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  1. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 29, 2020
    i don’t think the chances are down to 0 but i would have had her as a heavy favorite before this week, and now i think it’s like 90 percent it won’t be her.

    the fact that her record as a prosecutor was so suspect in general (declining to pursue cases against more than a dozen killer cops) is one thing; the fact one of the guys she let off is this killer is probably the nail in the coffin.
     
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  2. Kon
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    Kon

    May 29, 2020
    Protesting and fighting back against police brutality and racism has a lot of history connected with rap music, so yeah I agree it's different than Koolo not liking drugs but being okay with listening to it on an Eminem song.
     
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  3. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 29, 2020
    no, that’s different. rap comes from black communities and has functioned as protest music since its beginnings, it’s politically incoherent to say “i’m a kendrick lamar fan but think protesters should be kinder to cops.” it’s the actual essence of the genre.
     
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  4. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 29, 2020
    that’s not the same thing. no one is saying an audience should agree with what’s depicted in art or even with an artist’s political views, but it’s irreconcilable to be a rap fan and, for example, tsk-tsk the conduct of people protesting police violence
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    May 29, 2020
    nah, while I don't think you need to agree with an artist's political beliefs to like their music, I do think it's kinda weird how many rap fans on here have this disconnect. I mean west coast rap (your favorite :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:) essentially began as protest music against this stuff
     
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  6. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    May 29, 2020
    Going to a protest tomorrow night in Worcester.
     
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  7. Kon
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    Kon

    May 29, 2020


    short clip with a different angle of the murder, George is begging for his life and for them to let him stand up..

    this is heartbreaking, devastating..
     
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  8. Michael Myers
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    Michael Myers Moderator

    May 29, 2020
    U sure it wasn't because ur drivers license was fake?
     
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  9. dna hits
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    dna hits

    May 29, 2020
    I’m ready for a civil war. You wouldn’t be ready with no guns. I would be protecting your a---, since you’re on my east side. Think about that before you disrespect me again. Dammit worm. I sign on one day and you got out of f---ing control again.
     
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  10. Oldboy
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    Oldboy

    May 29, 2020
    But srsly

    what?

    that has to be the dumbest post of all time

    i f---ing love im a barbie girl. I hope that doesnt color me as anything
     
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  11. JMG
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    JMG

    May 29, 2020
    black leaders: stop doing this, we have better solutions
    wpg: DONT LISTEN TO THEM. LISTEN TO THE WHITE MAN. BURN DOWN THE CITY AND MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. CREATE MORE POVERTY
     
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  12. JMG
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    JMG

    May 29, 2020
    no they dont have to meet mine.. they should meet MLK's though. which was strongly against this. oh its your hometown, my bad. i guess that makes you black?
     
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    Zeugma thugger thugger my brother

    May 29, 2020
    i get that koolo's confused. i hate the current state of my country, but the USA are just on some different s--- and it's hard for us to get it. it's absolutely crazy and absurd that these men still aren't arrested
     
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  14. Antman
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    Antman No Cap

    May 29, 2020
    This happens everyday here, unfortunately.
     
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  15. Oldboy
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    Oldboy

    May 29, 2020
    :””””””””(
     
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  16. Oldboy
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    Oldboy

    May 29, 2020
    I think because the us weird juridical system it will indirectly create a strong relationship between the DA and police department. They become like family

    also lets not get started on the fact that DA has the power to pursue whatever case they want
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 29, 2020
    well it’s not an either/or situation. the police are too empowered, too ungovernable, too violent. that colors their interactions with everyone. police practice are also fundamentally racist, which means non-white people bear the brunt of it.
     
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  18. JMG
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    JMG

    May 29, 2020
    if i wanted i could find probably 100 cases this month of this happening. The media cant divide people by showing that though.
     
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  19. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 29, 2020
    let’s frame this another way tho: if they haven’t arrested him yet, and they do in the next week, it will be entirely because of the protests. that’s one of those real, material consequences jmg says don’t exist.
     
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  20. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 29, 2020
    i am sad to tell you that while you’re logically right about everything that’s just not how it works here. this cop is the state.
     
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