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George Floyd murder / Derek Chauvin guilty of murder
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DrBlueBob
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I agree. A combination of ingrained belief of one's superiority coupled with a huge lack of self confidence masked as macho bravado, being armed and a system that enables if not actively encourages these acts.I just don't get the thought process behind gunning down an unarmed man. It's disgusting.
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
Can't you see it. Can't you feel it
It's all in the air
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
This is a show tune
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet
Hound dogs on my trail
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
I think every day's gonna be my last
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
I don't belong here. I don't belong there
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Don't tell me. I tell you
Me and my people just about due
I've been there so I know
They keep on saying 'Go slow!'
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
Washing the windows
'Do it slow'
Picking the cotton
'Do it slow'
You're just plain rotten
'Do it slow'
You're too damn lazy
'Do it slow'
The thinking's crazy
'Do it slow'
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know
Just try to do your very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
For everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
I made you thought I was kiddin'
Picket lines
School boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
For my sister my brother my people and me
Yes you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying 'Go slow!'
'Go slow!'
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
Desegregation
'Do it slow'
Mass participation
'Do it slow'
Reunification
'Do it slow'
Do things gradually
'Do it slow'
But bring more tragedy
'Do it slow'
Why don't you see it
Why don't you feel it
I don't know
I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam, that's it
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
Can't you see it. Can't you feel it
It's all in the air
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
This is a show tune
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet
Hound dogs on my trail
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
I think every day's gonna be my last
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
I don't belong here. I don't belong there
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Don't tell me. I tell you
Me and my people just about due
I've been there so I know
They keep on saying 'Go slow!'
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
Washing the windows
'Do it slow'
Picking the cotton
'Do it slow'
You're just plain rotten
'Do it slow'
You're too damn lazy
'Do it slow'
The thinking's crazy
'Do it slow'
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know
Just try to do your very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
For everybody knows about Mississippi goddam
I made you thought I was kiddin'
Picket lines
School boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
For my sister my brother my people and me
Yes you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying 'Go slow!'
'Go slow!'
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
Desegregation
'Do it slow'
Mass participation
'Do it slow'
Reunification
'Do it slow'
Do things gradually
'Do it slow'
But bring more tragedy
'Do it slow'
Why don't you see it
Why don't you feel it
I don't know
I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam, that's it
He was armed though. In drink. Fights with police, steals taser, runs off, turns with taser and is shot.I just don't get the thought process behind gunning down an unarmed man. It's disgusting.
M
M
mat
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Most of America is armed. Your point being?He was armed though. In drink. Fights with police, steals taser, runs off, turns with taser and is shot.
He was armed though. In drink. Fights with police, steals taser, runs off, turns with taser and is shot.
I meant armed as in deadly weapon.
I don't really call a drunk guy running away with a taser 'armed'.
Good police officers should be able to de-escalate that situation without murdering a man.
I was simply describing what happened-not putting any value judgements on it.I meant armed as in deadly weapon.
I don't really call a drunk guy running away with a taser 'armed'.
Good police officers should be able to de-escalate that situation without murdering a man.
Bigga
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This brings a warm glow to my heart.
This is protest.
This is protest.