slothrop @lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago'Your eyes don't lie.' Trump, ICE, a death and a turning pointwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1260
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minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·6 months 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-up17·6 months 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-up9·6 months agoAnd that does include white males. Nothing is new.
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months 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.