George Floyd - America so f**ked up

Absolutely.  And my son in law was sacked too.  He was nobbing a 15 year old girl.  Then my step daughter divorced him.  And he was declared bankrupt.
Edit.  And he`s got two children that he`s not allowed contact with.   If anybody on here wants a lesson on how to throw their whole life away, I`ll see if I can get his contact details for them.

Ouch.
Not nice for your family.

The events were new, the message isn't anything we didn't already know.

In spite of all this, at heart he was a decent guy.  He would do anything to help you.   But something was wired up wrong in his head.   
I was very sad at the mess he made of it all.

Just like the church attracts child molesters, the police will attract psychos! Seems like any position that has some power will entice a certain type of 'person' (referee's? 😂)

Still think the US police force is on another level though - racist to the core, an army of the state.

Did you actually listen to what Mr Murray said? Your comments kind of suggest that you didn't.

But as you want to play the game, OK, let's play it on your terms.

What has the colour of the skin of the 2 girls killed in London got to do with the fact that they've been murdered? Yet you've not commented on it being mentioned in this thread and in the media.

I brought up their sexuality as, looking at the BBC, Sky, C4, Guardian, Independent reports on the incident I couldn't find their sexuality mentioned, yet every one of those outlets also referenced the fact that the 2 murdered girls were black.

Now, listen again to what Mr Murray says and let us know whether you think he's made any valid points.

I already asked, if the girls were white, would the police have shared it on whatsapp, that's why race is an issue in this instance imo.

Getting ready for TODAY`S work now.  Don`t know where the time goes.
When my son in law was doing the training to prove that he had the aptitude to be a copper, part of the course was to sit in a classroom with about twenty others, and look at photographs that they were given.   The photographs were awful; people who`d died in fires, people who`d been killed in car crashes, children who`d been murdered in the most horrendous ways etc.
Several of the women had to taken out, weeping.  For the rest, it was a badge of honour not to show any emotion.  
But it had to be done. Policing isn`t a job like any other.  You`re going to see things that most wouldn`t, and they had to show that they could cope.  So they did become dehumanised to an extent.
Does this in any way excuse taking your own photos in such circumstances?  Absolutely not.  The coppers involved deserve to lose their jobs.  But I wasn`t surprised that it did happen.

Yeah I think people can change all the time, it's not like we are the same person from birth, events mould people, very easily sometimes.

I think it's been found that even some priests only became paedophilic after joining the church, because paedophilia was so normalised, some priest felt that they had to join in to be part of the 'club'... As in, "If you aren't with us, then you are against us". As absolutely horrible as that sounds.

Not a nice thing to talk about, but has to be said.

I think racism can be similar, in order to show a peer group that you are a part of their club, you have to also display the prejudices of that club. But hopefully, times are changing that.