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E03 Topics:
1. Bag of Gold or Bag of Issh: White People Get Killed by the Police too
- Daniel Shaver: A human being that’s labeled white was killed by an officer while pulling up his pants;
- caught on body cam;
- officer reinstated
- Cops may shoot and kill twice as many white people as black, but there about six times as many white people as black people in the United States.
- Q1: What does the percentage of white deaths say about law enforcement?
- Q2: But what about black on black crime?
- a YouGov poll last year that found that black people were more worried about being a victim of police violence than being a victim of violent crime.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/29/heres-why-we-dont-see-protests-when-police-unjustly-kill-white-people/
2. Emotional Baggage: Derek Chauvin's wife, Kellie, announced Friday night she's ending their marriage after 10 years.
- immigrant from laos, miss minnesota 2018
- Chauvin has been charged with 3rd degree murder
- Q1: how do we feel about the women who support these officers?
- Q2: what is like to be married to a dirty cop?
- domestic abuse by a police officer
- https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/30/ex-cop-derek-chauvin-george-floyd-killing-wife-kellie-files-divorce/?ref=hvper.com
- Chauvin and Floyd were co-workers…
- Q1: do situations like this make your more mistrusting of other racial and cultural groups?
- https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/865803157/george-floyd-and-derek-chauvin-were-co-workers-says-former-club-owner
3. Bag of Tricks: No Role Models: Commander in Tweets
- “The governor of michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.”
- “These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the military it with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank You”
- 1960 race riot, miami, walter headley
- latter tweet was flagged by twitter for exciting violence
- Q1: Should our president be allowed to tweet whatever he likes?
- Mississippi Mayor asked to resign over tweet that says if you can talk you can breathe…
- I wonder has he ever been choked out?
- Q2: is censorship ever a good thing?
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/looting-starts-shooting-starts.html?searchResultPosition=1
4. Bag Lady: Weaponized Privilege
- Amy Cooper video demonstrated how sometimes those with power can weaponize their privilege
- fired from investment firm
- NY state introduces a law that may charge hate crimes for those who try to weaponize the police in a racial conflict
- Initially she said she was “scared” because he appeared out of nowhere…”out of the bush”
- Q1: Fight, flight, or freeze…why does fear of the black man have to lead to deaths, or is that BS that it’s fear?
- some would argue that it’s contempt
- contempt - the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn
- Dongguan Kochi, chinese man threatens to call the police and say he’s dealing drugs at his bar because gf doesn’t speak to him
- Q2: is privilege only an american issue? and how did racism begin
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2020/05/29/3-t(continued)
