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THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS AT 25

 

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Today marks the 25th anniversary of the first day of the Los Angeles Riots of 1992, sparked by the acquittal of LAPD officers who beat the now-deceased Rodney King in a case of police brutality that sparked riots, over 50 deaths, and an onslaught upon the less-wealthy sides of LA, especially Koreatown.

 

Before this all happened, however, the warring factions, the Bloods and the Crips, were brought together in a truce known as the 'Watts Truce'. This curbed major gang violence for a long time going, and although forgotten by many, the truce brought down gang violence majorly, even though it is no longer in effect today.

 

The violence and effects of the riots, however, will not be forgotten. The attack on Reginald Denny on the epicentre of Florence and Normandie, the 'forget the flashlight' beginning on 71st and Normandie, the abandonment of Koreatown by California government agencies, and the reforms to the LAPD and change in Angelino society following the riots.

 

These riots were a significant event, virtually, in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. While I won't give any significant spoilers, it follows the acquittal of the C.R.A.S.H. unit of an unforgivable crime, which sparks riots in Los Santos for the last three missions of the game. Personally, I'm surprised there's no references to the riots in GTA V, but we can always throw molotovs at Lundy's Caprices, and call it a riot.

 

Lest we forget the riots. 25 years on, and we all the mistakes we had learned from seem to have been forgotten about in Ferguson and Baltimore. And with the Black Lives Matter movements doing the rounds across America, how long will it be until the next LA-style riot happens? And where?

 

I'll leave you with this.

 

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Or, yknow, we could punish offenders of police brutality, so that the public learns to trust the police and is not driven to enough outrage to spark a riot. But that's a wild idea, right? Its almost as if the actions of the police and the way our justice system treats cops is the reason riots are sparked in the first place.

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10 hours ago, Riley24 said:

Or, yknow, we could punish offenders of police brutality, so that the public learns to trust the police and is not driven to enough outrage to spark a riot. But that's a wild idea, right? Its almost as if the actions of the police and the way our justice system treats cops is the reason riots are sparked in the first place.

Oh yeah, it's not like the Milwaukee riots happened a mere 5 hours after the initial shooting! Oh wait, they did. But, it's not like the Ferguson riots happened under a false claim, right? Oh wait, they did. Oh, what about the Baltimore riots? Those were justified as the police were not punished, right? Oh, but Sandra Bland hung herself... Yeah you're right, it's the fault of our justice system!

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11 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Oh yeah, it's not like the Milwaukee riots happened a mere 5 hours after the initial shooting! Oh wait, they did. But, it's not like the Ferguson riots happened under a false claim, right? Oh wait, they did. Oh, what about the Baltimore riots? Those were justified as the police were not punished, right? Oh, but Sandra Bland hung herself... Yeah you're right, it's the fault of our justice system!

You don't really follow the news, do you...

 

Both Ferguson and Baltimore were investigated by the DOJ, and they found deep routed systemic racial bias within the departments. Read the investigations yourself if you don't believe me. And in the case of Sandra Bland, an FBI investigation found that the jail had violated their own policy and did not perform the necessary mental health checks. They also settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.9 Million.

 

At no point did I justify rioting, that's you twisting my words because you don't actually know any real facts. We need to UNDERSTAND the sociological factors that spark riots, instead of being ignorant and complaining about rowdy people in the streets that don't wait for all the facts. Do you live in the real world? Do you really think that a population that has been systematically oppressed their entire lives (according to the DOJ) is going to sit around twiddling their thumbs waiting for the biased internal investigation to tell them that the officer who gunned down an unarmed man is NOT to blame, then pack up and go home? 

 

Riots are not the problem, they're the symptom. 

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7 hours ago, Riley24 said:

You don't really follow the news, do you...

 

Both Ferguson and Baltimore were investigated by the DOJ, and they found deep routed systemic racial bias within the departments. Read the investigations yourself if you don't believe me. And in the case of Sandra Bland, an FBI investigation found that the jail had violated their own policy and did not perform the necessary mental health checks. They also settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1.9 Million.

