Links - 25th November 2021 (George Floyd Unrest)

NBC's 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Claims Police Kill 'Young Black Men with Impunity'

Cori Bush praises BLM activist who 'prayed' for death of police officers in speech comparing Black Americans to Palestinians - "Bassem Masri was a Palestinian-American activist who, according to the New York Post, "received national attention for streaming heated exchanges with cops during protests outside the Ferguson Police Department."  In one such exchange, Masri reportedly said, "I’m praying for your death and your death and your death and your death", referring to police officers. "Pigs In a Blanket Fry Em Like Baconnnn", he also said in a 2014 tweet.  Masri, who passed away in 2018, came up in Cori Bush's speech on Thursday when she compared the events that took place in Ferguson in 2014 to the Palestinian experience of today"

New York radio host says 'f*ck the police' on live stream while drinking booze; kills officer hours later in hit-and-run - "Just hours after downing shots and filming herself on Facebook Live saying "f*ck the police," Jessica Beauvais struck and killed an NYPD officer.... Beauvais also equated herself to the DC comic book character Harley Quinn, and stated that she thinks guns are pretty, and carries a knife everywhere."

Facebook - "As I've mentioned here before, when I was 14 I got caught  joyriding my dad's car. After I was arrested, cuffed, and completely detained, a cop pulled me away from the rest of crowd. While his partner stood watch, he put his gun to my head and said "Do you want me to end it, I can do it right now?" If I had known that white people would be lecturing me about this 30 years later, I would have said "yes.""

Eric on Twitter/a> - "A large amount of black people are turning against social justice efforts because they’re tired of being told they’re too dumb to have ID to vote, too black to not get shot by police, too naive to make good decisions, and too oppressed to be successful."

BREAKING: Project Veritas busts CNN director admitting coverage of black-on-Asian hate crimes would 'set back' BLM movement - "CNN technical director Charles Chester was caught on camera by Project Veritas stating that CNN tailors its reporting to support the Black Lives Matter movement. "I was trying to do some research on like the Asian hate, like the people are getting attacked and whatnot. A bunch of black men that have been attacking Asians," Chester said. "I'm like 'what are you doing?' Like we're trying to like help like with the BLM."  Chester stated that reporting on crimes against Asians committed by black people is not good for optics, as it would upset people on the far-left... According to Chester, "little things like that are enough to set back" the BLM movement "because the far-[right] will start to latch on and create a story of like criminalizing an entire people."  CNN has published multiple news stories over the past few months suggesting that white supremacy is the reason why Asians are being increasingly targeted for hate crimes... Chester further said that the story was that it was "white guys" initially, but that he "hasn't seen anything about focusing on the color of people's skin that aren't white," admitting that CNN contributors and pundits "just aren't saying anything," and the "story loses a little steam" as a result. The footage comes one day after other footage of Chester was leaked by Project Veritas, in which he admitted that CNN intentionally hyped fears of coronavirus to boost the network's ratings."

CNN Twists the Facts on Race, Shootings, and BLM - "Chester later explains that he meant to say “the far Right” when he said “the far Left.”  The CNN director admits that his network focuses on the skin color of a shooter only if that person is white. “I haven’t seen anything about focusing on the color of people’s skin that aren’t white. They [CNN] just aren’t saying anything. You know what I mean?”  Chester also describes CNN’s influence in journalism as akin to “propaganda.”  “You can shape an entire people’s perception about anything [depending] on how you do it,” he says."

Meme - "I support BLM Belt Loops Matter ! Pull up your paints we dont want to see your shit tained underware!!"
"Just say you don't like black people or their culture. Honesty is better."

It's racist to tell people to pull their pants up

BREAKING: Antifa assaults Trump-supporting couple in DC - "Footage depicts the husband punched in the back of the head, maced and tackled to the ground... Similarly to the previous Million MAGA March, attendees are assaulted as the day comes to an end and people begging dispersing. In most cases, this is reported to happen as people begin walking about to their respective hotels and accommodations."

