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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Will they rattle off the names of senseless killings of whites?
And, of the senseless killings of blacks killed by other blacks?
Will these officers kneel for THESE senseless killings?
Isn’t that just special.
Well, their ultimate boss is a Marxist who hates them, and who has, throughout his political career, stoked marxist, racial anger and resentment among the people who are now now rioting. So these cops have had a preview of where America is going, and decided its better to kneel.
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These police are not protesting the national anthem by taking a knee. They are not surrendering to Antifa. They are praying to God for our country. They are asking the protesters to join them. It will take strong men of God to unite the peaceful protesters and the police against Antifa. With God is the only way this ends without massive amounts of bloodshed. Remember who the real enemy is.
“Remember officer Greg Anderson?”
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Yes....from Washington State.
I heard him on Glenn Beck’s radio show.
The officer explained what happened and how he wrote an impassioned plea for cops around the country not to arrest or harass people for going to a park, the beach, etc. and to respect the Constitution.
It went viral and Greg was fired.
Glenn offered to help Greg get a job in law enforcement in Texas and Greg said, “Awesome!”
Greg also said he heard from the NYPD and they told him the entire department read his impassioned plea about the Constitution and freedom, and Greg said the NYPD guy told him, “You changed the culture here!”
Can you shoot me a good hamburger recipe? I currently like to add cayenne, cumin powder, salt. Cook then place on a slice of toasted bread. Eat with some ketchup or common yellow mustard with lettuce/tomato/onion on the side.
We need to have a “national conversation” about black on white crime, which happens at a much higher rate than the reverse.
I don’t cook much meat. I think that’s a “Man’s Job”.
But putting CUMIN in a hamburger? Jeez, that’s...that’s just WEIRD.
My favorite burger to buy at the local joint is just a smoky, grilled patty on a nice bun, with blue cheese, bacon, pickle, onion, mustard - sometimes Mayo - and really hot spicy barbecue sauce.
(I don’t like Ketchup on anything except French Fries or Fish Sticks.)
I agree on the cumin but..... Thanks for your current favorite hamburger. French fries must be hot out of the fryer (otherwise you are wasting time on planet earth) and must be dipped into the ketchup. I will toss soggy french fries.
As long as the fries are done in tallow or lard. I haven’t had a French Fry that I really liked in ages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF31qCrclC0
Amen. If someone did to my son what that cop did to George Floyd, I would be arrested for killing that person.
This is NOT a black/white thing. This is a right/wrong thing.
Go into a Five Guys sometime when they are not busy. Ask for well cooked French fries. Keep an eye on them so they do it right. Take the finished product to your table and dip fries in what you like. Might even be something from home.
I don’t what’s happening but Russia looking better all the time...maybe Belarus....or Klamikia....
That was just the impromptu field surrender to the mob while they arrange the more elaborate ceremony. Takes a while to rent morning suits, top hats, and a battleship.
I think Central Europe might be more comfortable. Poland, Hungary, or a Baltic country. I’ve visited a bunch of them and actually lived a few years in Estonia. Very nice in most ways but small. Difficult language.
But most of all I want my kids to live in the USA of my youth. That’s mostly gone and more and more is slipping away. By the time they’re my age the USA will be South Africa. Damned sad.
Diversity class exercise.
Required speaker attendance.
Government student loan colleges, cashing in.
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