When the looting starts, the shooting starts.

[Annamaria14]

Can you believe that Trump has just tweeted this comment? He is talking about the protests about George Floyd's death. He has also called the protestors "thugs".

Twitter has put a warning on his twitter post, saying that it "glorifies violence". It is also racist!

The "historical context" is a reference to the late 1960s, when the phrase "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" was coined by Miami Police Chief Walter Headley, in reference to his aggressive policing policies in black neighbourhoods.

If you look, the nice policeman is about to fire a baton round at the workshy git. As we all know he doesn't need the wheelchair. Just playing for sympathy.

Oh, sorry, that's what DW gets told on occasion. Here in the UK.

That is absolutely horrendous. I am so sorry.

Our police have pretty appalling form and don't get held to account.

Jean Charles menezes
Ian Tomlinson
Corruption
The smiley culture case was iffy as fuck. I happened to be in London when there was a march for that
Black men twice as likely to die during contact with police (arrest/ charge) than white. Reports saying disproportionate use of force on black men.
Mark duggan, where they fucked up by lying about what happened and treating the family with little care when communicating his death. They lied about Jean Charles menezes too
And so on.

The scale, history, general approach (USA police seem to escalate while ours are trained to deescalate) and the fact they aren't armed with guns and neither are the vast majority of the population all make it s very different scale and situation than the USA. But, the same issues do exist.

I can well imagine that DGR, you only have to read the p&c parking threads on here

Our police have pretty appalling form and don't get held to account.

You're more likely to die after meeting a police officer in the UK than a terrorist 2000-2020.

This is a thread with examples of unprovoked violence by police on peaceful protesters, it's long

twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1266751520055459847?s=21

That is a chilling image DGR, I just hope someone gave him a helping hand.

Yeah I know it was unrealistic to hope for something better

Defiant DC Mayor names plaza 'Black Lives Matter'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52941254

www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/d-c-mayor-bowser-has-black-lives-matter-painted-street-n1225746

Have Take That reformed ?

And should the title of this thread be corrected ?