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re: Spanish Town Parade deemed racist by some people

Posted on 2/7/16 at 9:52 pm to
Posted by Layabout
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2011
11082 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 9:52 pm to
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What the frick BR?


Most of the floats and riders now seem to come from Central and Denham and Prairieville. Baton Rouge royalty!
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
58081 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 9:57 pm to
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Seeing those pics, I don't see what the big deal is. Clever imo.


either you have an incredibly low bar to reach or you dont know what the word clever means.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 9:59 pm to
Did these motherfrickers really just say Freddy Grey was killed for selling g illegal cigarettes?

Keep being naive .
Posted by Layabout
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2011
11082 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:00 pm to
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Did these motherfrickers really just say Freddy Grey was killed for selling g illegal cigarettes?

Keep being naive .




Thank you for the Livingston Parish perspective.
Posted by 805tiger
Member since Oct 2011
4512 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:01 pm to
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Did these motherfrickers really just say Freddy Grey was killed for selling g illegal cigarettes?


Eric Garner
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
18273 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:08 pm to
Cry me a fricking river
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:08 pm to
Ok. Eric Garner. The dude who resisted arrest and was out of shape and died while fighting cops for doing something illegal. It's hilarious the spin some people put on that situation to make him look like a perfect little Dindu who never ever dindunuffin.
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
41921 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:10 pm to
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Most of the floats and riders now seem to come from Central and Denham and Prairieville. Baton Rouge royalty!


So, made it better & more popular

Posted by reverendotis
the jawbone of an arse
Member since Nov 2007
4867 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:11 pm to
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He wasn't strangled for selling cigarettes. He died because he had high blood pressure, heart disease, was obese, and fighting with police officers who were trying to arrest him for doing something he was previously told was against the law, but continued to do anyway.


His sheet had 30 prior arrests. He was resisting, he knew it and decided to do it anyway. In his mind, cops were just hassling him despite having been locked up & cited for the same offense multiple times.

He died after a 15 second choke hold - 15 fricking seconds. Nobody who isn't on the verge of dropping dead already dies from that.

OP, the flamingo is funny. Only a twat would find it offensive.
This post was edited on 2/7/16 at 10:16 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124276 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:15 pm to
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If you don't want black people to yell "racism", then quit doing racist shite and playing the obtuse card when you're called on it.


Hard to do when a select group (and not all "black people" think that way, which is kind of racist in itself.) gets offended at every little thing.

Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30401 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:19 pm to
Saw a couple of tweets yesterday about two people getting run over by floats in that parade. Any stories on that?
Posted by Layabout
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2011
11082 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:32 pm to
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The dude who resisted arrest and was out of shape and died while fighting cops for doing something illegal.


Did he deserve the death penalty for his infraction?
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
19475 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:35 pm to
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Did he deserve the death penalty for his infraction?


No, but it's hardly the cops fault that he was a heart attack waiting to happen.
Posted by Roll on Tigers
Across the Border
Member since Jul 2013
4017 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 10:54 pm to
quote:

median income of blacks in Baton Rouge – $39,000 for blacks and $90,000 for whites

Maybe if most would get off their lazy arse and make a difference then that would change.
Posted by atchafalaya
Bayou Chene, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
1530 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 11:17 pm to
I didn't go to this parade, but you have to admit that these floats are just not funny. Like zero funny.
Posted by TheSassyOne
Member since May 2014
132 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 11:42 pm to
There is sadly a high rate of black on black crime.

I hope you realize that white on white crime is equally high.

For those who found this "humor" ok, you'd also be ok if a float depicted the fun in a 6 year old being murdered by 2 cops? Or if the float builders worked super fast and portrayed a woman dead because her goofball husband/cop killed her while cleaning his gun.

Yep, I can hear the chortling now.
Posted by Slinky
Member since Dec 2013
3118 posts
Posted on 2/7/16 at 11:59 pm to
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Any stories on that?


Yep
Posted by LaBornNRaised
Loomis blows
Member since Feb 2011
11004 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:09 am to
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I don't know if it's racist, but the "I can't breathe" flamingo is in poor taste


Why? And please only respond with factual events that happened to support your claim. Not empty rhetoric.
Posted by LaBornNRaised
Loomis blows
Member since Feb 2011
11004 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:10 am to
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I hope you realize that white on white crime is equally high. 



I dont see white people defending criminal actions.
Posted by LaBornNRaised
Loomis blows
Member since Feb 2011
11004 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:12 am to
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Did he deserve the death penalty for his infraction? 



How is it anyones fault but his own?

Who was overweight?

Who was doing illegal activities?

Who fought with police after doing illegal activities?

Seems pretty cut and dry.
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