Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "NowThis Impact" channel.

  1. I don't know why all the negativity. She seems like a nice lady who stands up for what she believes in. If I was there I would vote for her. She certainly wouldn't be pushing religion upon others in my opinion.
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  2. If Camden was a country it would probably be top10 and definitely top20 homicide rate in the world. If that's the standard you want to set anything is possible.
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  3. The surprising thing if true is 3 deaths because not likely party goers are 65+ .
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  4. I think the spraying girl might have been Asian. So that's interesting.
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  5. We will find out eventually. I didn't trust China at first however even if their numbers are a bit out they are not way out. You could say the same about Australia look at our per capita infections versus US and we both demographically similar so Australia must be lying and I can assure you thats not the case.
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  6. They probably won't, they care more about the delivery than you may think. Some dead person in an unknown location with drugs on them wouldn't be helpful. However Coronavirus has entered the Whitehouse and it's just as functional as before.
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  7. No it said use of force has been reviewed 79 times, so looked into 79 times. Maybe he works in a crime ridden area and carries out lots of arrests, we really know nothing. Now people saying officers are guilty until proven innocent. Him shoving someone who is kneeling is hardly a felony. Ok probably he shouldn't have done that, however if that protestor shouted abuse towards him it's understandable.
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  8. Hey that's a bit offensive. Orang means man , Utan means forest. I think the people of Malaysia and Indonesia consider those primates to be highly developed.
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  9. Am I the only one confused. Aren't these 2 incidents in different states and possibly different levels of police (state/local authority) . If I am wrong correct me and tell me how they are related.
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  10. They already have the power to search for you. All the app will do is make it much quicker. Here is list of countries using an app Taiwan , China, Australia, NZ , Singapore, South Korea, Thailand . Although I think it's too late for North America and Western Europe it can't do any harm. Please see infection and casualty rates of countries I listed.
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  11. @Dean Clark Well as the advisor to Trump that's where Trump appears to have got most of his information. When Fauci realized that the US was slow to act he did acknowledge more lives could have been saved if earlier action was taken. Trump then diverged from Fauci at approximately that point in time. Trump's actions after the divergence have caused further harm in my opinion.
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  12. Jesus was a Jew so it's an impossibility
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  13. I thought it was only famous for potatoes
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  14. I second that from Australia.
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  15. It's worse than that. Having stand your ground laws with police can enter without notice ( knocking and identifying themselves) . The elected government officials in that state are literally acting in an insane manner.
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  16. Those 4 girls are so sweet. I wish I could hug them .
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  17. @James Caley yes he thought the US had it under control and they didn't and possibly it's not much worse than the flu. Fauci dropped the ball .
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  18. Trump will be 74 soon I believe.
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  19. Well if you think that way you had better get the Democrat voters out in force. At the moment the polls suggest that which ever party gets more voters to vote wins.
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  20.  @zacharycraft2129  really ? And the occupants are entitled to shoot back under stand your ground laws. I suppose if you want police killed along with the occupants. Under stand your ground laws the police are probably innocent because they were legally entitled to be there. This is really wild west justice.
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  21.  @rajanthakur696  why? I notice many police chiefs are black and that doesn't change anything. Some mayor's are black again that doesn't change anything. How about best person for the job at the time. Obama on average was good for US and a suitable choice. Trump has some good points but is too inflammatory and likes to cause division. So on that basis I think he is on average not the best choice.
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  22. They haven't identified the stupid gene yet but one thing is clear this gene can appear in any racial group
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  23. No evidence of that at this stage and the driver has an Arabic name. Let's just wait for the case to be heard. Sabry Nassar is the name of the accused. Has also been involved in another road incident in Lakemba , the suburb with a major mosque in Western Sydney.
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  24. There is one positive I can think of. The economy will boom. Think about it, the only city where drugs will be traded openly without fear of prosecution. It could diversify the community too with more Mexicans and Nigerians , maybe even Italians.
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  25. That's a comment I start to reply to those advocating criminal behaviour. About a third of Americans don't vote.
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  26. I am reading comments and they are a little crazy. The initial comment only says black people are also doing it and it's unacceptable. People are now trying to justify each race doing it because it's not a racial thing. Like really. I support the original comment nobody should be doing it.
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  27.  amanda handscombe  Amanda please read her comment again without prejudice. The young lady has said nothing other than providing an informative comment. If you want ask her opinion on something and maybe she will answer you.
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  28. As an Australian I can tell you we won't be letting North American or European s in any time soon. Some Asian countries will probably be ok in the medium term and New Zealand will open up possibly the same time Australia stops all internal border restrictions.
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  29. I am observing from afar and truth is the US hasn't fully come to terms with it's colonial past let alone slavery. The estimated 50,000 convicts sent from Britain in the colonial days have just disappeared after an inaccurate speech or writing by Thomas Jefferson (fake news just after independence who would have imagined). The convicts were treated the same as the black slaves but in theory would get freedom after their 7 or 14 year sentence. Because of their class I would think their would be quite a few descendents of a combined heritage of black slave and white convict. Common sense says that these convicts when in private hands may not have ever got their freedom.
