Comments on: If You See Something, Video It http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/ Reality-based political commentary Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177075 Kick Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:34:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177075 ListenWhenYouHear 18 <i>Pretty sure Floyd was saying ”I cannot breathe!”, and not “I can breathe!” It’s just a typo, I realize.. but kinda a major one! </i> Russ, you and me are still peas and carrots. No, not carrots. We are peas and peas but not the ones with the little onions. :) ListenWhenYouHear
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Pretty sure Floyd was saying ”I cannot breathe!”, and not “I can breathe!”

It’s just a typo, I realize.. but kinda a major one!

Russ, you and me are still peas and carrots. No, not carrots. We are peas and peas but not the ones with the little onions. :)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177074 Kick Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:30:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177074 Don Harris 1 <i>It's been over five years here. </i> And you haven't learned a flipping thing. Perhaps it's time to face the fact you're a little slow on the uptake, and by "little," I mean "completely and totally." <i>Are you still afraid... </i> No one here is afraid of your repetitive bullshit spewage. Try to keep up. Don Harris
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It's been over five years here.

And you haven't learned a flipping thing. Perhaps it's time to face the fact you're a little slow on the uptake, and by "little," I mean "completely and totally."

Are you still afraid...

No one here is afraid of your repetitive bullshit spewage. Try to keep up.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177073 Kick Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:24:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177073 <b>SPOT THE INADVERTENT ERROR</b> <blockquote>He ignored the dozens of times Floyd pleaded: "I can breathe!" and just pressed the life out of his body.</blockquote> * Not just an inadvertent error... but one which completely changes the entire meaning of the sentence to the total opposite. I hate when that happens. ;) SPOT THE INADVERTENT ERROR

He ignored the dozens of times Floyd pleaded: "I can breathe!" and just pressed the life out of his body.

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Not just an inadvertent error... but one which completely changes the entire meaning of the sentence to the total opposite. I hate when that happens. ;)

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177019 ListenWhenYouHear Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:15:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177019 CW You say that, <I> For nine and a half minutes, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck, choking his body of the oxygen it needed to live. He ignored the dozens of times Floyd pleaded: "I can breathe!" and just pressed the life out of his body. Which we could all clearly see, from multiple angles.</i> Pretty sure Floyd was saying <b>”I cannot breathe!”</b>, and not “I can breathe!” It’s just a typo, I realize.. but kinda a major one! CW

You say that,

For nine and a half minutes, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck, choking his body of the oxygen it needed to live. He ignored the dozens of times Floyd pleaded: "I can breathe!" and just pressed the life out of his body. Which we could all clearly see, from multiple angles.

Pretty sure Floyd was saying ”I cannot breathe!”, and not “I can breathe!”

It’s just a typo, I realize.. but kinda a major one!

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177011 nypoet22 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:10:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177011 @crs, pollsters must LOVE you. JL @crs,
pollsters must LOVE you.
JL

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177008 C. R. Stucki Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:56:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177008 Re "EVERYONE HAS A CELLPHONE NOW." Chris use to claim that he was "The last guy in the world not on Facebook". Well, I'm not only not on Facebook, but I DON'T have a cellphone!! Re "EVERYONE HAS A CELLPHONE NOW."

Chris use to claim that he was "The last guy in the world not on Facebook".

Well, I'm not only not on Facebook, but I DON'T have a cellphone!!

]]> By: Bleyd http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177006 Bleyd Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:49:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177006 "Bear Witness" Only you can prevent police misconduct! Yeah, I know that was terrible, and I don't care! "Bear Witness"
Only you can prevent police misconduct!

Yeah, I know that was terrible, and I don't care!

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177005 TheStig Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:36:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177005 What is the fascist Republican response the Floyd Verdict?....... G.O.P. Bills Target Protesters (and Absolve Motorists Who Hit Them)...NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/politics/republican-anti-protest-laws.html What is the fascist Republican response the Floyd Verdict?.......

G.O.P. Bills Target Protesters (and Absolve Motorists Who Hit Them)...NY Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/politics/republican-anti-protest-laws.html

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177004 andygaus Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:31:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177004 Do the police grab cellphones and smash them? Are you kidding? Do bears defecate on protected parklands? Do the police grab cellphones and smash them? Are you kidding? Do bears defecate on protected parklands?

