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The FBI is investigating the death of George Floyd, black man who was pinned on the neck by a police officer and later died in custody. Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison joins The Beat with Ari Melber’s breaking coverage on the latest from the FBI and the protests. While the officers involved have yet to be charged, Ellison argues a “quick arrest” might “make people feel better about justice” it is “important” for investigators to “take the time to make sure that these charges, if they are brought forward, stick.

‘Haunted’: Minnesota Attorney General responds to death and investigation of George Floyd

 

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  1. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “So why was it stopped? Cant speak freely now? Meanwhile that Goddard woman letting go in the video, telling wunnah what it is.

    She will probably get some injunctions in her tail soon. But if she has gone as far as to post videos, she maybe does not care.”

    Crusoe….they are telling themselves that the corruption, racism and apartheid has to be continued into another generation to fill all their pockets at the Black population’s expense, so they don’t want the people who were peacefully protesting to call for its end……BUT….because of that those who are CONSCIOUS should now CREATE…and ENERGIZE A REAL MOVEMENT against its end …..to dismantle racism, corruption, thefts of Black people’s tax and pension money and the apartheid that the house nig*as of the parliament allow to be practiced against the Black population in Barbados….

    let the house negros, minority thieves and lawyers go messing with her and her videos…..

    Black John, people like myself would never give a house nig*a like owens the minutes or seconds needed to listen to them, she already had to file lawsuit for racist discrimination against herself, she is looking for invitation and attention…..some will have to be given up as fodder for racists, she is one, she does not belong in any African descended group….and was already told so on a whole video, we just have to wait for her next lawsuit against racists, to get a good laugh, that is all they are good for….

    Here is how house nig*as are recognized, ya have a parliament filled with them in Barbados…

    THEY:

    Lie and deceive the people to be elected

    pretend that the racists and thieves on the island are corrupt criminals

    once elected, they and the corrupt racists are suddenly friends again to the extent that they pick up taxpayers money by the tens of millions to give to them, money that can benefit the PEOPLE to whom it belongs, but they don’t care..

    running down to Africa with their disrespectful spiritually BARREN asses with soil THEY claim belongs to African slaves who are the ANCESTORS of the people in Barbados WHOM THEY HELP TO ROB GENERATIONALLY…without even asking their permission.

    running around the world at the PEOPLE’S expense looking to implement the next scam against them….until the PLAGUE stopped that shite, there are much higher and more SPIRITUAL POWERS at play and house nig*as dont count..

    sitting as Caricom chair gushing about “fighting imperialism” while hiding that you were sending 50 black slaves from Barbados to be paid slave money, terrorized, brutalized and to be fed a steady diet of RACISM in UK..

    running off to CNN and BBC talking shite about new world order to the pope and THE SAME STINKING RACIST ESTABLISHMENT that created SLAVERY AND RACISM…trying to get THEIR ATTENTION….trying to get and INVITATION…to stubbornly continue to the CORRUPTION, RACISM, APARTHEID and generational THEFTS of the Black majority’s estates, bank accounts and FUTURES in Barbados…

    that is the true definition of house nigas who were successfully CREATED by RACIST slave masters and STILL BEING FORCED. on the BLACK MAJORITY population in Barbados…BY THE HOUSE NIGAS THEY CREATED TO ACT AS LEADERS….

    they are the ones from Africa to US to Barbados blighting their own people’s lives…

    THOSE SPIRITUAL POWERS WILL BE BROUGHT TO BEAR HEAVILY ON THEM….

  2. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    So that is their excuse, the people were practicing social distancing and some of them should have been allowed to turn up at the creators of racism and slavery…..the British High Commission ….too.

  3. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    4I find it rather strange that on a black-focussed blog the chairman can allow supporters of Donald Trump, a neo-Fascist, to come on and preach his vile, racist gangsterism, without a word of protest.
    As anyone who knows me knows, I a big supporter of free speech, but there is a limit. Trump thinks black people are sub-human; he is the son of a Hitler-supporting German and is himself a KKK fan.
    When we consider that @MARIPOSA HAS BEEN BANNED FOR DISCUSSING BARBADIAN POLITICS, QUITE OFTEN WITH GRACE AND TOLERANCE, and an escapee from Soviet oppression and the descendant of a a plantation driver can come on a mainly black blog and insult us, there must be something wrong with our thought processes.
    But it is interesting to note the number of international sportspeople who have publicly supported the family of George Floyd and opposed police brutality, from the teenage Coco Gauff, Rafael Nadal, Heather Watson, Naomi Osaka, to leading NFL players, to basketballers, but significantly, I am still waiting to hear about our leading active and retired cricketers, especially the ones who thought it fine to go to South Africa during Apartheid.
    Where is Mr Commissiong? Where is the president, who will normally make a three-hour speech on how ice melts? Where is the opposition leader? The leader of the DLP? The bishop? Where are our civic and political leaders, or doesn’t it matter, Floyd died in the US?
    The Barbadian Condition is like an infection, a pandemic of the mind, spread through rote learning.

