What Would You Do?

Frankly speaking I do not know what I would really do. Having never been in a situation like this I can only speculate what I would do based on my rational thinking, sitting here, safely watching it all on video. But it is not the same as suddenly being faced with a totally new experience like this. What will be my reaction??? No person can really predict that. We can only present to ourselves that we know what we would do, but if we were there ourselves, there is no telling how we would have reacted. We can surprise ourselves when faced with unprecedented situations that leave us no reaction time.

All of this is extremely sad at all levels. Violence always begets more violence. These violent protests in reaction to the unnecessary police killing of an unarmed man is just as immoral and unjustified as was the killing of hundreds of thousands of children by the wholesale bombing of Middle Eastern countries in response to 9/11 ...

As a society, we must pause and consider the meaning and implication of this one fact:

Since 9/11 until today, more US citizens have been killed by law enforcement INSIDE America, than the number of US citizens getting killed in ALL terrorist attacks (including 9/11) all over the world, PLUS, all battlefield and other war zone fatal casualties COMBINED.

“In the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?”~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Civil Rights leader & non violent activist.

According to the footage, "police said the protester MAY have been trying to break into the truck." But the reporter actual said, at the very beginning, before quoting the police, that he was killed WHILE BREAKING INTO THE TRUCK. That's what yall heard & he's guilty cause he's black.

All I know is that the FedEx driver has essentially lost his driving privileges cause insurance companies will not insure anyone with a fatality on their license. I dont have experience with self insured trucking companies & their policies so I cant speak to that.

There's absolutely no excuse for rioting and destroying property and the injuring of people that is going on...That includes being black and supposedly oppressed for 100s of years. There are countless black protestors who have protested during the day and have done so peaceable and with dignity. The problems start at night when opportunists enter into the mix. You (and others in this post) need to open your eyes to the truth and see that it is not a black/ white, rich/poor, American/vs whoever issue, it is strictly right vs wrong. More specifically it is non-believers vs believers in Christ. Tensions and issues are increasing on a world scale and it's only going to get worse. So choose whether you want to get caught up in the short term turmoil here on earth and forgo your salvation or live as Jesus told us,and showed us, to live in spite of the chaos around us.

“In the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?”~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Civil Rights leader & non violent activist.

According to the footage, "police said the protester MAY have been trying to break into the truck." But the reporter actual said, at the very beginning, before quoting the police, that he was killed WHILE BREAKING INTO THE TRUCK. That's what yall heard & he's guilty cause he's black.

All I know is that the FedEx driver has essentially lost his driving privileges cause insurance companies will not insure anyone with a fatality on their license. I dont have experience with self insured trucking companies & their policies so I cant speak to that.

There's absolutely no excuse for rioting and destroying property and the injuring of people that is going on...That includes being black and supposedly oppressed for 100s of years. There are countless black protestors who have protested during the day and have done so peaceable and with dignity. The problems start at night when opportunists enter into the mix. You (and others in this post) need to open your eyes to the truth and see that it is not a black/ white, rich/poor, American/vs whoever issue, it is strictly right vs wrong. More specifically it is non-believers vs believers in Christ. Tensions and issues are increasing on a world scale and it's only going to get worse. So choose whether you want to get caught up in the short term turmoil here on earth and forgo your salvation or live as Jesus told us,and showed us, to live in spite of the chaos around us.

Supposedly oppressed? Really!? You are saying they weren't oppressed? Riddle me this, why does McDonalds in the US only pay the bare minimum yet in Switzerland they pay a living wage? As do all businesses in Switzerland! How many people are in jail for marijuana possession yet white folks now sell it LEGALLY! You throw Jesus in the mix and now you go down a slippery slope. The bible says thow shall not kill yet it says an eye for an eye, it even says slavery was ok....

Do you really want to go there?

Speaking of protests, Anyone know when the marches and protests are scheduled for these nineteen dead and forty-three wounded here in Chicago from just this past weekend alone? The Department is probably stretched a little thin this week after getting their heads thumped in.

I think you guys are falling into the trap the government is hoping you'll fall into. They want us to argue amongst ourselves so we don't rally together and fight the tyranny we face. Here is what I put this morning on my Facebook page:

The People United Against Tyranny

Please take a step back and understand the big picture. Then, let's continue this fight together.

Today's protests aren't just about racism. It's far more than that.

Today's protests are about the tyranny people have faced from governments all over the world, including ours.

