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You didn’t misread the title of this post, but it doesn’t accurately describe the actual event, nor does it suggest the dangerous implications of this type of activity given concerns about the outbreak of COVID-19. Gov. Ron DeSantis has done a very good job of managing Florida through COVID-19, but in spite of his efforts, we’re seeing eruptions like the one described in this post. If other states don’t act quickly to lighten the restrictions on its citizens, we may very well see civil violence and destruction across the country.
Not a reliable source of data on any issue . . .
Ah, but you miss the point, @stad. They’re saying that tons of black resistance groups have formed because blacks are threatened by all of us who are white supremacists. It’s our fault that they’re forming, and it will be our fault if they act out in violence. Trust me, they’re not trying to attack the black groups–the SPLC is saying we white folks are to blame.
Of course! I guess my thing is I don’t trust anything the SPLC says, even if it’s true. And certainly, any problem involving white people has to have racism at its core.
And here is what the police were met with:
I wonder why there weren’t arrests. Actually, no, I don’t. The police showed amazing restraint. And yet, it is Black joggers who are the most ‘at risk’ people in America. Right.
We know, because the Media has told us again and again, that Coronavirus’ disparate impact on minorities is due to racism and not because of behavioral differences such as block parties.
I will re-purpose a quotation from Mary McCarthy about Lillian Hellman:
Every word [the SPLC] writes is a lie, including “and” and “the.”
The WSJ had an article in its print edition that “scientists” recommend the ban on large groups continue. Of course, the CDC lists everything from sports events to weddings in that category. Not all the states have a ban either, and those who do aren’t consistent.
Back in the day, Alice Cooper would be blaring, “Schooools OUT FOR SUMMER!” Is acting like a young adult now a crime??
Because truth is stranger than satire these days.
Time for The Talk in the Age of Coronavirus.
Big picture: All the various parts of our society have built up one kind of pressure or another. Local pressures create currents as the system tries to relax. Maybe weather is a good analogy. But my point is that those parts of society already known for volatility will vent themselves more spectacularly than more disciplined ones.
‘Course, that’s just an observation that we’re at normal simmering heat plus the new CCP-driven stresses. No prescription for what to do about it.
Ok, true story. The hotkeys on my keyboard aren’t marked with their Mac mappings. I still inadvertently launch iTunes sometimes. Once while getting used to a new headset, I triggered iTunes in the middle of an intercontinental telephone scrum. (Well, it wasn’t really a scrum as I understand it, but the PM was at least checking the boxes.) The first album in my library on this machine is School’s Out. The gang in Chennai was totally freaked.
I wonder too, but we all look to Florida Man, Florida Woman, and Florida Block Party to explore the boundaries. Um, is it Spring Break yet?
Why does law enforcement just not answer any calls in minority dense areas? This seems to be what is wanted by those populations.
I know what you mean, but there are law-abiding people in those areas who are victimized by these arrogant people. I don’t have a remedy.
The term “Block Party” in this incident is probably a gang party. Rival gangsters show up and eventually it deteriorates into a gang fight. This happens at a gangbanger’s funeral as well. The same thing happens when a biker gang throws a party on a road trip. Rival gangs show up because the word goes out and old scores are settled at some point during the event.
Some people are there to fight, and they use a crowded event to act out.
Now that is interesting, @dougwatt! Do you see the potential for more of these incidents, given all the lockdowns across the country and the heat of summer approaching?
Criminals have adapted to the lockdown. No bail holds and releasing criminals due to Corona Virus will not help the situation. When it comes to gang activity some shootings occurred at nightclubs. They’re are closed so when someone posts a block party event on social media that attracts a large crowd.
I believe that criminal activity has been under-reported during the lockdown. No bail holds are a social justice warrior program. Releasing someone that cannot obey the bigger laws with the expectation that they will shelter in place, and behave themselves is idiotic.
(sigh)
I couldn’t have said it better . . .
Yeah, but as they’re arresting barbers and stylists who won’t grovel and stay shut down, then the obvious answer to the SJW (like WA Gov. Inslee) is to release a thousand felons from prison and make room for the shutdown violators. /sarc
Grrrr. They said they’d only release ‘nonviolent’ felons. One such was serving time for a conviction of being a felon unlawfully in possession of a gun (doesn’t that just shout ‘nonviolent’?). He has now been re-arrested after cutting off his ankle monitor, doing meth for 14 days and not sleeeping the last 7, then violently attacking a 60-something year old woman out for her usual walk. And it gets almost no press. Because mustn’t rile up the peasants.
Fun fact: Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood used to be the chief of the Portland, Maine police department. He arranged for some of my first ride-alongs.
Oh wow! Any impressions you had of him that you’d like to share, @GrannyDude?
This is insane. I still don’t understand why we should be releasing them; even if they get covid, they’re still criminals. And then when they re-offend, it makes me want to tear my hair out. I’m with you, @fritz.
Just thinking out loud here, but would it be ok if they released violent felons for sport?
He was very energetic, and committed to community policing. He had hair-raising stories about policing in Philadelphia in the 80s, and I think Portland Maine seemed very peaceful to him by comparison. He was very helpful about what, at the time, might have seemed a quixotic ambition, namely to become a chaplain at a time when there were…maybe three in the whole state?
Are there? You have proof? All I ever see is hatred of everything not them and protest against any law enforcement that tries to help. Time to allow these area to go the way they want. Those that want law enforcement can go elsewhere. Hint: they won’t
Clearly this block party was different from those that my neighborhood throws, but I am beginning to think that activities such as this have almost no impact on the spread of covid-19.