Terrence Floyd pleads for riots to stop: 'My family is a peaceful family, my family is God-fearing'
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Hours after Terrence Floyd urged protesters in Minneapolis to channel their anger over police brutality and the killing of his older brother, George Floyd, into activism in the form of peaceful demonstrations and voting, violence escalated in cities throughout the country.
Floyd implored those gathered at the memorial site where his older brother was killed a week earlier to stop vandalizing and tearing down the community.
"I know he would not want y'all to be doing this," Floyd said, recounting that his brother had moved to the Twin Cities from Houston and loved the city.
"I Understand y'all upset, but I doubt y'all half as upset as I am," Floyd said. "So if I'm not over here wilding out, if I'm not over here blowing up stuff, if I'm not over here messing up my community, then what are y'all doing? What are y'all doing? Y'all doing nothing! Because that's not going to bring my brother back, at all. It may feel good for the moment, just like when you drink. But when it comes down, you're going to wonder what you did. My family is a peaceful family. My family is God-fearing."
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"We're upset, but we're not going to take it. ... In every case of police brutality, the same thing has been happening: y'all protest, y'all destroy stuff. And if they don't move, you know why they don't move? Because it's not their stuff, it's our stuff. So they want us to destroy our stuff. We're not going to move! So let's do this another way.
"... Let's stop thinking that our place doesn't matter, and vote. Not just vote for the president ... vote for everybody. Educate yourself. Don't wait for somebody else to tell you who's who. Educate yourself and who you're voting for. And that's how we're going to hit them. ... And we're still going to do this peacefully."
Those gathered around Floyd were move by his words and raised their voices with him as he led them in chanting for peace and justice.
Nationwide, however, lawlessness and mayhem ensued Monday night.
In St. Louis, Missouri, four police officers were shot last night after protests turned violent near the Metropolitan Police Headquarters, Fox News affiliate KTVI reported Tuesday, adding that the injuries were not life-threatening. "Two of the officers were shot in the leg, one in the foot, and one in the arm." All were discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.
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Can somebody tell him to shut up
It's not just about your brother, jackass. There's a whole system that needs to be dismantled.
Ok faggot
fuck George then this ain't just about him no way :udontlookok:
It's so crazy to me how blacks play into the narrative so damn much that they don't even understand what's going on
NIGGERS, how many black owned business do you shop at on a daily, but now you're worried about mess getting burned up? :uhh:
Let's the Arabs and chinks go open their mess in another part of town
"Oh but also the jobs they provide there!"
Yea the jobs that pay black ppl SHIT to where they have to work a second shift at the mall.
"Peaceful! God Fearing!"
Did he read it? Cause the Bible is full of wars, crimes, scandals, and the entire book is based on a blood war
Not only that the book says it will END in war, like :uhh:
Hundreds of black people are killed on an annual basis and his brother's death is the one that received global attention. I know he prob think his brother is a special soul that can change the world, but what he needs to realize is that if it wasnt for the riots, people wouldnt be talking and he'd be another dead black man.
Now that the 4 cops are charged, people should calm that shit down now and keep protesting and shift the focus to getting ppl to VOTE. This is the perfect opportunity to get ppl to the polls. That's all we need now. Cause half of these people marching aint voted a day in their lives.
fuck his stupid ass
burn down this fucker everyone rioting
Quote from: Bentley. THE Moderator. on June 03, 2020, 11:55:43 PM
It's so crazy to me how blacks play into the narrative so damn much that they don't even understand what's going on
NIGGERS, how many black owned business do you shop at on a daily, but now you're worried about mess getting burned up? :uhh:
Let's the Arabs and chinks go open their mess in another part of town
"Oh but also the jobs they provide there!"
Yea the jobs that pay black ppl SHIT to where they have to work a second shift at the mall.
"Peaceful! God Fearing!"
Did he read it? Cause the Bible is full of wars, crimes, scandals, and the entire book is based on a blood war
Not only that the book says it will END in war, like :uhh:
Lmao this turn to the audience fpr an announcement mess Niggers
Lmao omg
Quote from: FRANCE on June 04, 2020, 12:04:25 AM
Hundreds of black people are killed on an annual basis and his brother's death is the one that received global attention. I know he prob think his brother is a special soul that can change the world, but what he needs to realize is that if it wasnt for the riots, people wouldnt be talking and he'd be another dead black man.
Now that the 4 cops are charged, people should calm that shit down now and keep protesting and shift the focus to getting ppl to VOTE. This is the perfect opportunity to get ppl to the polls. That's all we need now. Cause half of these people marching aint voted a day in their lives.