  4. David Avatar
    David

    @Crusoe

    The permit was approved with special conditions giving consideration to Covid, one may agree or disagree with the police for stopping the march on the ground it violated the conditions of the permit, however, the overriding consideration here was to manage covid which Barbados has done a decent job so far. If there was to be a breakout of the virus the same people posting rubbish about discontinuing the march will be singing a different tune.

  5. David Avatar
    David

    The blogmaster has been trying to ignore your ignorance on this blog for a few days. To restate the point, ac is placed in moderation like you were, her comments will be released if she feels inclined to post like yours were. The blogmaster will run the blog exercising his best judgement as always. You may have the last word.

  6. TLSN Avatar
    TLSN

    It was reported that the number of protesters was 100. If this number is accurate than it portrays or confirms what we are already know: Bajans remain indifferent to the lives of their fellow blacks.

    They have been brainwashed and are simply too afraid to express their political voice on the streets in a highly censored country such as Barbados.

    These last two weeks, I have waited for a response from Caricom and recently read that they are in the process of delivering a statement.

    In the absence of a reply from the leaders of Caricom here is one from the Nelson Mandela organisation.

    https://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/media-statement-enough-black-lives-matter

  7. GP Avatar
    GP

    JOHN, THE HATED WHITE MAN POSTED THE MOST SENSIBLE THING ON THIS WHOLE BLOG AT June 6, 2020 9:08 PM, BUT NONE OF YOU SEMI LITERATES SAW THE MERITS IN IT

    CERTAINLY THAT POST WAS FRESH AIR, AS THE DR CLEARLY REASONED THE PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF THE TWO POST MORTEMS, BASED NOT ON EMOTIONAL CLAP TRAP, BUT ON THE BASIS OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY .

    ALL LIVES MATTER TO GOD.
    MANY GOOD BLACK PERSONS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

    THESE LIVES ARE NEVER MENTIONED OR HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THEIR LIVES WERE NOT TAKEN BY A WHITE PERSON.

    BLACK LIVES APPARENTLY ONLY MATTER WHEN TAKEN BY A WHITE PERSON

    NOW YOU ALL MAY CURSE AND CARRY ON AS YOU DO

    QUITE ENTERTAINING

  8. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Rotating 10 people past the US embassy in 10 groups (10×10=100) seems perfectly reasonable and within the law way for a peaceful demonstration against Amerikkka, where the white man’s bullshit = racism.

    A case should be filed in Court to determine if police acted the law way
    (or an Amerikkkan way. Trump is feening like a fiend to crack down on protestors).

    One thing to note is each generation of black youths in Amerikkka protesting against white supremacy racism and it’s legacy are getting bigger bolder and stronger and them never run when policeman come

  9. John Avatar
    John

    David
    June 6, 2020 6:08 PM

    @John
    While your incoherent rants continue protesting in the US by people of all hues enter its 12th day.
    This is what matters.
    Look what the act of a racist police with several chargesheets against him has resulted.
    This is all that matter besides Black lives of course.
    You can continue to post your BS and in the process bare your empty soul but a movement has been ignited.
    #blacklivesmatter

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Looks like #blacklivesmatter has become #queertransandblacklivesmatter, at least in the eyes of Justice Smith.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/justice-smith-comes-out-as-queer-calls-for-queer-and-trans-inclusion-in-black-lives-matter/ar-BB158omk?ocid=spartandhp

    Personally I prefer #alllivesmatter.

    Much simpler.

  10. TLSN Avatar
    TLSN

    @ Hal,
    Something went terribly wrong with the “left behind” Carribean population who remained in Barbados from the late seventies.

    They refused to build a civil rights movement unlike their illustrious peers in the UK.

    Within two years of arriving in the mother country, Caribbean people were building blocks to establish their civil rights in large numbers.
    Unlike the other ethnic minorities who would all benefit from the sacrifices made by those who hailed from the West Indies.

    Hal, it looks like if this current BLM movement and the national media have forgotten about our contribution. Some of these young and naive souls who appear only interested in Social media are now coming out in their numbers saying that society must put an end to racism within our society.

    I had sent you a link which you may not have seen. I have to be honest with you I have never heard of this lady.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/dame-jocelyn-barrow-obituary

  11. TheOgazerts Avatar
    TheOgazerts

    ” I am still waiting to hear about our leading active and retired cricketers, especially the ones who thought it fine to go to South Africa during Apartheid.”

    https://tbsnews.net/sports/rebel-tours-when-black-cricketers-were-awarded-honorary-white-status-71989

    This week, my mind flashed back to when ‘our’ cricketers went to South Africa and played as “honorary whites”.

    “Tennis legend Arthur Ash was also offered the status but he denied.

    But this was the first precedence of black cricketers accepting the status of “Honorary White”. With that status, the Caribbean cricketers toured and played all-over a country, where people were facing brutality from an abhorrent regime for having the same skin colour as theirs.”

    No titles are awarded here on BU, but the behavior continues.

  12. John Avatar
    John

    555dubstreet
    June 7, 2020 3:22 AM

    “Do BLACK LIVES MATTER in Africa?”
    Do Black Lives Matter on Barbados Underground is the only thing that matters here
    You come here to goad the blacks
    And you expose the mindset of Trump and his fans 66% of the 75% racist white majority of USA
    You are white trash that do not matter
    Blacks have to be wary of mixing with creeps like you

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    The answer to the question I posed is no.

