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by NoZebra120vClip 1148 days ago
The reason that Black Lives Matter today is because gangstas have owned the streets for 40+ years.

It is certainly unjust that any innocent should die at the hands of a police officer, but it is not unexpected, that after 40 years of no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners gang warfare in the streets of every major metro and urb, that police have developed an itchy trigger finger when it comes to confrontations with the general public, who have typically been quite well-armed and combat-ready.

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> The reason that Black Lives Matter today is because gangstas have owned the streets for 40+ years.

This is about the Fire chief bear-spraying homeless people

> It is certainly unjust that any innocent should die at the hands of a police officer,

By definition

> but it is not unexpected, that after 40 years of no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners gang warfare in the streets of every major metro and urb

This statement doesn’t match reality

There’s no justification for police violence

I would point out that George Floyd, whose death brought on protests, riots, the proliferation of BLM signs, etc., was not shot, was in fact in custody.