 

At no point did I justify rioting, that's you twisting my words because you don't actually know any real facts. We need to UNDERSTAND the sociological factors that spark riots, instead of being ignorant and complaining about rowdy people in the streets that don't wait for all the facts. Do you live in the real world? Do you really think that a population that has been systematically oppressed their entire lives (according to the DOJ) is going to sit around twiddling their thumbs waiting for the biased internal investigation to tell them that the officer who gunned down an unarmed man is NOT to blame, then pack up and go home? 

 

Riots are not the problem, they're the symptom. 

Oh thank you, I have indeed read those investigations, bud.

Do you actually know why those riots began? It's not due to the "systemic racial bias within the departments", as you think.

They happened in Ferguson in November of 2014 because the community believed that sweet old Michael Brown was shot with his hands up. This was ruled as false in the full report released in May 2015. You may claim that Ferguson PD had some sort of racial bias rooted in its department, but as the evidence and time of events states, these riots did not happen due to this uncovering. It's simply logic.

Racial bias did not make Sandra Bland hang herself with a trash bag. I know that they did not perform their routine checks, but claiming that the riots are a result to this is so idiotic that it hurts.

If you actually care about why riots occur, maybe turn your eyes to the culture of the black community. It's not the justice system's fault that the single parenthood rate in the black community is at 73 percent, which 90 percent of that is single motherhood. It's not the justice system's fault that blacks continue to murder each other at a way higher rate than any other race. It's not the justice system's fault that blacks are committing more than half of the homicides in the US (hey, that actually IS the justice system's fault). It's not the justice system's fault that the school drop out rate for blacks is so high. It's not the justice system's fault that schools in black communities hold some of the lowest APIs in the country. All this builds up to thug mentality and eventually they will riot when they can seize the opportunity.

Grow up. Learn that  rioting doesn't solve anything anymore. It's time to ACTUALLY target the more prominent problem.

 

 

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At no point did I justify rioting

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Do you really think that a population that has been systematically oppressed their entire lives (according to the DOJ) is going to sit around twiddling their thumbs waiting for the biased internal investigation to tell them that the officer who gunned down an unarmed man is NOT to blame, then pack up and go home? 

oh boy.

 

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19 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Oh thank you, I have indeed read those investigations, bud.
 

Yeah, you're gonna wanna read those investigations again, "bud".

19 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Do you actually know why those riots began? It's not due to the "systemic racial bias within the departments", as you think.

They happened in Ferguson in November of 2014 because the community believed that sweet old Michael Brown was shot with his hands up. This was ruled as false in the full report released in May 2015. You may claim that Ferguson PD had some sort of racial bias rooted in its department, but as the evidence and time of events states, these riots did not happen due to this uncovering. It's simply logic.

Wait....WHAT? Did you think I meant that the riots happened as a result of the investigation? That's idiotic. The investigations had found racial bias rooted in both departments, and decades of profiling and discrimination. The black populations of both cities had been experiencing that profiling for DECADES. For some of them, their ENTIRE LIVES. They weren't happy-go-lucky until the investigation happened, they were furious for the decades beforehand. It doesn't matter if Michael Brown had his hands up or not, that shooting was only the spark in the powder keg.

 

To you, the riot seemed like it came out of nowhere because no have no empathy and didn't care or didn't believe the people of Baltimore and Ferguson were being discriminated against for decades beforehand.

 

19 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Racial bias did not make Sandra Bland hang herself with a trash bag. I know that they did not perform their routine checks, but claiming that the riots are a result to this is so idiotic that it hurts.

Um...I'm pretty sure there weren't any riots in Hempstead, Texas after she hung herself. You're oozing with venom with the whole "so idiotic that it hurts", but you don't really seem to be informed on the issue.

