slothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago'Your eyes don't lie.' Trump, ICE, a death and a turning pointwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down10
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minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·5 days agoRodney was black in a coastal city. This was a white guy in the heartland. You could write dissertations on why that difference alone makes a huge impact on perception, not to mention any of the other stuff going on leading up to this.
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·edit-25 days agoYou’d be amazed to learn that cops have actually murdered and beaten a LOT more than two people, much of it captured on video.
minus-squareOutForARip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoAnd that does include white males. Nothing is new.
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days agoIt may not be new to you but a lot of people are paying attention currently that normally don’t.
Rodney was black in a coastal city. This was a white guy in the heartland. You could write dissertations on why that difference alone makes a huge impact on perception, not to mention any of the other stuff going on leading up to this.
You’d be amazed to learn that cops have actually murdered and beaten a LOT more than two people, much of it captured on video.
And that does include white males. Nothing is new.
It may not be new to you but a lot of people are paying attention currently that normally don’t.