(06-04-2020, 11:19 AM)JagJohn Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 10:48 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: I thought you were Mexico? You've been to Manhattan, to Chicago, to LA, to Minneapolis, to confirm your supposition? Because it's completely about those things for the looters.

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.

(06-04-2020, 09:21 PM)JagJohn Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 06:15 PM)mikesez Wrote: Thanks for posting this. Great comparison.

While there is some truth to the comparison that the actions of a massive group are being unfairly judged by the actions of a tiny minority, it is also a massive false equivalency. The people looting and rioting (which, again, I condemn) are citizens commiting criminal acts, they have taken no oath to "protect and serve". The police officers commiting brutal acts against citizens have taken that oath; they are meant to be the ones who enforce the laws, not break them. They are meant to be the ones to protect ALL Americans. Hence the increased level of outrage when the very people that are supposed to uphold the law are the ones who commit heinous acts of violence against citizens.