"This... Is Why..." LeBron Reignites Kaepernick's Stand Against Racial Injustice

[Im Still Ballin]

Thoughts?

https://i.ibb.co/T8qC5KQ/woke.png

[GimmeThat]

Kaepernick's defense is "according to society, I was born by the wrong people" Lebron's defense is "according to you, history praised the wrong people" me "there are hidden marks labeled on dead people, open your eyes, folks"

[FultzNationRISE]

Instagram is where the meaningful conversations happen.


#Hashtag

[SATAN]

10 pages of haters having a meltdown

[DoctorP]

Karens gonna Karen

BRAN X

[brownmamba00]

I wish Bron would do something in game like Kaep did. He'd piss off a lot of short white men.

[FultzNationRISE]

I wish Bron would do something in game like Kaep did. He'd piss off a lot of short white men.


Which is exactly why he’s too afraid to do it, yeah?

[PoutinPippin]

Do some of these people foolishly think only racist white police officers are hired? And just more racially obsessed cringe from LeBron to add to his resume.

[Bankaii]

Of course the typical residential ISH racists are more obsessed with crying over Lebron than the issue he’s trying to bring attention to.

[Lebron23]

Just watched the security camera video George wasn't resisting arrest. Chauvin murdered the guy by breaking his neck. Glad they were fired. Hope they rot in Jail.

[ThatCoolKid]

What is there to think? He's 100% right.

[LAmbruh]

Lebron is right

[BigKobeFan]

I don't get these sports stars...Why don't they do it on their day off? I haven't seen bran at a protest ever.

Do it on your own free time and not on company time.

[ThatCoolKid]

I don't get these sports stars...Why don't they do it on their day off? I haven't seen bran at a protest ever.

Do it on your own free time and not on company time.

Bran just did it on his "own time." He posted on instagram :lol

[dreamshake]

LeBron should take a stand during a game. Do something like kneel at center court with his hands in the air (like a cop is pointing a gun at him) for the entire anthem.

People would be like wtf? But it would be symbolic enough to drive the point through.

[LAmbruh]

Bran just did it on his "own time." He posted on instagram :lol

:oldlol: that kid isn't too sharp

[jayfan]

Thoughts?



:facepalm

Lebron didn't reignite anything. The cop did. Followed by the millions of people who referenced Kaepernick before Lebron posted anything. Don't be pathetic.


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[r0drig0lac]

What is there to think? He's 100% right.

this http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/images/smilies/confusedshrug.gif

[imdaman99]

Thank you Lebron :applause:

[DoctorP]

nice nike-related push by branX to sell Colin :lol

#nikemasters
#china

[scuzzy]

spot on by LeBron

[DoctorP]

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[DoctorP]

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[Da_Realist]

Chicago sees deadliest Memorial Day weekend in four years with 10 killed and 39 injured in shootings (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/us/chicago-memorial-day-deaths/index.html)

Over 40 Shot, 10 Fatally, Across Memorial Weekend in Chicago (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/26/over-40-shot-10-fatally-across-memorial-weekend-in-chicago/)

Coincidentally this happened during the same weekend but for some reason 10 violent deaths in just one city over a 3 day weekend doesn't ever spark a national sit in or the rebuke of famous celebrities. The problem is...this happens so much we expect it. It would be nice if the woke crowd would be just as outraged at this. It would take real courage to speak up on this, though, because it would force people to do more than just kneel and complain while pointing at someone else.

[DoctorP]

Chicago sees deadliest Memorial Day weekend in four years with 10 killed and 39 injured in shootings (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/us/chicago-memorial-day-deaths/index.html)

Over 40 Shot, 10 Fatally, Across Memorial Weekend in Chicago (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/26/over-40-shot-10-fatally-across-memorial-weekend-in-chicago/)

Coincidentally this happened during the same weekend but for some reason 10 violent deaths in just one city over a 3 day weekend doesn't ever spark a national sit in or the rebuke of famous celebrities. The problem is...this happens so much we expect it. It would be nice if the woke crowd would be just as outraged at this. It would take real courage to speak up on this, though, because it would force people to do more than just kneel and complain while pointing at someone else.

