CAIR unveils Black Lives Matter banner in honor of George Floyd | USA TODAY

CAIR to mark the anniversary of George Floyd's death by unveiling Black Lives Matter banner on Capitol Hill Headquarters.

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It's been a month since George Floyd died – since former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck as he gasped for air and pleaded for his life; since peaceful protests during daylight dissolved into violence after dark; since Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey decided to let protesters overtake the police department's Third Precinct.

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42 comments

    1. @Cornelis van der Heijden really? That is so helpful.
      We can also say, why do you shout that you are oppressed when you are the first to join the army to go and oppress other black and brown people?

    2. @Cornelis van der Heijden they hate any non Muslim, and talk about oppression? Have you seen how Muslim women are treated? Gtfo with that oppression bullshit, the Muslims oppress more people than any others yet they want to call you out on it.

    3. Been doing it since the dawn of the time, I seem to remember aisha was a child. Give it a break. Women can finally drive in Saudi Arabia and people are still in indentured servitude across Muslim countries in the middle east.

  1. Слава Мухаммеду Али ,Слава США и Д.Трампу!Идите все домой и спите спокойно под охраной доблесной полиции.Аминь!

    1. @Beatrice Cordero I have no doubt that the Jesus I know of who came from palistine and looked like me does love me.
      But the Juses that is in your minds eye who was forced down your ancestors throats with guns and whips certainly doesn’t. I am the wrong colour for that one.

    2. Yes sir Jesus did look alot like You. His father the creator of heaven is who I was referring to as the Living God.

    3. Beatrice Cordero so explain it to me.
      Jesus is the son of God and Jesus is God and Jesus died on the cross.
      My question is. Did God impregnate Mary to produce Jesus, who is God?
      Is it your view that God impregnated his own mother?
      It’s a bit disrespectful to say the least.
      Another question is if Jesus died on the cross and he is God , are you saying God died? Again a bit disrespectful.
      If we say fine God died on the cross and came back three days later, who was running things while God was dead?
      Those are my problems with your version of Jesus.

    4. In the Bible the Book of Matthew chapter 3 verses 16 and 17 says:
      And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightaway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him.
      And lo a voice from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
      Conclusion: Three in one.

    1. @مهند العبيدي Muhammad slept with at least one 9 year old girl. He killed innocent people and preached hatred/violence for women, Jews and infedels. You don’t have to be kkk member or even a racist to notice these facts. Muhammad was a monster, sh*t be upon him. You should be ashamed of yourself for defending such a vile man.

    2. @مهند العبيدي also just randomly calling people racist because you disagree with them on something doesn’t work anymore. Nobody’s gonna take you seriously in current year if you’re still these using outdated SJW tactics.

  2. Banner in honor of George Floyd, a violent drug addicted career criminal that once robbed a pregnant woman at gunpoint? Okay.

    1. what does his past have anything to do with the fact he was murdered in cold blood by the hands of a police officer

    2. @alicia mingo how about maybe if he hadn’t been a career criminal he wouldn’t have had a problem with the cops you ignorant moron!

    3. @alicia mingo his past has everything to do with the banner in his honor. And he wasn’t murdered. He died of heart attack because of combined effect of being restrained after resisting arrest, his underlying health conditions (heart disease, hypertension, etc.) and fentanyl and meth in his system.

    4. “We find no evidence of anti-Black or anti-Hispanic disparities across shootings and White officers are not more likely to shoot minority civilians than non-White officers. Instead, race-specific crime strongly predicts civilian race.”
      https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877

      “I find over whelming evidence of a racial disparity in shooting victims with respect to local population demographics but substantially less disparity after accounting for local arrest demographics. I conclude the analyses by examining the effect of police-worn body cameras and find no evidence that the presence of such cameras impacts the racial distribution of victims.”
      https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2019.1704330

      “The evidence suggests that the police do not disproportionately target African-American men for use of lethal force. The evidence suggests that the police are only responding to the rate of deadly force assaults they are experiencing.”
      https://www.dolanconsultinggroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Dispelling-the-Myths-Surrounding-Police-Use-of-Lethal-Force.pdf

      “On the most extreme use of force – officer-involved shootings – we find no racial differences .”
      https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399.pdf