To vote for biden
Fuck that voting
Any faggot in office should be catering to our issues
Quote from: Lew Scherzinger Norwood on June 04, 2020, 12:16:02 AM
Quote from: FRANCE on June 04, 2020, 12:04:25 AM
Hundreds of black people are killed on an annual basis and his brother's death is the one that received global attention. I know he prob think his brother is a special soul that can change the world, but what he needs to realize is that if it wasnt for the riots, people wouldnt be talking and he'd be another dead black man.
Now that the 4 cops are charged, people should calm that shit down now and keep protesting and shift the focus to getting ppl to VOTE. This is the perfect opportunity to get ppl to the polls. That's all we need now. Cause half of these people marching aint voted a day in their lives.
To vote for biden
Fuck that voting
Any faggot in office should be catering to our issues
!!!!!!!!!
I'm so damn sick of that message! Go vote! Change the world!
White ppl aren't wishing and hoping based on politics :dead:
So what if we lose at the polls? Majority wins? And we continue to sit and take it :uhh:
Our freedom shouldn't rest in the hands of politics. I don't care what the majority says, I'm a human and I matter.
They were just fine during Obama's term. They were racist and bothered, but they weren't begging him not to get killed and discriminated against
https://mobile.twitter.com/BeauxHandsome/status/1267896058652344326
We are TIRED
This is bigger than George. And voting alone isn't the solution.
Quote from: jtwoeleven on June 04, 2020, 12:46:21 AM
This is bigger than George. And voting alone isn't the solution.
!!!!!!
That little boy was executed and exonerated 70years later.
The PAIN I feel is real. I cried for him. That's how horrible that was.
My brother this protest is bigger than your brother that pass away. We are tired an fed up. Your brothers death revolutionize a change!
Psalms 123!
boy hush!
that bible ain't gone make the change we need silly.
save it. We're off that
Quote from: jtwoeleven on June 04, 2020, 12:46:21 AM
This is bigger than George. And voting alone isn't the solution.
right NOW
our rage needs to be swift & severe....nd in WAVES
dnt let up on them at all
Quote from: You'nt know nann ho! on June 04, 2020, 02:52:08 AM
right NOW
our rage needs to be swift & severe....nd in WAVES
dnt let up on them at all
definitely agree
Quote from: animmai. on June 03, 2020, 11:44:47 PM
It's not just about your brother, jackass. There's a whole system that needs to be dismantled.
!!!!!!
Quote from: GLOCK 🌹 on June 04, 2020, 02:46:54 AM
Psalms 123!
boy hush!
that bible ain't gone make the change we need silly.
save it. We're off that
That bible was used during slavery to stop people from suicide (escaping) and to somehow make them believe it was their fault they were the slaves (some weird plan God created, destiny). It also taught the black community to forgive enemies and to not hold them accountable. 'Forgiveness' or being the bigger person seems to be heroic nowadays, but in reality the person who was the problem in the first place gets away with murder. So "you can't be angry, you can't blame others, you are responsible yourself"..these narratives are not creating change. It makes people bottle up their emotions and racism/hate/oppression will happen time and time again.
Peaceful protest is beautiful but this monster is really ugly, so there needs to be chaos to be heard. I saw a video of a reverend who nearly cursed because Trump turned the church into a battleground. I love how she keeps rolling her eyes everytime she mentions that idiot. He is a terrible person.https://youtu.be/z6oHx7gwnpc
Faith and being spiritual can bring someone a lot of wisdom, healing and love
but religion can take away power, take away common sense and it can really hurt people
Quote from: heir. on June 04, 2020, 08:03:15 AM
yea
sometimes that being the bigger person mess is for the birds
slice n fucking dice first, ask questions later.
AGGRESSION is the only thing some people can understand.
Speak their language if you want your message to seep into their skull.
Now is the time to speak up and show some power!
I know I can't even understand how deep this pain is and to live under these circumstances..so much fear and police brutality. Damn
Sor but jus from my own personal experience witnessing my moms side of the family
Brothers and sisters don't always have the best intentions for each other
Wouldn't be surprised if this nigga was getting paid to say this
He should be fucking angry
They're probably just scared that everyone, or the government/people with power, will think their fam has caused this Armageddon.
I had some white bitch decide to comment on a post where I was trying to educate her friend telling blacks how they should protest
"so the man that opened up his business with his life savings shouldn't care that his business was destroyed."
