Racist Cowards

[royfromaus]

Apparently.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/george-floyd-memorial-racist-graffiti-19919685


Why is Manchester paying homage to an American misogynistic cowardly criminal?

[bluemoon1]

I don't know, maybe he had distant relatives in Moss Side?

[Spicerack]

Because he had to swallow his stash. White people can safely flaunt their drugs and privilege.

[Ellipsis]

As long as there are people who take the opportunity, when there's a report of somebody urinating on the mural or painting the N-word across it, to question why it's there in the first place, it confirms the ongoing purpose of the mural.

[dannyk13]

Ellipsis // it confirms the ongoing purpose of the mural.//
Which is?

[Bobbisox1]

Not unique, these mindless thugs also delight on urinating on war memorials as well but until an example is made of them, it will continue

[webbo3]

this is why we won't see labour in power for a long time, Labour councillor supporting a drug dealing violent criminal, i wonder how many taggers have been caught with this cctv

https://twitter.com/JonConnorLyons/status/1365203350216671233

[royfromaus]

Ellipsis // it confirms the ongoing purpose of the mural.//
Which is?


Same question, Ellipsis.

War memorials and a pic of a thug career criminal...is that a serious comparison, Bobbi?
Interesting that you class the defacer of the mural as a thug...what evidence do you have of that, Bobbi?

[mushroom25]

Manchester had its own "I can't breathe" incident 4 years before George Floyd succumbed to the machinations of Minneapolis's finest. Jack Barnes isn't commemorated in Manc, or anywhere else though.

just sayin'........

[royfromaus]

https://news.sky.com/story/jack-barnes-man-who-said-he-could-not-breathe-after-being-restrained-was-unlawfully-killed-coroner-rules-12230292

[bluemoon1]

He was obviously the wrong colour of trash.

[Untitled]

The purpose of the memorial is to acknowledge and mourn the fact that he was unjustly killed. It doesn't really matter what kind of person he was...

[Bobbisox1]

I'd call a defacer of anything cowardly and thuggish

[Prudie]

And yet if I were braver and lived in Manchester I'd want to deface it too. Of course it matters what kind of person he was. There is a huge difference between recognising and acknowledging his death was unlawful and being so upsucky to the black community that you have to ignore his criminal doings and paint him on a wall to fawn over.

[burlyshirley]

Err am I supposed to be bothered about this memorial being vandalised ?? Cos, I'm not !!

[Untitled]

//Of course it matters what kind of person he was.//

Why? He was unjustly killed by US police who have something of a habit of doing this kind of thing.

[fender62]

just for the record https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

[Untitled]

I only scanned the article but I cannot see any description in it of how the mural was actually defaced... what did the person actually write/do to the mural? Because if it was a racist slur - like it was the first time this happened - I wonder if Prudie and others would be quite so admiring.

[Untitled]

and what about as a proportion of the population fender?

[royfromaus]

Untitled
//Of course it matters what kind of person he was.//

Why? He was unjustly killed by US police who have something of a habit of doing this kind of thing.
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In Manchester?

[Untitled]

no not in Manchester.