Police officers kneel during a rally in Coral Gables, Florida on Saturday in response to the recent death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while being arrested by a Minneapolis police officer.
Posted on 05/31/2020 6:17:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the midst of protests and destruction around the nation, a moving scene unfolded Sunday in New York when some of the city's police officers knelt with protesters.
Aleeia Abraham shot a video of the officers taking a knee during a march in Queens calling for justice for George Floyd, who died while being arrested in Minneapolis, and in protest of the senseless killings of other black people.
In the video, the protesters are kneeling and you can hear the crowd's surprise when some of the officers take a knee as well.
"I definitely didn't expect that," Abraham said. "I've never seen that."
As they knelt, one protester reeled off the names of other black people who had died, including Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery.
Even as cities around the country have been rocked for days by violent protests, similar heartening scenes emerged over the weekend. In Florida Saturday, several officers from various agencies knelt with protesters in prayer in front of Coral Gables City Hall.
In Michigan, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson walked with protesters after they chanted "walk with us!"
"Let's go, let's go," Swanson said as he and the cheering crowd proceeded. "Where do you want to walk? We'll walk all night."
The New York march was peaceful and included a couple hundred people, Abraham said.
Abraham, who runs an organization called The BlaQue Resource Network in Queens, said she'd never seen police do that in all her years of activism, or even on television at other protests.
"That's great, it's a good sign, but what we're really looking for is action," she said.
"I'll be even more impressed when we're not stepped on and gunned down. That's the moment I'm looking for."
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In the midst of protests and destruction around the nation, a moving scene unfolded Sunday in New York when some of the city’s police officers knelt with protesters.
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Yeah - truly “moving,” if you mean it moves me to want to throw up somewhere.
Why don’t you cowards join your brethren in Minneapolis and run away and hide somewhere if you’re such pussies?
The churches are closed...are they allowed to do that?
WTF is happening in this country?
What a professional title.
They are praying these people get some common sense before they burn down the city they live in.
Most cops are still well-intentioned. I have to believe that. They are probably as horrified as I am over what the murderer of George Floyd did.
Bowing before the mob
Maybe this black cop should come to Minneapolistan sometime and kneel in solidarity with the white people who are scared to ride on the light rail train for fear of getting senselessly ass kicked by the blacks. .
Of course you never see that on the news as it would be racist.
WTF is happening in this country?
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everybody is a virtue signalling jackass.
Maybe we shouldn’t be defending these guys, after all they are part of the communist agenda too. Thought nothing of arresting salon owners for reopening, but won’t do shit about violent rioters.
For those kneeling prayer, amen. Prayer is powerful. Don’t hold it in contempt.
whatever works, I guess.
whatever works, I guess.
I’d be more impressed if they weeded out the bad cops.
We all know the reality of voilent crime in this country.
Lets not pretend other wise, and nobody in the media or in power GAF.
We’ve been sitting on a powder keg for too long. People are rightfully upset with the police and the system, myself being one. We just witnessed police enforcing Democrat governor’s unconstitutional directives all over the country. They are not willing anyone over. Remember officer Greg Anderson? Fired for wanting to adhere to the constitution.
The police are losing even the typical supporters, like us conservatives.
The system needs a reset badly...
Like the chief of San Antonio police said, he wouldn’t even have been able to fire those cops if they were his.
We’ve been sitting on a powder keg for too long. People are rightfully upset with the police and the system, myself being one. We just witnessed police enforcing Democrat governor’s unconstitutional directives all over the country. They are not willing anyone over. Remember officer Greg Anderson? Fired for wanting to adhere to the constitution.
The police are losing even the typical supporters, like us conservatives.
The system needs a reset badly...
Like the chief of San Antonio police said, he wouldn’t even have been able to fire those cops if they were his.
For those kneeling prayer, amen. Prayer is powerful. Don’t hold it in contempt.
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I don’t think for a second that those cops are praying... do you?
And the beat goes on, rather the bs goes on. Is this country under some mass hypnosis every-time a black person gets killed by whitey and it gets blown tremendously out of proportion? Blacks kill whites on a daily basis and in a higher ratio than than the reverse.
You don’t believe me then -— Look up “The Color Of Crime” which is based on the FBI statistics on inter-racial crime in America. As in inter-racial assaults, rapes murders.
https://2kpcwh2r7phz1nq4jj237m22-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Color-Of-Crime-2016.pdf
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