    Besides the evidence of history, there is the current situation where China owns it.

    #nolivesmatter works in China’s China.

  13. GP Avatar
    GP

    OUR CRICKETERS WHO WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA WERE TREATED ON RETURN LIKE DOGS!
    THEY WERE TREATED WORST THAN GEORGE FLOYD…….AND BY THEIR OWN FELLOW BLACKS…….UH LIE?
    THEY DIED WHILE YET LIVING.
    TOTALLY UNFORGIVEN FOR LIFE Y REAL TRUE TRUE GENUINE BLACK HYPOCRITES UH LIE?
    THEY WERE DEPRIVED OF A LIVING, EVEN THE RIGHT TO PLAY, AND BE CITIZENS…….DRIVEN TO DRINK AND DRUGS AND DEATH.UH LIE?

  14. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @TLSN

    I knew Jocelyn well. I watched her funeral service on the internet and would have attended had not for CoVid. She was Trinidadian-born of Barbadian stock. Tall and grand, confident and powerful. I worked with her in the Black People in Britain the Way Forward follow-up to the Birmingham conference in the 1970s.
    I have very fond memories of her. The last time I saw her was at the memorial service for the late Jeff Crawford, another outstanding Barbadian, at St Martins in the Field, in Trafalgar Square.
    At the time she was not moving very well, and I went up to say hello. She looked at me, and still with her powerful voice, said: Young man, come and sit next to me. Tell me what has been going on in your life. I smiled. She was brilliant.
    I have a mental picture of Jocelyn every time I talk about the confusion of the Caribbean professional middle class who came up against racism in the UK. They become mesmerised, could understand how a working class white man can be racist with them.
    The sad thing about Jocelyn’s death is that here was a woman at the heart of what we used to call the race relations industry (from the 1965 Race Relations Act), sitting on all the relevant boards and committees, was a member of the BBC board, and the predecessor of Ofcom, spent all her adult life being active in Camden Labour party, along with the late Lord (David)Pitt, and the party of the current party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, yet when she died not a word came from the party until people like myself protested. This was the Labour party that gave her a damehood and denied her a baroness. We become invisible when no longer useful.
    We must not forget that racism evolves, mutates, like a virus it can present new challenges. One of the things I did as a youth (a wasted youth) was track people in New York and the wider Caribbean, of Barbadian heritage (CLR James, Darcus Howe, Jocelyn, Richard B. Moore, Gwen Ifill, Professor St Clair Drake, et al). It is a history we should be proud of.

  15. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Keeping white countries out of Afrika seems copacetic seeing as they robbed it blind and segregated and abused black people.
    For example, Indigenous people of Rhodesia was protected under law by the Queen of England, but when they were abused by the white settlers they waited for the Queen’s intervention, but she turned a blind eye, ignoring their plight and failed to send help as required as part of the agreement drawn up for the allocated land.

    Trump called Afrika a shithole, but then realised China has control of it’s rare earth resources and had to reverse his trade war and pivot on his ignorance about Afrika.

    When Amerikkka and UK Pirates are bombing developing nations on the rob again, China was helping develop developing building infrastructure such as ports and roads for industry.

    When you post white peoples prejudiced videos it does not mean their racist brainwashing is true, it just means youtube’s algorithms feed you prejudiced white peoples videos as that is what you like to watch. There is no need to repost the same crap on BU.

  16. Greene Avatar
    Greene

    @Hal,

    v informative post. you are a font of knowledge in this regard. i hope you have keep recordings so that these matters cant be lost to time

  17. Lawson Avatar
    Lawson

    Barbadians attending the march were asked to bring an item of any sort, food clothing etc…. so they could put in the stores so the rioters would have something to loot

  18. David Avatar
    David

    The movement is taking no prisoners!

    Aleksandar Katai and the LA Galaxy parted ways after Tea Katai posted a photo with a caption urging police to “kill” protesters, another referring to protesters as “disgusting cattle,” and a third sharing a racist meme.

    Aleksandar Katai has been released by the LA Galaxy after a series of alarming social media posts by his wife, Tea. The Galaxy announced their decision to “mutually part ways” with their new Serbian winger Friday in a one-sentence news release. Tea Katai made the posts on her Instagram story ear…

    nbclosangeles.com
    LA Galaxy Drop Aleksandar Katai After Wife’s Social Media Posts
  19. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    You should not discriminate against Chinese culture just because groups of assholes tell you to do so. That is just their conception,
    so don’t be hypnotised by them at all and be someone of your own conception.

    In the Aquarian Age there are plentiful resources available for you to learn from and become your own divine teacher as you have everything that is needed within you already.

    Become like a 34th Generation monk and learn to breath strong expand your lungs and keep the old world rulers knee off your neck.

  20. David Avatar
    David

    #getoffourrhnecks
    Rickford Burke
    1 hr

    What’s wrong with these racist running out talking about George Floyd history and that he went to prison for cocaine. About 60% of the people who abuse cocaine in America are “white or Caucasian” – according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Give us a break! What did he do to me murdered? Nothing. To attempt to justify his murder by pointing to his history is as crazy as justifying the murder of every person who has committed a crime. Absolute garbage! Get off of out necks!

