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Post by elaine on Aug 4, 2023 20:55:49 GMT
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peabay
Prolific Pea
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Jun 25, 2014 19:50:41 GMT
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Post by peabay on Aug 4, 2023 20:58:42 GMT
That is just awful. My God - what were they thinking?
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Post by elaine on Aug 4, 2023 21:01:02 GMT
That is just awful. My God - what were they thinking? I was watching CNN when the story came on and was so disturbed that I considered changing the channel. The photos and story of their torture are beyond horrific.
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Post by Merge on Aug 4, 2023 21:22:54 GMT
This pretty much sums up why "Try That in a Small Town" is so offensive. From the article:
"The officers initially went to the home in Braxton because a white neighbor complained Black people were staying with a white woman who owned the house. The documents say Parker was a longtime friend of the homeowner and was helping care for her.
Officers used racist slurs against the two men during the raid and "warned them to stay out of Rankin County and go back to Jackson or 'their side' of the Pearl River — areas with higher concentrations of Black residents," the documents say."
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scrappinwithoutpeas
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,895
Location: Northern Virginia
Aug 7, 2014 22:09:44 GMT
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Aug 4, 2023 21:28:10 GMT
It's like we've been set back 100 years or more. This is horrific and very upsetting.
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paget
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,742
Jun 25, 2014 21:16:39 GMT
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Post by paget on Aug 4, 2023 21:41:25 GMT
I cannot believe what I just read. I’m stunned. And completely sickened. I can’t believe one police officer would do those horrific things let alone a group of six. Those poor people.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 4, 2023 22:34:21 GMT
An extremely hard read. Hard to believe we are living in 2023.
Wonder how they treat their mothers and fathers, let alone their children.
They pled guilty to federal charges for nicer facilities. They are not likely to survive in the Mississippi jail system.
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Post by snugglebutter on Aug 4, 2023 23:09:03 GMT
Horrific.
How many other victims does this group have? I highly doubt it's their first offense.
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 4, 2023 23:28:20 GMT
Those cops aren't even human or maybe they are too human. I would love to be a fly on the wall when they are locked up with a whole bunch of inmates that will serve up instant karma to them. I'd pay to watch that.
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Post by Lurkingpea on Aug 4, 2023 23:52:06 GMT
An extremely hard read. Hard to believe we are living in 2023. Wonder how they treat their mothers and fathers, let alone their children. They pled guilty to federal charges for nicer facilities. They are not likely to survive in the Mississippi jail system. From your keyboard to God's ears. These horrible excuses for humans need to suffer every day for their remaining days. I couldn't finish the article it made me so sick.
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Post by elaine on Aug 5, 2023 0:14:18 GMT
An extremely hard read. Hard to believe we are living in 2023. Wonder how they treat their mothers and fathers, let alone their children. They pled guilty to federal charges for nicer facilities. They are not likely to survive in the Mississippi jail system. From your keyboard to God's ears. These horrible excuses for humans need to suffer every day for their remaining days. I couldn't finish the article it made me so sick. Stay away from CNN. It keeps coming on every couple of hours. Dh is sick - COVID after avoiding it for 3.5 years - and gets to control the television. He is enraged too. This is a prime example of why no state curriculum should include anything “positive” about slavery for Black people. The torture those men experienced at the hands of bigoted-less-than-human white people isn’t far removed from what many slaves experienced at white slave owners and white plantation foremen. There is nothing. nothing. nothing. positive about torture or slavery.
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Post by aj2hall on Aug 5, 2023 0:37:31 GMT
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edie3
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,463
Jun 26, 2014 1:03:18 GMT
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Post by edie3 on Aug 5, 2023 2:29:48 GMT
Are we just hearing more about things like these, or have they increased? I know these racial assaults have gone on for years and years and years. It is so horrifying and unjust.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 5, 2023 7:34:43 GMT
Are we just hearing more about things like these, or have they increased? I know these racial assaults have gone on for years and years and years. It is so horrifying and unjust. I think it’s both. These heinous human beings feel empowered by the events taking place now. It’s disgusting and inhumane.
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