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conulyand so I missed some important news and before I say anything I'd like to share a link: This way for adorable baby animals!
And now, while you're all distracted by the cute, I'm going to scream incoherently for a little bit.
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING WITH THIS COUNTRY NOWADAYS?
Trevor Noah Asks Why Jacob Blake Was Shot 7 Times, but Kyle Rittenhouse Wasn't Considered a Threat
"While what happened with those shootings last night is tragic, what happened afterward is illuminating because it made me wonder, it really made me wonder why some people get shot seven times in the back while other people are treated like human beings and reasoned with and taken into custody with no bullets in their bodies.
How come Jacob Blake was seen as a threat for a theoretical gun that he might have and might try to commit a crime with, but this gunman who was armed and who had already shot people, who had shown that he is a threat, was arrested the next day, given full due process of the law and generally treated like a human being whose life matters?
How did Dylan Roof shoot up a church, James Holmes shoot up a movie theater, and both live to tell about it? Why is it that the police decide some threats must be distinguished immediately, while other threats get the privilege of being defused?
I'm asking these as questions but I feel like we know the answer. The answer is that the gun doesn't matter as much as who's holding the gun, because for some people black skin is the most threatening weapon of all."
I'm glad he summed that up for us, I'm still busy screaming. This dude walked past a cop car while holding a gun, and people screaming that he'd shot somebody and they did - nothing. They sat there and did nothing. They let him just go past and go home.
And now, while you're all distracted by the cute, I'm going to scream incoherently for a little bit.
WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING WITH THIS COUNTRY NOWADAYS?
Trevor Noah Asks Why Jacob Blake Was Shot 7 Times, but Kyle Rittenhouse Wasn't Considered a Threat
"While what happened with those shootings last night is tragic, what happened afterward is illuminating because it made me wonder, it really made me wonder why some people get shot seven times in the back while other people are treated like human beings and reasoned with and taken into custody with no bullets in their bodies.
How come Jacob Blake was seen as a threat for a theoretical gun that he might have and might try to commit a crime with, but this gunman who was armed and who had already shot people, who had shown that he is a threat, was arrested the next day, given full due process of the law and generally treated like a human being whose life matters?
How did Dylan Roof shoot up a church, James Holmes shoot up a movie theater, and both live to tell about it? Why is it that the police decide some threats must be distinguished immediately, while other threats get the privilege of being defused?
I'm asking these as questions but I feel like we know the answer. The answer is that the gun doesn't matter as much as who's holding the gun, because for some people black skin is the most threatening weapon of all."
I'm glad he summed that up for us, I'm still busy screaming. This dude walked past a cop car while holding a gun, and people screaming that he'd shot somebody and they did - nothing. They sat there and did nothing. They let him just go past and go home.