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  21. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Greene

    You say the nicest things. Our history from the 1950s, 60s and 70s has been relegated to the dust bins, ignored, written out of history – even by young black people. 1960s and 70s black Britain was dynamic, hugely political, organised, visionary.
    I will tell you something to watch: how Africans, especially West Africans, are overtaking Caribbeans in the UK. The organisers of the march yesterday were mainly Africans; look at the members of parliament, on either side, the growth of black professionals, especially doctors and lawyers., even in the City..
    And the few Caribbean people in parliament are NOT significantly from Jamaica, the most dynamic and forceful Caribbean people in the UK. Black culture in the UK is changing before our very eyes.
    Who was the Tory minister replying to the Public Health England report on the effect of CoVid on black and minority ethic groups? And what did she say, it is there in Hansard, read it?
    I once said on BU that Jamaicans were the most creative of the English-speaking Caribbean and one BU regular said I always look for an excuse to disrespect Barbadians. We can bury our heads and pretend reality is but a dream. By the way, the Jamaican now have an online bank in the UK, while Barbadian do not even have a meeting (sous sous) turn.

  22. David Avatar
    David

    All are welcome to join the movement!
    The Duchess of Sussex gave her most political speech yet without notes after Prince Harry joined her for private talks with community leaders beforehand, Newsweek can reveal.
    newsweek.com
    Exclusive: Meghan Markle delivered Black Lives Matter speech “raw,” without notes and brought students to tears
    The Duchess of Sussex gave her most political speech yet without notes after Prince
  23. TheOgazerts Avatar
    TheOgazerts

    It is unclear if the permit allowed for groups of 10 or just 10 people to protest.

    If it was just 10 people allowed to protest then the organizers of the protest made a strategic mistake in accepting such a low number. How could he/she so grossly underestimate the number of Bajans that would support the cause.

    If it was for groups of 10 with no upper limit on the total of people attending, perhaps he should use this down time to formulate rules for the protesters e.g. Group A arrives at point B at x.xx and set off at x.xy. Please practice social distancing and maintain 5 yards yards between the groups.

  24. David Avatar
    David

    #housenegroes

    Fury as Mike Pence invites Trump activist Candace Owens – who says George Floyd was a ‘horrible human being’ – to White House for talks on ‘how we can move our nation forward’

  25. lyallsmall Avatar
    lyallsmall

    GP @ 7:21 am

    I agree with the main thrust of your post.

    The Doctor on the Video made an unemotional and beautifully illustrated case that George Floyd was indeed murdered by at least 2 of the policemen and that the implicit preexising conditions were essentially irrelevant to the causation of his death. But I think that your final statements were totally and maliciously irrelevant i.e. “ALL LIVES MATTER TO GOD. MANY GOOD BLACK PERSONS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. THESE LIVES ARE NEVER MENTIONED OR HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THEIR LIVES WERE NOT TAKEN BY A WHITE PERSON. BLACK LIVES APPARENTLY ONLY MATTER WHEN TAKEN BY A WHITE PERSON”.

    It amazes me that John posted that video. It flies in the face of most of what he has written about this matter. Perhaps he did’nt look at it.

  26. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I suspect it would be difficult for some to see that ‘honorary whites’ was not a honor.

    To the “Diamaond and Silk” of BU. ” You are not special, only useful’” You provide a cover for the prejudices and nastiness of others. ” You are not special, only useful.”

    https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/07/25/leonard-pitts-honorary/

    “While there is no official “honorary white” status in this country, American politics has evolved a rough analog. As lily-white conservatism has lurched deeper into a brazen racism and xenophobia reminiscent of the 1950s, black and brown people willing to use their color to give it moral cover have seen themselves eagerly embraced by those whose sins they abet.

    It’s not quite access to “whites only” hotels and restaurants, but it is acceptance into white spaces otherwise closed and hostile to people like you. Sometimes, it even brings a kind of petty stardom in the murky world of right-wing bloggers, social media and cable news. Racist xenophobes get to feel that they’re not racist or xenophobic at all because, hey, “Diamond and Silk” agree with them.

    But ultimately, the joke is always on you. In recent days, we’ve seen that lesson learned painfully and publicly by two men: a black Donald Trump voter named Kevin Martin and a Donald Trump friend of Puerto Rican heritage named Geraldo Rivera.

    The former told CNN last week that when Trump told four congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries, it “just came out of left field” and “hit a lot of us in the gut.” The latter, while loyally insisting Trump has “been treated unfairly,” conceded to The New York Times that, “As much as I have denied it and averted my eyes from it, this latest incident made it impossible.”

    To which, the only appropriate response is: Wow. Just … wow.

    After the housing discrimination suits, the quote about black laziness, the persecution of the Central Park Five, now it’s suddenly “impossible” for Rivera to deny Trump’s bigotry? After the Mexican rapists crack, the smear against a Mexican-American judge, the Muslim ban, the “very fine people on both sides,” Martin thinks Trump’s latest rancid spew “came out of left field?!”

    One can only conclude that honorary whiteness must be one powerful drug. Side effects include cultural amnesia and inability to process reality.

