Two more black men cut down in 48 hours. Curse red America's lethal fascination with firearms,

[Surya Gayatri]

curse racist, roided-up cops, curse a cruel and inequitable system of justice. Curse them all to hell.





Soulless...gratuitous cruelty bears witness to a soulless self or state.

I'm in constant and genuine admiration before the sangfroid and sanity exhibited by our AA brothers and sisters in the midst of this murderous maelstrom.

[safeinOhio]

1. Take guns away from all cops

until our representatives can figure out, what the hell is going on. Unarmed cops are polite cops.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. As evidenced by Great Britain's bobbies. TAKE AWAY THEIR GUNS...YES!

[forjusticethunders]

3. I don't even know man.

I was held at gunpoint by cops and I wasn't even involved in whatever it was they were trying to do. I'm pretty lucky to be here still. I think a lot of them are being driven by the same thing that's driving Trump votes.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Are you AA? How do you find the courage to go out in public in the present

atmosphere? Murder runs riot in the streets and you find the strength to face it down.

It is an act of inestimable bravery just to step out into a society that considers you as potential targets.

I am genuinely humbled.

[forjusticethunders]

7. Yep Im AA

And the same way we got through slavery and Jim Crow I guess.

[Surya Gayatri]

8. I have tears in my eyes as I type this...all I can say is that you

have my sincere and humble admiration.

We can only fight this battle together with linked arms and in total solidarity.

[bluestateguy]

5. Minnesota is red?

Actually in that case, it was the policeman NOT respecting the right of a black man to bear arms.

[psychmommy]

6. You won't see the NBA speak up on this one.

Heads would explode if the militia folks could even receive that, lol.

[Surya Gayatri]

10. Sorry? NBA or NRA? If you mean the NRA, I agree. They won't touch this.

[Marengo]

25. Why should they?

[Surya Gayatri]

26. The cause célèbre of the NRA and the RW is "due process".

You'd think they'd jump on these cases of extra-judicial execution of gun owners.

Hum, why aren't they rushing to question this gross miscarriage of justice?

What's keeping them silent? I wonder...

[Marengo]

29. He doesn't appear to have been a legal gun owner which is most likely why.

I'm the first to oppose lifetime bans on gun ownership based on felony convictions, but I doubt most of the RKBA orgs share that view.

[brush]

32. Wrong. He was licensed to carry.

Why would you jump to that conclusion?

[Marengo]

38. I was thinking of the Sterling shooting. Too many it seems, I'm losing track.

[psychmommy]

35. hahaha i did mean NRA.

[Surya Gayatri]

9. No, but the cop's brain is. That was just my point--millions of red-minded

people reside in blue states (MN for starters.)

[PeoViejo]

12. A lot of the problem with Police is agressive training by private firms like 'Blasckwater.'

They train police like they are operating in Iraq or Afghanistan. Many of the Police are combat veterans and act accordingly. Then you add PTSD and other emotional problems. It's a disaster waiting to happen.

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Actually, that disaster is being played out in our streets right now.

We are seeing, in real time, the murderous effect of militarizing our police.

[brush]

33. And roid rage.

[PeoViejo]

50. Gotta bulk-up

It makes it a lot easier to make someone whisper: "I can't breath."

[heaven05]

39. Not PTSD

hate of black people is the driving force that has emboldened them and has been been encouraged by their fuhrer running for POTUS as a republican. NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. The rising tide of racial hate in this country makes me understand what the Jewish people must have felt at the ascension of Hitler to chancellor of germany. The brown and blue shirts of trump are already on the march. They will not be meeting a person here who will fear them. I detest a cowardly racist hiding behind a badge or a presidential nominee.

[AllyCat]

15. I feel the second amendment is largely interpreted as for whites only

[betsuni]

11. K&R

[AllyCat]

14. I do not remember police brutality being this lethal

We've been hearing it for decades. But the cold-blooded killing seems new. Am I just now paying attention? Has it always been this way for AAs? I'm horrified at what is happening and want to know what to do.

[Surya Gayatri]

16. I don't either. Or, has this been going on since forever, just NOT on YouTube?

Take an increasingly militarized police force, add more and more guns, plus a dangerously charged, racist environment, and you've got a recipe for mayhem and murder.

[Voltaire]

17. I've been AA for 57 years

And I can tell you that not only has it always been this way, it will always BE this way. I am convinced that America is incapable of change when it comes to citizens who are not white.

[AllyCat]

19. I am horrified Voltaire. I'm sorry I have been asleep and am only

Now starting to see. I want to make it better and don't know how.

[Surya Gayatri]

21. Voltaire, when I read things like your post, and Malaise's in another thread, I despair.

Does it always have to be like this? The under- 30s are cause for a little optimism, no? They don't see color the way their elders do.

Tell me there's reason to hope?

[heaven05]

40. 68 years here

and I confirm your observation of our past, present and future.

[brush]

34. It's nothing new. The larger society just always took the side of the cops. Cell phone videos . . .

is what's new. Now the larger society can see what the cops , the racist, murdering ones, not all, have been getting away with for forever.

[JustAnotherGen]

18. If you can handle it and are on Facebook

Go to Tim Wise's page.

He has a link linking to 'Eve' -

It becomes VERY clear in that video that -

Cop #1 - What did you do that for man?