:applause:

[FultzNationRISE]

Chicago sees deadliest Memorial Day weekend in four years with 10 killed and 39 injured in shootings (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/us/chicago-memorial-day-deaths/index.html)

Over 40 Shot, 10 Fatally, Across Memorial Weekend in Chicago (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/26/over-40-shot-10-fatally-across-memorial-weekend-in-chicago/)

Coincidentally this happened during the same weekend but for some reason 10 violent deaths in just one city over a 3 day weekend doesn't ever spark a national sit in or the rebuke of famous celebrities. The problem is...this happens so much we expect it. It would be nice if the woke crowd would be just as outraged at this. It would take real courage to speak up on this, though, because it would force people to do more than just kneel and complain while pointing at someone else.


We’re an emotional and largely hypocritical country.

We claim the loss of life is what bothers us. But we’re very selective about when to care.

We care more when it’s a “racist” murder because somehow it touches our emotions differently. It also gives a clear sense of purpose, and identity, that we know which side to line up on and which side to condemn. This is INCREDIBLY instinctive to humans, and we dont fully appreciate it IMO.

When a black guy murders a black guy... nobody really reacts to that loss of life. Nobody seems particularly saddened. Theres no social “cause” to eagerly jump on. Theres no emotional nerve being tapped. It’s just the loss of a stranger’s life.

And we only pretend to care about that when it serves other interests of ours.

[RogueBorg]

Chicago sees deadliest Memorial Day weekend in four years with 10 killed and 39 injured in shootings (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/us/chicago-memorial-day-deaths/index.html)

Over 40 Shot, 10 Fatally, Across Memorial Weekend in Chicago (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/26/over-40-shot-10-fatally-across-memorial-weekend-in-chicago/)
The problem is...this happens so much we expect it. It would be nice if the woke crowd would be just as outraged at this. It would take real courage to speak up on this, though, because it would force people to do more than just kneel and complain while pointing at someone else.

If the Chicago weekend shootings were cops doing the shootings there would be outrage. Apparently it's ok otherwise. Huge double-standard exists in this country.

[DoctorP]

I'm an emotional and largely hypocritical retard.

We claim the loss of life is what bothers us. But we’re very selective about when to care.

We care more when it’s a “racist” murder because somehow it touches our emotions differently. It also gives a clear sense of purpose, and identity, that we know which side to line up on and which side to condemn. This is INCREDIBLY instinctive to humans, and we dont fully appreciate it IMO.

When a black guy murders a black guy... nobody really reacts to that loss of life. Nobody seems particularly saddened. Theres no social “cause” to eagerly jump on. Theres no emotional nerve being tapped. It’s just the loss of a stranger’s life.

And we only pretend to care about that when it serves other interests of ours.

fixed that for ya

[RogueBorg]

We’re an emotional and largely hypocritical country.

We claim the loss of life is what bothers us. But we’re very selective about when to care.

We care more when it’s a “racist” murder because somehow it touches our emotions differently. It also gives a clear sense of purpose, and identity, that we know which side to line up on and which side to condemn. This is INCREDIBLY instinctive to humans, and we dont fully appreciate it IMO.

When a black guy murders a black guy... nobody really reacts to that loss of life. Nobody seems particularly saddened. Theres no social “cause” to eagerly jump on. Theres no emotional nerve being tapped. It’s just the loss of a stranger’s life.

And we only pretend to care about that when it serves other interests of ours.

:applause: Very well said!

[BigKobeFan]

Bran just did it on his "own time." He posted on instagram :lol

dumbass

[scuzzy]

If the Chicago weekend shootings were cops doing the shootings there would be outrage. Apparently it's ok otherwise. Huge double-standard exists in this country.
Yeah one being citizen on citizen killing each other

The other being authority figures doing it with impunity in broad daylight on camera


Another cop brutality, time to relate it to Chicago's crime rate :oldlol:

[dreamshake]

LeTweet but don’t do shit to change anything.

[Roundball_Rock]

Yeah one being citizen on citizen killing each other

The other being authority figures doing it with impunity in broad daylight on camera


Another cop brutality, time to relate it to Chicago's crime rate :oldlol:

Exactly--the two situations are not comparable. :lol

Glad to see LeBron cares about more than selling shoes.

[theman93]

Racial injustice is a big no no to Lebron. Tyrannical government injustice is just fine though...even though in his own words, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/952902403422150657?s=20

What a hypocritical idiot :facepalm

[scuzzy]

Exactly--the two situations are not comparable. :lol

Glad to see LeBron cares about more than selling shoes.
It's the same coping mechanism every time

The glimmering difference between black on black crime and police brutality is one victim see's justice, the other does not.

