TheLaughingStock
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The system isn't rigged y'all. Take off the tinfoil, stop playing zero sum games and vote for Hillary Clinton.
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Freddie Gray case: Charges against three remaining officers dropped - WOW
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That's their bullshit reason, the real reason is that they're not going to convict police of killing a black man. That's all it really comes down to.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
They arrested a guy for nothing, dragged him to the police van, and didn't follow any protocol in keeping him safe in transport.
Was in the van severely injured after he and (I believe) another person told officers that he was hurt and needed medical attention. Officers did nothing and were accused of giving Gray a "Rough Ride". He was later taken to the hospital and eventually died.
It's pretty obvious that at the very least the police officers didn't do their job correctly and were negligent towards a gravely injured man. At worst they bounced him around the back of a police van until he ended up with life threatening injuries.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I'm disgusted, but not shocked.
This country is so fucked up.
This country is so fucked up.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
No justice served at all. This is completely disgraceful.
Better idea. Vote for Jill Stein and let Trump become president because we all know he is a strong supporter of Black Lives Matter.
could have saved money by just saying " fuck you niggers"
Yup. Not too mention the false hope the family goes through for justice.
EdibleKnife
Member
To make it look fair to the mainstream who doesn't want to believe there's a problem. "Hey they went through the justice system and came out the other end not guilty. You blacks are just overreacting to everything./Everyone's on the same playing field." As long as you keep up the appearance of being fair, people who want to believe it will believe it without a struggle.
KarneeKarnay
Member
I always think the best of cops and officers. They've got a difficult job and one I certainly wouldn't do nor could imagine.
However. In this situation. The Judge, the Police Officers, the Justice System of Baltimore are saying, is that we have witnessed an act of god. That without any input from the officers, his throat was crushed and his injuries were caused by God.. God himself chose that man to die and the Police officers involved are just witnesses to an act of God.
Somehow I don't think people will buy the same story, if it was a woman beaten to death. Her Boyfriend in the apartment completely unaware that God was beating his Girlfriend to death.
Seriously! We should praise this as a joyful occasion. They just proved in the existence of the almighty!
However. In this situation. The Judge, the Police Officers, the Justice System of Baltimore are saying, is that we have witnessed an act of god. That without any input from the officers, his throat was crushed and his injuries were caused by God.. God himself chose that man to die and the Police officers involved are just witnesses to an act of God.
Somehow I don't think people will buy the same story, if it was a woman beaten to death. Her Boyfriend in the apartment completely unaware that God was beating his Girlfriend to death.
Seriously! We should praise this as a joyful occasion. They just proved in the existence of the almighty!
fixedpoint
Member
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The city gave them "go away" money, like that helps
Domcorleone
Member
It's not. It works as intended
Lightning_Roller
Banned
I'm so pissed right now because of this shit. Fuck that smug bastard in the pic and this shitty system that is suppose to deal out "justice", because it doesn't even exist for us.
Marion Cobretti
Member
White People > Anyone Else
Good thing white people won't do anything to address this issue.
Good thing white people won't do anything to address this issue.
This is just fucked up on all sides man.
Like they need a totally separate legal system in place for these cops like judges work with them every day, prosecutors like how can you even prosecute people who are that deep in the same system.
At minimum these shouldn't be tried at a state level anymore but at a federal level.
Like they need a totally separate legal system in place for these cops like judges work with them every day, prosecutors like how can you even prosecute people who are that deep in the same system.
At minimum these shouldn't be tried at a state level anymore but at a federal level.
Earthpainting
Member
Yeah, it's become crystal clear that these investigations and trials are utterly pointless farces, so why bother? How about we just skip 'em entirely, and save all that time and money. Maybe those resources can be spent fixing up impoverished areas, increase the quality of police training, or at the very least hosting 'Sorry
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EdibleKnife
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I also don't blame anyone planning on staying home in the face of hopelessness. By the time the first boot hits the streets, the only thing on the mind of the mainstream is "Get off the highways/this is not the way" bs that they have to deal with each and every time.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Two of the three officers who had their charges dropped today weren't white.
It's hard enough to convict a cop blatantly killing someone on camera in this country, trying to get them with no smoking gun video evidence is probably impossible.
Yep, Only way to fix this shit is have laws that are specific to cops and how to prosecute them because clearly they dont follow the laws of the land.
Secret Fawful
Member
I'm going to buy a punching bag and tape pictures of these cop's faces to it and go to town on 'em. Fuck them.
