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pegothejerk t1_j9cd5hd wrote

> The document alleged that “six white sheriff’s deputies” raided a private residence where Michael Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Terrell Parker, 35, stayed at 135 Conerly Road in Braxton, Miss., “without warning or warrant” in what the Rankin County sheriff later called a narcotics investigation

"Investigation", lynching, they seem fairly interchangeable these days.

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spacewalk__ t1_j9cfxpt wrote

i fucking hate living here so much. i mean, there are some unique positives about the US i suppose, but seeing headlines like this every other day is insane.

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Ooften t1_j9cldlv wrote

That’s the point. The powers that he want us beaten down and discouraged and angry. We’re easier to control that way.

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StickcraftW t1_j9cyowi wrote

I think that these problems have always been there and relevant, and people are only just now waking to how bad things truly are, because it’s directly in front of their faces. Which says something because if they’re willing to just throw this news in peoples faces, it means they’ve gotten away with so much they see no reason to care anymore.

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Antennae4013 t1_j9drwce wrote

I know people like to say this for the sake of argument, and it's a good point but it's one factor of many - things are definitely getting worse. Economic inequality is rising, we've had a major pandemic on top of an increase in natural disasters, political divides are bigger than they ever have been, little things like traveling and buying groceries are becoming more and more difficult, people are working more hours, money is flowing freely into our political system so corruption is running rampant, global warming is a very real threat with no solution, violence and mass shootings are becoming more and more common, retirement is starting to look more and more impossible for many. It's bad. It's not just that we're hearing about it now, it's also that our health, security, and happiness are starting to erode.

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kstinfo t1_j9e4b4o wrote

I was going to expand on your comment but I think you got it all. What remains to be seen is if 'good' people can or will step up to a degree necessary to make a difference.

Ben Franklin, after the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, was asked what kind of government the people could expect. He replied, "A republic, if you can keep it."

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PatWithTheStrat t1_j9d2wp7 wrote

If we are focused on hating each other then we could never come together, settle our differences, and use our collective power to fight for true representation

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InappropriateTA t1_j9delba wrote

[Serious] what are some of the unique positives in your opinion?

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spacewalk__ t1_j9dil34 wrote

  • free soda refills
  • national parks
  • solid variety of good cuisines
  • baseball / basketball / am. football versus soccer
  • it kinda just feels like home more than other countries
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Pohatu5 t1_j9flut9 wrote

While there's obviously problems with our transportation system, are highways are built such that you can just get up and travel 100s of miles in any direction you want at any time, which is kinda nice - especially with the aforementioned parks and national lands system.

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InappropriateTA t1_j9dlo91 wrote

I think the National Parks is the only one I’d consider a real plus. And maybe the food. I couldn’t care less about sports.

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17times2 t1_j9fyu5i wrote

You asked for their opinion; they didn't ask for yours.

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ThanksMisterSkeltal t1_j9cwypx wrote

Lawyer sounds like a Nation of Islam nut, but doesn’t make me disbelieve the fact that the cops probably did this.

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The_Amazing_Shaggy t1_j9d51zl wrote

It won't have any bearing on my feelings on the evidence that will come forth, but the lawyer is so nutty the Nation of Islam kicked him out:

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/malik-zulu-shabazz

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ThanksMisterSkeltal t1_j9d6t20 wrote

Jesus, that’s pretty bad. Thats like the Republican Party distancing themselves because you’re too racist. Then you know you’re fucked up.

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NBAWhoCares t1_j9cltfy wrote

First, fuck the racist cops. Pieces of shit and anyone enabling them belong in jail for life

Second, this article is really underselling the past anti semetic shit this lawyer has said:

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/malik-zulu-shabazz

Genuine domestic terrorist.

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westplains1865 t1_j9cwkc9 wrote

Thought I recognized the name Shabazz. The guy is a total piece of shit, proudly anti-Semitic, who was so extreme he was kicked out of the Nation of Islam.

Full investigation on the claims against the police, and everyone gets their day in court, but fuck Shabazz's intolerance.

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kthulhu666 t1_j9chdtu wrote

This reads less like a raid and more a search for drug money that would have resulted in the unsolved murders of the two residents.

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bm_69 t1_j9cejeo wrote

What the actual fuck is wrong with the US? How does this even happen?

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BridgetheDivide t1_j9cjnnc wrote

America won the Civil War but lost reconstruction. We allowed this rot to fester inside us for centuries. All that's changed is that now everyone has a camera in their pocket

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nslvlv t1_j9cjb77 wrote

This is not new. They just can't say the victims harass a white or sprinkle crack on the crime scene anymore.

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SteelCityIrish t1_j9crv17 wrote

“I’ve seen this before Johnson! He’s gonna as far as hanging pictures of his family up everywhere…”

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SpaceChimera t1_j9ckmqi wrote

Police have a long history of torture in this country. If you've ever heard the phrase "give em the 3rd degree" that's where the phrase comes from. You'd have degrees of interrogation with the 3rd being just literally torture for a confession. This was fully legal until 1940 and then continued with prosecutors and judges looking the other way for decades longer. Look up John Burge in Chicago PD to see how tolerated it was. Burge worked at CPD until the 90s and tortured hundreds of black men into giving confessions. On his desk in the police commanders office he kept his "N****r box" for everyone to see. Nobody said shit for decades and tried to cover it up once it came to light. Current CPD and FOP leadership has defended Burge on numerous occasions.

Nowadays police aren't supposed to beat you. They developed things like the Reid technique to essentially mentally abuse you into confessing. You can't physically torture anyone but you can lock them in interrogation for days while repeatedly questioning and leading them to what you want to hear - all the while blatantly lying to you about the evidence, your rights, etc

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reverendsteveii t1_j9k7rwk wrote

Fun fact about the Reid technique: it came into prominence after Reid used it to get Darrel Parker to confess to his wife's murder. That confession was later determined to be false and Parker was paid $500,000 by the state of Nebraska for wrongful conviction.

Which is to say that the cops always knew it was bullshit that's just as likely to get a false confession as a real one, but their job is to arrest people for crimes regardless of whether those people are actually guilty.

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gtck11 t1_j9djhg3 wrote

That county is a shithole, I’m not surprised that their police did something so disgusting. Had the misfortune of living there alittle over a year as a kid, when a black family moved into our neighborhood for the first time they got harassed like crazy with KKK sprayed all over their brick house and drive. Also a klan rally was held in the same town.

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Cobby1927 t1_j9d5yno wrote

Put the officers in cuffs and give the black community 90 minutes with them.

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AltruisticCompany961 t1_j9fmqtk wrote

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.

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UpperBroccoli t1_j9f3i8j wrote

Some of those that work forces

Are the same that burn crosses

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[deleted] t1_j9d285w wrote

Alleged. But sure, make a headline out of it to stir up shit.

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mces97 t1_j9e22hv wrote

Well it's pretty easy to determine entry and exit wounds. So you'll have to tell me how you think a guy got shot out his mouth with the bullet coming out of his neck.

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