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  30.  @VSchwarcz  Yes anyone entering Australia from anywhere has mandatory 14 days quarantine. But if we managed to travel overseas many countries will let us just walk on in. In practice it's very hard to get out of Australia unless you enter into a lease in another country saying you intend to stay there and obviously it's really hard to find a commercial flight to most countries from Australia.
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  31. Really you do because otherwise they remain victims as well holding anger for the rest of their lives.
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  32. I know what is being implied. First of all she is American. Second point not all people in Israel agree with their government. The moderates in both Israel and Palestine will prevail one day. It could be a long time but I believe it will happen. edit: a funny thing but actually it's not funny , in both Palestine and Israel it's far more safe than the US normally. During conflict that's not the case but look at the US currently.
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  33. Police are being attacked violently also. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
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  34. I don't think so, the European death tolls per capita are up to double that of the US as a whole. The US is probably less than half way through this and Trump will have to give a new death toll estimate and advise the populous yet again of the excellent job he has done.
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  35. If it actually occurs there will be no official crime statistics, so on paper it'll be the safest city in the US.
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  36.  @nurismail_  The main thing was actually the initial response. Malaysia never allowed it to get out of hand and tested and traced more in the beginning like many other countries in our region. The US has completely abandoned containment and only can do mitigation now. One thing that baffles me at the moment is why did governments in our region take it seriously and North America and Europe didn't in the beginning.
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  37. Fair enough, what's your reasoning for Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia and Australia. Are we superhuman on this side of the planet or could it be possible reacting quick did the trick. But as noted by the NZ prime minister it's not over for any of us just so far we do well all with deaths below 10 per million.
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  38.  @joshuaacosta5671  I have read a few articles. Several actions have been taken, a larger better equipped force is one of them even if less police in the area normally, stopping open drug markets on street corners, nocking down derelict buildings. Along with as you suggest non police actions. So better management in general. In Australia we have state police only and federal police for international type crimes generally. I do think that municipal police forces is not the way to go, because they are too small and too easily become corrupted and training will be a lower standard. So actually the number of police available seems to have gone up and were probably used when they clearing drug selling areas. If looking objectively it's better than before but still really bad.
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  39. I hope people seeing this consider it carefully. The US is one of the least democratic countries of a high income country. This is by choice, the number of people who don't vote and then complain about the politicians get what they want and deserve.
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  40.  @nanbuben.arastar  don't hold your breath, while it appears rates of infection have stabilized , it might be the case it just keeps going for another 6 months to a year at the current rate.
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  41. How about the Bible it apparently suggests God will punish the sins of the parents for 3 or 4 generations. Maybe wait another hundred years. But what I have just pointed out is what many BLM supporters want, every white person to feel guilty even immigrants after slavery ended and when you think about it forgive the African slave traders who sold the slaves in the first place , noting that some descendents of these slave traders being more wealthy of course would have migrated to the US. A strange world we live in. So guilt is determined by skin colour and the guilt is intergenerational.
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  42. Right wing racists would love it. People burning their own neighbourhoods down. An out of towner would not be leading this mob because going into unknown neighbourhoods might get you killed.
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  43. I don't have a child but if I did I would say "son/daughter I hope you have learnt your lesson and don't attack police" as the first part of the video indicates this.
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  44. There is one fundamental difference with Australia and US. It is bipartisan policy to ,after we discovered it's possible, contain the virus. With the US there is bipartisan agreement that all borders remain open and there policy is mitigation as in don't over flow hospitals. No jurisdiction anywhere in the world has contained the virus with open borders. If you have enough money and get a government permit to travel you can travel from Melbourne to New York , London or Paris and you will just walk through the airport as an Australian, no quarantine, nothing. But as you are aware come to Brisbane or Sydney from Melbourne without an exemption, it's 14 days mandatory government supervised quarantine partially at your cost. A big big difference.
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  45. No because infection rates are so low. Australia has same approach and is slowly opening some years in most states.
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  46. Disinfectant is poison designed to kill living cells. If it is breathed in it can't be healthy.
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  47. The wording is correct, it doesn't say suddenly appeared yesterday or something. The holes did appear you can see them.
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  48. And that's exactly what the county coroner concluded
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  49. Not entirely, he was talking about more than just the president.
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  50. Could go one better "if a violent crime is in progress please press 1 to be transferred to your local militia group"
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  51. Charge for what? Shoving someone is hardly a major offence. How many prosecutions are you aware of for such actions? My guess is 0 and thousands of protestors could be charged.
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  52. If you outnumber "them" then there is simple answer just vote.
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  53.  @rickkarsan4491  I love it. So emulating the Chinese leader by increasing term limits. You are right though that Trump certainly is in the race to win presidency for a second term, the polls suggest neck and neck. If more Republican s turn out he will win based on current polling numbers.
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  54. That lady is directing them towards where police can get them easy. Go do it on wall street is code for you want to take on the police do it in the open. It's difficult for police to arrest in neighborhoods because upon arrival the vandals will mingle and no way to know who is resident or vandal.
