Did this really just happen?

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

[quote=EAllusion post_id=1227631 time=1591570535 user_id=1078]
And James Bennet has been ousted at New York Times. Fantastic. I hope someone publishes an editorial about he should be beaten with socks full of nickels. You know, to hear all the perspectives.
[/quote]

Can you give a 5 Fast Facts on this? I'm not following who he is and what that statement means in context to what's happening lately.

- Doc

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Another loss for the racist Ajax18 and his ilk in the wake of George Floyd’s murder:

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/y ... Is.Twitter

tl;ddr - Marines say Screw you to Stars and Bars.

- Doc

[_MeDotOrg]

Jon Oliver did a show on all of the problems involved with Police reform tonight. He's on HBO but you can catch it on YouTube. Recommended.

[_Gunnar]

"Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined a group of hundreds of evangelicals marching Sunday as the tenth day of demonstrations took on themes of faith and prayer."

Despite some obvious differences in politics, I respect Senator Romney's actions. I wonder what kind of legislation will come out of this...

- Doc

As long as "Moscow Mitch" is the majority leader in the Senate, probably none.

[_EAllusion]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-drives-s ... 00731.html

*sigh*

Remember when several Republican legislatures tried to make it legal to drive into protesters blocking traffic? Wasn't that long ago, even though it seems like forever.

[_MeDotOrg]

"Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined a group of hundreds of evangelicals marching Sunday as the tenth day of demonstrations took on themes of faith and prayer."

Despite some obvious differences in politics, I respect Senator Romney's actions. I wonder what kind of legislation will come out of this...

- Doc

Like father, like son. George Romney marching:

[_EAllusion]

Here's a different cache of police abuse videos:

https://Twitter.com/chadloder/status/12 ... 2750264320

In some of these, I don't see how violence in defense is not justified as a response. For instance, take the video of the woman being restrained and taken by people dressed in police gear, but no identification or affiliation, thrown into an unmarked car, and hauled off. First, it's eerily reminiscent of being disappeared by secret police in a dictatorship, but to my point, why can't you defend yourself in that circumstance? It's indistinguishable from a violent kidnapping if you cannot verify they have legitimate authority. Or take one of the videos where police grab a person and mercilessly beat them while they threaten bystanders to stay back. It's bad politics no doubt, but I have a hard time seeing why the crowd just rushing those officers isn't justified.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Slave trader statue torn down and tossed into water - Bristol, England:

https://time.com/5850135/edward-colston ... -protests/

Plagiarizin’ Ajax must be apoplectic.

- Doc

[_Icarus]

Trump supporters are demonstrating by placing knee on someone's neck.

https://Twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status ... 57923?s=20

[_Icarus]

Is this you ajax?

https://Twitter.com/angry__saint/status ... 20065?s=20