    It’s not that people of color can’t or shouldn’t be conservative, as that term was once understood. But this modern iteration doesn’t care about small government or muscular diplomacy. Rather, it is working to normalize racism and enshrine xenophobia, and if you’re black or brown and still don’t realize that, well, again, wow.

    The thing is, honorary whiteness has its limitations. Consider Barry Martin, an honorary white black dancer who toured South Africa in 1983 and was in a single-car accident while there. An ambulance picked up the white driver, but left Martin in the wreckage. A black motorist happened by and took him to a white hospital where he was refused admission. Eventually, Martin wound up in the black section of another hospital.

    Somewhere in all that jostling, his injured spine was severed. Martin became a quadriplegic. He never walked, much less danced, again.

    Take his story as an object lesson, you honorary whites of American politics: You are not special, only useful.

  27. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    I agree with ogazertz honorary white reeks of affirmative action and should be shunned

  28. John Avatar
    John

    May 28 2020 – A 25 year veteran police officer calls in to Rush Limbaugh

    https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/05/28/theres-no-justification-for-george-floyds-blue-state-death/

    CALLER: There is no possibility. They used to use… I mean, I started in 1982. Back at that time, there were some of the older officers using something called a chokehold where you put pressure on the carotid artery that could make a person faint that you’re having a struggle with. You know, we haven’t done that in the last probably 35 or 40 years. That officer’s obviously not that old.
    He would not have been taught that. The FBI… When I went to the police academy, the FBI came and taught us use of force because they’re the ones that come and investigate a use of force complaint against us. And we were certainly never taught such a thing. It would never occur to any modern, you know (chuckles), 2020 police officer —

    https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/05/28/theres-no-justification-for-george-floyds-blue-state-death/

    The officer actually gives a pretty good non medical layman’s understanding of the medical results from the autopsy the doctor gave in the video.

    He uses the term positional asphyxia like the doctor.

    Chauvin knew how to kill and killed willfully and expertly like an assassin.

    The question is why?

    Was he sent as an assassin and if so who sent him?

    Here is the transcript of the call.

    RUSH: This is Greg in Alabama. I’m glad you called. It’s great to have you on the program today, sir. Hello.
    CALLER: Thanks, Rush. I appreciate your taking my call.
    RUSH: You bet.
    CALLER: I just want to express (unintelligible). I’m a 25-year veteran police officer, and any police officer that says that this is not a terrible thing is not a good police officer. This was horrible. That report that you read from, that’s a CYA. The guy died on the scene. He was “pronounced dead” at the hospital, and they’re just trying to CYA. They realized they screwed up and they are trying to find a way out of it, and I can’t imagine any… Once the cuffs are on, the fight’s over.
    RUSH: I know.
    CALLER: There’s no reason to be sitting there, squatting on that guy’s neck like that.
    RUSH: I know.
    CALLER: Ridiculous.
    RUSH: Greg, you have to understand, I have people who love it when I’m wrong, and I have people who love being the ones to point out that I’m wrong. So when I was talking about this, they said, “He didn’t die on the street! He died at the hospital! He didn’t die on the street! Get it right!” And then the police report comes out, and the police report points out what you just heard, that the cops were very tough.
    It was very hard to get him in handcuffs, then they got him in handcuffs, and he seemed to be in some distress, and so they called the ambulance and the ambulance came and he was he’s “pronounced dead” at the hospital. Your point is pronounced dead is not the point, that he probably was dead on the street. Is that what you’re thinking, and pronounced dead is a CYA?
    CALLER: Oh sure. Certainly. I’ve taken many people to the hospital knowing that they’re dead, or I’ve followed the ambulance to the hospital because we can’t pronounce somebody dead. The doctor comes out in the parking lot and puts I stethoscope on him and says, “Yep, he’s dead,” and then he’ll sign the death certificate. It’s silly. But the whole thing is just disgusting, that he would do that and much less the other three guys stand there and allow him to do that. I’m not saying they’re as culpable as he is, but they’re (crosstalk)
    RUSH: You mean the other three cops, you mean, standing —
    CALLER: Yeah. Well, the so-called cops that allowed that to go on.
    RUSH: Well, yeah, I… Look, I wondered all of that. And with no effort?
    CALLER: No.
    RUSH: Not one attempt that we see, anyway, on the video —
    CALLER: And for it to have gone on eight minutes. That’s plenty of time to come to your senses. I can see possibly in the heat of the moment doing that, “Whoops!” and coming off of it. But I can’t see sitting there and waiting and waiting and waiting ’til he died, even after he told you he couldn’t breathe and, “You’re killing me,” and other people were saying that too. I mean, what’s going on through your head? They’ll probably have about 20 years to think about that, but (crosstalk).
    RUSH: Let me ask you something. Let me ask, because you’re a police veteran, you’re a police officer veteran. You know, we all have had interactions with government where we get frustrated as hell because they’ve got a policy, and they’re not gonna change it. You could be standing in line the DMV, you could be interacting with any government agency, and they’ve got policy.
    They’ve got procedures, and nothing is going to change it. Nothing! What I’m asking is, in any of your experience, is there any possibility of some kind of crazy training procedure here that no matter what happens this cop was not gonna release his knee from the guy’s neck? Is there?
    CALLER: No, sir.
    RUSH: No?
    CALLER: There is no possibility. They used to use… I mean, I started in 1982. Back at that time, there were some of the older officers using something called a chokehold where you put pressure on the carotid artery that could make a person faint that you’re having a struggle with. You know, we haven’t done that in the last probably 35 or 40 years. That officer’s obviously not that old.
    He would not have been taught that. The FBI… When I went to the police academy, the FBI came and taught us use of force because they’re the ones that come and investigate a use of force complaint against us. And we were certainly never taught such a thing. It would never occur to any modern, you know (chuckles), 2020 police officer —
    RUSH: Right.
    CALLER: — to do a chokehold on somebody or even, you know, put pressure on your neck. There is something called “positional asphyxia” where you have to be careful… They taught us this. You have to be careful when you cuff somebody how you position them, because the weight of their body could make it impossible for them to breathe.
    And that may have been part of it; I don’t know. But in addition to him being on his belly with his hands cuffed behind his back, and then you put the 180/200 pounds of the officer’s knee on his throat, it would really be surprising to me he didn’t die. It’s untenable, and there’s certainly no… I can’t come up with any policy, any legitimate police force that would use that.
    RUSH: Yeah, you make a good point about the other three officers. That just… It all adds up to the unbelievability, inexplicability of this to me — and it wasn’t just the other three cops. There are other people, passersby, civilians watching this.
    CALLER: Well, there were some civilians saying, “You’re killing him,” et cetera. I heard that in the background. But it’s on those cops. They are trained to “serve and protect,” or they’re supposed to be — and the use of force, take someone’s life? You have to be in fear of your life or someone else’s life. They were certainly not. It was over, the guy was cuffed, they should have taken poor guy there, pick him up, put in the car, take him to jail, and we wouldn’t be talking about this.
    RUSH: You keep raising things. I couldn’t… When I first saw the video, it was an optical illusion. I thought the guy was under the car. I thought for some reason he was trapped under the car, and then I saw the officer’s knee on the neck, and I found out I’m just seeing an optical illusion. Why not get the guy up off the street after a certain passage of time and hustle him away?
    CALLER: I don’t understand it.
    RUSH: I mean, the cops didn’t look like they were afraid of anything going around ’em.
    CALLER: No, he looked perfectly comfortable to me. I’m sorry. I don’t… I’m not gonna pronounce this guy guilty, but I think it certainly merits a really hard investigation.
    RUSH: Well, they’re gonna get lawyers, and there’s gonna be a story, and that police report, I think, is going to — or it does — offer, maybe, an advance view of the road map that the defense here might try. But you know there’s gonna be a defense. You know, they have lawyers, the police union lawyers and so forth. I appreciate the call out there, Greg.

