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"Listen to this young man, listen." (Original Post) mia May 2020 OP
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. denbot May 2020 #1
Apt quote. KPN May 2020 #4
Could you explain it for us deafies? Thanks. nt tblue37 May 2020 #2
Basically he said, Stop Killing Us! LittleGirl May 2020 #3
Right? I miss so much. Borchkins May 2020 #5
Transcript. WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #7
Thank you for the transcript. mia May 2020 #10
Thank you! I'll make the change. WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #11
Thank you so much. nt tblue37 May 2020 #16
I got the impression he believes all police officers are bad which is wrong, KS Toronado May 2020 #6
The thing is that the "good" cops are unwilling to speak up Bettie May 2020 #8
Indeed. calimary May 2020 #9
Believe you are correct, perhaps it's like the military KS Toronado May 2020 #12
Oh for fuck's sake stop it greenjar_01 May 2020 #14
distraction uponit7771 May 2020 #17
"As he gets older he should discover that the majority of officers are good people." mia May 2020 #18
Y'all killing us malaise May 2020 #13
Indeed greenjar_01 May 2020 #15

denbot

(9,899 posts)
1. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Thu May 28, 2020, 08:12 AM
May 2020

John F Kennedy.

K & R

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,337 posts)
7. Transcript.
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:08 AM
May 2020
Right now, you got a city riot going on, because once again the police has failed to protect us, like they say they was gonna do. (cut) Us as a community, we not gonna protect ourselves, but if we don’t have anyone to protect us, then this is what you get. You get riots. You got people out here going crazy. We losing loved ones every day to people that are sworn in to protect us. It’s not us — it’s the police. This the madness they spark up. This is what they encourage. This is what they provoke. This is what you get out of you taking some love from someone. This is what you get. You get a lot of people that’s hurt. And they can’t fix it the right way. They can’t no longer depend on the police to protect us like they say they gonna do. So this is what you get. And no, it’s not going to end today, I can’t tell you it’s going to end tomorrow, I don’t know when it’s going to end. But it’s where you oughta start. We not the one that’s killing us. It’s y’all that’s killing us. We can’t make a change if y’all don’t change.


His voice starts out sad and gets higher and tighter and angrier as the clip goes along.

mia

(8,360 posts)
10. Thank you for the transcript.
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:24 AM
May 2020

He gave a powerful speech, and it's good to be able to read what he said. I listened again and heard "And they can’t fix it the right way."

KS Toronado

(17,231 posts)
6. I got the impression he believes all police officers are bad which is wrong,
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:06 AM
May 2020

As he gets older he should discover that the majority of officers are good people. It's a shame the bad apples get all the media attention.

Bettie

(16,105 posts)
8. The thing is that the "good" cops are unwilling to speak up
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:14 AM
May 2020

about the "bad apples".

So, the bad ones stay, they get promoted, they do as they please, knowing that those around them will support any action they take.

It is a police culture issue. It is a training issue. It is an issue of the kind of people who are recruited and hired by police departments.

KS Toronado

(17,231 posts)
12. Believe you are correct, perhaps it's like the military
Thu May 28, 2020, 11:05 AM
May 2020

where a soldier looks after his fellow soldiers no matter what.

mia

(8,360 posts)
18. "As he gets older he should discover that the majority of officers are good people."
Thu May 28, 2020, 04:15 PM
May 2020

How should he go about learning this?

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