Protesting a social media platform that is all about bring the world together so everyone can communicate seems like the organizers need to go do some more researcher. Maybe they could use Facebook to assist them focus on where the issue is. Then protest Amazon which is a business that is as faceless as it comes. Their sole purpose is to move products from manufactures to consumers. They could care less as an employee of what you look like as long as you are productive in whatever you r task is. How do you know? Look at how automated their warehouse facilities are becoming. Let’s hope Amazon and Facebook don’t get together otherwise Skynet might actually come online.

Being a loud voice, blocking traffic and even bringing 1000 people to one spot does not make any significant change. Education and engaging in civil actions do. Want to change things then you need to put in the work to make that change.

Facebook is a medium for self-promotion, advertising and little more. As a result, countless individuals rely on it to promote their personal and business related agenda(s).

Amazon is a delivery service that caters to convenience and it has done quite well financially during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Zuckerberg and Bezos should consider focusing their vast wealth on improving America as there is absolutely NO WAY anyone needs billions of dollars in personal assets.

Their presumed arrogance and self-importance are counterproductive to our advancement as a society.

History is merely repeating itself as exemplified by the late J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Steve Jobs and others. Add Bill Gates to the equation as well because ANYONE can easily donate large sums of money when they retain 99% of what they've already got.

Most of the dead magnates (except for Jobs) made vast monetary contributions because they either had more than they could spend OR were harboring some sort of guilt trip and perhaps they wanted to make amends with their imaginary 'keeper'.

Zuckerberg's $9.1M donation to the Menlo Park Belle Haven police jurisdiction is a slap in the face to the predominantly black community as he was simply buying police favors and protecting his building.

Has anyone seen ONE person anywhere in America marching with a slogan: "Black Lives Don't Matter"? Have you seen one?

EVERYONE agrees that Black Lives, as well as any other lives Matter. It's like holding a "Do Not Steal" or "Sky is Blue" sign and expecting opposite views.

The very fact that demonstrators can "say their names" speaks to the fact that unjustified lethal police violence against black is very rare. According to That right wing bastion — Washington Times, there were nine (9) incidents of cops shooting unarmed black civilians.

Still, as long as you do not burn my Wendys — protest anything you want — it's still a free country.

The idea of "black lives matter" is a response to the contrary experience of many black Americans. Local law enforcement certainly is too cowboyish and some bad people become cops. One is that guy that led the demise of George Floyd. Mr. Floyd was no saint. He was correctly arrested but then subjected to unreasonable - completely unnecessary - force - if not murdered for reasons yet to surface. Mr. Floyd knew the bad cop who had long moonlighted as security or cover for a night club. So one question raised in some circles is what illegal activities at the nightclub were being covered up.

> a social media platform that is all about bring the world together

Facebook? Hahaha, that's a good one.

that is ALL about? Stop, yer killing me....

Yo @groot: got a really simple quiz for ya. Can you say a simple declarative sentence, out loud, with a period, full stop? No qualifiers? Can you? Will you?

Black lives matter.

We know why some people can't say it. A lot of 'em can't bring themselves to utter the whole sentence, full stop. It's a simple test. Those who are unable to say a simple truthful sentence, well, they just reveal something about themselves.

Can you say it?

Black lives matter.

Man up, and say it...

Black lives matter.

Let's not be too hard on Groot, they clearly don't know the difference between the Washington Post, the Washington Times, and the New York Times.

Some have questioned my source (I was wrong — the database of fatal shooting by police is collected bu The Washington Post, not Washington Times), but none had questioned the data — in 2019 there were NINE incidents of cops shooting unarmed black civilians.

Web Link

Just for comparison, just in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend shootings — 10 people were killed and 39 wounded. Most of the victims are black.

If you REALLY care about black lives, demonstrate about that!

There it is. As we all know, all we need to do is get folks like you talking and eventually all the usual talking points and lines come out. The implication of your own rhetoric is that you don't actually care about black lives in either case, since you're protesting neither.

oh, groot. You just can't bring yourself to say it, can you? And yes, we know why.

Since you cannot even *write* a simple declarative three word sentence, with a period, full stop, no qualifiers, let's go to the next item:

Can you watch the full George Floyd video?

Groot doesn't even realize that George Floyd wasn't shot, they get all this second-hand from folks who are telling them what they want to hear.

Wow, the thoughtcrimes woke police was out in full strength yesterday.

As we established already, there were nine police killings of unarmed black men in 2019. The same year there were TWENTY people killed by lightning strikes in the US.

Web Link

Where are the mobs of protestors demonstrating against the weather? Why have we not seen the looting and the rioting caused by lightning strikes? Why has neither the US Congress nor the President address this issue? Why have we not cancelled the lives and jobs of weathermen displaying cavalier attitude towards electricity?