  29. lyallsmall Avatar
    lyallsmall

    GP; Let’s look at a part of your above post again: “MANY GOOD BLACK PERSONS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. THESE LIVES ARE NEVER MENTIONED OR HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THEIR LIVES WERE NOT TAKEN BY A WHITE PERSON. BLACK LIVES APPARENTLY ONLY MATTER WHEN TAKEN BY A WHITE PERSON”.

    John’s oft stated and laughable memes that because there are statistically more black babies aborted than white ones and that black abortions outnumber black adults killed by whites, forces the inescapable conclusion that black lives don’t really matter to black people and therefore shouldn’t matter to white people or anyone else. The argument is totally stupid and one would not expect you to apparently take up John’s fire rage. But you have done so. John is an anarchist! You don’t have to join him.

  30. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ 555dubstreet June 7, 2020 8:42 AM
    “In the Aquarian Age there are plentiful resources available for you to learn from and become your own divine teacher as you have everything that is needed within you already..”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    That’s a very powerfully enlightening statement there, dear Kiki!

    The future does not belong to the white man.

    The internet represents the early light of the morning of the Age of Aquarius.

    It is the tool to be used in the quest for mental liberation from European-determined indoctrination especially the propaganda which has its genesis in the Vatican ruled by the two fishes but whose omega is around is around the galactic corner.

    Can’t you see the vital role the internet is playing in exposing to the world the rancid racism which still prevails in the hypocritically Christian white man’s land of the ‘free and brave’?

    Without the internet would the blatant murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery have been exposed for what they were; just cases of modern-day lynching of those still mentally enslaved because of the colour of the skin.

    This is the last opportunity provided by the Internet for the black race to put aside the white man’s book of brainwashing and supremacy as arrogantly displayed by Trump and look to the Light as their source of inspiration to explore the many other worlds for enlightenment and wisdom.

    Om Shanti!!

  31. John Avatar
    John

    If Chuvin was sent, he has the goods on the sender.

    He may end up like Epstein, the man who knew too much.

  32. John Avatar
    John

    lyallsmall
    June 7, 2020 9:46 AM

    ALL LIVES MATTER, not only BLACK LIVES, not only TRANS AND QUEER … ALL LIVES MATTER.

    The anarchists are the ones who would have you believe different.

  33. lyallsmall Avatar
    lyallsmall

    John;
    The real question is who or what entity does “all lives” matter to? You have made the spurious claim over and over that Black lives do’nt matter to Blacks so why should Black lives matter to Whites. Now, when you realise that you are on shaky ground there you change the statement to “All lives matter”. That is’nt what you were saying before.

