Police officers kneeling with protesters over George floyd

[makingmiracles]

Have seen the pictures, they make me feel quite uncomfortable. I understand they are kneeling in forgiveness but it seems quite distasteful given how the poor man died. Aibu?

I think they are kneeling in solidarity. I am not 100% sure but a lot of sports stars kneel on one knee when The American national anthem is played before a game. It's in a protest at police brutality and began in around 2016 so I think it's in reference to that.

You should do some research on what kneeling in the black power movement means

They are trying to show respect and solidarity. Why would you think it's distasteful?

You are WAY overthinking this.

They are kneeling in solidarity, not forgiveness. Why on earth would it be in forgiveness?

Agree with a PP, maybe research what kneeling symbolises regarding black power.

Ok I accept that I don’t know the connotations of the kneeling in America. Just seemed a bit grim considering George died whilst a police officer knelt on his neck.

That's some reach OP.

Of course they’re not kneeling in “forgiveness” FFS. It’s solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement. Pathetic.

You’re really overthinking this

I mean, how can you take something so human and important, and interpret it in such a small and mean-minded way?

Who did you think was forgiving who?

OP it is quite surprising that you started a thread about this when you clearly have no understanding of the subject at all.

The whole 'taking a knee' thing was all over our own news for months back when it was happening in US sport and Trump was losing his rag. Where the hell were you, OP?

Well almost anything can seem grim if you don't understand the meaning of something and then don't do any research to educate yourself before forming an opinion.

It's especially important if you are forming and then sharing an uneducated opinion about an emotive and important subject such as this making

I'm not trying to make you feel bad and I'm honestly not having a go but it is important to try to educate yourself or at least ask before condemning someone's behaviour.

So the decent, humane non-racist police can’t win, whatever they do?

If they don’t express publicly their concerns over the murder of Mr Floyd, they are assumed to be complicit and if they do, it’s ‘distasteful’?

The op clearly doesn't understand the meaning behind kneeling. I'll admit that I don't fully understand either but instead of berating wouldn't it be better to explain and educate?

Forgiveness? What is it you think they need to forgive?

Tbf I can see how @OP would think the police were perhaps being funny kneeling, considering how George was killed.

OP clearly didn't realise it may have been them kneeling in solidarity with protesters.

• Or kneeling in a sense of asking for forgiveness for the crime one of their own committed.

They are taking a knee the way football players like Colin Kaepernick did. It was a beautiful and respectful thing to do.

If OP finds it disrespectful they need to educate themselves. I watch American Football so know about it but it’s been reported on all over the world.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.national_anthem_protests(2016–present)

OP you are absolutely being unreasonable, hopefully you have learned now and won’t post threads about areas you have no knowledge of

This is possibly the most ridiculous thing I have read in quite some time.

Taking a knee is a pretty well publicised thing. Perhaps try reading something.

And another thread where the OP asks a question and gets lambasted instead of corrected. Be kind people.

I keep seeing this lately with race matters - someone is slammed down hard for their lack of knowledge. Only one person here actually told her what the kneeling meant. You tell her to educate herself - if you have the knowledge why don’t you educate her? - educate not shame people for Gods sake - or they will never ask and never learn. We would never expect our teachers to behave this way with our children.