ExpandMyMind Posted June 11, 2021 #1 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Quote When the Department of Homeland Security released its Homeland Threat Assessment earlier this month, it emphasized that self-proclaimed white supremacist groups are the most dangerous threat to U.S. security. But the report misleadingly added that there had been “over 100 days of violence and destruction in our cities,” referring to the anti-racism uprisings of this past summer. In fact, the Black Lives Matter uprisings were remarkably nonviolent. When there was violence, very often police or counterprotesters were reportedly directing it at the protesters. ‐------------------ First, police made arrests in 5% of the protest events, with over 8,500 reported arrests (or possibly more). Police used tear gas or related chemical substances in 2.5% of these events. Protesters or bystanders were reported injured in 1.6 percent of the protests. In total, at least three Black Lives Matter protesters and one other person were killed while protesting in Omaha, Austin and Kenosha, Wis. One anti-fascist protester killed a far-right group member during a confrontation in Portland, Ore.; law enforcement killed the alleged assailant several days later. Police were reported injured in 1% of the protests. A law enforcement officer killed in California was allegedly shot by supporters of the far-right “boogaloo” movement, not anti-racism protesters. The killings in the line of duty of other law enforcement officers during this period were not related to the protests. Only 3.7% of the protests involved property damage or vandalism. Some portion of these involved neither police nor protesters, but people engaging in vandalism or looting alongside the protests. In short, our data suggest that 96.3% of events involved no property damage or police injuries, and in 97.7% of events, no injuries were reported among participants, bystanders or police. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/black-lives-matter-protesters-were-overwhelmingly-peaceful-our-research-finds 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted June 11, 2021 #2 Share Posted June 11, 2021 https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/nationwide-protests-caused-up-to-2-billion-in-property-damage/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-killed-protests-political-unrest-acled Good thing they decided to be "mostly peaceful", innit? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted June 11, 2021 #3 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) to me the riots it is from the blacks are the majority of the cities and its from the criminals of the drugs.:( Edited June 11, 2021 by docyabut2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted June 11, 2021 #4 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) to me trump tried to stopped the drugs cartels, that is killing most of our kids and our people and some radicals of the drugs and the sex trafficking.the criminals of the BLM of the drugs and the killings of the law the black lives have to stopped it Edited June 11, 2021 by docyabut2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerBright19 Posted June 11, 2021 #5 Share Posted June 11, 2021 There are always antagonists who turn a peaceful protest into a riot. e.g. The Battle of Cable Street in 1936. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted June 11, 2021 #6 Share Posted June 11, 2021 43 minutes ago, ExpandMyMind said: In fact, the Black Lives Matter uprisings were remarkably nonviolent. When there was violence, very often police or counterprotesters were reportedly directing it at the protesters. What a load of F'n BS. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted June 11, 2021 #7 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Like how American Police are mostly laws abiding, community supporting individuals? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted June 11, 2021 #8 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) the greatest of our black lives in Martin Luther , are the not from the violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. Edited June 11, 2021 by docyabut2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted June 11, 2021 #9 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, ExpandMyMind said: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/black-lives-matter-protesters-were-overwhelmingly-peaceful-our-research-finds I guess I imagined all the broken glass and spray paint in the war zone I had to walk through to get to work last year. Good to know. Edited June 11, 2021 by OverSword 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted June 11, 2021 #10 Share Posted June 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, OverSword said: I guess I imagined all the broken glass and spray paint in the war zone I had to through to get to work last year. Good to know. No, you saw what you saw. It's just that where the vast majority of protests occurred with no violence, it wasn't 'newsworthy' and went unnoticed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted June 11, 2021 #11 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Likely Guy said: No, you saw what you saw. It's just that where the vast majority of protests occurred with no violence, it wasn't 'newsworthy' and went unnoticed. Or on the other hand when there ten to fifteen hours of protests every day for four months maybe the average hour was peaceful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted June 11, 2021 #12 Share Posted June 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, OverSword said: Or on the other hand when there ten to fifteen hours of protests every day for four months maybe the average hour was peaceful. That's your narrative? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bed of chaos Posted June 12, 2021 #13 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) I support the phrase. Not FoundersLivesMatter. Didnt BLM (NY) chapter leader tell crowd "burn down" everything. Around two billion pricetag. Anyone could look up footage from NY or LA. You'd think Godzilla showed up. Worst riot in decades. Whoever wrote this garbage (harvard.edu?) is living on another planet. Edited June 12, 2021 by Bed of chaos 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted June 12, 2021 #14 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) Can we atleast all agree that CHOPPED autonomous zone was ****en dumb lol Edited June 12, 2021 by spartan max2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted June 12, 2021 #15 Share Posted June 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Likely Guy said: That's your narrative? Lived experience 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted June 12, 2021 #16 Share Posted June 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, OverSword said: Lived experience I said that you saw what you saw. I don't disavow that. But you can't speak for what happened country wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted June 12, 2021 #17 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) The black race has to stop all this racism that will destroy our country when millions of the whites freed them. Edited June 12, 2021 by docyabut2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted June 12, 2021 #18 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Likely Guy said: I said that you saw what you saw. I don't disavow that. But you can't speak for what happened country wide. I can vouch for NYC and Philadelphia. There was a lot of looting and rioting with fires for weeks. Minneapolis really burned! There are threads in here where videos and news articles are linked from all over the country. Edited June 12, 2021 by susieice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted June 12, 2021 #19 Share Posted June 12, 2021 1 hour ago, docyabut2 said: The black race has to stop all this racism that will destroy our country when millions of the whites freed them. Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go send your sons to exile To serve your captives' need To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child Take up the White Man’s burden In patience to abide To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple An hundred times made plain To seek another’s profit And work another’s gain Take up the White Man’s burden— And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better The hate of those ye guard— The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah slowly) to the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, “Our loved Egyptian night?” Take up the White Man’s burden- Have done with childish days- The lightly proffered laurel, The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers! -Rudyard Kipling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted June 12, 2021 #20 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said: Like how American Police are mostly laws abiding, community supporting individuals? A whole lot of them are. I can't recall many criminals that like cops. Edited June 12, 2021 by susieice 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted June 12, 2021 #21 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Likely Guy said: I said that you saw what you saw. I don't disavow that. But you can't speak for what happened country wide. Minneapolis entire neighborhood burned to the ground. Violent protests STILL going on in Portland now enters year three probably accounts for half the protests nationwide (they didn’t and still don’t give that coverage) billions in damage in NYC, organized looting around the nation, the place where the guy got killed at the Wendy’s drive through whole neighborhood got burned to the ground...etc, etc etc. is this off campus organization even official? Please note the use the caviate “our research finds” even in the title not just the report. Edited June 12, 2021 by OverSword 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted June 12, 2021 #22 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) Can people who actually live in big cities in America post if they didn’t see violence or vandalism in the protests where they live? Just for an impromptu survey. There were definitely times when there was just a bit of violence here but there was almost always some vandalism like spray paint BLM or ACAB or breaking windows at a corporate business like Starbucks or Amazon or McDonald’s Edited June 12, 2021 by OverSword 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted June 12, 2021 #23 Share Posted June 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Bed of chaos said: I support the phrase. Not FoundersLivesMatter. Didnt BLM (NY) chapter leader tell crowd "burn down" everything. Around two billion pricetag. Anyone could look up footage from NY or LA. You'd think Godzilla showed up. Worst riot in decades. Whoever wrote this garbage (harvard.edu?) is living on another planet. I think .I missed those comments, do you have a linked source where that statement was quoted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 12, 2021 #24 Share Posted June 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, OverSword said: Can people who actually live in big cities in America post if they didn’t see violence or vandalism in the protests where they live? Just for an impromptu survey. There were definitely times when there was just a bit of violence here but there was almost always some vandalism like spray paint BLM or ACAB or breaking windows at a corporate business like Starbucks or Amazon or McDonald’s There was violence at the protests in all the bigger cities near me. Vandalism, looting, destruction at each one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted June 12, 2021 #25 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bed of chaos said: I support the phrase. Not FoundersLivesMatter. Didnt BLM (NY) chapter leader tell crowd "burn down" everything. Around two billion pricetag. Anyone could look up footage from NY or LA. You'd think Godzilla showed up. Worst riot in decades. Whoever wrote this garbage (harvard.edu?) is living on another planet. Harvard? I guess he didn't go outside. Even the Cambridge campus is only several miles on the outskirts of Boston. https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/06/01/damaged-boston-businesses-protests https://www.boston.com/news/untagged/2020/06/01/boston-businesses-looted-vandalized-list/ https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2020/06/01/boston-george-floyd-protest-looting/ https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/01/07/howie-carr-where-was-the-rioting-outrage-last-summer/ Edited June 12, 2021 by susieice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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