    It is abundantly clear that police in the usa have demonstrated that Black lives do not matter to THEM and that they can take black lives with impunity whenever and wherever they want unlike white lives. The BLM theme, imho, should be understood from the point of view that Black lives matter, no less than any other life, to equitable progress of all humanity to our elevation to our next developmental phase. .

    Black lives are no less worthy of conservation, care and protection than those of other human beings.
    “All lives matter” is actually a meme that lacks informational content since it does nothing to clarify the current way that US police treats with Black lives.

  34. Disgusting Lies and Propaganda TV Avatar
    Disgusting Lies and Propaganda TV

    “It is unclear if the permit allowed for groups of 10 or just 10 people to protest.”

    @TheOG the protest simply wasn’t organized properly within the bounds of the permit…. Actually one of the lawyers attached to the “exercise” said on TV that one of the plans was to rotate the protesters

  35. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Lyall…dont mind some of the ZBU shitehounds, token blacks whom no one wants around them, incduding and particularly the racists they promote and support….just look at what two dirty racist trash tried to do to a Black woman in US because they were hateful and jealous.and all their sponsors dropped them like hot potatoes publicly……because of the bad press….take note they only found out recently that these white trash women did this some years ago….they shit their iwn no goid racist selves in their mouths.

    “During an Instagram Live chat with “Floribama Shore” star Candace Rice, Stowers recalled when Schroeder, 31, and Doute, 37, tried to get the cops to investigate her for allegedly drugging men and stealing watches.

    “There was this article in the Daily Mail where there was an African-American lady. It was a weird photo, so she looked very light-skinned and had these different, weird tattoos. I guess this woman was robbing people,” Stowers said in the Instagram video.

    “And they called the cops and said it was me. This is like, a true story. I heard this from, actually, Stassi during an interview.”

    Schroeder proudly recounted the incident during an interview on the “Bitch Bible” podcast in 2018. According to People, she recalled that she and Doute compared Stowers’ hair and tattoos to the security footage and contacted the police because they saw a resemblance.

    “We are like, we just solved a f—king crime,” Schroeder reportedly said on the now-deleted episode. “We start calling the police. The police don’t give a f—k.”

    Buzzy shaving brand Billie confirmed to Page Six Style that they have severed ties with the star, writing on their Instagram that the company is “ending all of our partnerships with anyone who isn’t supporting the fight against racism.”

    Hip vitamin startup Ritual is also dropping Schroeder, Page Six Style confirmed. “We were not aware of her actions and realize that is unacceptable and part of our responsibility. We have ended our partnership with Stassi, and we are committed to doing more thorough diligence on all our brand partners going forward,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

    “We stand against inequality and racial injustice and under no circumstances will standby and promote partnerships that reflect otherwise.”

    The reality star has also been contributing a bridal-themed column to Glamour magazine ahead of her wedding to Beau Clark. However, the magazine has not published any content from her since March 11, and has no plans to continue at this time, Page Six Style has learned.”

  36. lyallsmall Avatar
    lyallsmall

    John:

    ….and to besides!

    You seem to be pushing another narrative that complements your “all lives” one. That is, that Chauvin is indeed guilty of the murder of George Floyd but that it was no ordinary murder. Chauvin was not acting as a random racist policeman but one who was commissioned by some agency, perhaps Antifa, to provide the background and justification for the incipient anarchy that seems to be still building.

    Somehow you, as usual seem to be following or embellishing obscure, inane, conservative White American talking points.

    We must all pity you!

  37. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    So as Theo has been saying and as those who live or have ever lived in racist countries know ….racists have absolutely no use for the black Johns and GPs and the Candace Owens, they dont respect them, neither do they like them…..they are fodder who the African descended know now have to be given them up so they can be used as fodder, that is all they are good for anyway.

  38. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    There was this really nasty disrespectful negro actress, always promoting racists and racism just like owens because she told herself she was chosen and special cant remember her name because i dont think she is even worth remembering nor searching for, used to be popular too….well last i heard of her, she could not even find work,…everyone is still laughing. The negro supporters of racists and racism against themselves and their people will never learn….that is why they MUST BE REMOVED FROM ANY AND ALL INTERACTION WITH THE AFRICAN DESCENDED…

    Am sure Omorosa’s book can be found on Amazon or somewhere.

  39. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @David, when I read your 9:16 I realized that I never heard of this lady… then I further realized just how serious our current situation has become.

    I was unaware of ANY of the groups or people mentioned and realized that this admin is so desperate that they are seeking advice from NONE of the long standing groups like NAACP, the established Black church alliances, or any of the multicultural groups long associated with seeking harmony…. Mr Pence et al are catching at straws and forcing another photo op … desperation can lead to dangerous irrational acts .

    I also remembered a guy from years ago who was a sorta Owens or Silk et al, alpha comparison the late Roy Inniss of CORE. This bro challenged Dinkins, fought with Sharpton and too white supremacists, supported Guiliani yet visited Africa and sat with OAS members … In short, like these Owens type folks he worked the political machine to HIS benefit.