I didn't even respond at this point because it's a waste of time. these are the ones prioritizing the wrong part of all of this. I seen white ppl quoting MLK and saying he wouldn't want this meanwhile y'all the same ppl that killed him for being peaceful. They love peaceful protests cuz it's easier to ignore :uhh:
You can't tell people how to protest
of course a person like senator Corey Booker will have to be peaceful to get things done... a pastor will probably also not advice people to use violence or to destroy things. Everyone is different...and apparently peaceful and polite protesting did not work. Innocent people have died..so anger is only normal imo
If it was jus another peaceful kumbaya mess these girls would still be on administrative leave watching Netflix
Because of all the chaos people start to pay attention all over the world
my country has been in corona lockdown for months, our capital has been empty for months ..no tourists, no people just tumbleweed. Then suddenly there were 5000 people (government was freaking out because of social distancing). People decided it was more important to protest than to get corona. And the mayor made the decision to let it happen because she knew these people were there for a reason. She said it is important for people to have the freedom to protest especially during these times of corona, the government has already been telling us how to live life..she said it is important to also be critical and speak up.
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Did he even love his brother foreal?
Two other cities but protest with social distancing
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Quote from: Itz Reek, wassup on June 04, 2020, 08:57:10 AM
Did he even love his brother foreal?
Think it's time to talk about the orda a bit
This boy don't care about his brother. Or else he wouldn't have let him be down n owt in Houston for years
He wants this over faster so they can dip into that 10million gofundme
This "brother" of his has left a bad taste in my mouth. :disgusted:
Quote from: jtwoeleven on June 04, 2020, 12:46:21 AM
This is bigger than George. And voting alone isn't the solution.
I agree with you. But voting HELPS. Do you think the Republicans give a fuck about all the marching and heehawing going on? Even if the Dems don't give a fuck either, they're at least pretending to. The House has been passing Bills aimed at Criminal Justice Reform and other police reforms, that have sat on Mitch McConnel's desk and will continue to sit there. You know why? The police Unions and all those big Unions like them almost always vote Republican. They see any criticism of the police as a criticism against themselves.
The fight to dismantle institutional racism starts with electing the right people. At the local level, at the State level and nationally. It's not the only way to fight this shit, but it's one of the tools in the arsenal.
Shuji bby.
Our system is broken beyond the voting. It's the way the system is actually set up.
liberals and Dems are really some fckd up ppl as well, who just decided to use blacks to fight republicans
In a perfect world all blacks would vote independent :dead:
due to numbers the alliance with Dems has proved useful, but every single time we get somebody in office they take baby steps or try to keep blacks calm!
I love Obama to death. But he played the game too. We can't have anymore of that.
Hope Biden knows he has to do something or it's lights out.
He should just shut the fuck up and ate his food. This isn't about you brother.
i mean yall are being hard on him .. his brother was just MURDERED.. let him vent a bit
I definitely hear what you're saying. We agree more than we disagree. I'm just highlighting because I've been seeing on social media people trying to use this moment and people's legitimate anger to suppress the black vote. I'm just always wary of that. Having Trump and these Republican in control of shit will hurt the effort of reform way more than it will help.
Fuck you AND him. How about that. This is why Black Men are at the fucking bottom. Imagine, all the other family members of Police brutality speaking out in support of the revolt and this coon getting on TV saying this.
Quote from: Troye on June 04, 2020, 10:06:05 AM
i mean yall are gonna being hard on him .. his brother was just MURDERED.. let him vent a bit
um ... ppl literally forgot about Breonna and did nothing. His family has 10 million and her family barely got 125k. I'd say he needs to stfu and embrace all the support he's getting
This is more than George Floyd. Everybody in this situation is opportunistic if we're being honest.
We've seen a video of cops SHOOTING black boys, and this is the second death by suffocation on cam.
It's not just about his brother :dead:
i'm not gonna condemn him for this. he just lost his brother in one of the most traumatic ways possible. i doubt he's thinking straight ot thinking about anything other than his loss at the moment.
also to his point (possibly lost in translation) destroying BLACK communities is indeed counterproductive and extremely stupid.
loot and riot in the places where we aren't hurting our own.
I'd agree with the destroying Black neighborhoods part if Black people owned property in those neighborhoods.
Quote from: MCMXCVI. on June 04, 2020, 10:35:15 AM
I'd agree with the destroying Black neighborhoods part if Black people owned property in those neighborhoods.
!!!!!!
Marg this whole tragedy is really making us closer huh
Wow, who would've thought
i don't feel that ownership should be a determining factor on whether or not our communities are protected. owning or renting, they still live there and should be protected particularly since the aim of the looting and protesting is to stop the destruction of black lives and communities.
