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Police claim “unlawful assembly” after killing 20 year old young black man, with his mom on the phone and his girlfriend beside him as they drove to visit his older brother and see his new home. Here is the PDF from the @aclu_mn re: protests. #BlackLivesMatter
Minneapolis police knew, or should have known, the killing of a young black man stopped in his vehicle, will result in protests. The police should have been prepared for protests and de-escalated it. Journalists have been reporting that police officers are quitting the “force”
because of fear of danger after the George Floyd trial outcome. Therefore, they knew of the repercussions of killing, wrongfully, a young black man. #EnoughIsEnough #StopSystemicRacism
Scapegoating #Brexit
The blaming the elderly thing is a bit off or at the least, is over-simplistic. Three generations are crammed into “65+”; namely #Boomers (54-71 in 2016), #SilentGen (71-91) and GG (92-106) At this point we all know that 65+ voted to Leave 64:36. 1/
The blaming the elderly thing is a bit off or at the least, is over-simplistic. Three generations are crammed into “65+”; namely #Boomers (54-71 in 2016), #SilentGen (71-91) and GG (92-106) At this point we all know that 65+ voted to Leave 64:36. 1/
Boomers made up 6 years worth of the 65+ in 2016. Not much, right? Well, in 2016 “65+” made up 18% of the pop and those bt 65-71 work out at about 7.4% of it. SG & GG make up another 10.7%, heavily weighted to the younger end (Pop >85 in 2016 was 2.6%). 2/
So *of that voting cohort*, those six years of Boomers make up ~41% of “65+”. Following cohort as given in breakdowns is 50-64yr olds. Bar ~4 years, that is entirely Boomer gen, and voted to Leave 60:40. 3/