    He never got a serious footing among the Black community and Ms Owens, bless her heart, will NOT either…. That POTUS embraces those like her is absolutely laughable.

    More and more it’s clear that unless some grand act eventuates that he will crash n burn!

  40. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    https://en.24smi.org/celebrity/photo/46298-samuel-jackson/462938/

  41. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    Samuel L. Jackson gave a sterling performance of the Uncle Tom in this film.

    Down to the end he rallied against the changes.

  42. WURA-War-on-U. Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U.

    Time to throw those bird shit stained statues of slave masters and their wannabe copycats into the sea or river, find better use for them, their lazy asses have never been useful to anyone before.

    “Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol have thrown a statue of a 17th century slave trader into the city’s river after pulling it down earlier on Sunday afternoon.

    Footage on social media shows demonstrators tearing down a statue of Edward Colston from its plinth during protests in the city centre on Sunday. In a later video, protesters are seen dumping it into the water at Bristol Harbour”.

  43. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    @DPD
    David, when I read your 9:16 I realized that I never heard of this lady…
    ++++++++++++++
    Makes me wonder if you’ve been paying attention, black advocates for Trump are few and far between so this woman stands out. I even submitted a blurb about her on this very blog a few days ago.

  44. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    No one has any. use for living nor dead racists nor any of their supporters nor their ignorant enablers who cannot even see THE END right in front of them although it’s written in BLACK and WHITE.

    https://www.facebook.com/143666524748/posts/10159150133694749/?sfnsn=scwspwa&extid=PjR07kkseDL0eMj3

  45. David Avatar
    David

    Her video berating Floyd and trivializing institutional racism in America has gone viral on FB. Goes to show all kinds can be found on that platform.

  46. David Avatar
    David

    Marines order Confederate flags removed in ban that includes bumper stickers and clothing

    Joel Shannon USA TODAY
    Published 11:27 AM EDT Jun 7, 2020

    The U.S. Marine Corps on Friday ordered all public displays of the Confederate flag removed, a ban that extends to bumper stickers, clothing, mugs, posters and more.

    The order directs Marine Corps commanders to find and remove displays of the flag in “work places, common-access areas, and public areas” on base.

    “The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps,” a notice posted by the U.S. Marines on Twitter says.

    Exceptions to the order include state flags that include the Confederate flag and Confederate soldiers’ gravesites. Individual barracks, living quarters and private vehicles will not be inspected, the order says.

    In April, top Marine Gen. David Berger banned the display of the Confederate flag and other such symbols.

    The Marines’ Friday announcement formalizes that ban. It’s a position that no other military branch has yet taken, Military.com reports.

    Around the U.S., demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and racial inequality have sparked both protesters and city officials to remove, deface or announce plans to take down many Confederate memorials.

    Perhaps most notably: The statue of Robert E. Lee has that has towered over Richmond, Viriginia, for more than 100 years will come down “as soon as possible,” Gov. Ralph Northam announced.

    Contributing: Ryan W. Miller, Ledyard King and Sarah Elbeshbishi; The Associated Press
    Published 11:27 AM EDT Jun 7, 2020

  47. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Dismantling the STRUCTURES OF RACISM.
    YES.

    More POWER to those who are CONSCIOUS and SPIRITUALLY AWAKENED because they still have their spirituality, unlike all the others who continue to be empty shells.

  48. John Avatar
    John

    John
    June 6, 2020 8:52 AM

    lawson
    June 6, 2020 8:36 AM
    It isnt going to end Hants and there are three reasons one is they have a march driven by a lot of over privileged ( lot of white) kids burning down black businesses and screwing up the infrastructure in there area where they were getting ahead and everybody thinks its ok because they chant black lives matter or hands up don’t shoot ., second is the breakup of the family unit that no-one wants to discuss, wealth is easier to make in numbers in a strong household , third which applies to Barbados a lot of people don’t like to work Wednesdays because it screws up both weekends.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    … and fourth, black mothers (and fathers!!) need to realise “BLACK LIVES MATTER” before they abort their fetuses.
    19 million since Roe V Wade.
    Prior to COVID-19, economy in the US needed more people.
    More jobs than people.
    That’s how wealth can be distributed, by making the country’s economy work for all.
    Trump has to do it all over again but the numbers for May suggest he just might accomplish it.
    Record Black unemployment, Hispanic unemployment etc. may just happen again.
    Trump is moving forward.
    His stance on abortion sends the clear message that ALL LIVES MATTER.
    The 44 miliion black white, Hispanic etc Americans who are missing from the workforce will be missed.
    So the need to instill “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in BLACK MOTHERS (AND FATHERS!!) is imperative.
    If the message that “ALL LIVES MATTER” gets across, America should be even better.

  49. John Avatar
    John

    John
    June 6, 2020 2:54 PM

    555dubstreet
    June 6, 2020 1:34 PM
    Not one single Republican supporter supports #BLACKLIVESMATTER
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    ALL LIVES MATTER

  50. John Avatar
    John

    555dubstreet
    June 6, 2020 3:23 PM

    ‘Not one single Republican supporter supports #BLACKLIVESMATTER’
    “ALL LIVES MATTER”
    Do you think your mindless alt-right republican response parroting paul rand negates the black lives matter movement

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