BLM turns on Biden after exclusion from high-profile civil rights meeting - "For those of us who have studied the tides of history, the depravity of mankind, and the tendency to abuse power – things our Founding Fathers were very concerned with – the reality of an executive leader using a group to sow mayhem in order to gain more power is nothing new. It's one of the oldest games in the book.
Apparently, that's a lesson BLM is learning the hard way.
As if that wasn't enough, BLM is apparently learning another lesson from history: that movements based on vindictiveness and covetousness inevitably implode with infighting. BLM has started centralizing money and resources away from local chapters toward national leadership, causing the movement to splinter.
"Ten local chapters are severing ties with the Black Lives Matter Global Network, as the national leadership is known," writes Politico. "They are furious that Patrisse Cullors, its remaining co-founder, assumed the role of executive director of the group and made these decisionswithout their input.""

VIDEO: Bystanders Livestream, Mock Officer As He's Being Beaten, Needs Airlift - "The violent attack occurred in the area of Benton Court at approximately 1 a.m. on Oct. 17, as Rowland Police Office Michael Sales, 27, was responding to a report of a disturbance"

Police shootings database 2015-2021 - Washington Post - "An overwhelming majority of people shot and killed by police are male — over 95 percent. More than half the victims are between 20 and 40 years old."
Clear proof of sexim and ageism!

Peter Schiff on Twitter - "So far in 2020 97% of the people shot to death by police were men. This gender disparity has persisted for years. Are the police racist AND sexist? Perhaps the nearly exclusive depiction of males as criminals in movies and TV has created an unconscious systemic bias against men."

Meme - "97% of people shot to death by police are MALE. MEN are CLEARLY being HUNTED by cops. WOMEN are over 50% of the population. SEXISM has NO PLACE in our society! We cannot rest until these numbers are EQUALIZED!!!"

Stephen Knight 🔊 on Twitter - "Twitter is full of people that can barely regulate their emotions when faced with a different opinion, who also think they'd do better than the average cop in an armed confrontation."

BBC News (UK) on Twitter - "27 police officers injured during largely peaceful anti-racism protests in London"
BBC News (UK) on Twitter - "London protests: More than 100 arrests after violent clashes with police" - 6 police officers suffered minor injuries, and the London Ambulance Service treated 15 patients. But this was a right wing protest"

Facebook - "How dare companies like Zara and H&M claim to support #BlackLivesMatter while using Uyghur Muslim slave labour in Chinese concentration camps"

Katy Faust - Posts | Facebook - "Here’s the problem that I, and many other conservatives have today.  The Black Lives Matter *organization* has taken some thing that conservatives care deeply about, the intrinsic value of all humans (especially those who have suffered injustice) and used it to frost a cake baked with some of the most pernicious ideas humanity has ever known. The Black Lives Matter organization is unabashedly Marxist, which divides a population by groups, usually race or class. The viewing of people as groups rather than individuals is responsible for every mass human evil that we have seen throughout history and especially in the 20th century. Whether it be your standard-issue genocide, ethnic cleansing, Jews depicted as victimizers and everyday Germans the victims, the “bourgeoisie” as the victimizers and the proletariat as the victims, or seeing blacks as subhuman/property based their race- no good comes when everyone in one group is considered virtuous and everybody the other group is wicked.   The founding principles of America were novel and distinct because we built a system based on *individual* liberty and individual rights, not religious or racial or class groups. While it took far too long for us to fully realize that legal equality, the principles themselves have resulted in the freest and most prosperous nation in the world. Collectivism can never accomplish that.  In addition, the black lives matter organization “seeks to disrupt the western prescribed nuclear family.” (As if marriage is an invention of the west when in fact the five major religions of the world disagree about everything *except* marriage.) The destabilization of the family unit is a classic tactic of totalitarian regimes. Chinese youth were taught to believe that they should feel closer to chairman Mao than their own parents. If children cannot trust their parents, see their parents as the enemy, or if their bonds to parents have been “disrupted” their dependence and allegiance must go to the state. Destabilize the family = increase the power of government. Transgenderism is a central aspect of the black lives matter organization. Gender dysphoria is on the rise, especially among autistic girls. Children who don’t fit traditional gender stereotypes are led to believe that somehow that means they were born in the wrong body. Waves and waves of “detransitioners” are now speaking up about the harm gender theorists and complicit physicians have wrecked on their bodies.  No child should be told that to be their true selves they must become a lifelong consumer of pharmaceuticals and cosmetic surgery. Despite all that, Americans are told if they don’t put up a black profile picture or if they refuse to protest, that somehow means they don’t think black lives matter. Black Lives Matter has taken something that every American I know believes in- the intrinsic worth of black lives- and used it to smuggle in radical and destructive ideas. They then claim anyone who doesn’t agree with Black Lives Matter is a racist.  What a clever, manipulative, tactic.  So for anyone who’s chosen to read this far this is where I stand.  BLACK LIVES MATTER. For my friends who are people of color, I want to be the first one to bear your burdens and hear your heart. If you would give me the honor.  But I will never *ever* support the Black Lives Matter organization because it violates the core conservative principles of *individual* rights and dignity, of family as an irreplaceable institution for social thriving, and that physical bodies (especially those of children) are sacred and deserve protection."

