@inthehands@hachyderm.ioDuring the days after the murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis police actively prevented firefighters from fighting fires. Buildings in my neighborhood burned because the police wouldn’t let anyone put out the fire.
Out of control is right. And it’s what these people do.
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https://front-end.social/@grigs/115375875836066251
@hex@kolektiva.socialOk, yeah, I'm not done processing my anger over liberals doing shit like this. So this historian sees a rise in right wing violence, sees the US government carrying out ethnic cleansing, sees a rise in white supremacist terrorism, and then says, "oh yeah... this reminds me of a time right around the 1920s. Hum... yeah, ANARCHISTS fighting the government! Yeah, that's the same thing."
FFS, IT'S THE RED SUMMER! If you want a parallel between today and some horrible time in US history, TALK ABOUT THE RED SUMMER. The point of the language of dehumanization that the right uses, the point of all the anti-black and anti-emigrant rhetoric, is that it leads to genocide. Trump already carried out an act of genocide (#USPol
@cdarwin@c.imObservers worry that Trump might abuse the power of the Insurrection Act.
Given his propensity to lie and exaggerate about the immigration crisis
-- such as the false rumors he helped spread about Haitian immigrants in 2024
-- Trump might use similar false claims to justify sending troops into American cities.
During his first term, he reportedly threatened to use military force against protestors after the murder of George Floyd.
Now that Trump has purged top …
@newstik@social.heise.deBook description: "I can't breathe! 3 words ... significantly altered the political, social, and educational landscape of the consciousness of the USA and the world. Many have attributed this ... to the public murder of George Floyd at the hands of Officer Derek Chauvin while 3 other officers looked on. ... The constant struggle to elevate the lived experiences of Black people in the United States was front and center - for about two weeks."
The author of that book has now…
@samueljohn@mastodon.worldThe decay of values continues...
https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/115277445442427554
