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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

[Echo4]

This is beautiful:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/opera-singer-turns-graduates-national-anthem-performance-unexpected/story?id=71310330&fbclid=IwAR1OYHk6Go4U36JhIhP9fTeRrSHHlkt-NwXDQ5YoXd4T8gdU9-v6VTTXQNw

[REDSTATEWARD]

What Georgia law says

Georgia law allows a person to use deadly force "only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or herself or a third person."
In addition, the Atlanta Police policy manual, which was most recently updated last week, says that an officer can use deadly force when "He or she reasonably believes that the suspect possesses a deadly weapon or any object, device, or instrument which, when used offensively against a person is likely to or actually does result in serious bodily injury and when he or she reasonably believes that the suspect poses an immediate threat of serious bodily injury to the officer or others."

[Echo4]

What Georgia law says

Georgia law allows a person to use deadly force "only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or herself or a third person."
In addition, the Atlanta Police policy manual, which was most recently updated last week, says that an officer can use deadly force when "He or she reasonably believes that the suspect possesses a deadly weapon or any object, device, or instrument which, when used offensively against a person is likely to or actually does result in serious bodily injury and when he or she reasonably believes that the suspect poses an immediate threat of serious bodily injury to the officer or others."

Gee, that looks familiar. You would think that I posted it previously.

As the DA noted, Rolfe was not actually at risk of great bodily injury or death. Nor was anybody else. Brooks was too drunk to handle the Taser.

As you would say, thank you for playing.

[Echo4]

This is a few years old, but is relevant today:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899119/?fbclid=IwAR0vo4RZVEkvkEt6R1R1x-IYSLu-29KZnYUJg9agrrZtFRaPxR3ZaLOf4t8

Blacks face higher risk of drugs arrests in white neighborhoods.

[Echo4]

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200616/pritzker-signs-vote-by-mail-expansion-declares-election-day-a-state-holiday?fbclid=IwAR2vextddJDqrX4jGAHjsC5JW-Ox9tO6GYcm_eNZFdWAgiQSt956_YXg2z4

[Echo4]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/hydroxychloroquine-national-stockpile/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2A1j157fABRA7vjLg9E_3OqtVPkaapJUff7gJrUU072IlILUz0FvFcJx0

Maybe we can sell them to Brazil.

[Echo4]

Have an hour to spare?

"Has the American Dream been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?"

This is a debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley.

https://aeon.co/videos/the-legendary-debate-that-laid-down-us-political-lines-on-race-justice-and-history

[facilitatorn]

http://www.emptywheel.net/2020/06/17/despite-rapid-growth-in-civil-rights-tourism-montgomery-remains-firmly-in-the-grip-of-racist-white-men/

[bambu.]

The opposite of lockdown is 'herd immunity'.
Protect the most vulnerable, and everyone else carries on with life as normal.
"96% of covid-19 cases will be mild".
"The herd gets the virus, recovers, and becomes immune."...Sweden went with that.
Just have to suffer all the deaths, and the damaged.

Sweden went with that and concluded (a) herd immunity wasn't happening and (b) they did the wrong thing.

If 4% of our country died from something, that would be 13.2 million people that you are so cavalierly killing off.

Do you ever get tired of being so terribly wrong?

I didn't say you should do it.
I said Sweden tried it.
US should do what Australia did...but I can't see how that's possible when everyone won't/can't do lockdowns and social distancing.
It also involves paying every employer who's lost 30% or more of their income $1,500 per FN for every employee, by the federal govt...called "jobkeeper".
Also "jobseeker" payment of $1,100 per FN to every unemployed person...unemployment now into double figures.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/Sweden-herd-immunity-experiment-backfires-covid-15289437.php

[bambu.]

http://www.emptywheel.net/2020/06/17/despite-rapid-growth-in-civil-rights-tourism-montgomery-remains-firmly-in-the-grip-of-racist-white-men/

Americans like choice, don't like things mandated?

What's stopping people in Montgomery from wearing masks?

[bambu.]

This is a few years old, but is relevant today:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899119/?fbclid=IwAR0vo4RZVEkvkEt6R1R1x-IYSLu-29KZnYUJg9agrrZtFRaPxR3ZaLOf4t8

Blacks face higher risk of drugs arrests in white neighborhoods.

Maybe they didn't get the "Say NO to drugs" memo.

[facilitatorn]

 No one wants to explain it to you and, since you are very unlikely to every leave your bunker, there isn’t any point.

[REDSTATEWARD]

What Georgia law says

Georgia law allows a person to use deadly force "only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or herself or a third person."
In addition, the Atlanta Police policy manual, which was most recently updated last week, says that an officer can use deadly force when "He or she reasonably believes that the suspect possesses a deadly weapon or any object, device, or instrument which, when used offensively against a person is likely to or actually does result in serious bodily injury and when he or she reasonably believes that the suspect poses an immediate threat of serious bodily injury to the officer or others."

Gee, that looks familiar. You would think that I posted it previously.

As the DA noted, Rolfe was not actually at risk of great bodily injury or death. Nor was anybody else. Brooks was too drunk to handle the Taser.

As you would say, thank you for playing.

LOL!

[facilitatorn]

Red knows that when you are a deplorable son of a bitch you always perceive danger, even when you are blackout drunk.

We all understand it is an offshoot of the guilt built up for living wrong in the face of all evidence.

[facilitatorn]

http://youtu.be/NVy_LWM091g

My favorite add of the cycle so far.