Besides Lebron has made awareness on Chicago's crime after Wade's cousin was murdered in 2016

[Da_Realist]

https://i.postimg.cc/pdWMs60X/People-killed-by-cops.png

This might be hard to read but the chart says there are 223 black people killed by police in 2017, 209 killed in 2018 and 235 killed in 2019. It doesn't give any more information than that. Not all the blacks killed were just sitting on a park bench eating a sandwich. Some of them agitated the situation that caused their deaths. I can direct you to a book that goes into detail for a number of these cases. But for the sake of argument, let's assume ALL of them were completely innocent when the cops killed them.

Let's look further...


https://i.postimg.cc/ht31YJsz/Lynchings.png


https://i.postimg.cc/Njyg1Vzh/Blacks-killing-blacks.png

Black on black murder is 30 times worse than cops on blacks crime. But it never gets brought up by these woke celebrities. I agree with LeBron. There are areas of the country where blacks are constantly hunted...but they are 30 times more likely to be hunted by other blacks than the police. It's good to call out racist cops and inequalities but which of these situations need a bigger voice? The numbers don't even compare.



Sources:

Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2020, by race (https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/)

The Top 5 Issues Facing Black Americans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faolY5_hnIc)

[scuzzy]

You keep citing black on black crime as if these scenarios are remotely similar

Blacks get locked up and justice is served

Cops don't


This isn't rocket science, if there were no cops and someone was getting strangled to death.

1. Someone would have broken it up
2. The offender would have been punished

[LAmbruh]

MICHAEL JORDAN: ‘I CAN NO LONGER STAY SILENT’

“As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing by police officers,” Jordan writes in a one-page letter released exclusively to The Undefeated. “I grieve with the families who have lost loved ones, as I know their pain all too well.”


why isn't woke michael jordan addressing black on black crime :mad::rant

[tpols]

Shut up and dribble.

[sd3035]

Improper training

Cops need to understand that kneeling on someone's neck isn't ok. It has noting to do with race

[tpols]

You keep citing black on black crime as if these scenarios are remotely similar

Blacks get locked up and justice is served

Cops don't


This isn't rocket science, if there were no cops and someone was getting strangled to death.

1. Someone would have broken it up
2. The offender would have been punished

this is true...

say i rush the officer and knock him off the guy. now im getting guns drawn on me and we both probably end up getting shot.

[scuzzy]

this is true...

say i rush the officer and knock him off the guy. now im getting guns drawn on me and we both probably end up getting shot.
It's suicide

That's why the cop kneeling down on dudes neck had his hand inside his pocket gripping his mace, he was anticipating someone would rush hoping he could squeeze and gun down a couple more

Look at his pathetic overreaction when the woman at the end begged him to check his pulse and took a couple steps forward, he was baiting onlookers to confront him.

This whole event was nothing more than a ego buff in his attempt to assert authoritative dominance

[LostCause]

Has someone mentioned Chicago in this thread yet?

[Da_Realist]

You keep citing black on black crime as if these scenarios are remotely similar

Blacks get locked up and justice is served

Cops don't


That's not true at all. I know an older man that was out with his wife. One black guy was on the ground seemingly rolling in pain. The older man stooped down to see what was wrong. Three other black guys ambushed him and one of them shot him in the chest. The older guy narrowly avoided death and is still dealing with the consequences of being shot (including still having bullet fragments lodged in his chest very close to his heart). The man was in his late 60's at the time.

The black guys were caught but none of them did any time. They got off on some technicality. Do you think there was an outrage? A riot?
Nope. Everyone went there merry way. Later on, one of the guys was shot dead by an ex-con for some reason. The other three have been out terrorizing the neighborhood ever since. No one cares. That's the problem. No one, not even the older man's black neighbors, did anything but shake their heads and bring him baked goods when he returned home.

This happens ALL THE TIME.

Four Charged In Shooting Of Helena-West Helena, AR Radio Station Owner (https://wreg.com/news/four-charged-in-shooting-of-helena-west-helena-ar-radio-station-owner/)

Murdered Helena-West Helena man linked to 2013 shooting of KJIW owner (https://wreg.com/news/murdered-helena-west-helena-man-linked-to-2013-shooting-of-kjiw-owner/)

[RRR3]

I lost a ton of respect for LeBron on the China thing, and it makes him seem super hypocritical, but that doesn’t mean what he’s saying here is wrong. Deep down I think everyone knows he’s right but admitting he’s right makes a lot of posters uncomfortable.

