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somebrodyon Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low-Altitude Show of Force

> who was being arrested for another criminal act

ReticentVole believes the penalty for a criminal act is death.

> but a huge injustice and evidence of massive inequality when a man with a history of violence, in the process of resisting arrest, is killed by the same incompetent police force

Oh, you're an all-lives matter person! Why didn't you say so? Go fuck yourself.

somebrodyon Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low-Altitude Show of Force

The national guard has a bad track record, but at least it is legal and their job. The US military cannot legally do this.

somebrodyon Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low-Altitude Show of Force

Are you familiar with how America got started?

somebrodyon Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low-Altitude Show of Force

It's illegal for the military to monitor US citizens. It is illegal for them to police non-federal property.

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

I thought it was lame. I broke the guidelines. I assume bad faith from everything that person wrote. You should probably report me.

I also assume bad faith from you so you can add that to your tattling.

somebrodyon Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low-Altitude Show of Force

I know from another thread about how the police use indiscriminate violence instead of de-escalation that this is totally ok with about half the people here. That half can go fuck themselves

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

That's a video of George Floyd being murdered by cops. Do you even know what we are talking about? The cops are violent. They could de-escalate instead of use violence. The agenda is talking about this article https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/de-escalation-keeps-pro...

somebrodyon SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit

Thanks! Too bad for now

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

I said many. Here's many cops being very racist and very violent:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqt_gHgAxk/?utm_source=ig_embed

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-video-appears-show-...

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

> I'm curious if you truly think the people that I listed want to see their home towns on fire

When given a choice to protect murderous cops or prevent a fire, they chose to protect the murderous cops. All the cops have to do is go to jail, get a court date, post bail and sit at home. Why can't a cop that murdered someone be that inconvenienced?

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

> wild narratives on HN about police racism and violence

You can see cops wilding out here

From reddit:

Please share this

firing something at innocent person on their porch:

https://streamable.com/u2jzoo

cop appearing to be enjoying himself today:

https://v.redd.it/jjclrdzp8x151

cop shooting something at guy for saying "fuck you":

https://v.redd.it/zepg0b43ly151

cops breaking supplies for peaceful protestors:

https://v.redd.it/v8x8isj0xz151

nypd driving into protestors:

https://v.redd.it/mztm15kh00251 https://gfycat.com/misguidedrecklesscod

cops shoving an old dude to the ground:

https://v.redd.it/bluggpblrz151

police actively seeking out fights compilation:

https://v.redd.it/m82yxl4qh0251

cop driving at people aggressively on a campus:

https://v.redd.it/ngxvkoro60251

cop shooting rubber bullets at people watching from apartment:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Sarah_Mojarad/status/126663304659...

police shooting the press with rubber bullets:

https://v.redd.it/o3v8ps7rat151

police arresting a CNN reporter:

https://v.redd.it/yce9bpk8mo151

police doing a drive-by pepper spraying

https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1266193926316228...

photographer being pepper sprayed:

https://i.redd.it/4ix8f3j6dy151.jpg

guy with hands in the air gets his mask ripped off and pepper sprayed:

https://v.redd.it/wlx0gyoe21251

lady who was coming home with groceries who got a rubber bullet to the head:

https://i.redd.it/ns0uj557x0251.jpg

https://mobile.twitter.com/KevinRKrause/status/1266898396339...

reporter blinded by rubber bullets:

https://mobile.twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/12666185256...

reporter describes getting tear gassed:

https://mobile.twitter.com/mollyhf/status/126691138261369242...

couple getting yanked out of their car and tased for violating curfew:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GAFollowers/status/12669191045748...

young woman gets shoved to the ground by officer:

https://mobile.twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/126654071018819...

reporter sheltering in gas station is pepper sprayed: https://twitter.com/MichaelAdams317

reporter trying to get home gets window shot out: https://twitter.com/JaredGoyette/status/1266961243476299778

cops come at a guy for filming a police car burning:

https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1266953514242228229

photographer arrested:

https://youtu.be/9wgkGLmphLE

Columbus police assaulting protestors:

https://twitter.com/KRobPhoto/status/1266796191469252610

congresswoman sprayed with pepper spray during protest:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/politics/joyce-beatty-ohio-pe...

7 protesters fired on with rubber bullets:

https://v.redd.it/tal1ncha4o151

cops pepper spraying a group of protestors without provocation https://v.redd.it/0dxnkso0a1251

young child allegedly pepper sprayed:

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/video-shows-milk-poured-ov...

horse tramples young woman, police investigating: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/05/30/watch-vi...

cop pushes protestor with his bike

https://twitter.com/ava/status/1266797973834395648?s=20

Reuters reporters detail being shot at with rubber bullets:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protes...

Denver PD pushing reporter into a fire

https://twitter.com/tessrmalle/status/1266945413258653696?s=...

Denver PD shooting at a couple in a car after learning pregnant woman is in the car

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAzZnQvF8B0/?igshid=woeoeruh786o

Wife + husband get beaten by 2x4 for defending their shop

https://streamable.com/9w5c5e

“Light them up” for standing in their porch

https://streamable.com/u2jzoo

Rioter gets slammed into a fence by a garbage receptacle by fellow rioters

https://reddit.com/r/IdiotsFightingThings/comments/gtqdne/fr...

Kentucky cops shooting a news crew with pepper bullets

https://reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/gt6c01/louisville_...

News reporter gets arrested for nothing

https://reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/gsrjm8/cnn_reporte...

Cop pepper spraying protesters while driving by

https://reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/gswy45/these_were_p...

Cops shoots protester for no reason twice

https://reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gu3s6j/police_s...

Police hunting down journalist and pepper spraying him while his head is on the ground

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gu5yru/us_s...

