(06-04-2020, 05:49 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 11:19 AM)JagJohn Wrote: There are hundreds of thousands of people peacefully protesting across America and the rest of the world. Compared to that number, the amount of people who are looting is absolutely miniscule. Way less than 1%. Unfortunately, media organizations know that footage of looting gets people watching, and peaceful protests not so much.

To say that the protests are not about George Floyd and the ongoing police brutality in America, is an outright lie that is deliberately designed to make people ignore the undeniably real and passionate grievances that millions of people have.

The problem is the media (mainstream and social) identifies the rioters and looters as "protesters". I completely agree with your first point. The other problem is that "police brutality" isn't that big of a problem and really isn't that prevalent. Sure there are a few "bad apples" in police departments, but the number is probably less than 1% when looking at all law enforcement officers across the country. Your comment here instantly made me think of this Chris Rock bit, it's only 2 mins long so definitely worth a watch. Might even make you chuckle! https://youtu.be/1h5sRgW6sQY

Leftists like you try to push the narrative that ALL police abuse their power.  That is simply not the case. Here you go with the classic conservative straw man tactic, where have I ever said that ALL police abuse their power? I know for certain that there are many good, honest, decent police officers out there who have dedicated their lives to trying to make the world a better place. At the same time, I think the general tactics of the police in America are ludicrous. It's all designed to be so adversarial, and so often it makes a bad situation immediately worse. These are the kinds of things that need to be reformed.

Let me ask you this.  You said that you are in Mexico.  How is the law enforcement there?  Any corruption?

I'm not sure why this is relevant. I'm not criticizing American police and praising the rest of the world's police. Mexico has an entirely [BLEEP] up situation with police; widespread corruption, violence, and the fact they are generally pretty useless are all big issues. But how is this relevant? Do you simply want to say that American police are better than Mexican police? Because you should really aim higher.