• avg@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    It seems to me that those in power only cared when the white guy died.

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        We all know and still remember the name George Floyd too! Shame these threads keep getting highjacked by people trying to stir racial division.

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          I’m not referring to the response of people like you and I, I do believe that the majority of white folks aren’t racist, I’m referring to those in position of power, and even then I’m not even saying they are outright racist, but that they are certainly biased even if they are not aware of it.

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      It’s not the first time white Americans were shot for expressing opinions. This was 1970:

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        Never just include a picture without context. There are many people who won’t know what this is, and you description doesn’t really give them much to search for.

        This is the Kent State shootings, where four student protesters were killed (and nine more wounded) by the national guard while protesting Vietnam war expansion.

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      Why do people like you keep pretending whether or not it was on video doesn’t factor into it?

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        Renee Good was on video, we all saw it too. I was honestly surprised with the reaction to this latest murder, I expected the same reaction we saw with her murder.

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          Yes my point is that these two being on video got them a big reaction. Are you implying there wasn’t a big reaction to Renee Good’s murder?

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            From people like you and I, yes. But as recent as last week my dem representative was voting for more ICE funding like the bitch he is. He has all of a sudden seen the light after this last murder.

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      Those in power didn’t care even then, and they still don’t. The only reason Bovino got fired was the optics. Not cause they killed a guy; because they got caught.