Current Events > 8 weeks later. What have the George Floyd protests achieved so far?

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archedsoul
07/26/20 2:46:53 PM
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Aside from early action like the arrests of the bad officers, banning chokeholds and NYC defunding a billion from the NYPD and disbanding the anti-crime unit, which led to a rise in crime in NYC, I feel like nothing much is being accomplished by the ongoing protests.

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InfinityMonster
07/26/20 3:00:03 PM
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Increased pressure on investigations, but I'm not sure if that will be a long lasting effect.

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butthole666
07/26/20 3:02:37 PM
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The fascist state is deliberately not listening to the people and thus the continued resistance of fascism is pointless and invalid and the people resisting it are in fact the bad guys

shut up

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creativerealms
07/26/20 3:02:40 PM
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Well in that case the protests need to continue.

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MFBKBass5
07/26/20 3:03:24 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Well in that case the protests need to continue.


This. The protests arent going to be stopping anytime soon. I can guarantee that.

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John_Galt
07/26/20 3:04:00 PM
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Commercials from billion dollar corporations letting us know how much they care

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archedsoul
07/26/20 3:06:30 PM
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butthole666 posted...
The fascist state is deliberately not listening to the people and thus the continued resistance of fascism is pointless and invalid and the people resisting it are in fact the bad guys

shut up
Lol, what? Who said protestors are the bad guys? I'm asking if it's achieving much, when a lot of the changes came when things were more violent. Now they're more like "ok, just another day of protests".

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ButteryMales
07/26/20 3:10:15 PM
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archedsoul posted...
Who said protestors are the bad guys?
Why did you feel the need to lie about NYC crime?
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archedsoul
07/26/20 3:11:03 PM
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ButteryMales posted...
Why did you feel the need to lie about NYC crime?
Where did I lie? Crime has spiked at least 3x since the same time last year in NYC.

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butthole666
07/26/20 3:11:31 PM
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Spooking posted...
Burnt down a Target.
(this is good, btw)

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SomeGuyUO
07/26/20 3:12:14 PM
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Uncovering racists in your everyday life

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TheVipaGTS
07/26/20 3:12:45 PM
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Awareness. More people fighting for the cause. Bigger chance of voting and getting to a point where we can finally get justice. I dont think you understand how long it can take for change, and how long people have to fight for it. Just look back at our history. Its full of it.

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R1masher
07/26/20 3:13:00 PM
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Anybody here going to protests?

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ohiostate124
07/26/20 3:13:00 PM
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Destroyed their own communities and killed some people
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I Like Toast
07/26/20 3:13:15 PM
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Got you to make this topic with totally no agenda

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Comfy_Pillow
07/26/20 3:14:12 PM
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Hopefully more and more people are seeing how evil most cops are during these protests and that radicap change is needed
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archedsoul
07/26/20 3:14:19 PM
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Why does Hairistotle constantly post about his small dick? Why did he delete his post?

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kingdrake2
07/26/20 3:15:10 PM
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ohiostate124 posted...
Destroyed their own communities


that has happened where the protests happened since day 1 and until they end in north portland.
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TheGoldenEel
07/26/20 3:15:10 PM
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The fact that diverting funds away from police to community projects is considered a viable nationwide platform now is massive

as is the fact that criminal justice reform is now a big talking point for the presidential election

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DoctorPiranha3
07/26/20 3:15:16 PM
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Changed the Washington Redskins name to Washingyon Football Team
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Hummer 2
07/26/20 3:16:38 PM
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I'm glad CE agrees there's more work to be done.

#BLM
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RomanRoy
07/26/20 3:17:01 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
The fact that diverting funds away from police to community projects is considered a viable nationwide platform now is massive

as is the fact that criminal justice reform is now a big talking point for the presidential election

Taking funds away from the police is the worst thing that this movement could do. Police training is the issue. What happens when you have less funds? Even less training
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NinjaWarrior455
07/26/20 3:17:39 PM
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Do you know for a fact that the disbanding of the anti crime unit led to more crimes? Or are you speculating?

