slothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago'Your eyes don't lie.' Trump, ICE, a death and a turning pointwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down10
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minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·2 days agoWe’ve had video evidence that cops are the bad guys since the first guy filmed LAPD beating Rodney King. Hasn’t changed a goddamned thing.
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 days agoRodney was black in a coastal city. This was a white guy in the heartland. You could write dissertations on why that difference alone makes a huge impact on perception, not to mention any of the other stuff going on leading up to this.
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·2 days agoYou’d be amazed to learn that cops have actually murdered and beaten a LOT more than two people, much of it captured on video.
minus-squareOutForARip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoAnd that does include white males. Nothing is new.
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoIt may not be new to you but a lot of people are paying attention currently that normally don’t.
We’ve had video evidence that cops are the bad guys since the first guy filmed LAPD beating Rodney King. Hasn’t changed a goddamned thing.
Rodney was black in a coastal city. This was a white guy in the heartland. You could write dissertations on why that difference alone makes a huge impact on perception, not to mention any of the other stuff going on leading up to this.
You’d be amazed to learn that cops have actually murdered and beaten a LOT more than two people, much of it captured on video.
And that does include white males. Nothing is new.
It may not be new to you but a lot of people are paying attention currently that normally don’t.