      “When adjusting for crime, we find no systematic evidence of anti-Black disparities in fatal shootings, fatal shootings of unarmed citizens, or fatal shootings involving misidentification of harmless objects.”
      https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550618775108

      “Black officers were 3.3 times and officers rapidly accumulating negative marks in their files were 3.1 times more likely to shoot than other officers. Officers who started their police career later in life were less likely to shoot.”
      https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2015.1129918

      “Using population, police-citizen interactions, or total arrests as a benchmark, we observe that black citizens appear more likely than white citizens to be fatally shot by police officers in both years. Using violent crime arrests or weapons offense arrests, we observe that black citizens appear less likely to be fatally shot by police officers. We discuss why population data is a fundamentally flawed benchmark, and elaborate the strengths and weaknesses of using police-citizen interaction or arrest benchmarks.”
      https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0735648X.2018.1547269?src=recsys&

      “Although minority suspects are disproportionately killed by police, white officers appear to be no more likely to use lethal force against minorities than nonwhite officers .”
      https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/puar.12956

      “During 2012-15, the rate of white-on-white violent crime (12.0 per 1,000 white persons) was about four times higher than black-on-white violent crime (3.1 per 1,000). The rate of black-on-black violent crime (16.5 per 1,000 black persons) was more than five times higher than white-on-black violent crime (2.8 per 1,000).”
      https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rhovo1215_sum.pdf

      “African Americans were no more likely to be stopped.”
      https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098611111433027

  3. In honor of a 7 time drug offender and a man who forcibly robbed a pregnant woman at gun point IN HER OWN HOME…

  4. Malcolm X also believed white liberals were con men abusing the black man for personal gain. I agree with him.

  5. Don’t forget the looting, vandalizing and the burning of private property done by these delinquents disguised as racial inequality protesters.

  6. “We find no evidence of anti-Black or anti-Hispanic disparities across shootings and White officers are not more likely to shoot minority civilians than non-White officers. Instead, race-specific crime strongly predicts civilian race.”
    https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877

    “I find over whelming evidence of a racial disparity in shooting victims with respect to local population demographics but substantially less disparity after accounting for local arrest demographics. I conclude the analyses by examining the effect of police-worn body cameras and find no evidence that the presence of such cameras impacts the racial distribution of victims.”
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2019.1704330

    “The evidence suggests that the police do not disproportionately target African-American men for use of lethal force. The evidence suggests that the police are only responding to the rate of deadly force assaults they are experiencing.”
    https://www.dolanconsultinggroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Dispelling-the-Myths-Surrounding-Police-Use-of-Lethal-Force.pdf

    “On the most extreme use of force – officer-involved shootings – we find no racial differences .”
    https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399.pdf

    “When adjusting for crime, we find no systematic evidence of anti-Black disparities in fatal shootings, fatal shootings of unarmed citizens, or fatal shootings involving misidentification of harmless objects.”
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550618775108

    “Black officers were 3.3 times and officers rapidly accumulating negative marks in their files were 3.1 times more likely to shoot than other officers. Officers who started their police career later in life were less likely to shoot.”
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2330443X.2015.1129918

    “Using population, police-citizen interactions, or total arrests as a benchmark, we observe that black citizens appear more likely than white citizens to be fatally shot by police officers in both years. Using violent crime arrests or weapons offense arrests, we observe that black citizens appear less likely to be fatally shot by police officers. We discuss why population data is a fundamentally flawed benchmark, and elaborate the strengths and weaknesses of using police-citizen interaction or arrest benchmarks.”
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0735648X.2018.1547269?src=recsys&

    “Although minority suspects are disproportionately killed by police, white officers appear to be no more likely to use lethal force against minorities than nonwhite officers .”
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/puar.12956

    “During 2012-15, the rate of white-on-white violent crime (12.0 per 1,000 white persons) was about four times higher than black-on-white violent crime (3.1 per 1,000). The rate of black-on-black violent crime (16.5 per 1,000 black persons) was more than five times higher than white-on-black violent crime (2.8 per 1,000).”
    https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rhovo1215_sum.pdf

    “African Americans were no more likely to be stopped.”
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098611111433027

  7. Fair warning, CAIR definitely brings out the nutjobs – every comment thread is a rabbit hole you REALLY do not want to go down…

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