Facebook - "Rayshard Brooks of Atlanta, USA
The facts:
- Was drunk in his car
- Asleep at wheel and blocked drive through of a Wendy's
- Resisted arrest
- Grabbed officer's Taser
- Pointed Taser at officer (and may have fired it) while running away
- Shot, died at hospital
What NYT says
- Black man shot by white cops for sleeping in car
Consequence
- Officer fired, under investigation
- police chief resigned
- Wendy's burnt down by mob
Yay. Justice."

‘Pandering didn't save you’: BLM-supporting Wendy's gets Twitter-roasted after mob torches Atlanta restaurant - "Social media users have unleashed a torrent of mockery upon Wendy's and its support for Black Lives Matter, after one of its restaurants in Atlanta was burnt to the ground following the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks... This isn't the first time that Wendy's has felt the wrath of anti-racist demonstrators. Riots that broke out in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police left a local Wendy's restaurant charred and gutted after blazes spread across the city"

Atlanta Police Walk Out After District Attorney Charges Former Officer With Murder - "Cops are fighting back after a district attorney charged former officer Garrett Rolfe and officer Devin Brosnan over the shooting of Rayshard Brooks... Officers have reportedly stopped answering 911 calls, turned in their keys and failed to show up to their shifts."

Facebook - "Those angry people who film the dismantlement of those statues with smartphones made by slaves or people working like slaves, do they realise slavery is not over and they film these events thanks to the Congolese slaves and Chinese slaves who worked to extract gold or assemble those phones ? Would those people dismantle Apple', LG', Microsoft's (...) buildings ? Those alternative people (punks, emos, hc, etc.) who are supposed to be aware of the situation, who demonstrate to show their support but wear Converse (aka Nike) shoes, also made by slaves, do they not think this is problematic ? Will those people fight to free their African, Filipino, Indonesia, Indian, Pakistani brothers and sisters and other siblings who are enslaved, raped, beaten, killed in Mauritania, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE by the police, by the army, by the people ? Those BLM supporters, are they ok to wear clothes (Adidas, Nike, etc.) made by people working like slaves in Romania, Indonesia, Bangladesh and so on ?... The West is not and has never been the only coloniser, I think the main difference between countries like France, the UK, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Russia (yes, yes, Russia colonised and still occupies a lot of territories but I rarely see anyone raising this topic) and the other colonisers is that Europeans were the last ones (somehow) but don't tell me that the Ottomans, the Mongols, the Chinese (the Han dynasty that occupied parts of Vietnam, Korea, etc.), the Arabs (in North Africa) and so many more didn't colonise and repress people. Nevertheless, the West was not entirely the last ones. China,  Indonesia, Myanmar, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Israel, Thailand, India, Morocco, all of them still occupy territories and repress those who live there or those who support them. It seems some of your brown siblings don't behave better than the white devils, isn't it ? Colonialism or neocolonialism expresses itself in different ways, even if some European countries are still deeply involved in it, there are Middle Eastern, East Asian and African ones who exploit and colonise other people and territories (Rwanda is doing so much shit in RDC, Kenya treats the Turkana people like animals, and they are not the only ones...). In the end this also leads me to think a lot about this list of "black musicians and labels own by black people" that is circulating these days and its unspeakable lack of... African and Latin American artists. One more proof that the problem is not only coming from the so-called white people."

