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Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

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Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

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Post by kgraves »

stonogo wrote: post #20
remlazar wrote: post #5

I checked out my city and state on here. The vast majority of the incidents listed are not even close to police brutality. This is clearly put together by someone that has an agenda and doesn't know what they are talking about. Unfortunately this is junk.

You made an account to make vague and unsubstantiated accusations of "an agenda," then call protestors "communist street gangs"? Can you please provide actual reference material to back up either the "agenda" claims or the communism stuff?

Yet, when I have provided recent evidence [0] in one of the comments, it gets gaslighted and flagged. Says it all really.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23694041

Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

#42

Post by Larrikin »

luckylion wrote: post #40
ilikehurdles wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why be concerned about your throwaway minutes-old profile with only comments in this one thread? It sounds more like you're afraid that your claim might get challenged.

> Why be concerned about your throwaway minutes-old profile with only comments in this one thread? Not the parent, but that's a weird question. A throwaway account is used precisely because you don't want your main account (and your irl identity) to be associated with something that might get you in trouble. Giving out information that can massively shrink the number of accounts that may be your real account is count…

What possible attack vector is possible using just a city and throwaway account name? The accounts obviously a troll based on the attacks against other users when their claim is questioned.

Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

#43

Post by mtgp1000 »

celticninja wrote: post #19
remlazar wrote: post #5

I checked out my city and state on here. The vast majority of the incidents listed are not even close to police brutality. This is clearly put together by someone that has an agenda and doesn't know what they are talking about. Unfortunately this is junk.

So confident in your statement you made a new account. Would you care to link some of the incidents that feel are not even close to police brutality? You could also make a PR to remove those.

How about the incident where the old man toppled over and smashed his head when the cops nudged him out of the way?

Yes, at first glance it's hard to watch, but if you stifle your emotions and look objectively at the situation, a man's age does not give him license to block police who have given orders to disperse, and the officer who pushes him clearly does so with restraint - if the man had been 20 years younger his stumble would not have resulted in a fall.

Meanwhile this briefly became yet another (false) rallying cry for protestors.

Where's the media covering this fairly, for me to link? Why would you expect such a thing when almost every major news network has come out in support of "peaceful protests" against literal backdrops of burning cities?

Edit: why is this flagged? Honestly? Is this not literal suppression? I stated my point of view like everyone else has done. This is the other perspective and it's sorely needed if we want to minimize the radicalization we are witnessing nationwide.

Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

#45

Post by _red »

simongg wrote: post #6
_red wrote: post #3

Does this include the property crimes caused by the protesters? If no, why not?

Why would a list of police brutality incidents contain information about property crime?

Because often the way these things escalate is police are called because protesters are burning and looting...

This is my point: The presentation of this list inherently absolves one-side from any misdeeds.

Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

#46

Post by mtgp1000 »

paulgb wrote: post #28
remlazar wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah that's why it's junk.

There's a certain irony of accusing a crowdsourced repository of being junk because it's crowdsourced, with an anonymous account created seven minutes ago.

What, you think because it's crowdsourced it isn't liable to bias? You think they're going to accept a PR which attempts to remove multiple incidents, for any reason?

Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

#47

Post by monocasa »

kgraves wrote: post #41
stonogo wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You made an account to make vague and unsubstantiated accusations of "an agenda," then call protestors "communist street gangs"? Can you please provide actual reference material to back up either the "agenda" claims or the communism stuff?

Yet, when I have provided recent evidence [0] in one of the comments, it gets gaslighted and flagged. Says it all really. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23694041

What do you think "trained marxist" means, in practice?

Seriously, because Associate Professor in Community Organizing doesn't sound nearly as scary, does it?

Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

#48

Post by luckylion »

Larrikin wrote: post #42
luckylion wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why be concerned about your throwaway minutes-old profile with only comments in this one thread? Not the parent, but that's a weird question. A throwaway account is used precisely because you don't want your main account (and your irl identity) to be associated with something that might get you in trouble. Giving out information that can massively shrink the number of accounts that may be your real account is count…

What possible attack vector is possible using just a city and throwaway account name? The accounts obviously a troll based on the attacks against other users when their claim is questioned.

The city alone will massively reduce the possibilities. As soon as you add any other information (political leanings, for example, as they're easy to guess), you can shrink it even more.

They may still be a troll, I'm just saying that being surprised that somebody doesn't want to divulge information when they've found it necessary to create a throwaway account is strange.

Re: Git Repo of Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests

#50

Post by mtgp1000 »

stonogo wrote: post #20
remlazar wrote: post #5

I checked out my city and state on here. The vast majority of the incidents listed are not even close to police brutality. This is clearly put together by someone that has an agenda and doesn't know what they are talking about. Unfortunately this is junk.

You made an account to make vague and unsubstantiated accusations of "an agenda," then call protestors "communist street gangs"? Can you please provide actual reference material to back up either the "agenda" claims or the communism stuff?

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