 

19 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

If you actually care about why riots occur, maybe turn your eyes to the culture of the black community. It's not the justice system's fault that the single parenthood rate in the black community is at 73 percent, which 90 percent of that is single motherhood. It's not the justice system's fault that blacks continue to murder each other at a way higher rate than any other race. It's not the justice system's fault that blacks are committing more than half of the homicides in the US (hey, that actually IS the justice system's fault). It's not the justice system's fault that the school drop out rate for blacks is so high. It's not the justice system's fault that schools in black communities hold some of the lowest APIs in the country. All this builds up to thug mentality and eventually they will riot when they can seize the opportunity.

The repetition of "its not the justice system's fault" is catchy, but it makes your argument completely incoherent. It kind of seems like you have a lot of disdain for black people, and you're just listing all the things wrong with "the other". I'm sure you have plenty of black friends.

 

When did I ever blame the justice system for EVERY problem facing the black community? People who twist other people's argument are either dumb or lying. There are plenty of problems within the black community, no one has ever denied that. Every race has problems within it. Whether or not you're factually correct on all of your claims is a whole seperate issue. "Black on black crime" was actually invented by right wing media as a distraction. Every race is mostly killed by their own race, because America is fairly segregated in terms of what races live in what neighborhoods. 

 

If you actually care about improving the quality of life for black Americans, I commend you! Lets fund their schools, lets end tough-on-crime, lets legalize drugs, lets put more funding into food stamps and medicare. Lets make sure they all have healthcare, lets end Republicans efforts to keep them out of voting booths. Lets make sure they don't have lead in their water. Lets do gun control and reduce the number of guns in inner cities. You're worried about the absence of black fathers, then lets fund planned parenthood and lower unplanned pregnancy rates.

 

I could go on, but I can already tell you're interested in almost NONE of those things. You just want them to stop complaining so much.

 

19 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Grow up. Learn that  rioting doesn't solve anything anymore. It's time to ACTUALLY target the more prominent problem.

 

 

oh boy.

 

Your confidence is hilarious to me. Even re-reading my post, there's absolutely no justification for rioting. I explained the social psychology of people who riot, I didn't condone rioting.

 

I have empathy. I disagree strongly with rioting, but I can still understand WHY people do it, and want to improve their lives. You have no empathy, at least not for people different than you.

 

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20 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Do you actually know why those riots began? It's not due to the "systemic racial bias within the departments", as you think.

Maybe not, but systemic racial bias tends to irritate people, deteriorate relations between police officer and the population, and increase tension with affected communities, which in turn just makes the whole situation so explosive that only a little spark can trigger a wildfire. You're lacking a bit of objectivity there, mate.

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Um...I'm pretty sure there weren't any riots in Hempstead, Texas after she hung herself. You're oozing with venom with the whole "so idiotic that it hurts", but you don't really seem to be informed on the issue.


I know. There were just armed nationalists surrounding the Texan jail shouting threats at police. No biggy.

 

 

 

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The repetition of "its not the justice system's fault" is catchy, but it makes your argument completely incoherent. It kind of seems like you have a lot of disdain for black people, and you're just listing all the things wrong with "the other". I'm sure you have plenty of black friends.

 

Was that meant to be an argument??

 

On 5/5/2017 at 11:47 AM, Riley24 said:

When did I ever blame the justice system for EVERY problem facing the black community?


Never said you did. Those were facts about what affects the black community. Those points are way more prominent than issues from our Justice System, the way they treat cops, or the Police in general. Pure statistics. Pure logic.

 

On 5/5/2017 at 11:47 AM, Riley24 said:

Lets fund their schools, lets end tough-on-crime, lets legalize drugs


I agree, thank you!

 

On 5/5/2017 at 11:47 AM, Riley24 said:

lets put more funding into food stamps and medicare.


In 2013 more than 43 million Americans were a part of SNAP. Only 25 percent of those people were blacks. Not up to us to make them join that program.
Our "National Health Expenditure" is at $3.2 trillion as of 2015. Medicare is 20 percent of that. Medicaid is 17 percent. Spending in these social programs have increased in a linear fashion ever since they were implemented. So, long story short, we are.

