Will You Be Bending The Knee?

[david small]

An anti-racism campaign group is urging Britons to “take the knee” on their doorsteps for a socially distanced protest in solidarity with protesters in the US.

Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) has organised the protest for 6pm on Wednesday as part of a day of action against discrimination in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

I won’t.

[ToraToraTora]

as I said at 13:57, you and many of your countrymen hate the English for no other reason than they are English, the very definition of racism maggie.

[maggiebee]

Think you've read me all wrong TTT. I may dislike many individuals no matter what country they come from, but I certainly don't hate the English as a nation.

[Mozz71]

//you and many of your countrymen hate the English for no other reason than they are English//

To be honest 3T, there are few nations more xenophobic and prejudiced than the English. There are some, but we're definitely near the top.

[Bobnunton]

No !!

[naomi24]

//To be honest 3T, there are few nations more xenophobic and prejudiced than the English. There are some, but we're definitely near the top. //

I don't think that's true at all. I think we're one of the most liberal and accepting countries in the world. That said, I do get the impression that some of the Scots on here are very anti-English - and maggiebee is one of them. I don't think I've ever seen maggiebee say anything nice about the English.

[ToraToraTora]

mozz: "to be honest 3T, there are few nations more xenophobic and prejudiced than the English. There are some, but we're definitely near the top. " - We have given the world a 1000 things, on what is this xenophobia based? We are by far the most charitable nation. Evidence please.

[10ClarionSt]

Pots and pans? I suggested that weeks ago as a protest against the lockdown. Like the prisoners that we have been turned into. Prison-style protest. Do it!

[Peter Pedant]

following the rather gormless spirit of this particular page of the thread
//Prison-style protest. Do it!//
ugh you mean spread poo all over my living room walls and then er live in it? No thanks !

[david small]

I noticed that the majority of protesters/supporters marching today were young students. Easily led, and easily bled.

[douglas9401]

'Taking the knee' is what happens when you can't pay your bill from the orthopaedic hospital in the US.

[tomus42]

//To be honest 3T, there are few nations more xenophobic and prejudiced than the English. There are some, but we're definitely near the top. //

Rubbish Mozz. You need to get out more - and yes, I do get the irony of saying that at the current time.

[poorclare]

Do we not have enough problems of our own here without
getting involved with what is going on in the United States.

[Spicerack]

George had fentanyl and meth amphetamine in his system according to the autopsy. They haven't, yet, said how much.
Just supposing, he swallowed whatever he had when the police pulled him over (as many criminals do to destroy the evidence)
Would that make any of you reconsider your attitudes?

[jim360]

No, it wouldn't.

[jim360]

It may or may not have been true that Floyd deserved to be arrested. The responsibility for his death in that arrest is entirely that of the officers involved, who should have known better, should have been trained better, and should be held accountable for the wholly preventable death of somebody in their custody.

[Spicerack]

A self administered drug overdose would be the fault of the police, jim?

[jim360]

It's a bit of a stretch to go from "tests suggest trace amounts of various drugs but we must acknowledge that these tests are not reliable" to "he died of a drug overdose and the fact that three officers where on top of him including one on his neck for fully nine minutes is entirely coincidence".

It's transparently an attempt to let the police off the hook.

[retrocop]

Bending my knee? I think not.

//Hundreds of protesters were in New York City’s Washington Square Park when the charges were announced. Insisting all four officers should have been charged from the very start, demonstrator Jonathan Roldan said: ‘It’s not enough. Right now, we’re still marching because it’s not enough that they got arrested. There needs to be systematic change.’ The mood in New York turned somber later in the day after a police officer on an anti-looting patrol was ambushed by a man who walked up behind him and stabbed him in the neck. That set off a struggle in which two other cops suffered gunshot injuries to their hands.//


Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/04/mugshots-released-four-cops-charged-death-george-floyd-12803166/?ico=pushly-notifcation-small&utm_source=pushly?ito=cbshare

[Mamyalynne]

It would change nothing for me, to kneel on a man's neck whilst repeatedly telling him to get up (?) then as he went still to ignore pleas to check for a pulse as George's bladder emptied across the ground.

Let's say that George may have collapsed and died an hour later due to the drugs in his system - it does not excuse such barbaric behaviour.

[Spicerack]

Who said 'trace amounts?
Who said the tests are 'unreliable'?
Too much fentanyl will stop your heart beating regardless of subsequent actions.
I haven't seen anyone else suggesting it might have happened and I've no idea if it did. Neither have you.
I'll wait for the trial before condemning anyone.