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177003 TheStig Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:29:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177003 Marge Simpson anticipated the impact of civilian video taping on the U.S. justice system way back in 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOn-MnSldFE Marge Simpson anticipated the impact of civilian video taping on the U.S. justice system way back in 1994.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOn-MnSldFE

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177002 andygaus Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:09:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177002 Here's more information on the subject from Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/how-to-protect-your-phone-from-the-police-1460461081 Here's more information on the subject from Gizmodo:
https://gizmodo.com/how-to-protect-your-phone-from-the-police-1460461081

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177001 andygaus Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:01:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177001 I found an app called Hands Up 4 Police that livestreams your video to a YouTube or Dropbox account that you created and also sends an email to a trusted friend to tell them that you're videotaping. I found an app called Hands Up 4 Police that livestreams your video to a YouTube or Dropbox account that you created and also sends an email to a trusted friend to tell them that you're videotaping.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-177000 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:47:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-177000 Have the police actually done that? Have the police actually done that?

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-176999 andygaus Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:45:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-176999 There's an app--I don't remember the name or where to get it--that automatically sends your video to whatever email address you provide as soon as the video stops running--for whatever reason. In other words, it's useless for the police to grab your cellphone and smash it. There's an app--I don't remember the name or where to get it--that automatically sends your video to whatever email address you provide as soon as the video stops running--for whatever reason. In other words, it's useless for the police to grab your cellphone and smash it.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-176998 nypoet22 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 06:57:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-176998 some do. some do.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-176997 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:48:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-176997 Do police departments need Congressional action to make necessary changes to their policies and training programs? Do police departments need Congressional action to make necessary changes to their policies and training programs?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-176996 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:16:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-176996 <i>I, of course, cannot comment on the rage Black citizens feel at their routine treatment by police across the country. Being White precludes me from even having a valid opinion on it, really. I realize this, which is why I haven't written about the trial before -- I have nothing relevant to add, really. So I let others who do speak instead.</i> Well, I won't let that stop me from commenting on the rage felt by Black citizens. Mostly, because I ALSO feel rage at the routine treatment Black citizens are subject to at the hands of too many police officers. This is a serious problem for ALL of us who believe in principles of justice, fairness and equality. I mean, this isn't a Black person's problem. It's on all of us. If we can't put ourselves in the shoes of George Floyd and all of our fellow Black citizens who are mistreated and unjustifiably killed by police, then what hope is there for progress on the issue of the use of excessive force by the police? Hopefully, the Chauvin trial and conviction will spur meaningful change within police departments with regard to how they use force. At the very least, the testimony in its entirety given by the pulmonologist, Dr. Martin Tobin, will become part of police training everywhere. That's why I felt like celebrating when I heard the jury's verdict in this case. It meant that there is hope for change. I, of course, cannot comment on the rage Black citizens feel at their routine treatment by police across the country. Being White precludes me from even having a valid opinion on it, really. I realize this, which is why I haven't written about the trial before -- I have nothing relevant to add, really. So I let others who do speak instead.

Well, I won't let that stop me from commenting on the rage felt by Black citizens.

Mostly, because I ALSO feel rage at the routine treatment Black citizens are subject to at the hands of too many police officers. This is a serious problem for ALL of us who believe in principles of justice, fairness and equality.

I mean, this isn't a Black person's problem. It's on all of us. If we can't put ourselves in the shoes of George Floyd and all of our fellow Black citizens who are mistreated and unjustifiably killed by police, then what hope is there for progress on the issue of the use of excessive force by the police?

Hopefully, the Chauvin trial and conviction will spur meaningful change within police departments with regard to how they use force. At the very least, the testimony in its entirety given by the pulmonologist, Dr. Martin Tobin, will become part of police training everywhere.

That's why I felt like celebrating when I heard the jury's verdict in this case. It meant that there is hope for change.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-176995 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:45:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-176995 Don, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl6EOp7wHxI" rel="nofollow">Five Long Years</a> Don,

Five Long Years

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/04/21/if-you-see-something-video-it/#comment-176993 nypoet22 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:10:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20340#comment-176993 how could you possibly write a column about george floyd without mentioning pie? how could you possibly write a column about george floyd without mentioning pie?

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