As I watch the leftist Taliban hell bent on destroying American history and the great ideas that this county was founded on, I can't help but recall Orwell:

— "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.”

That's the ultimate goal. Admit it.

Groot, buddy, just because you're wrong on the facts and misinformed doesn't make us the "thought police." Your statistic, even if accurate, only states that there were nine *shootings* of unarmed black men by uniformed police officers in the line of duty. George Floyd wasn't shot, which you still haven't realized for some reason. Ahmaud Arbery wasn't killed by police officers. Your constant distraction and inability to inform yourself speaks for itself.

Glad to see you unleash into a "leftists are destroying America" rant, however.

awww, Groot, quit changing the subject!

> As I watch the Taliban hell bent

Your boy Trump wanted the real Taliban over to Camp David. Web Link Trump's buddies - the Taliban - have nothing to do with America's systemic racism, and those persons who are too tiny to simply say:

Black lives matter.

Stay on subject, grooter.

I see on TV an officer in Atlanta has been charged with murder in twice shooting a fleeing suspect (drunk driver who refused arrest - fighting with officers, grabbing a police taser and firing it at the nearest officer). If he gets away, who is attacked next? A passerby with a car he hijacks? He had already demonstrated he would do most anything to get away. This is a tough case even for a civil lawsuit. The criminal prosecution may be designed to forestall more "civil unrest." But things may have happened too fast and placed officers and others nearby at too much risk of serious injury or even death to produce a conviction - or justify a serious charge. I am afraid the proper objection to police brutality is being turned into a wrong-headed objection to the use of any deadly force - whatever the situation and threat. Even if we believe the officer had better choices, that would not mean his decision to shoot should give rise to civil or criminal liability. The main reason officers are rarely attacked is that important perception that it will get the perpetrator killed. It is called deterrence. At some point, Donald Trump and his ilk will use a case like this to suggests the inmates have overrun the asylum. But feel free to argue otherwise.

Gary, he was asleep in his car in a parking lot, not a "drunk driver." The cops should have called him a cab and sent him home. Instead, they escalated the situation and then shot him. He was only going to "hijack a car" in your imagination. Even so, none of these imagined infractions have the death sentence associated with them, last I checked.

He drove there drunk. Fell asleep. On private property in the parking lot? Still drunk driving to and in the parking lot. So one question is whether when the police catch a drunk driver, they cannot arrest him if he objects and fights and grabs a weapon. He escalated to felony resisting arrest and felony assault on a police officer. If a particular drunk driver is just not going to be arrested and will commit violent felonies to get away, should the officers let him go? We do know the law does not permit an officer to shoot a fleeing drunk driver just to stop him. But this drunk driver then escalated to violent felonies. Let me ask you this: if the officer who shot had been the only officer present, would that change your assessment?

In absolute numbers police kills as many white people as black people (1000 total in 2019). You can argue that white population is 5 times greater, so there is a disproportionate number of black people died from the police. But I do not think it is fair to compare the total population numbers in this case. Let’s compare the total number of murderers: according to FBI numbers in 2016 ~3500 killers were white, ~2800 were black. Then if we take number of white people killed by the police as a proportion to killers who are white and compare to black people killed by the police as a proportion to killers who are black, the numbers are not that different anymore.

None of the people recently killed that started these protests were accused of murder. To your larger point, thank you for your support for defunding and demilitarizing the police!

@Killers, Defunding the police? No, thank you.
I'm actually angry that now any person can resist the arrest and mob will chant 'let him go'. Atlanta case is the good example. Guy grabbed the policemen weapon (Tazer is the deadly weapon by Georgia law), fired it trying to shoot the policemen in the face - what did he expect to happen next?

He was shot in the back while running away. Like the above poster pointed out, he was asleep in his car in a parking lot and the cops harassed him. They should have called him an Uber and sent him on his way.

It's interesting that when a civilian has it, you consider a Tazer a deadly weapon, but when a cop is using it it's "non-lethal." I'll also accept the reclassification that using a Tazer is deadly force by the cops, but I don't think you'll like that outcome.

The simple solution is to revoke absolute and qualified immunity and let thewm be held accountable.

For both Police and Prosecution.

This is an example of the Stanford Experiment, give people power with no responsibility and they WILL abuse it.

AND,

Where a police officer or prosecutor has been found abusing their position, THEY ARE PERSONALLY LIABLE, no BS with the taxpayers having to pay the cost.

Or they have to buy their own liability insurance out of THEIR pocket.

THIS IS ACCOUNTABILITY.

Doing this will likely cost less for better policing and prosecutions for the taxpayers.

And that cost savings can be used for crime prevention services.

@Killers,
The difference is that cops will not shoot Tazer in your face.
"he was asleep in his car in a parking lot and the cops harassed him"???
He was blocking the drive-through. Also, when cops started to call drunk drivers an Uber? Last time I checked DUI is still a crime.