CeLLar-DooR
OG
It's your laws and prison systems that are so wack.
The police have shown they don't treat everyone the same so police brutality isn't a redundant phrase
do videos of Black folks dying on camera help or harm?
- Thread starter Race Jones
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It's your laws and prison systems that are so wack.
The police have shown they don't treat everyone the same so police brutality isn't a redundant phrase
Inori
NAWF
It really is tho. The whole point of recording these interactions with the police and white folks in general is that these muhfuckas lie all the time and use the law to their advantage against us.
@Duwop being exonerated offa some fuck shit cuz the fuckery was on camera falls in line with:
racist white folks assaulting minorities then lying about it
racist white folks KILLING minorities then lying about it
just cuz his interaction didn't end in death doesn't meant it's not relevant to this conversation
Ironman
Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist
I don't even know anymore honestly. The young brotha whose life was taken occured over 2 months ago. The video being put out lead a lot of black celebrities to take notice as well as the general public. More pressue is currently being added to it to where that racist Dept can't hide it under the rug anymore.
Of course this is a double edges sword because we know how the media especially socia media in 2020 is a wild fire for clicks, advertisements, and exposure by any means necessary. It's beyond painful seeing our people constantly murdered with extreme prejudice. Young black children who are born in this era are raised on this and have to constantly be exposed to ththe reality that besides us, our lives mean nothing to anyone else. That ways on a psyche and can be exhausting knowing regular activities as simple as utilizing cardio for exercise, walking from a store, getting fucking pulled over, can get you killed just because the killers are more paranoid than you smh.
If these murderers were guaranteed to be locked away for decades it would at least get some type of justice but, we can't even get that with visual evidence.
Of course this is a double edges sword because we know how the media especially socia media in 2020 is a wild fire for clicks, advertisements, and exposure by any means necessary. It's beyond painful seeing our people constantly murdered with extreme prejudice. Young black children who are born in this era are raised on this and have to constantly be exposed to ththe reality that besides us, our lives mean nothing to anyone else. That ways on a psyche and can be exhausting knowing regular activities as simple as utilizing cardio for exercise, walking from a store, getting fucking pulled over, can get you killed just because the killers are more paranoid than you smh.
If these murderers were guaranteed to be locked away for decades it would at least get some type of justice but, we can't even get that with visual evidence.
White supremacists give cops the benefit of the doubt all the time. Without video evidence it’s a wrap. Even in this thread when it’s not clear who shot who first that’s all the daylight they need to give race soldiers the benefit of the doubt.
Race Jones
gangster. grace. alchemy
Race Jones
gangster. grace. alchemy
just saying, there is no “AH HA” moment that produces policy reform or total disbandment of law enforcement with these videos.
this idea of making our plight palpable to the masses and intelligentsia through videos is dangerous at the end of the day, plus images of Black victims postmortem doesn't change the historical origins of Americas policing institution.
individual “justice” for a few families via these videos doesnt outweigh the harm they cause to the public at large.
Black death is now nothing more than a spectacle.
and soon enough youll consume so much of this horseshit that you will no longer feel outrage only immense apathy.
again, i care too much about us to watch us die on camera day in and day out.
thats just me tho
this idea of making our plight palpable to the masses and intelligentsia through videos is dangerous at the end of the day, plus images of Black victims postmortem doesn't change the historical origins of Americas policing institution.
individual “justice” for a few families via these videos doesnt outweigh the harm they cause to the public at large.
Black death is now nothing more than a spectacle.
and soon enough youll consume so much of this horseshit that you will no longer feel outrage only immense apathy.
again, i care too much about us to watch us die on camera day in and day out.
thats just me tho
Disanthrope
Inconvenient truth + Necessary evil
I got the ACLU mobile justice app. It uploads videos directly to a database so even if your phone is confiscated the video gets out. Also recording encounters with cops on IG/Facebook live is an option
Disanthrope
Inconvenient truth + Necessary evil
Oh you smashed Race? Lol. No wonder...
SeaSnake
OG
Stop being a creep Tariq posted a new video
Disanthrope
Inconvenient truth + Necessary evil
Im just off topic like yall. But seriously stop obsessing over him, thats legit creepy
SeaSnake
OG
You done spent 27 pages defending him tho. Y’all forever linked. Idol worship
SeaSnake
OG
He started it
Disanthrope
Inconvenient truth + Necessary evil
Look.. the reason yall hate tariq is same reason you cower behind the LGBT and intersectionality is the same reason you're now saying stop recording videos
YALL ARE SCARED
YALL ARE DESPERATE TO DISENGAGE
Yall are shook to death of white supremacy and just want to cover your eyes and ears
Yall are not gonna fight back, whether in real life, online, financially or otherwise
Yalls stances are the same as discouraging other slaves from running away. Yall would stay on the Plantation where its "safe"
Ya'll are afraid... and thats ok, but just say so
SeaSnake
OG
That’s not the reason at all bro. Not watching videos does not mean you can disengage from white supremacy it’s impossible to disengage. Y’all say all the time images in tv can mess with people like showing black men as thugs or gay. So showing a black person every month getting killed by police does what? We get angry maybe 1 out of the 50 cops goes to jail and then a month later all over again and somebody paid off in a settlement. We can agree nobody is happy with that. So we should keep it as a reminder? How we know it not used as a scare tactic on us? I’m sure that has crossed your mind.
Skip all the ABW shit you can’t tell me you truly can’t understand our viewpoint. Do you have to watch every video to know the police are wrong? Again nobody is against awareness. But you making up others peoples viewpoints due to anger.
SeaSnake
OG
Also would you stop at recording or would you intervene? If you just gonna record and upload it to Facebook. Most people wouldn’t intervene for obvious reasons. But I don’t how watching cops kill us over and over again with no real consequence is supposed to help black people.
Disanthrope
Inconvenient truth + Necessary evil
You don't have to watch the videos but discouraging them from being recorded is wrong
Runaway slaves knew full well the risk they were taking, they knew full well they can die and they were OK with that because
the price of freedom is death
Shouting down us modern "runaway slaves" because you don't want us to die is not the vibe
Seeee! That's what im talking about. You proved my point
Runaway slaves knew full well the risk they were taking, they knew full well they can die and they were OK with that because
the price of freedom is death
Shouting down us modern "runaway slaves" because you don't want us to die is not the vibe
SeaSnake
OG
Linking watching a video of us dying to somehow an act of freedom is a strong reach. Y’all act like this video is going to tell us what we don’t already know. They whipped slaves in front of other slaves to scare them. You think that same logic ain’t applying to videos. Nobody shouting you down because we don’t want to see it not every disagreement is a shot at your stance and you take that way often. I gotta watch a video to know about police brutality? I gotta see the blood in the sidewalk to not be scared.
And no I don’t think watching the videos is going to kill you or that it’s like oppression porn. But I’m not going to act like it has no psychological impact.
I wouldn't outright discourage people from recording these encounters with police or sharing them to gain initial awareness. There does become a point though when it's just being shared for clicks and shock value and it's not abnormal for a person to get to a point to where they personally can't take the sight of anymore dead bodies and murders being shown to them. I prefer to not watch the videos and scroll past them when I see them, but it does get hard to keep scrolling when every single post has the image/videos and the shit just weighs on you