We should, however, be getting people OFF of food stamps. SNAP is a support institution, not a solution. Hopefully you agree with me, as you have shown that you are soooo empathetic with blacks.

 

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Lets do gun control and reduce the number of guns in inner cities.

 

Again, we have. Statistically, it isn't so effective. The only reason gun crimes and crimes in general have been dropping at all is hard to pinpoint, as policing in these communities have also increased over the years.
 

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You're worried about the absence of black fathers, then lets fund planned parenthood and lower unplanned pregnancy rates.

 

Really? THAT'S your argument? Disappointing.


The only reason I lack empathy with blacks who riot is because I assume that the American people are actually smart enough to realize that rioting barely solves anything. Knowing that your community has been disadvantaged for decades, like you claim, should be a reason to actually solve the prominent and more important problems. Protest police brutality if you wish, I think it is important to. But, if anyone's first reaction to a case of police brutality (or what seems like police brutality) is to riot, then you have some severe problems. I hope you agree with me on that, as you've said, you don't condone riots.


You can spend your time explaining the psychology of why people riot. But, good luck actually improving the lives of blacks.

 

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4 hours ago, Hystery said:

Maybe not, but systemic racial bias tends to irritate people, deteriorate relations between police officer and the population, and increase tension with affected communities, which in turn just makes the whole situation so explosive that only a little spark can trigger a wildfire. You're lacking a bit of objectivity there, mate.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Interesting that you bring up systemic racial bias when the people claiming racism are being run by the same race of people.

 

Are you aware of the fact that Baltimore city has a majority black police department and most of the city politicians are black? Are you aware that the mayor of Baltimore city is a black female?

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Since this topic has developed into a "let's criticize the police" topic. I want to ask just one question: What exactly is wrong with the American police of today? No seriously, I want someone, anyone to answer this question. 

 

Also, about systematic racism: please read this book, not every thing is right, but overall excellent book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1595586431/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494035366&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=mass+incarceration+new+jim+crow&dpPl=1&dpID=51GxNVbFjCL&ref=plSrch

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2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

I know. There were just armed nationalists surrounding the Texan jail shouting threats at police. No biggy.

What incident are you referring to? All I've found is a story ran by Breitbart about a fairly ordinary scuffle between cops and an angry mob.

 

White people pointed guns at BLM officials and cops at the Bundy ranch not too long ago, were you outraged? Did you post on here about how outraged you were? Did you reply to someone's comment when they weren't as outraged as you, or empathized with the Bundy family's cause?

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Was that meant to be an argument??

No, just an observation.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Never said you did. Those were facts about what affects the black community. Those points are way more prominent than issues from our Justice System, the way they treat cops, or the Police in general. Pure statistics. Pure logic.

So we shouldn't talk about discrimination because black people have high rates of single parents? Are you aware of how much of a racist prick that makes you sound like? We are ALWAYS responsible for what is implied by what we choose to say. Also if you're gonna say "pure statistics", maybe try linking to them.

 

You're bordering very closely on the line of thinking of "they deserve their discrimination", and I don't think that's a road you wanna go down.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

In 2013 more than 43 million Americans were a part of SNAP. Only 25 percent of those people were blacks. Not up to us to make them join that program.
Our "National Health Expenditure" is at $3.2 trillion as of 2015. Medicare is 20 percent of that. Medicaid is 17 percent. Spending in these social programs have increased in a linear fashion ever since they were implemented. So, long story short, we are.

Great. Then lets fund it even more, and help people that need it sign up for it.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

We should, however, be getting people OFF of food stamps. SNAP is a support instituion, not a solution. Hopefully you agree with me, as you have shown that you are soooo empathetic with blacks.

Of course its not a solution, that's why its one of like 20 things I listed. SNAP being a support institution doesn't make it any less important. Its an absolutely vital program for millions of people. And I love how you make fun of my empathy for people who are different from me, that really says a lot about you.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Again, we have. Statistically, it isn't so effective. The only reason gun crimes and crimes in general have been dropping at all is hard to pinpoint, as policing in these communities have also increased over the years.