[Da_Realist]

I lost a ton of respect for LeBron on the China thing, and it makes him seem super hypocritical, but that doesn’t mean what he’s saying here is wrong. Deep down I think everyone knows he’s right but admitting he’s right makes a lot of posters uncomfortable.

Straight up, this is not about LeBron or Michael Jordan or any other basketball player. This is about something way more important.

[RRR3]

Straight up, this is not about LeBron or Michael Jordan or any other basketball player. This is about something way more important.
Every thread with LeBron in the title on this board is about LeBron. And if he’s not in the title or referenced in the title, there’s a great chance someone brings him up anyways.

[scuzzy]

Straight up, this is not about LeBron or Michael Jordan or any other basketball player. This is about something way more important.
you have 6,017 posts related to michael jordan or lebron james

not a single post outside that subject barrier

plenty of celebs/athletes tweeted about the issue, yet you exist in this thread solely because lebron

[Da_Realist]

you have 6,017 posts related to michael jordan or lebron james

not a single post outside that subject barrier

plenty of celebs/athletes tweeted about the issue, yet you exist in this thread solely because lebron

How many celebs/athletes were referenced as a topic here? None of them except LeBron. Had Harey Carrey said this I would have responded. It's not who said it, it's what was said. I'm actually more politically inclined than I am basketball inclined, but since this is a basketball message board you never see that. This board is just a place to irritate trolls when I have time. Every blue moon something comes up that is actually important...like this topic.

6000 posts in 12 years is not that bad. That's 50 posts a year. You on the other hand are cranking them out and don't think we don't notice you sucking off LeBron while trying to act like some neutral party.

[LAmbruh]

you have 6,017 posts related to michael jordan or lebron james

not a single post outside that subject barrier

plenty of celebs/athletes tweeted about the issue, yet you exist in this thread solely because lebron

Poor DaRealest, back to hibernation after NBA resumes play

Maybe Jeff can make a special sub forum for those to discuss reruns of Last Dance until the HD remake in 20 years

[scuzzy]

Poor DaRealest, back to hibernation after NBA resumes play

Maybe Jeff can make a special sub forum for those to discuss reruns of Last Dance until the HD remake in 20 years

The young pup spammed every single YT episode of Undisputed and Simmons podcast the past month


I guess it makes sense why he abruptly stopped after The Finale :(

[Da_Realist]

I stopped posting... but I posted several times in this thread. You're not even making sense. But it does kind of make sense because you now resorted to derailing the thread by talking about me. Ad hominem is the tool of losers. Obviously you feel insulted because I disagree with LeBron's political stance here.

[FKAri]

It could be improper training but it's more likely that it's another cop getting off on power tripping. Sometimes it's racial but it doesn't have to be.

[NBAGOAT]

I mean every case is different but a good portion of black on black crime seems like gang violence or personal. Those are just entirely different problems from police brutality.

Like the 3 guys getting off was just a loophole in the justice system that happens all the time unfortunately but is pretty separate from the police problem.

There are people who show outrage and are doing something about gang violence but it’s such a hard problem to solve kind of pointless to show outrage every time it happens.

Add on a good amount of murders are done by someone you know and you tend to know more people of the same race. No I’m not going really show outrage over a husband/wife murdering their spouse unless ik the person. Those crimes will never stop

[Whoah10115]

1. I don't know why this is in the NBA forum.

2. Don't get what anyone is upset over in regard to his statement.

3. I don't know what black on black crime has to do with this clear case of Police doing the opposite of its job.

Let someone post about Terry Cummings and 3ball come in and talk about how much more Jordan would have won with him over Pippen.

Apply said logic to this clear failure, and talk about something else. Which is remarkably withholding of the humanity deserved of someone who has now lost his life.

Who should not have died. And has. Because of someone whose job requires -and deserves- respect and admiration. And thank God it's theirs and not yours.

And now to blah blah blahing the point, as it is just topical bullshit.

[theman93]

I lost a ton of respect for LeBron on the China thing, and it makes him seem super hypocritical, but that doesn’t mean what he’s saying here is wrong. Deep down I think everyone knows he’s right but admitting he’s right makes a lot of posters uncomfortable.

It does mean though that he lost any sort of credibility to speak on injustices with the China fiasco. Nobody should care what he thinks since he isn't consistent in his position and only stands up for injustices that don't effect his bottom line.