#BlackLivesMatter

[reuben]

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/tasj8i/bank_of_america_calls_police_on_black_panther/

Reason #216,103 to never ever do business with Bank of America.

[SixFeetDeep]

https://twitter.com/attorneycrump/status/1514354299656192010?s=21&t=4qlZVvj1lcFXkF04Dshn6g

Trigger warning: execution style police murder

[Heismanberg]

https://twitter.com/attorneycrump/status/1514354299656192010?s=21&t=4qlZVvj1lcFXkF04Dshn6g

Trigger warning: execution style police murder

Really horrible, fucked up stuff

That makes me sick, man

[MBGreen]

https://twitter.com/attorneycrump/status/1514354299656192010?s=21&t=4qlZVvj1lcFXkF04Dshn6g

Trigger warning: execution style police murder

good lord...that's awful

[CatoTheElder]

Jail. Gen pop. No protective custody.

[delavan]

Pretty sickening

Can we first get all the facts before jumping to conclusions?

[dcm1602]

Horrible for a dude to get killed, but to call it an execution style murder?

The dude is fighting back and the cop is screaming drop the tazer (which you can't see in the video but presumably will be easily confirmable)

That said I don't think you shoot someone in the head for this, but I cannot imagine a cop getting convicted for this.

Though presumably the context of the entire encounter would paint a better picture of the events

(watching the full video it does seem like the cop was shitty at his job and made a ton of stupid decisions to exponentially escalate the situation)

[delavan]

?? ?

https://katv.com/news/nation-world/blm-co-founder-complains-americans-charity-transparency-laws-are-triggering-black-lives-matter-patrisse-cullors-real-estate-mansion

“People’s morale in an organization is so important. But if their organization and the people in it are being attacked and scrutinized at everything they do, that leads to deep burnout. that leads to deep, like, resistance and trauma,” Cullors said.

Cullors, who left BLM without a leader after she resigned in May 2021 amid scrutiny of her personal real estate purchases, said media scrutiny of the charity is an “experiment,” that, if successful, will be used to take down other black-led activist groups.

“They know what they’re doing: how to create the infighting, how to create the distrust,” she said. “We have to stop it before they do it. We have to shut it down. We have to be showing up against it.”

The IRS?  Good luck.

[Badger]

Maybe that cop was just so darn mad about nonprofit skimming that his finger flipped. You can hardly blame him.

But seriously. I hope he turns his own gun against himself someday, hopefully ASAP.

[Badger]

https://v.redd.it/pys0gc1e0cz81

[Badger]

Exciting news for people who fantasize about running over protesters

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/05/18/south-portland-firms-vehicle-mounted-pepper-spray-gun-sparks-criticism/

[dcm1602]

Exciting news for people who fantasize about running over protesters

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/05/18/south-portland-firms-vehicle-mounted-pepper-spray-gun-sparks-criticism/

This has literally nothing to do with running over protestors.

People advocate for more non lethal law enforcement technology, this is exactly that.

Do I think it's gimmicky? Sure. But the biggest practical use I could see for this is for EMS vehicles trying to get through areas with heavy violent protesting.

It's essentially a big bottle of pepper spray that's 30times bigger than your standard pepper spray.

This isn't exactly outrageous

Apparently this is also something for personal self defense. Again I see that as kind of a weird thing, but with people advocating for gun control and violent crime being the biggest concern for most Americans. I think it makes sense.

I think you'd have to be mentally ill or work/live in an extremely dangerous neighborhood to actually go out and purchase something like this. But people love stupid excrement

[Badger]

This has literally nothing to do with running over protestors.

It does because all the people who want to do that are going to want this.

[dcm1602]

It does because all the people who want to do that are going to want this.

If they opt to use peppersprray instead of running people over  wouldn't that be an improvement?

[ons]

Exciting news for people who fantasize about running over protesters

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/05/18/south-portland-firms-vehicle-mounted-pepper-spray-gun-sparks-criticism/

Aayyyye, it's my local paper! Let me remind everyone that in Maine violent protests include chalking the sidewalk outside of a Senator's house asking them to please vote for a bill. Dangerous times call for dramatic solutions.

Also let us acknowledge that this article was published because apparently a giant pepper spray gun is the biggest business/tech innovation in Maine this year, over:

The other finalist being considered for the award was Brunswick-based Salmonics, which converts aquaculture waste into biomedical products.