No, we haven't. The number of guns in circulation has skyrocketed over the past 20 or so years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/05/guns-in-the-united-states-one-for-every-man-woman-and-child-and-then-some/?utm_term=.f927425d670b

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Really? THAT'S your argument? Disappointing.

Huh...? Improving people's ability to receive family planning, such as contraception and birth control isn't a good argument for reducing unplanned pregnancy? Offering affordable sexual healthcare and abortion services wouldn't be helpful..? Are you daft? Did you not pay attention in 8th grade health class? 

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

The only reason I lack empathy with blacks who riot is because I assume that the American people are actually smart enough to realize that rioting barely solves anything. Knowing that your community has been disadvantaged for decades, like you claim, should be a reason to actually solve the prominent and more important problems. Protest police brutality if you wish, I think it is to. But, if anyone's first reaction to a case of police brutality (or what seems like police brutality) is to riot, then you have some severe problems. I hope you agree with me on that, as you've said, you don't condone riots.

As an adult, you sometimes have to empathize with people you disagree with. And of course I agree with you, I just fail to see why you can't just connect the dots. When you see disenfranchised people that have been discriminated against their entire lives (according to the DOJ) riot, you need to take a step back and look at the reasons that have driven them to that point. You need to address those issues, which in the cases of Ferguson and Baltimore were decades of police abuse, profiling, and discrimination.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

You can spend your time explaining the psychology of why people riot. But, good luck actually improving the lives of blacks.

I had to explain it because you didn't understand, and I'm still not sure if you do. 

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8 hours ago, TheDivineHustle said:

Interesting that you bring up systemic racial bias when the people claiming racism are being run by the same race of people.

 

Are you aware of the fact that Baltimore city has a majority black police department and most of the city politicians are black? Are you aware that the mayor of Baltimore city is a black female?

 

I doubt I talked about any specific case that happened in any specific location. It was a general statement, that stands true.

7 hours ago, TheSandwichStealer said:

Since this topic has developed into a "let's criticize the police" topic. I want to ask just one question: What exactly is wrong with the American police of today? No seriously, I want someone, anyone to answer this question. 

 

To me, from what I see and hear from overseas, the racism still very present amongst police ranks (don't worry though, it's not an issue with US police only, it's an issue with most police departments over the world, including here), and their tendency to always draw their guns and shoot before asking questions (that, on the contrary, is a very US issue).

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7 hours ago, Hystery said:

 

I doubt I talked about any specific case that happened in any specific location. It was a general statement, that stands true.

 

To me, from what I see and hear from overseas, the racism still very present amongst police ranks (don't worry though, it's not an issue with US police only, it's an issue with most police departments over the world, including here), and their tendency to always draw their guns and shoot before asking questions (that, on the contrary, is a very US issue).

 

Well, in my opinion, you can't really make general statements when it comes to the "struggles" of the black community in a "racist white" America. This is a case where the general statement isn't entirely true based on the generalization that you provided. How a black community is struggling from racist white people when they are being run by other blacks and have a black police force is beyond me.

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What incident are you referring to? All I've found is a story ran by Breitbart about a fairly ordinary scuffle between cops and an angry mob.

 

Look harder
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Black-Panthers-protest-at-Waller-County-jail-6440556.php.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-armed-demonstrators-protest-sandra-bland-arrest-2015aug12-story.html.

 

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So we shouldn't talk about discrimination because black people have high rates of single parents?


Did I say that? In fact, I  even said it's important to protest police brutality. With that, I of course mean discrimination.

 

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Also if you're gonna say "pure statistics", maybe try linking to them.

 

Sure thing:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jun/23/barack-obama/statistics-dont-lie-in-this-case/.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/unmarried-childbearing.htm.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/.
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/107-children-in-single-parent-families-by#detailed/1/any/false/573,869,36,868,867/10,11,9,12,1,185,13/432,431.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/expanded-homicide-data/expanded_homicide_data_table_6_murder_race_and_sex_of_vicitm_by_race_and_sex_of_offender_2014.xls.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-43.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/10/28/national-assessment-educational-progress-detroit-math-reading-results/74718372/

 

On 5/5/2017 at 7:03 PM, Riley24 said:

No, we haven't. The number of guns in circulation has skyrocketed over the past 20 or so years.


