Kenkoko said:Kings said:imagine being a small business, thinking you might finally make it through the covid shutdowns, and then your shop gets burned down and looted anyway.
Or imagine being a Black American family, finally recovering from the last recession. Then COVID hits. You find out the system is still stacked against you, black-white wealth gap is unchanged after half a century of "progress". White households still have 10 times more wealth than black households. And your president is on Twitter fanning the flame of white supremacy.
Rioters Destroy Bar That Black Minneapolis Firefighter Bought with His Life Savings
Rioters protesting the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, an African-American man who died after being arrested and pinned to the ground by officer Derek Chauvin, destroyed a bar owned by a black former firefighter Wednesday night.
Korboi Balla had invested his life savings in the bar and was planning to open it before the coronavirus pandemic caused mass business closures. Balla then moved the opening date to June 1, when Minnesota plans to lift restrictions on restaurants, but the bar has since been wracked and looted in the riots, CBS first reported.
CBS was filming a segment at the bar when looters entered through the back of the establishment to try to steal Balla?s safe.
?I don?t know what we?re going to do,? Balla said in an interview. ?It hurts, man. It?s not fair, it?s not right. We?ve been working so hard for this place. It?s not just for me, it?s for my family.?
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rioters-destroy-bar-that-black-minneapolis-firefighter-bought-with-his-life-savings/
Kings said:damn white people!
Soylent Green Is People said:Pretty strong stuff out of Killer Mike. Glad to hear it spoken today.
https://youtu.be/7lf_2JyXocY
My .02c
Soylent Green Is People said:Complaining about wealth inequality during the past 25 years? Hmmm. Who was in charge during a vast portion of that time of income growth?
Also, since much of that "wealth" is centered around Facebook, Apple, Netflix, and Google stock growth, as a measure of everyone's commitment to the cause of economic justice, please destroy your iPhone, MacBook Pros, Chromebooks and stop binging TV.
Locally a great deal of wealth has been created through real estate. How many rent their properties at below market rates to low and moderate income tenants? Anyone.... Bueller.... Bueller?
Please.
My .02c
nosuchreality said:Soylent Green Is People said:Pretty strong stuff out of Killer Mike. Glad to hear it spoken today.
https://youtu.be/7lf_2JyXocY
The Black community leaders alike need to step up and call for calmness in their community.
The president need to stop tweeting and ignites more hates.
This is exactly what the external threats ( International Enemies) looking to exploits.
My .02c
Good stuff out of Killer Mike. Much like the last time he was on Bill Maher.
Compressed-Village said:nosuchreality said:Soylent Green Is People said:Pretty strong stuff out of Killer Mike. Glad to hear it spoken today.
https://youtu.be/7lf_2JyXocY
The Black community leaders alike need to step up and call for calmness in their community.
The president need to stop tweeting and ignites more hates.
This is exactly what the external threats ( International Enemies) looking to exploits.
My .02c
Good stuff out of Killer Mike. Much like the last time he was on Bill Maher.
Compressed-Village said:The rioters have ear pieces, military grade radios and repeaters on heir vehicles - who are they communicating with? Who is their command and control?
.irvinehomeowner said:Compressed-Village said:The rioters have ear pieces, military grade radios and repeaters on heir vehicles - who are they communicating with? Who is their command and control?
It's a Democratic ploy!!!
I've seen too many movies/books where riots are actually incited and carried about by parties who want to upset the political balance.
This is a calculated plan... first biological, then economical... and finally societal.
irvinehomeowner said:Seems like that Tweet did the opposite.
Hope this doesn?t continue to escalate.
Trump is a gambler. He has no control over the local police. The police was instructed to surrender by the local governments. Trump was caught bluffing.irvinehomeowner said:Now after all this has happened... it is still my opinion that Trump's tweet did not help one bit... and probably just made it worse.
It's just like when you tell someone not to do something and they do it to spite you.
The boss man tells you "if you loot, we will shoot"... what do you think they are going to do?
adventurous said:Trump is a gambler. He has no control over the local police. The police was instructed to surrender by the local governments. Trump was caught bluffing.irvinehomeowner said:Now after all this has happened... it is still my opinion that Trump's tweet did not help one bit... and probably just made it worse.
It's just like when you tell someone not to do something and they do it to spite you.
The boss man tells you "if you loot, we will shoot"... what do you think they are going to do?
Same happened to his threat to use the military. He said a word and shied away from it.
DEA, ICE, FBI, TSA are not militaryeyephone said:The military is there with other agencies such as the DEA. Please tell the truth!
adventurous said:DEA, ICE, FBI, TSA are not militaryeyephone said:The military is there with other agencies such as the DEA. Please tell the truth!
All over the country? Are you sure you didn't mix up the U.S. and PRC?eyephone said:The military was there.
adventurous said:DEA, ICE, FBI, TSA are not militaryeyephone said:The military is there with other agencies such as the DEA. Please tell the truth!
adventurous said:You are saying the military protected the President of the United Stated from the aggressive rioters by the White House, since the D.C. police failed to control the rioters?