Is This Photo Amazing Or Whats Your Take On It?

[piggynose]

well what do you think? Media URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36759711
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[sp1814]

The more I look at the picture, the more striking it gets. However, only time will tell whether it becomes iconic in the true sense of the word.

[THEMOTLEY1]

It's a photo' of a Black (It's a undeniable fact, she is Black) Lawbreaker (It's an undeniable fact, she is obstructing the Highway) about to be Lawfully removed by the Police, as that is what they do.

[-Talbot-]

Mamyalynne
So you are judging others before we have had time to read it ?



I wasn't talking about ABers Mamya (most of whom I know will not bother to read it)

[Mamyalynne]

I have always agreed that the 'bias' level is over egged - the loudest shouts come immediately after the latest incident.

Hot spots will occur depending on the make up in a given are, that is of course true.

What is disturbing as I said last night is the breaking up of society into 'us' and 'them' (whether they be people of a different racial background or the authorities).

When I see a shooting reported I see a waste of life and that in turn inevitably leads to further division.

[Mamyalynne]

I always read links if I intend to comment on them, I'm not particularly erudite in putting things into words but I do try.

[mikey4444]

THEMOTLEY1.......The trouble is, that white Policemen also execute back people, which is what happened to kick all this off.

AOG asked what if the woman had been white !

What ?...the woman white and all the Policemen black ? Is that remotely possible ?

[stuey]

The term "iconic" these days has about as much meaning and significance as "Have a nice day."; "Lessons will be learned"; "Our thoughts and prayers go out..."; etc.

[-Talbot-]

Here's a heart warming video.
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/07/11/one-dallas-protesters-come-together-nccorig.cnn/video/playlists/dallas-police-officer-shot/

I general think most people are ok but some (too many) let idiotic morons with extremist views lead them and they follow like sheep not really understanding why.

[THEMOTLEY1]

Mikey @ 1603, I've had a second, good, look at the piccie, try as I might I cannot see any White Policeperson executing a back person (I sure you meant Black) but it's still not in the piccie.

[mikey4444]

Motely....I'm sorry...I thought you were aware of what caused these current troubles :::

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Philando_Castile

[sp1814]

mikey4444

I think this picture might 'have legs', because like some other recent big stories, it tells a specific story.

There were no 'iconic' pictures which summarised the Orlando attacks, but the [i]was one from Paris (the pregnant woman trying to jump from the window of the concert venue).

I can see what is happening with this thread - everyone is putting their own particular spin on the picture, in order to declare where they stand. That's what (I believe) makes the picture important.

It's become a launchpad for discussion.

In the end, that's a very healthy thing.

[THEMOTLEY1]

Don't be so bloody patronising Mikey, the OP is about the picture.
Do you hate the British Police as much as the Americans?

[mikey4444]

The discussion on here is very healthy, I agree SP.

But what a great pity this debate has come about by the death of yet another innocent black man, at the hands of a white Policeman ?

[-Talbot-]

Comparing her to Rosa Parks is spinning better than the wife's tumble dryer.

What does the name Jeronimo Yanez suggest to you, mikey?

I don't know why Jeronimo Yanez felt the need to shoot Philando Castile 4 times but if what I have read is true then I can understand why the officer was well ... twitchy for want of a better word.

[Hypognosis]

@TheMotley1

Is obstructing the highway part of Civil Law or Criminal Law, in the USA?

(I would like to draw comparisons with "Civil disobedience" movements, of the past, suffragettes, Ghandi, etcetera but need the facts).

Basically *any* protest march blocks the road… for a time. If BLM gave 24hrs' notice (or whatever is required) of their protest and she is part of it (badged or not) then she has done nothing wrong.

[mikey4444]

I am not being patronising, just answering you peculiar earlier post.

The death of Philando Castile was the cause of all this. If the Policeman hadn't killed him in cold blood, the rioting probably wouldn't have happened.

To save you the trouble of looking this up, there is no doubt that the death of Castile was a homicide ::::::

"The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office ruled Castile's death a homicide and said he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds"

As to your ludicrous remark about British Police, I can assure you if a British Policeman had acted in this way, like Officer Jeronimo Yanez, I would most certainly be debating it, and I suspect you would be as well.

[mikey4444]

There is already a Wiki entry for the Shooting of Philando Castile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Philando_Castile

[-Talbot-]

I will ask again


What does the name Jeronimo Yanez suggest to you, mikey?

[THEMOTLEY1]

///Is obstructing the highway part of Civil Law or Criminal Law, in the USA?///

If the Police were removing them for doing it, it is obvious, to most of us, that it is an offence. Your pedantic question adds nothing to the discussion based on the OP, which concerned the picture.