First of all George Floyd had MULTIPLE illegal drugs in his system at the time of his arrest Crime #1, he was acting disorderly in public crime #2, and he resisted arrest which got him on the ground in the first place crime #3.
Add this to his past of multiple violent crimes (including armed robbery of a pregnant women) this man was no saint. Too bad the idiot cop was too prideful to take his knee off his neck then Floyd would be in jail (again) and the cop wouldn’t have ruined his life being an idiot.
Minneapolis is a crime infested city that looks like Gotham from Batman now. I actually visited that city many times growing up and it’s shame that now when you call the police unless it’s rape or murder they don’t show up...that’s how much crime there is and that crime is being committed PREDOMINANTLY by minorities. I visited the city sometime before Floyd’s death and couldn’t believe how crime infested it had become from the mid to late 90’s. So cops are going out on calls answering violent crimes day in and day out. Not an easy job dealing with all day.
Also it is interesting that throughout history many races have been subjugated to racial predjuices in America and the world, yet almost all other races have overcome this except some in the African American community in America, who continue to blame their past for their current life issues. Italians, Japanese, Chinese, Muslims, etc all have faced racial injustice in the US yet it’s only some bad apples in the AA community that refuses to move on from the past.
I mean look at the Jewish population, they were slaves to multiple civilizations dating back to Ancient Egypt. They were kicked off land they had lived on alongside Arabs. And than a man named Hitler (maybe you heard of him) killed millions of them and locked the rest up. Last I checked they are thriving members of society and don’t lead crime statistics in US.
Furthermore, statistics don’t lie. If you look at this so called “white cop on black crime” it is a mirage. Cops brutality on white races and minorities is virtually the same. It’s just the media covers the death of blacks much more than the death of whites at the hands of cops. And in almost all cases, the suspect has been resisting arrest or fleeing from police. Also most AA are killed by AA not by cops or whites.
While I agree the justice system is not as favorable to minorities (specifically minorities who happen to be criminals versus whites who happen to be criminals), this whole issue as well as criminals who try to pose themselves as angels to get sympathy is what’s wrong with American society today.
Also saying America today and this point in time is “naturally racist” when America is mostly made up of....multiple races...is ignorant. Last I checked most people are immigrating to the US from around the world not to Africa, not to the Middle East, not to China. So clearly all these races wouldn’t be running head first to a “naturally racist” country.
My friend, TheImmortal,
I have enormous respect for your knowledge, and in particular, how much you contribute to this forum and bring knowledge in your area of expertise.
Since leaving Iran, I have spent about equal time here in US as well as in UK, They are both a society based on master-slave society, that is, they genuinely believe that they are superior than others. Now, UK for better part of 500 years was indeed the most racist nation but now they are not as they have come to realize that they need Pakistanis and Indian and others in UK for their economy and society to function.
The US that was the black sheep out of Europe called itself the melting pot, when it was nothing but a wild wild west of crimes and killings and claim jumpers.
The fact is, when either is in a strong military position, and they both try at any expense, especially to others, to get to that point and when there, they serve their true nature which is EXTREME RACISM,
In all the years I have been in and out of US and traveling here often, minimum at least a few times a year, I have NEVER went for long before I see some kind of severe racism towards someone, be it Porto Recons, be it Middle Easterners, be it Mexicans, etc.
Racism is in their culture, and yet there are some that resist it, from Sean Penn to Chris Hedges.
I can give you literally 1,000 examples of undeniable racism, from lack of legal and criminal protection for Native Indian women, to shooting black people in the back, etc. etc.
George Floyd case, if isolated, I would agree with what you are saying. But it is not, and very much so, it is actually systematic. Eric Garner was quite a few years before GF. And I was so saddened by the fact that colleagues at work thought it was funny that they man giving out cigarettes because his son got a scholarship was shocked to death, he has also said, "I cant breath",
If you get a chance watch Chris Hedges on YouTube and he talks about black kids in jail.
When you live and work with Americans, it is very obvious, but from far away, it seems as if they are no different than Iranians, who are also somewhat racists, and the same with Chinese and Russians and Dutch. But living and working with all of them, i would say, Americans and Britain that use to be, are couple of pegs way above in the mindset of racism that the rest of us. We are all racists to a certain degree. But Americans really steal the biscuit.
I very much enjoy reading your posts. Thank you.
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