Outrage at posters in Dundee calling for police, MPs and white people to be killed - "Among the messages on the posters were “kill a white on sight”, “if they don’t stop kill a cop”, and “all white MPs should hang from trees”... The art student, who plans to organise a BLM march in Dundee soon, believes that “white supremacists” are using false posters to encourage violence... The Dundee Anarchist Bookfair, who supported the Antifa movement in the past, also believed the posters to be the work of people looking to discredit BLM... “A genuine BLM activist would not single out someone’s skin colour to talk about police violence and they certainly wouldn’t claim to be Antifa."
Sure, must be the British branch of the Proud Boys, of course.

This is what we really mean when we say that ‘ACAB’ - "last week, when the Scottish Labour Students account tweeted “To be clear: ACAB” in response to news that the Met police in London had moved to disperse a trans pride rally early"
This must be the fault of the "far right"

Teen who makes teddy bears for children of fallen officers receiving death threats for supporting law enforcement - "  You’ve probably heard of Megan.  Her non-profit is called Blue Line Bears.  She, with the help of her family, takes the uniforms of fallen police officers and turns them into teddy bears for the surviving family members...   “People who I saw as friends blocked me and called me toxic. I watched the increase in police injuries in New York and wondered if those were officers I’ve given a patch to. I scrolled through social media posts to be met with nothing but anti-police rants."

Son charged in Quebec mother's death after she asked in vain for police help with him - " The 32-year-old son of a Drummondville, Que. mother who was killed is now facing second-degree murder charges.  Suzanne Desjardins, 57, was fatally injured at home after seeking help from provincial police with a psychiatrically troubled son and not receiving it... Desjardins went to the provincial police station in Drummondville to ask for help, said the agency.  She wanted "the assistance of the police in order to force her son, who has been living with her for the past few weeks, to undergo a psychiatric assessment," said the release.  Police couldn't assist her in her request "immediately," said the BEI, so she went back to work."
Too bad they didn't send a social worker
Of course, if the police HAD gone in, he'd likely have gotten physical for them, and if the police had hurt him, everyone would have been upset at the police

Khamenei.ir on Twitter - "Regarding current, ongoing events in the US and the movement against racial discrimination, our firm stance is support of the people and condemnation of the brutal behavior of the racist US government. #BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtests"
Modern slavery is nothing compared to US racism

Erielle Davidson on Twitter - "“Mostly peaceful” has become a euphemism for large-scale violence and burning of federal buildings. And we all know it. Congrats, we have our own Soviet double-speak now."

Police retirements have soared 45 PERCENT since BLM protests erupted after George Floyd's death - "Police retirements have risen by 45 percent in the past year, with officers opting out of forces across the country amid Black Lives Matter demonstrations that fueled anti-cop rhetoric.   The alarming statistic was revealed by the Police Executive Research Forum on Sunday, with the organization also revealing that resignations rose by 18 percent during the same twelve month period... That negative portrayal also stopped many aspiring cops from signing up to the force"

Looting, Riots Break Out in Minneapolis After Police Return Fire, Kill Wanted Felon - "Police officials in Minnesota say the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force attempted to arrest 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith on June 3 for a warrant for being a felon in possession of a firearm... he reportedly refused to comply with orders and pulled a handgun. Officials confirmed Smith fired at least one shot from inside his car"
When you protest, riot and loot on behalf of thugs and felons...

VIDEO: Felon Suddenly Shoots 2 Chicago Cops In Close Quarters - "Bodycam footage showed officers as they responded to the scene and tried to make contact with a suspect later identified as 45-year-old Bruce Lua... “Hey buddy, just drop it, man!” one officer yelled to him. “Hey! Stop right there! Show me your hands!”  Lua ignored them and continued walking down the street and into an alleyway, the video showed.  Police followed him for several blocks on foot... Two officers got out and ordered Lua to show his hands as he continued heading straight for them, the video showed. “Why?” the suspect retorted, as he drew out a handgun and fired at them from just feet away, hitting them both.  A barrage of gunfire ensued as multiple officers fired back at the suspect, who collapsed to the ground.  “They shoot me!” Lua yelled out.  “You shot at us,” a backup officer told him.""
Of course the ACAB contingent are sad the police didn't die

Meme - "If being shot is "a risk officers take" with the job then isn't being shot al risk criminals take when breaking the law?"

