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LA 92 (Full Documentary) [George Floyd]

posted 4 years ago by Rorikon (16361)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaotkHlHJwo

A good watch. Very similar to what still happens today. Seems not much overall has changed since then. Treat them like gorillas/monkeys or call them as such and eventually they start acting like it aka riots even though the ghetto/hoods already 'act' like that.

There needs to be reforms to police and investments to the communities to resolve these troubling issues and a social contract to be established with the black community wherein if we invest in you, you in turn must uphold certain expectations in educating and training the youth to stop joining gangs, doing drugs, doing crime, and to stop using the N-word. Small amounts of weed is fine for recreational use and shouldn't be jailable. Max repeat minor felonies should be limited to 6-8 (many to this day hold double digits and are walking the streets) before very long term jail sentences.

1965, 1992, 2020... 27-28 years apart each. If nothing changes, I predict in 2045-2050 we'll see another mass riot, just around the same time China gets full legal reign of ending Hong Kong 2 system rule.

Funny thing, William Barr has been present and witness to this twice and I don't think he's learned anything from both of these incidents on how to handle the crowd...

[–] joej2923 (2959) 4 years ago

This documentary is a very lazy effort overall. It's all old footage without any new narration or analysis. They show a supposedly peaceful protest at a church but they don't show what they are saying. Instead of facts and data, they add emotional music to video from the streets. They showed Reginald Denny being pulled from his truck but they didn't explain his story. The nation of Islam leader is spewing venom but they don't identify him. They did show the blacks targeting vehicles driven by whites at a street corner. I was disappointed that the mayor did not calm the populace but instead inflamed passions by condemning the jury verdict. There were several scenes of people screaming but I couldn't understand what they were saying.

This movie proves to me that the stick should be used instead of the carrot. Rodney King received a big settlement and was never charged for drunk driving. He was arrested several more times for drunk driving and other crimes. He even died of a drug overdose. All city mayors should study the LA riots and have a response plan. It looks like things calmed down when the national guard arrived.

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/kingarrests.html

It used to be every twenty years but we now have riots every couple years thanks to BLM. Russian trolls were setting up many protests back in 2016 to cause unrest in the US and I suspect they are still doing this.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49987657

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/fighting-in-the-streets-a-timeline-of-police-violence-and-race-riots-in-the-us-20200602-p54yns.html

I think homeland security should develop some sort of anti-riot squad or national response plan since some of these mayors/city councils are clueless or complicit.

[–] Rorikon (16361) 4 years ago

Reginald Denny, the guy who drove in at the wrong place at the wrong time then got pulled out by thugs on rageroids against whites due to the current events at hand and nearly beaten to death? That Denny? Not much to explain.

The mayor acted like that female mayor in Seattle that did nothing for the first few days 'summer of love'. National Guard were not called in, nothing was really mobilized as well as having logistical issues. Funny how that same repeat happened after George Floyd's murder. Did you see how powerless the police were? Back then they didn't have riot gear or rather beefed up riot gear, only wooden batons and face helmets. If they had the crap back then today they'd be massacred yet people want to demilitarize the look of the police.

The every couple of years riots seem to be small in comparison to the noticeable ones reported by MSM in whole. Maybe they report them a bit but they're later forgotten after a few days or are quickly quashed. They're not memorable to the public.

I think it's up to the governors to make those decisions, not mayors/city councils as they hold more power.

[–] joej2923 (2959) 4 years ago

I guess everybody from back then remembers Reginald Denny's name but I suspect a ten-year-old watching the documentary wouldn't know his name/story. I thought the documentary should have more narration/text to explain things instead of emotional background music.

The imagery of the documentary is powerful so I believe any sensible person who watches the chaos on the streets would approve of the 1994 crime bill and police militarization.

I think you're right about the governor taking over in these states of emergency. The responses to these riots has been lackluster so far.