You said we should limit control in inner cities, which I stated we have been. If you meant to say control guns all throughout the US, then sure, your article is valid. But, it isn't with your inner cities claim.
 

On 5/5/2017 at 7:03 PM, Riley24 said:

Great. Then lets fund it even more, and help people that need it sign up for it.


If you can come up with a plan to increase funding more while maintaining funding for other services in the US, then please let me know!
 

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Of course its not a solution, that's why its one of like 20 things I listed. SNAP being a support institution doesn't make it any less important. Its an absolutely vital program for millions of people.

 

Yes I know, I didn't say it wasn't important. I said, or at least meant if it wasn't clear, that we need to be getting people to a point where they wouldn't even need to rely on food stamps.

 

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Huh...? Improving people's ability to receive family planning, such as contraception and birth control isn't a good argument for reducing unplanned pregnancy? Offering affordable sexual healthcare and abortion services wouldn't be helpful..? Are you daft? Did you not pay attention in 8th grade health class? 


So you think funding planned parenthood to help people get contraceptives is a valid solution for black dad's running away from their problems? My question to you is, are YOU daft? If you don't see the stupidity in your claim there, then you aren't even worth the dust off of my keyboard , let alone my time.

Like I already stated, I can see the history behind the riots. But like I also said, if the black community really wants to heal, then rioting is stupid activity. Address the more prominent problems.

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2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Would hardly call those riots. Armed white people do intimidating demonstrations all the time.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Did I say that? In fact, I  even said it's important to protest police brutality. With that, I of course mean discrimination.

No no no. Let me redirect you back to when you were listing all the things the "justice system didn't" do. Why would you go on that rant if you cared so deeply about addressing police brutality? Be straight with me. You and I have very different priorities and that's not a terrible thing.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Thank you for the links. I never doubted the facts you presented, I just wanted you to prove them.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

You said we should limit control in inner cities, which I stated we have been. If you meant to say control guns all throughout the US, then sure, your article is valid. But, it isn't with your inner cities claim.

Guns have a tendency to not stay exactly where they're sold. You can't JUST do gun control in the inner cities, which knuckleheads try to use Chicago as an example for why gun control doesn't work.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

If you can come up with a plan to increase funding more while maintaining funding for other services in the US, then please let me know!

Great! Lets cut our out of control spending on the military, legalize and tax marijuana, and increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Y'know, the three major solutions progressives have been arguing for for almost two decades. Maybe news travels slow where you live?

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Yes I know, I didn't say it wasn't important. I said, or at least meant if it wasn't clear, that we need to be getting people to a point where they wouldn't even need to rely on food stamps.

I absolutely agree.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

So you think funding planned parenthood to help people get contraceptives is a valid solution for black dad's running away from their problems? My question to you is, are YOU daft? If you don't see the stupidity in your claim there, then you aren't even worth the dust off of my keyboard , let alone my time.

Dude. You're joking right? Let me spell it out for you. When a woman takes birth control, and then has sex with a man, it helps her prevent an unplanned pregnancy in the first place. The less unplanned pregnancies, the less black fathers run away from their unplanned children. HOW do you not understand that? Or do you think that black men are genetically predisposed to be bad parents? What the hell is wrong with you, man?

 

If I'm not worth your time, then shut up and stop responding to me.

 

2 hours ago, tanu1215 said:

Like I already stated, I can see the history behind the riots. But like I also said, if the black community really wants to heal, then rioting is stupid activity. Address the more prominent problems.

Of course rioting is a stupid activity. Its a visceral reaction, made only by people who have been wronged so categorically that they are angry enough to take it out on the streets. You and I have never been put in the position where we were angry enough to do that. And of course we should address the prominent problems, but we should address the problems in the justice system as well.

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