This lockdown was unconstitutional and unjust. They stomped on the Constitution by taking away our rights and our freedoms. They've devastated our economy. They've censored our information. They've treated us like little children who are incapable of making decisions for ourselves or controlling our own fate.

Each and every one of us deserves the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness on our own terms. We must make our own choices.

Our Government must be reminded that they operate with our permission on our terms, not the other way around.

Do not let the government or the media divide us. This is not black vs white, man vs woman, gay vs straight, or Christian vs Muslim. This is THE PEOPLE unified as one against tyranny.

They told us "We're all in this together" - Damn right we are. We, THE PEOPLE, are all in this together. We must never again let our Government choke us out. Now we all know what it feels like when we can't breathe.

Never again will we allow our government to box us up like rats.

Let's keep it peaceful, but be loud and be bold. We must be heard. Let's stay united. Let's make sure this never happens again.

And after this is all over people will realise the corona wasn't a big everyone-will-die deal to begin with. Because now everything they've tried to do the last 3 months is out the door. And I SUSPECT nothing bad (virus wise) will come of it.

Just a prediction.

The People United Against Tyranny

Please take a step back and understand the big picture. Then, let's continue this fight together.

Today's protests aren't just about racism. It's far more than that.

This is THE PEOPLE unified as one against tyranny.

Let's keep it peaceful, but be loud and be bold. We must be heard. Let's stay united. Let's make sure this never happens again.

I totally agree with Brett's above quoted comments. There is only one addition that is needed to what you say. You limit your anti tyranny message against "government" ... But that is slightly inaccurate because it is incomplete, and I'll explain why further down.

What is 'our government'? This is an absolutely crucial question. Let's see!

They will claim that it is 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' ... which sounds very nice, but today that is a not the case. If it were really true then all that you said above would not have been necessary. I'll get to it in a minute, but first a few words about a fundamental structural design flaw.

Well, our's not a democracy by design. The US was never meant to be a DEMOcracy. It was designed as a DEMO-GEO-cracy. Land has more political power than individuals. Example: North and South Dakotas plus Wyoming and Montana have about 3 million people but 8 senators and 12 electoral college votes. California, on the other hand, has over 40 million people, has only 2 senators and 55 electoral college votes. So what is the per capita political power of a citizen living in California vs. one living in the four northwestern states mentioned above? You do the math.

Unfortunately, it has gotten even worse than that. We don't have a democracy that works on the principle of one-man, one-vote ... instead it's one-dollar, one-vote. As if that demo-geo-cracy design was not screwed up enough, what it has evolved into is 'government OF the big corporations, BY the big corporations, FOR the big corporations.' And THAT my friends is the problem. Not the abstract concept of government per se, but what government has become.

In theory at least, a truly representative government would have to be responsive to the interests of the majority. The principle would be, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" ... And the people's representatives, if they truly represented the people, would watch out for the interests of the millions of people and not the interests of a few corporations. But when real power goes into the hands of the big corporations, and the so-called people's representatives become corporate pimps, as it is the case in today's America, then the people at large have no recourse even in theory.

Good idea, Splitter.

Let's put the anarchists and looters, pretending to be protesters, on planes and fly them to Switzerland. They can smoke it up on the plane ride.

Riddle solved?

Liahos, though I don't disagree with what you're saying, I think it's more or less a bunch of technicalities that muddy the water. The point I'm trying to make is very simple - the people in charge have abused their power. They have ignored the Constitution, overreached with their power, and stomped on our rights and freedoms. We need to let them know it won't be tolerated.

I don't care who is in charge, as long as they understand that we must be allowed to make our own decisions. It is not their place to issue orders that lock us in our homes, shut down our businesses, and prevent us from visiting our own mothers.

There's a very good reason that lawmaking is a complex process. If you let a small group of people decide unilaterally that they can pass any law they please at any time for "the good of the people" without the people's consent, you have a dictatorship which inevitably leads to authoritarianism and tyranny, as we've seen.

Fortunately, we've also seen that in the Western World that sort of abuse of power will lead to an explosion of activism. I'm confident the violence will stop soon enough, but I'm very confident that there will continue to be waves of civil rights activism for years to come, leading to sweeping changes to our government and big businesses in the coming years.

I'm incredibly thankful that the people responded the way they have and filled the streets all over the world. Even with the government and big business controlling the entire message, including big media and censoring social media platforms, you can only hold people down for so long before they erupt.

Tons of people predicted this would happen. I'm thankful it did. We need to make sure the people running the show know where the boundary is. They tested it hard and the powder keg blew. This will be a lesson for the ages.