang violence first before we even attempt to put a band aid on the current gang violence
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ThisGuyAreSick posted...

did you know TC that gangs like the crips were founded to protect their neighborhoods from corrupt law enforcement and help their communities? then the CIA infiltrated them and unloaded a shit ton of weapons and drugs and they devolved into what you see today

so i say we tackle the root problem that started modern gang violence first before we even attempt to put a band aid on the current gang violence

If you have a time machine sure.

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Monolith1676 posted...

If you have a time machine sure.

lmao

if you "fix" gang violence now its just going to start again if you dont fix the people in powers hatred for their communities

you dont need a time machine to realize that
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Tenlaar posted...

That's a great idea, after the protests about police brutality there should be protests about the police's failure to stop gang violence.

lmao

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will never happen. Media loves to glorify and romanticize crime.
It's been happening since bonnie and clyde and the way to tekashi 6ix9ine

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why do you guys pretend to be dumb just to annoy people it makes no sense

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Why don't the citizens of Central America protest their Government, Police and Criminals and try to make it a place worth living?

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TC youre a fucking idiot

Protesting the police is protesting gang violence.

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I think my favorite thing about people who use this deflection is they're essentially holding police to the same standard as gang members by doing so.

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Why do ideas like this always fall on deaf ears?

Like JFC, you can't hate on cops when gang violence is so much worse.

There are protests against gang violence all the time

https://www.bakersfield.com/archives/hundreds-march-against-gang-violence/article_1df76d64-a6b6-57a3-ac48-9808745de745.html

https://wgntv.com/news/students-march-against-gang-violence/

https://abc30.com/266233/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jan-08-la-me-watts8-2010jan08-story.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/former-gang-members-community-rally-against-gun-violence-nyc-n368036

It is telling that TC - like a lot of people - is unaware of these peaceful protests.
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SapphireClassic posted...

Why do ideas like this always fall on deaf ears?

Because they are cheap deflections.

SapphireClassic posted...

Like JFC, you can't hate on cops when gang violence is so much worse.

Yes you can.

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SapphireClassic posted...

Why do ideas like this always fall on deaf ears?

Like JFC, you can't hate on cops when gang violence is so much worse.

Gang members go to jail when they kill someone. Cops, not so much.

And we should hold the police to a MUCH higher standard than criminals, don't you think?

shockthemonkey posted...

/topic

As I said there are small protests and pockets of people trying to get rid of gangs but nothing on a mass scale.

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shockthemonkey posted...

lmao youre incapable of admitting that youre wrong

I am not wrong in the least. Show me one protest against gangs that is the same size as the one going on now.

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Monolith1676 posted...

I am not wrong in the least. Show me one protest against gangs that is the same size as the one going on now.

Stop being intentionally obtuse.


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Uh... the problem is the protest is about a government group that has legal power and the people want to change how they operate.
Criminal gangs don't. They're illegal and thus the government isn't responsible for what they do.


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TC is just making them as big as this protest. To help you understand how big he wants this new protest.

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lead the protest TC
Monolith1676 posted...

I am not wrong in the least. Show me one protest against gangs that is the same size as the one going on now.

police. are. a. gang.

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CanuckCowboy posted...

Stop being intentionally obtuse.

I am not being obtuse. I just want gangs to end and the problem to get a lot of attention. People have their lives ended over it in so many ways. This is a problem that should unite all races of people as one.

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Not surprised someone who defends murderous cops would make a dumbass topic like this

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Monolith1676 posted...

I am not being obtuse. I just want gangs to end and the problem to get a lot of attention. People have their lives ended over it in so many ways. This is a problem that should unite all races of people as one.

You do realize everything from the Crips/Bloods to MS-13 to Triads to Irish Mob are generally seen as "bad" right?

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CreepySmile posted...

Uh... the problem is the protest is about a government group that has legal power and the people want to change how they operate.
Criminal gangs don't. They're illegal and thus the government isn't responsible for what they do.

By and large law enforcement agencies operate very well. There are going to be bad eggs that need to be gotten rid of or preferably stopped before they can even start. There is not one job out there that doesn't have bad eggs in it unfortunately. Out of the millions and millions of police contacts with citizens every year, less than a percent or so ends up in someone being killed. I would rather have it a 0 personally but nothing can be perfect unfortunately.

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isnt tc police

Monolith1676 posted...

By and large law enforcement agencies operate very well. There are going to be bad eggs that need to be gotten rid of or preferably stopped before they can even start. There is not one job out there that doesn't have bad eggs in it unfortunately. Out of the millions and millions of police contacts with citizens every year, less than a percent or so ends up in someone being killed. I would rather have it a 0 personally but nothing can be perfect unfortunately.

ooookay?
That... doesn't quite respond to anything I said.

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Monolith1676 posted...

I am not wrong in the least. Show me one protest against gangs that is the same size as the one going on now.

The protest right now is against gangs.

Just the legal police gang.

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Most gang crimes are amongst each other in relativily shitty confined zones so nobody really cares. When they start deviated from gang on gang though is when people start batting a eyebrow.

Like children, and unrelated folk being assassinated.

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Prismsblade posted...

Most gang crimes are amongst each other in relativily shitty confined zones so nobody really cares. When they start deviated from gang on gang though is when people start batting a eyebrow.

Like children, and unrelated folk being assassinated.

Thats only one of the issues tc is wilfully overlooking and its not the biggest one. Gangs are looked down upon by all of decent society and arent endorsed by the government or paid from tax dollars.

But yea youre right. The war between the rock machine and the hells angels in quebec is the perfect example. When it was them killing eachother no one gaf. When their bombs hurt civilians shit was one.

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Bad cops can murder people, but good cops can't stop gang violence apparently.

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