EdibleKnife
Member
Of course. Because they only pay attention to the results of oppression rather than the cause. They see people yelling, fed up, rioting, crying and protesting and they see upheaval and disorder but they never see that same disorder in the system they live comfortably in.
psynergylover
Member
FUCK THIS!!! JUST FUCK THIS!!!!
I'm extremely pissed by this!! I know this isn't an outlier when it somes to officers facing any punishment especailly with black people but fuck!! how can someone die in your custody(dies in result of being in your custody and NO ONE faces any justice!?!?!?
ARGH!!! FUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!
and people want to lash out at BLM like it's a hate group!!!
I'm extremely pissed by this!! I know this isn't an outlier when it somes to officers facing any punishment especailly with black people but fuck!! how can someone die in your custody(dies in result of being in your custody and NO ONE faces any justice!?!?!?
ARGH!!! FUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!
and people want to lash out at BLM like it's a hate group!!!
Honestly, fuck those people.
Baroquemantic
Member
Wow. What a bunch of BS.
OniBarubary
Banned
I'll play this game.
I fully support black people and minorities of other ethnicities in whatever stepping up of their protests they want. Because it's not working. I'll lay 5 dollars down that you think the civil rights movement was completely successful with non-violent marches and pretty speeches because that's the safe and not scary history that White America likes to pretend happened while they cleaned up Martin Luther King and avoided the uncomfortable things he actually said.
Appealing to the good of these people and trying to start a dialogue is not fucking working. So if appeals to reason and charity and love do not work then you need to try something else. The only reason we have gun control in this country is because whites started getting afraid of black people having the same right to own a gun as them.
I fully support black people starting to open carry and police their own communities while protecting themselves from tyranny which was the whole point of citizens owning guns in the first place. I fully support black people interrupting and fucking up the day of white people so they have to actually pay a-fucking-ttention to what is actually going on. I am not going to bemoan or look down on a person's reaction being extreme in extreme situations where a person can be fucking murdered without any sort of consequences in broad daylight with witnesses just for the color of their skin.
I'm not advocating black people start going out and shooting cops and white people, I'm saying if a black person sees this shit day in and day out after years of saying "Please treat us like any of you without killing us or keeping us down" and nothing fucking changes I'm not going to wag my finger at them for blocking traffic or flipping a fucking car.
Who fucking gives the barest of fucks about staying classy when "Classy while black" is one of the hundred things on the list of "Shit That Will Get You Killed Because You're Black"
"When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."
These words will continue to ring true.
Property is worth more than the lives of humans, write a petition if you are mad. That'll work.
obijkenobi
Member
Typical big government, backed by union power, being unaccountable to the people when they mess up. I am sure the conservatives will be up in arms over this.
outunderthestars
Banned
Mechanized
Member
Violence is the only language these monsters will understand.
Does anyone outside of America actually believe that?
I really don't understand how not a single person was responsible for what happened to Freddie Grey.
InfiniteBento
Member
This makes me fucking sick to my stomach
Gordon Shumway
Banned
The sweet smell of justice..
I'd ask how you feel about the verdict, but with that shit flag and 305 in your name..I can see why you'd rather respond to a random poster than what's in the OP.
I'd ask how you feel about the verdict, but with that shit flag and 305 in your name..I can see why you'd rather respond to a random poster than what's in the OP.
Scares the ever loving shit out of people. They've gotta shock the system man. This shit is fucked up.
On the topic of upping the protests with property violence, I'm not sure I see that as being necessary to get the word across. I still think it would only stall or regress things.
Maybe it's that I spend a lot of time on GAF, but as a white person, my awareness to continued minority oppression and systemic racism has never been higher. I'm spreading the word wherever I can to my family and friends. No doubt many others are as well. The BLM movement is still pretty young and I don't believe there's reason to think it won't continue to grow and gain influence. As it does, isn't there a good chance we'll see government intervention in the next few years?
Maybe it's that I spend a lot of time on GAF, but as a white person, my awareness to continued minority oppression and systemic racism has never been higher. I'm spreading the word wherever I can to my family and friends. No doubt many others are as well. The BLM movement is still pretty young and I don't believe there's reason to think it won't continue to grow and gain influence. As it does, isn't there a good chance we'll see government intervention in the next few years?
Whitephantomzx
Banned
Really so a guy goes into a van alive with a few cops comes out dead and the cop's aren't responsible. And then there shocked when people start to fight back Wtf do you expect this straight up some mafia shit
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