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6 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

I don't see any laughing. ?‍♂️

Lots of "stay home" responses. Hey, that is what we were told for the covid "crisis," same should apply here.


 

 

 

 

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I am proud to say that Father Kevin is my cousin, in fact he married the B-Wife and me.

 

 

Reflecting on Racism and Ways to Confront a Crisis

by Kevin Mullen, OFM | June 3, 2020 |

After watching and reflecting on the protests around the United States that followed the May 25 death in Minneapolis, Minnesota, of George Floyd, Provincial Minister Kevin Mullen, OFM, writes about the situation and on the cause of the killing by the police officer: racism. In the message below he describes three perspectives for responding to a crisis.

 

My lived experience in Holy Name Province has taught me to approach issues by looking through three lenses: fraternal, pastoral, and reflective. Through these lenses, specific questions arise: How does this issue affect my life with my brothers? How does this issue affect the lives of the people whom I serve? What can I learn about this issue from reading, reflection, prayer, and discussion that may shed light upon the world that I inhabit? Such a method is not original nor is it unique – I learned it through the framework of a liberal arts education and from watching the example of many wise sisters and brothers who have tried to live an integral and engaged life in this world.

 

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When confronted with the challenge of trying to respond to a crisis, I draw upon this three-fold methodology to assist me in formulating my personal response. Most recently, I have employed this method as I struggle to understand and come to grips with the horror, the outrage, the frustration and the violence that have burst forth in our country following the murder of George Floyd. The horrific facts of this case have been documented and indicate that a man was killed in a brutal manner by a police officer who deliberately abused the power given to one who wants “to protect and serve” the community at large. We know from history, and we should have guessed, that in the United States of America racism was the root cause of this violent crime.

 

Recognizing Anger and Pain
From my fraternal lens, I know that George Floyd’s death angered many in Holy Name Province while causing great pain to brothers who are African-American, Latino, or Asian, and who have also experienced the sting of white privilege and racism within our fraternity, Church, and world. Upon reflection, I realized that I have contributed to their pain – not in deliberate acts or words, but by my indifference, or failure to act, or by closing my ears to their call to me and other brothers. We need to change our ways so as to confront the embedded racism that we have been exposed to and (unconsciously) embraced by growing up as “privileged white men.”

From my pastoral lens, I recognized the need to include the topic of racism in regular evangelization efforts such as liturgical preaching, religious education, and adult faith formation. Sadly, the sin of racism is not known nor are its consequences appreciated in many of the communities where the friars minister. We must do more. As a Provincial who shares responsibility with bishops for certifying friars for public ministry and who has oversight of formation programs, I need to insist that the topic of racism and its connection to economic, ecological, and social justice must be understood and appreciated by those who want to be Friars Minor and minister within the Church.

 

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Finally, from my reflective lens, I must continue to read and study, but more importantly, I need to listen to the voices of sisters and brothers of color who are willing to share their experiences. The answers are not in the books alone, they are discovered in the encounter of people who have lived with this pain and who, nonetheless, have not given up on themselves or on the possibility that change and conversion are possible.

 

More at the Link: https://hnp.org/reflecting-on-racism-and-ways-to-confront-a-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR2raFEXQICjaZfKUQoa__7jHlSfsdphgUP12oqSmc7-mjyyt1kRhsdwRrI

 

 

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3 hours ago, Uncle Joe said:

I was thinking about what slavery has probably built - the pyramids, the Great Wall of China, The Roman Coliseum etc.
To be consistent is there any discussion of tearing these down? 

  I've already have seen similar arguments and it will not appease today's hard core liberals.  Heck, the English raided Ireland for several centuries for conscripted labor and the arguments spew forth about how the Irish got their due in the 20th Century and how society was more or less white blind starting in the 19th Century.  That would come as news to my Irish ancestors who no doubt are rolling over in their graves as how good they supposedly had it starting around 1850 in the US.  I remember it said that my grandmother suffered corporal punishment by her employer as late as the Great Depression if she did not move fast enough in her job as a seamstress.  I remember my wife's grandfather talk about people being fired due to their (white) ethnicity at what would eventually become AC Delco in Rochester.  