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ButteryMales
07/26/20 3:17:57 PM
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archedsoul posted...
Where did I lie? Crime has spiked at least 3x since the same time last year in NYC.
The 2021 budget isn't in effect and officers were shifted from one unit to another.

So crime went up even though the amount of police and funding didn't change. Almost like the amount of police and the amount of funding don't stop crime.
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KnightofShikari
07/26/20 3:18:58 PM
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police escalating police brutality with less accountability on the protesters calling for an end to police brutality and accountability for police

veteran getting beaten up then gassed over a question

pathetically using social media to say police were being attacked with dangerous weapons like candles and water filters

secret police able to track, kidnap and detain people after protesting when they're in much smaller groups but showing no evidence of supposed injuries to secret police

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gunplagirl
07/26/20 3:19:11 PM
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Colorado removed qualified immunity, that's a huge and mandatory step to enact meaningful reform.

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RomanRoy
07/26/20 3:19:18 PM
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ButteryMales posted...
. Almost like the amount of police and the amount of funding don't stop crime.

Imagine thinking this unironically.
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MARKINGRAM22
07/26/20 3:19:21 PM
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butthole666 posted...
(this is good, btw)
What is good about a bunch of people losing their jobs and livelihoods? You realize the CEO's and major shareholders are the ones effected by this right?
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butthole666
07/26/20 3:19:41 PM
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R1masher posted...
Anybody here going to protests?
Nobody answer this btw

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Coloradough
07/26/20 3:20:33 PM
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I think it's changed cultural attitudes

It shifted my view from "well they shouldn't run" to "why are we sending attack helicopters after people who ran for a broken tail light?"

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MARKINGRAM22
07/26/20 3:22:10 PM
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Hummer 2 posted...
I'm glad CE agrees there's more work to be done.

#BLM

Yes, just not with looting and violence or snowballing into trying to get cartoon voices replaces as if it has anything to do with over policing.
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RomanRoy
07/26/20 3:23:30 PM
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Coloradough posted...
I think it's changed cultural attitudes

"why are we sending attack helicopters after people who ran for a broken tail light?"

What are you even talking about?
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Hummer 2
07/26/20 3:23:40 PM
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MARKINGRAM22 posted...
Yes, just not with looting and violence or snowballing into trying to get cartoon voices replaces as if it has anything to do with over policing.

Nah the looting is violence is okay given the circumstances. Get over it.
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apocalyptic_4
07/26/20 3:23:43 PM
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Brienne Taylor's murderer's are still out free.

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MARKINGRAM22
07/26/20 3:25:33 PM
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Hummer 2 posted...
Nah the looting is violence is okay given the circumstances. Get over it.

Yep, so maybe you see why people are going to oppose a violent movement that robs people and why it hasn't been more successful...
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RomanRoy
07/26/20 3:25:35 PM
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Hummer 2 posted...
Nah the looting is violence is okay given the circumstances. Get over it.

Tell that to the small business owners who's businesses got destroyed.
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I Like Toast
07/26/20 3:25:44 PM
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RomanRoy posted...
What happens when you have less funds? Even less training
So they get less training on how to kill people? Sounds great, since the police unions repeatedly choose to get "training" from people who emphasize lethal methods. They also steal from their communities with forfeiture


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archedsoul
07/26/20 3:26:07 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Awareness. More people fighting for the cause. Bigger chance of voting and getting to a point where we can finally get justice. I dont think you understand how long it can take for change, and how long people have to fight for it. Just look back at our history. Its full of it.
Good point. But I feel like it was the earlier violence that was exacerbating and helping things. Now they've definitely slowed down.

R1masher posted...
Anybody here going to protests?
I don't know any of the BIPOC people I know being involved anymore. Some of my younger family and young family of friends were out there in full force in the start. But it's been old news here for over a month now.

All I see are mostly white people in the protests.