Black Lives Matter and Biden Bros smash windows, toss flare, reportedly set fire to Louisville Library - "Louisville: protesters just lit the main library on fire. Theyre burning books now. Any books. All books. Knowledge is White supremacy or something"
Liberals used to be against book burning

Ian Miles Cheong on Twitter - "Black Lives Matter protesters harass elderly restaurant patrons in St. Pete and threaten to “knock your old ass out.” Disgusting. Absolutely f’ing disgusting."

Escape The Echo Chamber - Posts | Facebook - "In the middle of a moral panic the desire to censor the heretics is viewed as essential. Because some police officers are bad, then no stories of positive police behavior should be shared.  That’s bullshit.  Change does not happen quicker when only the stick is used and the carrot is ignored. To effect change you criticize the bad and acknowledge the good. The problem is not solved by reinforcing us vs them tribalism.  Yes, some officers and law enforcement agencies protect the bad in an attempt to protect the tribe. That’s wrong and the reality of that behavior should not be ignored. But if you follow police discipline cases, there are plenty of officers what will report unprofessional behavior and testify against who they believe to be “bad cops”. This happens every day in America.  So, yes, I will point out the positives stories involving heroism and kindness among the men and women in blue. I will also point out the abuses as well.  If you want to end the practice of judging a broad group of people based on the actions of a few, then you stop judging broad groups of people by the actions of the few."

Katy Faust - Posts | Facebook - "Here’s the problem that I, and many other conservatives have today.  The Black Lives Matter *organization* has taken some thing that conservatives care deeply about, the intrinsic value of all humans (especially those who have suffered injustice) and used it to frost a cake baked with some of the most pernicious ideas humanity has ever known. The Black Lives Matter organization is unabashedly Marxist, which divides a population by groups, usually race or class. The viewing of people as groups rather than individuals is responsible for every mass human evil that we have seen throughout history and especially in the 20th century. Whether it be your standard-issue genocide, ethnic cleansing, Jews depicted as victimizers and everyday Germans the victims, the “bourgeoisie” as the victimizers and the proletariat as the victims, or seeing blacks as subhuman/property based their race- no good comes when everyone in one group is considered virtuous and everybody the other group is wicked.   The founding principles of America were novel and distinct because we built a system based on *individual* liberty and individual rights, not religious or racial or class groups. While it took far too long for us to fully realize that legal equality, the principles themselves have resulted in the freest and most prosperous nation in the world. Collectivism can never accomplish that.  In addition, the black lives matter organization “seeks to disrupt the western prescribed nuclear family.” (As if marriage is an invention of the west when in fact the five major religions of the world disagree about everything *except* marriage.) The destabilization of the family unit is a classic tactic of totalitarian regimes. Chinese youth were taught to believe that they should feel closer to chairman Mao than their own parents. If children cannot trust their parents, see their parents as the enemy, or if their bonds to parents have been “disrupted” their dependence and allegiance must go to the state. Destabilize the family = increase the power of government. Transgenderism is a central aspect of the black lives matter organization... Despite all that, Americans are told if they don’t put up a black profile picture or if they refuse to protest, that somehow means they don’t think black lives matter. Black Lives Matter has taken something that every American I know believes in- the intrinsic worth of black lives- and used it to smuggle in radical and destructive ideas. They then claim anyone who doesn’t agree with Black Lives Matter is a racist.  What a clever, manipulative, tactic... I will never *ever* support the Black Lives Matter organization because it violates the core conservative principles of *individual* rights and dignity, of family as an irreplaceable institution for social thriving, and that physical bodies (especially those of children) are sacred and deserve protection."