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1 minute ago, mead107 said:

Word is police are walking off the job June 15.  All over the nation. 

 

Was waiting for that to happen.  I have to buy a gun and ammo quick.

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2 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

Or the piece wasn’t vetted properly and contained at least one BS alt-right talking point.  Either one. 

Good to know that every idea you disagree with is alt-right. You are gonna be shocked in November when you realize that the majority of non city Americans are " Alt right" to you. Or is there an actual idea he presented you want to point out?

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4 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

Or the piece wasn’t vetted properly and contained at least one BS alt-right talking point.  Either one. 


 

And this is why I don’t respect your views.

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33 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said:

Good to know that every idea you disagree with is alt-right. You are gonna be shocked in November when you realize that the majority of non city Americans are " Alt right" to you. Or is there an actual idea he presented you want to point out?

Let me get this straight.   The refined political nose of Buffalo Timmy, cognizant of the competing and largely unchecked crises in this country, believes that Trump, who lost the popular election in 2016, nit only will win the popular vote in 2020 but will take more than 50% of that vote.  You have consumed way too much trump kool aid, sir. 

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53 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Was waiting for that to happen.  I have to buy a gun and ammo quick.


In California that means 3-6 months. Maybe I shouldn’t say this but I asked the wife this morning what we had. She said “15 rounds”. Been nice knowing y’all! 

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21 minutes ago, Buffalo Bills Fan said:

Just seen on twitter a very bad video in Buffalo maybe not for sure. Old guy hurt badly police pushed him. Those cops should get in trouble right away. Too disturbing to post here.

 

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How the hell does that happen in this community? They push the man and refuse aid after he is unconscious and bleeding from the skull. Wow.

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6 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:


In California that means 3-6 months. Maybe I shouldn’t say this but I asked the wife this morning what we had. She said “15 rounds”. Been nice knowing y’all! 

I haven't bought ammo in a while. Is there a wait for that as well? I don't have a lot I really should get more

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23 minutes ago, SectionC3 said:

Let me get this straight.   The refined political nose of Buffalo Timmy, cognizant of the competing and largely unchecked crises in this country, believes that Trump, who lost the popular election in 2016, nit only will win the popular vote in 2020 but will take more than 50% of that vote.  You have consumed way too much trump kool aid, sir. 


Did you read what Buffalo Timmy wrote or did you start madly typing your reply before it actually sunk in?

1 minute ago, Dante said:

I haven't bought ammo in a while. Is there a wait for that as well? I don't have a lot I really should get more


I asked the guy at the range several months ago. He said if you’ve purchased your weapon in the last five years you’re in the system and he said you may get approval right there. I asked “if not?” he said up to 6 months. And he wasn’t being facetious. 

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16 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

In California that means 3-6 months. Maybe I shouldn’t say this but I asked the wife this morning what we had. She said “15 rounds”. Been nice knowing y’all! 

 

I'd get a shotgun.

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57 minutes ago, Magox said:

Black lives matter

 

 

 

Except when this happens

Wait, isn't the police chief in Philadelphia Danielle Outlaw previously of Portland?
Philly is in good hands.
signed Antifa

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9 minutes ago, Dante said:

For home D it's better don't you think? Safer for the neighbors. 

 

That's what I've been told.  And thankfully the neighbors haven't tried to invade my home in the 20 years I've been living there.

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29 minutes ago, Warren Zevon said:

 

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How the hell does that happen in this community? They push the man and refuse aid after he is unconscious and bleeding from the skull. Wow.

I know the officer.  Or at least I did growing up.  That behavior is out of character for the the guy I knew.   But the video is horrible and there’s no excuse for pushing an old man like that.  The police severely outmanned that rag tag group, and there was no need for gratuitous violence. It’s an awful video. 

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Please take the tiStaged Event?  

These officers were involved with something, I’m not sure exactly what, but something is just not adding up.

I think there is at the very least the “possibility”, that this was a filmed public execution of a black man by a white cop, with the purpose of creating racial tensions and driving a wedge in the growing group of anti deep state sentiment from comon people, that have already been psychologically traumatized by Covid 19 fears. 

