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@ JimmyinSD said:
@ AGRforever said:
@ purplefaithful said:
@ AGRforever said:
@ greediron said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
Legal experts have been skeptical of the prosecutions charges and strategy since about day 1, this will be interesting to say the least.
There will be riots no matter the outcome IMO.
So I’m new to these riots. Do I just go to the local Target and take whatever I want? Is there a dollar limit? I just want to know the rules.
Walmart and Dollar Stores too...
You can be black or white, old or young. Lib or far right infiltrator. All are welcome!!
Thats a bonus. Target is 40 minutes from here. Dollar General is 1 minute.
Dollar general is making a huge push in SD the last couple years, at the rate they are going you will never be more that 15 minutes from on of them by the time they are done...but are they really worth looting?
I used to do a lot of work on $ type stores back when I was working for BIG FOOD...
I still dont know if they are a blessing for those living check to check (and a treasure hunt for those not) or just a scourge that perpetuates bad food for the poor.
We need more Trader Joes in the world over $ General's. But thats just might be my lib lens clouding my view too 
I think the only thing I have ever bought in one was some cheap canned sardines to use to make racoon bait....and cheap helium balloons for my daughter on senior/parents night when she was in high school.
However...it's somehow mandatory to burn down an Auto Zone. It seems like that's as mandatory in American rioting as annexing Poland was for tyrants last century.
Quote: @Zanary said:
However...it's somehow mandatory to burn down an Auto Zone. It seems like that's as mandatory in American rioting as annexing Poland was for tyrants last century.
Oh that's right! There was that white supremacist who targeted the AutoZone to help spark the riots in Minneapolis.
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@ Zanary said:
However...it's somehow mandatory to burn down an Auto Zone. It seems like that's as mandatory in American rioting as annexing Poland was for tyrants last century.
Oh that's right! There was that white supremacist who targeted the AutoZone to help spark the riots in Minneapolis.
...yep, but that was shoddy imitation. It seems like the first one was at the failed attempt to martyr Mike Brown. When the officer was found not guilty, the Autozone near the courthouse was robbed/burned in minutes by an angry mob a few shades darker.
Maybe what gets me most are the 'professional "protesters"' that mysteriously have the time/money to get arrested at hot spots throughout last year. We had a few come up in the news that had infamously been at very bad riots all along the coast, and Chicago.
I'd dearly, wildly love to know exactly who funds those asshats.
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ purplefaithful said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ AGRforever said:
@ purplefaithful said:
@ AGRforever said:
@ greediron said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
Legal experts have been skeptical of the prosecutions charges and strategy since about day 1, this will be interesting to say the least.
There will be riots no matter the outcome IMO.
So I’m new to these riots. Do I just go to the local Target and take whatever I want? Is there a dollar limit? I just want to know the rules.
Walmart and Dollar Stores too...
You can be black or white, old or young. Lib or far right infiltrator. All are welcome!!
Thats a bonus. Target is 40 minutes from here. Dollar General is 1 minute.
Dollar general is making a huge push in SD the last couple years, at the rate they are going you will never be more that 15 minutes from on of them by the time they are done...but are they really worth looting?
I used to do a lot of work on $ type stores back when I was working for BIG FOOD...
I still dont know if they are a blessing for those living check to check (and a treasure hunt for those not) or just a scourge that perpetuates bad food for the poor.
We need more Trader Joes in the world over $ General's. But thats just might be my lib lens clouding my view too
I think the only thing I have ever bought in one was some cheap canned sardines to use to make racoon bait....and cheap helium balloons for my daughter on senior/parents night when she was in high school.
We call ours the "Baxter mall". You can pretty much get anything you want......assuming you actually wanted it...
But honestly, its nice having the ability to drive under a mile and get a gallon of milk, buns for brats or cleaning products if you run out. Most of the time its cheaper and they have significantly more selection in town but having somewhere close is really nice.
I always joke with friends that we live in the country but there's a dollar general, a hardware store, a liquor store within 1 minute AND you can have a pizza delivered something that sounds simple but its pretty nice those few times you need it.
It's really interesting to me that a topic about the George Floyd trial turns political and the last handful of posts are about predicting riots and discussing past riots. Not the facts of the case. Heck even some of the talk about the case are predictions Chauvin walks or people saying it doesn't matter what the evidence shows, the jurors will vote guilty to avoid rioting... I mean really?
I watched the video when this first happened. I'm still disgusted by the lack of empathy Chauvin had for a man pinned under his knee for 9 minutes. Regardless of what the defense puts out there or toxicology reports show, the cop did nothing to help him even after he was not moving for 3 minutes. Even if you don't believe this is racially motivated or don't believe he intended to murder Floyd, his actions directly led to his death. Chauvin could have gotten off of him at any time, sat him up, put him in the cop car, given him medical attention until the paramedics showed up... but he just disregarded a human's life and continued to kneel on the dude's neck.