Cop #2 (Shooter) - It seemed like he shot fire , so I shot fire . . . FUCK!


So Cop #1 asks Cop #2 why he did that?

I hope Cop #1 turns against him and saves himself.

[Surya Gayatri]

20. Sorry, don't do facebook. Can you get some screen caps and post them here? If that's feasible...

One thing you can bet on--they'll be trying to save each other's asses.

[Glassunion]

22. I just watched it... You're better off not seeing it.

Two cops on top of him, one with gun drawn and pretty much pressed up against his chest.

You then see the shooter fire several times, and then you get to watch Alton die as blood pools up on his chest.

You can't un-see that, and I wouldn't recommend it.

[Surya Gayatri]

24. Okay, I'll pass. Your graphic description is quite enough.

[JustAnotherGen]

31. Can't from this device

Will try later

[Surya Gayatri]

36. Thank you, JAG.

[rbrnmw]

23. and Republicans are holding a hearing on nonsense today

[tonyt53]

27. The really bad thing is that so many cities are hiring people that really, really want to be cops

They want to carry guns and have power over others. Those people are the worst choice as cops. You rarely ever hear of any state policeman doing these types of things. Sometimes we do, but rarely. The screening process used for those positions weeds out the people I first described.

[Surya Gayatri]

30. Recruiting and screening practices need to be radically revised.

Aggressive personality tendencies and certainly PTSD should be immediate reason for elimination.

[ciaobaby]

28. Agree with all above comments.

Waiting patiently for Obama to acknowledge to need to address this epidemic of police openly murdering AA's with little or no ramifications, other than being put on "administrative" leave, i.e. vacation.

[Surya Gayatri]

37. I expect BHO to become much more outspoken in his advocacy for

the AA community once he's a free agent.

Every time he's tried to express his outrage and grief at the present situation, he's been excoriated by the rabid right for being partisan and "playing the race card".

[heaven05]

41. yeah they will

just paint him as the fearful "angry black man". Something he has not shown to these clowns in america who were hoping to debase his character and integrity by labeling his actions as thuggish or worse. America sucks sometimes and lately, for me, all the time. It was created by white people for white people and white people are trying and have tried their best, for generations, by murder and worse, at all levels of society, to hold on to that legacy. America will never be rid of it's slavery, segregationist and racist past, present and future.

Fear of PoC is driving a lot of these clowns crazy.

[Surya Gayatri]

44. Insane, they've become certifiably insane...

Fear of PoC is driving a lot of these clowns crazy.

And, the fearless, righteous Obama is there in the middle of the mad melée, trying to walk a fine line and be the "President" to all Americans.

He is a one-man profile in courage and fortitude.

I've never admired a public figure so much.

[Cha]

42. Well said, Surya~ Mahalo~

We Should Not Have To Jump Through Hoops To Prove That Black Lives Matter




Philando Castile and Alton Sterling~
11:12 PM - 6 Jul 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/07/we-should-not-have-to-jump-through-hoops-to-prove-that-black-lives-matter/

[Surya Gayatri]

45. Cha! Goddamn, these pics just rip me apart. And, now the

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new outrage in Dallas.

Trump and his racist, concealed-carry rabble have a lot to answer for.

If his public incitement to riot continues, I question whether the center can hold.

[Cha]

47. I know they're so heartbreaking, Surya..

[lovemydog]

43. +1

I posted about this in general discussion in the afternoon. A few recs, no replies. Posted about it again this morning. No replies.

Everyone's busy posting about what's on television now - the shooting in Dallas. Dozens of new threads full of inane speculation.

I abhor all violence. My heart goes out to the families & loved ones of those murdered in Dallas. But it saddens me that most here get so entranced with whatever is the ongoing story that it seems like they forget all the pain and sorrow of the families of unarmed victims killed by police.

Dozens upon dozens this year and every year previous.

[Surya Gayatri]

46. As you can see upthread, the "gun enthusiasts" tried to argue

that America's predominantly white, gun-loving culture has nothing to do with the present climate of murderous violence against the AA and other ethnic minorities.

Ignorant, armed racists can and will do serious damage, whether they're wearing a badge or not. How hard is that to understand?

This is the kind of cognitive dissonance we're up against.

I too am in despair today.

[lovemydog]

48. Yup. I do give thanks every day for folks

like you and others here who are aware of sensitive to these matters. As someone mentioned in another thread here, I read other parts of DU for entertainment & often bemusement. This is where my friends are and we always have good discussions.

I'm taking my girlfriend to surgery this morning. She's mixed race (as I think so many people are not only here in the USA but all over the whole wide world). So I'll be praying for her and for peace all throughout the day. Take care. There are many many good people out there!

[Surya Gayatri]

49. Yes! It's a brown, brown world, and the sooner humanity comes to

terms with that reality, the happier and healthier we'll all be. I live in France, and it too is getting browner by the day.

She's mixed race (as I think so many people are not only here in the USA but all over the whole wide world).

Best of luck to your GF, love. I hope it's nothing too, too serious. She's fortunate to have you at her side. I appreciate your voice SO much.

[heaven05]

51. how many

are killed outside of these recorded high profile events of murder and extrajudicial executions? I bet a lot.