Let's Get Political!

[Flashheart]

Seen this mentioned on Twitter but been able to it reported as news - can you share a link (and before anyone says "are you doubting it" - absolutely not, I want to see the ghastly details for myself)

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_4ed08403663fa4ed3518221d0f2a1552?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-05-29T10:24:57

Other reporters there have not been arrested.

No prizes for guessing one of the differences between those that have not been arrested, and the guy that was...

[horlock07]

See its being widely reported that parliament is being recalled next week.

Sounds like a good thing doesn't it, however, still only 50 people will be allowed in the chamber at any time (so meaning 600 MP's will be omitted who previously could participate in business via the online system, and basically precludes any MP in a vulnerable category from attending for the foreseeable), the online hybrid system is being discontinued and there is as yet no agreed way of voting on any matters, so they have shut down the online system without any plan or idea how to replace it.

A further decay of democracy in this banana republic.

[Chunkyhair]

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_4ed08403663fa4ed3518221d0f2a1552?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-05-29T10:24:57

Other reporters there have not been arrested.

No prizes for guessing one of the differences between those that have not been arrested, and the guy that was...

Thanks Flashheart.  Just incredible. Jesus Christ

[4D]

They seem to be heading in reverse 

[Bob's Orange]

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_4ed08403663fa4ed3518221d0f2a1552?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-05-29T10:24:57

Other reporters there have not been arrested.

No prizes for guessing one of the differences between those that have not been arrested, and the guy that was...

Plus he worked for CNN.

[brocklesby red]

I’m a Labour supporter but I also believe in democracy, so if the majority voted in a Conservative government then I accept that. However, is it too much to ask to at least have a competent one. Seeing her performance last night following Matt Hancock earlier must be embarrassing even to ardent Tories. The purge of decent ministers after the December election was reminiscent of momentum’s culling of Labours shadow cabinet following Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader

[horlock07]

Plus he worked for CNN.

CNN had two reporting teams operating in the area, both very spoken to by police, only one group was arrested, although to be fair to the Police they also arrested his camera crew.

[horlock07]

I’m a Labour supporter but I also believe in democracy, so if the majority voted in a Conservative government then I accept that. However, is it too much to ask to at least have a competent one. Seeing her performance last night following Matt Hancock earlier must be embarrassing even to ardent Tories. The purge of decent ministers after the December election was reminiscent of momentum’s culling of Labours shadow cabinet following Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader

The thing is they are defending something which is actually not capable of credible defence using a logic that defies logic, there is no way of doing that without sounding like a twat.

All it really illustrates is that the lure of power is more important to them than personal credibility, its been made clear to the cabinet that  Cummings is way more important to their leader than they are.

[pauld]

The police just arrested a reporter - for reporting.

Now come on, that's a complete distortion of what really happened and you know it. They arrested him for being black

[pauld]

I see Trump's gone for the Monty Burns vibe this morning

[pauld]

A fuel truck was driven into the protests in Minneapolis yesterday (no, it wasn't an accident, he broke through a closed road to drive at them). When that happened in Nice and in Germany, it was instantly denounced as terrorism. But this is being reported, if at all, as a footnote, along with several other targeted attacks on protests across the US, including several shootings and at least one murder. All about the lenses, isn't it?

[Bob's Orange]

There are a fairly large number of videos online of police being overly aggressive with people. One in Salt Lake City is of a older man with a stick being pushed to the floor and another of a policeman hitting an (admittedly over aggressive) women in the face knocking her to the floor. Now caveat that I don't know that these videos are definitely from these riots but if they are the aggressive behaviour of the police suggest there is a deep deep problem with the police in the States.

[Flashheart]

There's a video of some 'restraining' protestors/looters by kneeling on their neck. A cynic might think it's deliberately provocative.

[pauld]

As a counter balance to that, there's also quite a bit of footage of police joining protestors in "taking a knee" to show their anger and disgust in various cities

https://twitter.com/femiredwood/status/1267094857237086214
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/01/some-officers-march-kneel-with-protesters-creating-dissonant-images-fraught-weekend-uprisings/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/many-police-step-out-show-support-george-floyd-demonstrators-n1220731

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

I seem to remember Trump egging on armed to the teeth protesters who were against various state lockdowns. ‘Some very good people’.

Or perhaps he meant to say ‘Some very good white Republican people’