That should appall anyone regardless of his skin color, criminal history, past (or present) drug use. Police officers are employed to protect and serve. I didn't see any protecting or serving in this particular case (and there was plenty of uninterrupted video evidence from witness cell phones, street cams, etc. so it's definitely not a situation of we have 5 secs of video with no context). Chauvin let him die right there on the street despite Floyd's pleadings and the crowd that witnessed it pleading for him to help him.
If that doesn't disturb you, I got nothing else to say here.
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It's really interesting to me that a topic about the George Floyd trial turns political and the last handful of posts are about predicting riots and discussing past riots. Not the facts of the case. Heck even some of the talk about the case are predictions Chauvin walks or people saying it doesn't matter what the evidence shows, the jurors will vote guilty to avoid rioting... I mean really?
I watched the video when this first happened. I'm still disgusted by the lack of empathy Chauvin had for a man pinned under his knee for 9 minutes. Regardless of what the defense puts out there or toxicology reports show, the cop did nothing to help him even after he was not moving for 3 minutes. Even if you don't believe this is racially motivated or don't believe he intended to murder Floyd, his actions directly led to his death. Chauvin could have gotten off of him at any time, sat him up, put him in the cop car, given him medical attention until the paramedics showed up... but he just disregarded a human's life and continued to kneel on the dude's neck.
That should appall anyone regardless of his skin color, criminal history, past (or present) drug use. Police officers are employed to protect and serve. I didn't see any protecting or serving in this particular case (and there was plenty of uninterrupted video evidence from witness cell phones, street cams, etc. so it's definitely not a situation of we have 5 secs of video with no context). Chauvin let him die right there on the street despite Floyd's pleadings and the crowd that witnessed it pleading for him to help him.
If that doesn't disturb you, I got nothing else to say here.
who says its not disturbing? we have all felt as you do since we saw it ourselves. what does rehashing the obvious have to do with discussing the trial and the fall out from the incident and likely from the results of the trial?
want to talk about it again? fine, the night that I saw that video I was so sickened by what I saw I couldnt eat the supper (ribs) that I had spent all day making. I wanted so badly to find out that there was more to the story because I was so disgusted to see that humanity has fallen so far.
how we felt and continue to feel doesnt change the legal system or how this case is playing out and how the verdict will impact not just minneapolis but likely many areas of the country.
Well articulated Wet...
The one piece of testimony that cut me deep was the respiratory specialist last week. Whe he showed the video when the life left George Floyd's body and the guy trying to breath through his fingers pushing against the tire of the squad.
The question being asked up here quite a bit is if the defense will put Chauvin on the stand or not...
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ Wetlander said:
It's really interesting to me that a topic about the George Floyd trial turns political and the last handful of posts are about predicting riots and discussing past riots. Not the facts of the case. Heck even some of the talk about the case are predictions Chauvin walks or people saying it doesn't matter what the evidence shows, the jurors will vote guilty to avoid rioting... I mean really?
I watched the video when this first happened. I'm still disgusted by the lack of empathy Chauvin had for a man pinned under his knee for 9 minutes. Regardless of what the defense puts out there or toxicology reports show, the cop did nothing to help him even after he was not moving for 3 minutes. Even if you don't believe this is racially motivated or don't believe he intended to murder Floyd, his actions directly led to his death. Chauvin could have gotten off of him at any time, sat him up, put him in the cop car, given him medical attention until the paramedics showed up... but he just disregarded a human's life and continued to kneel on the dude's neck.
That should appall anyone regardless of his skin color, criminal history, past (or present) drug use. Police officers are employed to protect and serve. I didn't see any protecting or serving in this particular case (and there was plenty of uninterrupted video evidence from witness cell phones, street cams, etc. so it's definitely not a situation of we have 5 secs of video with no context). Chauvin let him die right there on the street despite Floyd's pleadings and the crowd that witnessed it pleading for him to help him.
If that doesn't disturb you, I got nothing else to say here.
who says its not disturbing? we have all felt as you do since we saw it ourselves. what does rehashing the obvious have to do with discussing the trial and the fall out from the incident and likely from the results of the trial?
want to talk about it again? fine, the night that I saw that video I was so sickened by what I saw I couldnt eat the supper (ribs) that I had spent all day making. I wanted so badly to find out that there was more to the story because I was so disgusted to see that humanity has fallen so far.
how we felt and continue to feel doesnt change the legal system or how this case is playing out and how the verdict will impact not just minneapolis but likely many areas of the country.
Disgusting and disturbing. Definitely.
And I have no idea how the trial will play out. Maybe they convict him to appease those promising violence. but I suspect that no verdict will be good enough to prevent the anger that is boiling. But I ask, what good does more death and destruction do? Other than enrich the leaders of these organizations and give the politicians more reason to pander to their base. And I say that pointing both ways.
The media is feeding the fire that is destroying our country. They promote the division, promote those sowing division.
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