Quote from: coffelia on June 04, 2020, 10:46:40 AM
i don't feel that ownership should be a determining factor on whether or not our communities are protected. owning or renting, they still live there and should be protected particularly since the aim of the looting and protesting is to stop the destruction of black lives and communities.
But bby bruv
I think it's two different mentalities going on
Some ppl that are down at the bottom, are extremely tired and want this system uprooted
They are tearing it up because they want everything torn up.
Of course whites aren't gonna loot Macy's and LV and Gucci stores, because they are regular shoppers there :dead:
What we are witnessing isn't the ppl that have. We are witnessing the have nots finally speaking out in the only way this society has given them. Violence and force.
That's why looking down on them is so dangerous. These ppl have lived HELL in those neighborhoods, and we look from the outside in our comfy homes away from the chaos asking why they are tearing it up. Because the hood is literally HELL
Quote from: Bentley. THE Moderator. on June 04, 2020, 10:15:35 AM
Quote from: Troye on June 04, 2020, 10:06:05 AM
i mean yall are gonna being hard on him .. his brother was just MURDERED.. let him vent a bit
um ... ppl literally forgot about Breonna and did nothing. His family has 10 million and her family barely got 125k. I'd say he needs to stfu and embrace all the support he's getting
This is more than George Floyd. Everybody in this situation is opportunistic if we're being honest.
We've seen a video of cops SHOOTING black boys, and this is the second death by suffocation on cam.
It's not just about his brother :dead:
I get for you for real I do but his brother just died ! Let him say what he wants. Breonna Taylor is important but he is thinking about his brother rn
Quote from: Bentley. THE Moderator. on June 04, 2020, 10:52:01 AM
Quote from: coffelia on June 04, 2020, 10:46:40 AM
i don't feel that ownership should be a determining factor on whether or not our communities are protected. owning or renting, they still live there and should be protected particularly since the aim of the looting and protesting is to stop the destruction of black lives and communities.
But bby bruv
I think it's two different mentalities going on
Some ppl that are down at the bottom, are extremely tired and want this system uprooted
They are tearing it up because they want everything torn up.
Of course whites aren't gonna loot Macy's and LV and Gucci stores, because they are regular shoppers there :dead:
What we are witnessing isn't the ppl that have. We are witnessing the have nots finally speaking out in the only way this society has given them. Violence and force.
That's why looking down on them is so dangerous. These ppl have lived HELL in those neighborhoods, and we look from the outside in our comfy homes away from the chaos asking why they are tearing it up. Because the hood is literally HELL
bby bro, i think you might have misunderstood my statement and are making a few assumptions
im not looking down on anybody and i totally understand why the looting is taking place. i wasn't calling on white ppl to loot or anything.
what im saying is take the looting away from black communities because although the business might not be owned by a black person, black families in the community depend on that business. so if we destroy our black communities who is going to be there to help the black families who's resources are now paralyzed or to help them rebuild. i was raised in the hood, i know what it feels like to be eyeballed at the corner store and beauty supply from the moment you step foot. i know what its like to give your money to a mf who you know dont fuck w/ black people but its the only store in the area. i totally get it. but i think we also have to remember that people in these communities rely on mang of these businesses too (unfortunately).
things can feel good and be perfectly justifiable, but i think we still have to look at the reality how they effect our community at the end of the day. i think the looting should be relegated to areas that do not cause harm to black communities. ppl are looting and rioting for the protection of black lives and communities. so i understand the mindset of rioting and looting in those specific areas putting those black lives and communities at risk. there are a million places people can riot & loot for the cause without harming black communities. we should be protected at all costs rn. im not calling for an end to the uprising. just a recalibration that protects black communities.
Quote from: coffelia on June 04, 2020, 10:46:40 AM
i don't feel that ownership should be a determining factor on whether or not our communities are protected. owning or renting, they still live there and should be protected particularly since the aim of the looting and protesting is to stop the destruction of black lives and communities.
even with this way of thinking.... NO BLACK COMMUNITY WAS DESTROYED DURING THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
Lenox mall isn't in a black niggahood and neither was the Target that set this shit off. Now what?
People have been protesting and destroying shit in downtown areas. Gag orda let's talk about the fucking orda.
i wasn't speaking on a specific event, i was talking generally. and if this particular looting wasn't taking place in a black community then i have no issue with it. and again, george floyd's brother is grieving so i definitely think it's appropriate to dhow him some grace in this time
10m?!
I may have to ask for a wellness check for my cousin
And see how the mess plays out
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