Police pulling down black man’s mask to pepper spray him with his hands up

https://twitter.com/AJRupchandani/status/1266889115288711168...

Police pulling black family FROM THEIR CAR by breaking the windshield, cutting the tires, and using mace and tasers

https://twitter.com/chimdesires/status/1267198829775990787?s...

Bike cop runs into some guy from behind and then assaults him

https://twitter.com/The_Stepover/status/1267240778645925889?...

Covering up badge numbers

https://twitter.com/Rosemar41833206/status/12669486864933847...

Cop opens car door at speed to hit a protester as they pass

https://twitter.com/ZeeshanAleem/status/1266562022398926848?...

Pack of police pepper spray a couple random pedestrians, and then spray into the open window of a guy who witnessed it in his own home

https://twitter.com/Mahina_420/status/1267254525112594433?s=...

Another cop using their vehicle as a deadly weapon

https://i.imgur.com/QTZCPKg.gifv

Police drag off man for... walking

https://twitter.com/LasVegasLocally/status/12672108415956049...

Police arrest journalist

https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1266933018570219520?s...

State senator was pepper sprayed and cuffed while trying to keep things peaceful at Barclays Arena. http://bronx.news12.com/story/42192118/state-senator-says-he...

if you have anything you'd like to add please link it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gu3s6j/poli...

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

> The relevant discussions are here

Squirmy

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

It's the cops on each force they cherry-picked. The fact that they are chief of police means nothing, but that you don't understand the institutions involved and how they work. This stuff is in front of SCOTUS and congress right now. It's not simple and it is very broken.

> The list of police chiefs & other officials is solid.

The list is solid ignorance of the institutions involved. It focuses on race of one part of police leadership and not police violence and the racist actions of many cops. Highlighting police chief race is a racial argument in the least and may be even a racist argument.

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

Also, you don't understand the institutions involved if you highlight these examples. Police, police unions, district attorneys, etc. It's not simple

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking

Above, they cherry-picked a few cops that just happen to be the chief of police. It's not that simple.

You don't understand the institutions involved if you highlight these examples. Police, police unions, district attorneys, etc. It's not simple.

somebrodyon De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

> I don’t think that typical “pro-police forces” want to own the narrative of their cause being racist and violent

I think they do. Many cops seem to be very racist and very violent. It doesn't seem like they care who knows it. Even when they do care, they might not turn on body-cams which should be a fireable offense and now it finally is in at least one case in Kentucky.

somebrodyon San Francisco, Silicon Valley rents plunge amid downturn

> it's the tourists causing the cost increase

Ok, show me where the tourists do this without a landlord enabling it. If AirBnb didn't exist, would tourist just sleep in the park?

somebrodyon Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive

> when anyone can publish content, you have to work harder to stand out from the crowd.

Anyone can publish to YouTube and you can see the likes, comments, and subscribes. Seems pretty easy to stand out.

somebrodyon Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than buy food online

They wanted items from Costco at a fair price. They didn't want items from a "different seller", whatever that would mean. But, sure, pretend that Instacart is doing a good job in the free market or whatever. Everyone else knows that it isn't the right way to do it

somebrodyon SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit

https://www.space.com/bigelow-spacex-tourist-flights-space-s...

somebrodyon The Day AppGet Died

He has since noted it. What do you think now?

somebrodyon Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than buy food online

> not order it in the first place

Which was OP's conclusion so I'm not sure why understanding the nuances of the pricing is helpful

somebrodyon Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than buy food online

If I read all that, do I get my $60 back? No? Then I don't care. It's The Wrong Way.

somebrodyon Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than buy food online

The way brands package, label, and market their goods is not compatible with online shopping. In the store, a person can quickly evaluate value and buy different options on sale that they enjoy less than another product, but are a good bargain. Online, however, that type of shopping is a rabbit hole of overthought. It takes too long. The only way to speed it up is to remove the idea of evaluating options for value. Make everything a good value. If you can't do that for some product, then let it go out of stock.

Online shopping needs consistent pricing. People want to order what they like, at a fair value, and at prices that could only change every 4 to 6 weeks. If you're in the supply chain, figure this out please.

somebrodyon Zuckerberg says employees moving out of Silicon Valley may face pay cuts

> good subset of people who dont really care that much about their careers

Caring too much is a bad bargain. The companies don't care too much about you and me

somebrodyon Zuckerberg says employees moving out of Silicon Valley may face pay cuts

It is only suicide for in-company promotion tracks.

It has no effect on your career if you learn to not depend on in-company tracks for your success.

somebrodyon Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash

Yep, emotional solutions work better for many. An example:

1) Pay rent and all bills on time, fully. This is sacred. It is called the Golden Rule for a reason.

2) After rent and bills, take the rest out in cash.

a) Split the cash into the number of weeks it needs to cover.

b) Split the cash for each week into two equal parts. Put one half in an envelope labeled "Monday" and the other half in one labeled "Friday".

c) Hide each week's envelope in a different part of your room or house.

3) Put the first week's "Monday" money in your pocket. Spend it until it is gone or not. You decide. If you overspend, hopefully it was on a Wednesday because you must make do. Eat oatmeal, eat rice, eat spinach. Get through it.

4) On "Friday" put the other half of the week's budget in your pocket and spend it before you go to bed on Sunday.

5) Repeat

somebrodyon Introducing Facebook Shops

> why are independent product manufacturers in the US / Europe still using Amazon?

They do it to sell to people that are shopping on Amazon in spite of every problem with it. Never being undercut by Amazon isn't important to these sellers. Think, "I don't want to live in a world where someone gets undercut by Amazon better than us".

somebrodyon Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices

The most reasonable explanation is that they were targeting Friday, but were late and so it was Monday. Firing 3,000 employees takes a lot of preparation. If there are a few corner case employee resolutions, that holds up the whole bunch