BoningKnife
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As a UK resident, this is relatable. I fully support the BLM movement. I am well aware there is institutionalised racism at high levels within our country and things need to change, absolutely. However, in my opinion, the protests in Britain have been far to focused on the situation in the U.S and it just doesn't form a relevant argument over here. Guns and police brutality are not common place here, minorities are certainly mistreated in some ways. However, police murdering people on our streets is almost unheard of therefore, the protesters arguing against police brutality and such like are, whilst well intentioned, picking an ineffective argument to see any real change here. Just my opinion.Well the Australian protests have been and gone. Protesters were yelling "black lives matter". One guy got arrested for saying "white lives matter too", but nobody else did. I'm not sure what the cops are going to charge him with because he wasn't aggressive, violent, threatening, racist, or breaching the pandemic laws, (most of the other people were breaching the pandemic laws). None the less, the cops handcuffed him and took him away.
The part that annoys me about the Australian protesters is a lot of the deaths in custody are people killing themselves. Then their families say the person shouldn't have been in jail to begin with because they weren't doing anything wrong. Yet the person was caught red handed with stolen goods, drugs, weapons, etc. Years ago I filmed some indigenous people riding motorbikes on a public park when they came over and attacked me. One of them got arrested and claimed they were innocent even though there was video footage clearly showing his face and the offence.
Then there are the people that claim to be Aboriginals but they are whiter than me, and I am nocturnal and haven't seen sunlight for years. To be Aboriginal, you have to have some pigment in your skin, not have blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin.
Ok, they want the Police to treat everyone equal and that is fine. They want the Police to be held accountable when the cops overstep their boundaries and that is fine. But if someone commits a crime, that person should be held accountable.
None of this should overshadow the American situation where a subdued black guy was killed by the cops, but the Australian protesters need to stop blaming authorities for things their family and friends do.
Somebody approaching the cops is not an excuse for any level of brutality. If an officer stoops to them levels they are incapable of doing the job and are nothing but a thug in a fancy uniform.