Historically, in  election years and in politically contested areas or in groups, racial or gun violence incidents are becoming common place.  Considering the rising approval rating of President Trump in the black community, an event like this was unfortunately “Predictable”
Consider these points and contrast them to every other police brutality incident you've ever seen.

The filmed portion of the incident was about 10 minutes long.   In that amount of time, three officers are holding one handcuffed man down. You only know that because of the pictures taken from across the street. You can't see the other two officers in the video because they are behind the vehicle.  During 8 minutes of the entire video, the officer has his knee on George Floyd's neck, which is not taught or approved by any law enforcement agency. 

Additionally, other than the Asian officer speaking occasionally to the crowd of bystanders, there is no communication from any of the officers to Mr. Floyd.  No talking, no shouting.  When have you ever seen a police brutality video without police shouting?

Additionally, the police had no goal.  They weren't trying to subdue him for arrest, he was already handcuffed and all they needed to do, was place him in the back of the car.  There is no plausible explanation for taking him to the ground and having three men on top of a handcuffed man, a knee placed on his neck.  Mr. Floyd presented no threat and was not resisting.   The only goal that there appeared to be was exactly what happened: “To be filmed brutally killing a black man”. 

Think about this, these officers did not care about being filmed, in fact the officer stared into the camera with soulless eyes and an emotionless face, reminiscent of an assassin, as he knowingly killed an American Citizen.
None of the officers spoke among themselves or did they speak to Mr. Floyd.  They did not respond to his pleas for life. They just sat and kneeled on him until he was passed out and then waited an additional 4 minutes after Mr. Floyd lost consciousness to ensure that Mr. Floyd was dead and could not be revived. 

The bystanders are verbally communicating to the officers, that he isn't breathing. Unlike any other similar incident, you never see the officers getting on police radios. You never see or hear them calling dispatch for backup. No other police units arrive on the scene and strangely enough, the crowd does not seem to grow either.
The scene does not end until an ambulance arrives and they unceremoniously flop him on a gurney.  At no point does anyone in a uniform ever check his vitals. “As if they aren't remotely curious about the situation they are in” BTW. who called the ambulance and for what reason? Because if the reason was that Mr. Floyd was having a medical issue, they wouldn't have still been crushing his neck.  

Shortly after the video went viral, a fake Facebook page supposedly belonging to the officer,  at the center of the murder appears and pictures are uploaded that say "Stand your Ground" and "Trump 2020".   A picture of the cop with a red ballcap that says "Make America White Again".  A friends list populated with obvious sock accounts and people clearly not his friends.   This is the same kind of fake Facebook stunt that happened with a group made to look like support for the men involved with the Ahmed Aubrey case.

Is it mere coincidence that this happens the week after “race” becomes a major political issue after the Biden "You ain't Black" gaffe, started to threaten the black vote the Democrats so desperately count on? 

Additionally, there is substantial video evidence to arrest at least one officer now.  Why would the local authorities not charge him immediately, unless there was a political advantage not to! 

Is it mere coincidence that this happens right about the exact moment the COVID-19 fear campaign falls apart, and after it has psychologically traumatized the entire country and got everyone at each other's throats and suicide attempts are spiking?   Is it mere coincidence that this happens after the Auhmed Aubrey case... Which somehow eluded the mainstream media completely until two whole months after he was killed? When has that ever happened? Timing issue?  Is it mere coincidence that Supreme Race Baiter Obama was making videos a couple weeks ago connecting COVID with "Systemic Racism"?

FINALLY....‼️‼️ this entire scene plays out with the cop car and license plate that says "POLICE".  The plate was perfectly framed for maximum subliminal impact. This also means he was literally just 1 foot away from the back seat of the police car and these cops thought it was smarter to kill a black man on camera, than to pick him up and move him one foot into the back of the police car.

You can draw your own conclusions, but this appears to have all the earmarks of George Soros.  Please open your eyes!!!! to read this

 

 

Interesting. Hope none of it is true. 

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