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Mayor says councilmember

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 03:01:02 +0000

In reply to Shooting death of 8-year-old during violent night in Atlanta

Mayor says councilmember interceded on armed protesters' behalf

One of the more silly narratives promoted on this website is that non-white people with guns would instantly be shot dead by police, but in both Seattle and Atlanta, they were left alone by police, until they killed children. https://t.co/vkA6QHcZWR
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 9, 2020

To be clear, just standing there with a gun is not illegal in Georgia (I don't know about Seattle). But abandoning entire areas and creating police-free zones leads to the deaths of innocent children. The leadership of Seattle and Atlanta can't abandon children to criminals.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 9, 2020

If a bunch of people with guns commandeer a city block, or a Wendy's, it's totally okay to have some police nearby to keep an eye on them. That's not violating anybody's civil liberties. It is violating someone's rights to let an anarchist or criminal murder them.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 9, 2020

Sadly the comments arent very

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:32:08 +0000

In reply to Right before her tweet

Sadly the comments arent very supportive, and seem to misunderstand theories of non-violence. 1 pulls up a section from David & Goliath on Wyatt Walker (think Br'er Rabbit-like trickster, or more appropriated, Flavor Flav to MLK's Chuck D) and The "Children's Crusade" for Black kids used in Civil Rights, but thinks it proves the opposite.

Right before her tweet

artappraiser — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:20:39 +0000

In reply to Shooting death of 8-year-old during violent night in Atlanta

Right before her tweet announcing her positive test for Covid-19 and asymptomatic status, Mayor Lance Bottoms tweeted this:

pic.twitter.com/kNOkHQWD9S
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) July 6, 2020

Whatevs

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 20:07:42 +0000

In reply to Yeah.right.

Whatevs

Yeah.right.

rmrd0000 — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 19:12:54 +0000

In reply to No idea about "harsh reply"

Yeah.right.

No idea about "harsh reply"

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 19:03:10 +0000

In reply to When I hurl a harsh reply in

No idea about "harsh reply" Olympics

p.s. should add the nuance

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:52:32 +0000

In reply to I am not exceptionally

p.s. should add the nuance that certain recent changes in crime fighting in NYC are definitely not effects of cop union furtively sabotaging things. The cops are actually very angry that the mayor and city council disbanded their special plainclothes unit immediately in response to BLM protests, they are also angry about the effects of the new bail laws. And they are complaining publicly that these have greatly contributed to the current huge spike in crime. So in NYC it's not so much a case of them secretly pulling back, they are actually complaining loudly that the gummint is not allowing them to fight crime successfully.

When I hurl a harsh reply in

rmrd0000 — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:49:40 +0000

In reply to To me, your simplistic

When I hurl a harsh reply in your direction, you complain

Yet you feel that you have the privilege to use any term you choose to address me.

We will have Biden or we will have Trump.

No one expects magical solutions.

No one expects Trump will leave the stage.

Trump is not going to be helpful in decreasing our problems.

Biden least may start us in the right direction

I am not exceptionally

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:44:50 +0000

In reply to Plus "great sucking sound"

I am not exceptionally conspiratorial but I could easily believe that many police unions are advocating that their members lay back a bit on crime fighting at this time after BLM protests in blue cities in an effort to help elect less liberal local governments next time.

Seen it happen in NYC! Giulani and Bloomberg, each re-elected, both "tough on crime." The latter actually managed some very good results on that front, too. All for naught all of sudden NYC has crime stat numbers equal to 1995! Gosh, I wonder how that happened...

Both problems can be

rmrd0000 — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:43:06 +0000

In reply to And the mayor is very clearly

Both problems can be addressed. Policies abuse IS a priority. If the police are not trusted, no one will supply information to the police when a crime occurs.

The infusion of money to deal with social evils will come from shifting funds from the police.