Black-owned businesses struggling at George Floyd Square - "Black merchants near the once-thriving corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue said police have abandoned the blocked-off intersection, creating a dangerous autonomous zone that has seen crime spike and business evaporate.  “The city left me in danger,” the owner of Smoke In The Pit restaurant told The Post Thursday.  “They locked us up on here and left us behind,” said the merchant, who asked to be identified only as Alexander W. for fear of reprisals.  “They left me with no food, no water, nothing to eat,” he said. “The police, fire trucks, can’t come in here.”  On Thursday the intersection was essentially abandoned — save for the occasional gawker who posed for photos in front of a mural outside Cup Foods, the convenience store where Floyd allegedly passed a counterfeit $20 bill.  At least five stores along one block are shuttered. Owners and workers at most of the stores that do remain open were too afraid to comment to The Post.  “Look around, things are empty,” said Richard Roberts, who works at the nearby Worldwide Outreach for Christ church. “What can we do about it?”... The black-owned businesses say they have lost 75-percent of their business since the Floyd memorial sprouted up shortly after his death — and have even launched a GoFundMe fundraising page in a desperate bid to stay afloat.  The merchants “feel they have been the sacrificial lambs” in the city’s response to Floyd’s death, according to the fundraising page... The city barricaded the intersection to allow for the Floyd memorial to be erected.  Phil Khalar, a member of the group that oversees the memorial, said the merchants’ complaints are part of “a false narrative.”  “It’s not like we are telling delivery drivers or customers not to come in,” he said. “This area has always been violent.”  Khalar said Bloods gang members “keep us safe in their own way.” But residents and businesses complain that a new element of lawlessness has seeped into the area recently — with left-wing militants and gang members turning it into a “volatile” autonomous zone. Police said last month they would retake the intersection and restore safety, but gave no timeline... And it has yet to happen — even after a jury on Tuesday convicted ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter charges in Floyd’s death."
Lived experiences are a false narrative when liberals disapprove

Activists in George Floyd 'autonomous zone' in Minneapolis refuse to leave after Chauvin verdict - "The autonomous zone was established after the death of George Floyd in May. Gates and jury-rigged barriers set up by activists, enclose 'George Floyd Square,' a four block area from 37th to 39th Streets South and Columbus and Elliott Avenues East, that serves as a memorial in the neighborhood where Floyd died. Concrete barricades were set up by the city of Minneapolis last year to protect activists and serve as barriers for the zone. In September 2020, Minneapolis Police Chief john Elder denied the zone existed... Activists do not allow police inside the zone and have even banned white people from time to time. Neighbors told the Washington Times that they have tried working with protesters, and asked that traffic not be disrupted. Activists allegedly responded with threats. They added that safety concerns have caused people to move out of the neighborhood and pointed to multiple for-sale signs and empty houses nearby. The Twitter account which claims to post on behalf of the zone posted on Wednesday, "We don’t need the mayor’s permission to make decisions about our city. 38th & Chicago will be held until our demands are met." Minneapolis officials had previously claimed that they would reopen the autonomous zone after the murder trial of Chauvin. However activists in the zone have issued two dozen demands they say must be met before they will stand down. The demands include investing over $700,000 into the zone... Social justice-themed yard signs are common in the area with residents struggling to reconcile their beliefs with the rise in violence and decline in quality of life. Businesses have also left the area.  Police are banned from the zone and reporters have been threatened for filming to close to the barricades. The area has been the site of increasing violence and multiple shootings. Residents blame gang violence, BLM activists and protests as the primary cause of the unrest and crime in the area. According to News Nation, "Violent crime at the intersection and the blocks immediately surrounding it rose dramatically in 2020, though crime also increased citywide. There were 19 nonfatal and fatal shootings in the area in 2020, including 14 shootings from May 1 through Aug. 31. That’s compared with three shootings in all of 2019 and none during the summer months." Earlier this month, the city of Minneapolis passed a $1 million bailout plan for businesses suffering from inside of the autonomous zone... a sign at the entrance of the zone "includes a special set of instructions for white people." white people are asked to "contribute to the energy of the space, rather than drain it." Any "processing" must be brought to "other white folks" so that "BIPOC" community members are not harmed. white visitors who see other white folks doing "problematic things" are told to "speak up with compassion to take the burden (off of) Black folks and our siblings or color whenever appropriate," and "engage rather than escalate, so that it can be a learning moment rather than a disruption.""
Weird how liberals mock the Confederacy as traitors but support all these secessionists