Mass Looting in Philadelphia (Sep. 2023)
-
And then people wonder why the stores close down in the city.....
-
I saw that Apple remotely disabled all the stolen devices. The animals were just throwing the phones into sewers once they realized they were worthless, LOL.
@89th said in Mass Looting in Philadelphia (Sep. 2023):
I saw that Apple remotely disabled all the stolen devices. The animals were just throwing the phones into sewers once they realized they were worthless, LOL.
I wonder if Apple can do that with any phone reported as stolen. Employee shrinkage was a big enough problem for them to have tempted outrage culture with some bag checking rules whenever their employees ended their shifts. Maybe they have a system in place now where a stolen phone is worthless anyway. That would be cool.
-
Philadelphia ought to pay their employees better and give them better training.
-
-
We often talk about politics and culture in a way removed from personal impact, but this looting hit home for me. An Apple store was targeted. I won't get into details of my personal emotional journey through this trauma. But please know that when discussing this, there are readers whose lived experience cannot be understood by others. Measure your words, and realize they may have an impact that you can never possibly imagine.
Education is extremely important.
-
-
We often talk about politics and culture in a way removed from personal impact, but this looting hit home for me. An Apple store was targeted. I won't get into details of my personal emotional journey through this trauma. But please know that when discussing this, there are readers whose lived experience cannot be understood by others. Measure your words, and realize they may have an impact that you can never possibly imagine.
@Horace said in Mass Looting in Philadelphia (Sep. 2023):
We often talk about politics and culture in a way removed from personal impact, but this looting hit home for me. An Apple store was targeted. I won't get into details of my personal emotional journey through this trauma. But please know that when discussing this, there are readers whose lived experience cannot be understood by others. Measure your words, and realize they may have an impact that you can never possibly imagine.
Horace, I have come back to this post three times. It's as if an old friend has said something important, something that really bothers him, and I'm not able to help by understanding and giving at least some well-intentioned feedback. Are you OK, can you clarify at least a little bit? There are a whole lot of people that care about you, even though we are in this new virtual world. You can of course say, "never mind..." but even a bit of clarification would make me feel better so I don't unintentionally say something stupid or over the line. Yes, take note I just made this all about me. Ha.
-
@Horace said in Mass Looting in Philadelphia (Sep. 2023):
We often talk about politics and culture in a way removed from personal impact, but this looting hit home for me. An Apple store was targeted. I won't get into details of my personal emotional journey through this trauma. But please know that when discussing this, there are readers whose lived experience cannot be understood by others. Measure your words, and realize they may have an impact that you can never possibly imagine.
Horace, I have come back to this post three times. It's as if an old friend has said something important, something that really bothers him, and I'm not able to help by understanding and giving at least some well-intentioned feedback. Are you OK, can you clarify at least a little bit? There are a whole lot of people that care about you, even though we are in this new virtual world. You can of course say, "never mind..." but even a bit of clarification would make me feel better so I don't unintentionally say something stupid or over the line. Yes, take note I just made this all about me. Ha.
@Rainman said in Mass Looting in Philadelphia (Sep. 2023):
@Horace said in Mass Looting in Philadelphia (Sep. 2023):
We often talk about politics and culture in a way removed from personal impact, but this looting hit home for me. An Apple store was targeted. I won't get into details of my personal emotional journey through this trauma. But please know that when discussing this, there are readers whose lived experience cannot be understood by others. Measure your words, and realize they may have an impact that you can never possibly imagine.
Horace, I have come back to this post three times. It's as if an old friend has said something important, something that really bothers him, and I'm not able to help by understanding and giving at least some well-intentioned feedback. Are you OK, can you clarify at least a little bit? There are a whole lot of people that care about you, even though we are in this new virtual world. You can of course say, "never mind..." but even a bit of clarification would make me feel better so I don't unintentionally say something stupid or over the line. Yes, take note I just made this all about me. Ha.
I was only parodying lived experience rhetoric. Sometimes I make jokes like that, which I assume only I find funny.
-
The reason lived experience rhetoric was top of mind, was this presentation I listened to recently. Heather McDonald, admitted conservative with respect to race issues, gave a talk at Berkeley Law school. She talked about the perils of race trumping merit. Some black students threw profanity laced temper tantrums in the Q&A session. When pressed, one black student gave his top shelf example of racism he'd been subjected to on campus. Once, a security guard asked him for his photo ID to prove he was a student there. The leadup to this anecdote, which had to be wrung out of him, was that Mrs McDonald could never possibly understand the daily pressures of racism people like him are subjected to.
I don't know how prevalent this infantile attitude is, where black people are proud to throw tantrums over nothing, but it's a creation of popular culture and our encouragement of black people to consider minor experiences that could arguably have something to do with what they look like, as formative and foundational to their lived experience. Similar to toddlers not knowing how serious an owie is, until they observe how their mother reacts.
Link to video -
Racism, straight up.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/lawyer-looter-known-meatball-claims-criticism-live-streamer-racist
The lawyer for a Philadelphia looter known as "Meatball" who livestreamed herself following a mob breaking into stores says criticism of her client is racist.
Dayjia Blackwell, 21, filmed and followed a mob of looters as they broke into a series of stores last week, including at least an Apple store and a Lululemon. Blackwell broadcasted the incident to her 181,000 followers on Instagram, and police arrested her for encouraging the incident.
"It sickens me to witness the media's complicity in what can only be described as an all-out assault on black and brown people, as their character and actions are mercilessly vilified," Blackwell's lawyer, Jessica Mann, wrote on Friday, going on to accuse police of posting Blackwell's mugshot "with tears streaming down her face and her hair a mess to satisfy your need to get ‘clicks’ and to sell a salacious story."
-
Racism, straight up.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/lawyer-looter-known-meatball-claims-criticism-live-streamer-racist
The lawyer for a Philadelphia looter known as "Meatball" who livestreamed herself following a mob breaking into stores says criticism of her client is racist.
Dayjia Blackwell, 21, filmed and followed a mob of looters as they broke into a series of stores last week, including at least an Apple store and a Lululemon. Blackwell broadcasted the incident to her 181,000 followers on Instagram, and police arrested her for encouraging the incident.
"It sickens me to witness the media's complicity in what can only be described as an all-out assault on black and brown people, as their character and actions are mercilessly vilified," Blackwell's lawyer, Jessica Mann, wrote on Friday, going on to accuse police of posting Blackwell's mugshot "with tears streaming down her face and her hair a mess to satisfy your need to get ‘clicks’ and to sell a salacious story."