I Like Toast posted...
Got you to make this topic with totally no agenda
There's no agenda. I'm black. I'm asking how much continued protests are gonna change things.

I'll answer other posts in a bit. Gotta eat lunch.

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MARKINGRAM22
07/26/20 3:26:39 PM
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apocalyptic_4 posted...
Brienne Taylor's murderer's are still out free.
Dude, but we also need to pull up tweets from 6 years ago and get cartoon characters new voice actors.
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Hummer 2
07/26/20 3:27:03 PM
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MARKINGRAM22 posted...
Yep, so maybe you see why people are going to oppose a violent movement that robs people and why it hasn't been more successful...

RomanRoy posted...
Tell that to the small business owners who's businesses got destroyed.


get over it plebs
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bobbysjoby
07/26/20 3:27:05 PM
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Lol "George floyd protests"? Man this topic title is outdated :^D
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Coloradough
07/26/20 3:27:58 PM
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RomanRoy posted...
What are you even talking about?

Well on Live PD here's how events usually play out:

cop pulls over a guy for a broken tail light. Guy runs. Cops chase. 20 cops end up chasing the guy. He bails on foot into a swamp. They get a helicopter and tracking dogs to find him. An hour later he is tased, a dog bites him, and he's punched into submission into a cop car.

The cops ask him "what did you do??" .... "my license is suspended"

happens pretty much every week on that show

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MARKINGRAM22
07/26/20 3:28:20 PM
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RomanRoy posted...
Tell that to the small business owners who's businesses got destroyed.
See people always that support the looters and violent protest until it comes to them.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/espn-nba-reporter-tweets-george-floyd-protests/1eefhr1gpdx791oxlllizoun9i
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The Popo
07/26/20 3:28:34 PM
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The real place to make some changes are in the elections. The people in power were likely in favor of the policies in force. Vote for people on the local and state level who will make change a priority.

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REMercsChamp
07/26/20 3:29:03 PM
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Coloradough posted...
Well on Live PD here's how events usually play out:

cop pulls over a guy for a broken tail light. Guy runs. Cops chase. 20 cops end up chasing the guy. He bails on foot into a swamp. They get a helicopter and tracking dogs to find him. An hour later he is tased, a dog bites him, and he's punched into submission into a cop car.

The cops ask him "what did you do??" .... "my license is suspended"

happens pretty much every week on that show
You're blaming the cops for this or the dumb fuck for running from the police

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MARKINGRAM22
07/26/20 3:29:37 PM
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Hummer 2 posted...
get over it plebs
So if your home gets looted (or tent, moms basement, etc.) and violence is committed against your family you will be fine with that?

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RomanRoy
07/26/20 3:31:00 PM
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Coloradough posted...
Well on Live PD here's how events usually play out:

cop pulls over a guy for a broken tail light. Guy runs. Cops chase. 20 cops end up chasing the guy. He bails on foot into a swamp. They get a helicopter and tracking dogs to find him. An hour later he is tased, a dog bites him, and he's punched into submission into a cop car.

The cops ask him "what did you do??" .... "my license is suspended"

happens pretty much every week on that show

So you're against chasing someone who committed a crime? Also I was questioning the "attack helicopter", but it seems you simple confused it with a normal police helicopter, which doesnt have any capability to fire on people. It didn't attack anyone.
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Coloradough
07/26/20 3:33:12 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
You're blaming the cops for this or the dumb fuck for running from the police

I'm saying the attitude of "well he shouldn't run then" is wrong and the cops' reaction to a dude running when you have NO CLUE what he did is wrong

There's something wrong with our culture if we think it's normal to bring a military level of force to capture someone who has a suspended license

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MARKINGRAM22
07/26/20 3:33:14 PM
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RomanRoy posted...
So you're against chasing someone who committed a crime? Also I was questioning the "attack helicopter", but it seems you simple confused it with a normal police helicopter, which doesnt have any capability to fire on people. It didn't attack anyone.

lol attack helicopter.
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