George Floyd murder | Clashes between US police and protestors

[mancity2012_eamo]

It definitely does. In the US it is a cultural and societal problem pushed by the fact that guns are so often involved. Teaching people that carrying guns is okay breeds violence, it also breeds mistrust in the fact that you need a gun to protect yourself which is the number one reason for gun possession.

The police in the US have a very difficult job, they have to avoid using violence when they know full well that in many cases the guys they are persecuting will likely be armed and willing to fire. Of course though, the guy that killed Floyd was completely wrong and should be jailed, there is no defending that. The circumstances these guys work in though is just incredibly difficult.

Let's put it another way - 2 police officers have been shot and killed in these protests and no-one even cares, that is how difficult their job is.

Take the guns away and you no longer have the spark that is driving this entire thing.

Entirely agree.

 

[blueinsa]

Law enforcement as it is known and wants to be known in America rather than a police service sees itself as some form of paramilitary organisation and dresses and arms itself accordingly.

No chance of things changing until attitudes like this change.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

A police officer if first and foremost a PUBLIC servant. Protect and Serve refers to the citizens they serve.

Unfortunately too many officers think protect and serve means them, and whilst I agree that they should feel safe in their jobs they are given the tools and training to enable them to protect themselves in most situations.

 

[BlueHammer85]

this is bollox. People just baiting police all the time with their camera phones out.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

this is bollox. People just baiting police all the time with their camera phones out.

You can’t say it wasn't funny, though.

 

[BosnianBlue]

loads of photos and videos of fully armed rednecks coming to protests or "protecting" their backyards. It's a matter of time a bloodbath will happen.

In one video, some **** came to the Chicago protest armed with machine gun despite open carry being illegal in Illinois. Police just politely speaks with him and he freely walks away. If that was a black man, he'd at least had 10 guns pointed at him.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

loads of photos and videos of fully armed rednecks coming to protests or "protecting" their backyards. It's a matter of time a bloodbath will happen.

Sadly I think this is a likely outcome. It only takes one idiot to start shooting.

 

[BosnianBlue]

Sadly I think this is a likely outcome. It only takes one idiot to start shooting.

Posted this after you quoted me:

"In one video, some **** came to the Chicago protest armed with machine gun despite open carry being illegal in Illinois. Police just politely speaks with him and he freely walks away. If that was a black man, he'd at least had 10 guns pointed at him."

- It's pathetic that some people still pretends there are no two laws. One for white Americans and one for the rest.

 

[blueinsa]

- It's pathetic that some people still pretends there are no two laws. One for white Americans and one for the rest.

I see different interpretations of the same laws no doubt but not different.

For different laws how about one for citizens and on for the police?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It's always worth remembering that absolutely everything you've seen over the past week has escalated from a single allegation that a man tried to pay with a fake $20. The police through their deliberate policy of escalating violence have gone from arresting someone for using a fake $20, to shooting unarmed people in the streets en masse.