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  55. Probably not actually. We haven't heard what the police dispatch might have thought or asked. If someone says I am being threatened by someone recording me it sounds sus. If someone is truly threatening they won't have a spare hand to record stuff.
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  56. It's cultural, the US is high in all crime metrics when compared to other high income countries. Incarceration is as you point out through the roof so that's not working. It should be noted however not all states are high, some states have crime rates in line with high income countries.
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  57. It's more powerful if it comes from within a race if racism is the issue. Applies to all races.
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  58. It won't until the left and right side of politics start being reasonable and work on outcomes instead of ideology. But I wish you luck and hope for your sake it's sooner than I think.
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  59. Many years ago in Australia there was a referendum to change the government to constitutionally a republic without changing anything other than the Governor General to become the President as chosen by a minimum of 2 thirds of the parliament I think it is. It obviously failed and interestingly the lower socio economic group voted against it. The US system of government has the president akin to a king or queen in an absolute monarchy. At the time when compared to an absolute monarchy it was better but I would suggest a constitutional monarchy where no individual has too much power is a better model. If a referendum was to be held tommorow in Australia for a Republic with a directly elected president I would vote no. I voted in favour last time around with no change in the operation of government. The governor general in Australia has veto power but I don't think it has ever been exercised.
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  60.  @everyonedeservestogohome2949  it's good they threw the gun away instead of using it at least
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  61. If what you say is true that's deeply concerning and also what about some poorer and especially older people who might not have a modern smartphone.
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  62. In reality no reaction it happens somewhere in the US every few years.
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  63. I searched on internet about the victim and it seems he might be a petty thief. My comment to that is so what? Even the harshest Islamic Sharia court in the world would only cut a hand off and not kill the guy noting in this particular case he might have been casing a joint looking to see if anything worth stealing which is not even a crime.
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  64. Vlad do you not believe the official death toll numbers of states that have a Republican governor?
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  65.  sunrize601  That's not true about right or left government. The virus doesn't care. Look at Australia, where both left wing and conservative state governments have had both failures and successes and no possible way to identify who is who based on the response if you didn't know.
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  66. While I agree with your general sentiment, I don't necessarily agree that it could have been stopped, the CDC and Fauci initially didn't take it seriously. But after Fauci basically admitted errors were made when he said if lockdowns were put in place earlier it would have saved lives, which is certainly true in NY because hospitals were overrun. The problem is Trump ignored the changed position of the organizations which caused the original failure just as much as Trump. He has kicked a home goal now with many considering him to be completely responsible when he wasn't really in the beginning, it was a joint effort.
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  67. I was told by a person in Macao a little after both handed to China that the plan is by 2050 HK and Macao will be intergrated into China and the borders will open. I don't think it was intended that in 2050 China will become a democracy. China is playing a long game. Just take one freedom or bit of democracy each year. A tried and true method of control is to charge any opposition with unlawful behaviour, not only China does this. China is the most successful propaganda machine ever seen in history. They use non physical violence which gains much less attention. Re education camps with estimated 1,000,000 or 2,000,000 largely comprised of the Muslim minority, but includes anyone who disagrees with the Communist party. The wealthy in China don't care for the others and refer to them as immigrants when they come to work in the cities. They don't receive the same basic services such as healthcare compared to the non immigrants. China won't be changing in my lifetime I think.
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  68.  @coreyn8272  totally agree with you. When I was 13 but probably looked older I was running in a park in the early morning this is back in the 80s in Australia. An unmarked car stopped beside me and 2 big gentleman wearing shirt and ties got out. They stopped me and asked me what I was doing and my name. I guess I would have given them my school id. Then one of them went to call it in on the radio and yes just like the movies I saw a gun in his sock. For me that was a bit scary at the time. There is no possibility I would have started swearing at the police. Arbery wasn't scared he swore at the policeman first and was the aggressor and the policeman got annoyed and a bit scared and swore back initially but didn't swear after that and called for another policeman. I am a white male.
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  69. If Chicago and many other US cities were a country they would be in the top 20 for homicide. A homicide rate of about 20 makes it about 10 times Canada's rate and 4 times that of USA. But they want a one party city this is sort of bound to happen. This applies regardless of the political party but just maybe 85 years with a mayor from the same party is an issue. The party has run that city longer than the communists have run China. Who says a one party system doesn't work?
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  70. It's not only the US , Australia for example has problems but it's the extent of the problems. With regards to Australia versus USA with policing and our justice systems there is significant differences. The most alarming thing I have seen other than the actual event is the mayor telling the FBI to charge them. In both our country it's accepted (I think) that church(religion) legislature and judiciary are separate. No public official outside of the judicial process should be interfering in this case , the FBI and whatever their judicial process is. The mayor should have just said it's in the capable hands of the FBI and they need time to do their work please ask them any questions you want as it would be inappropriate for us to comment. This action could keep those people out of jail for years whether they are guilty or not because now the case has been prejudiced and to find an appropriate venue for a potential trial will be difficult. Edit: and apparently a shop owner shot someone in the riot so yet more violence and death.
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  71.  @imfunaplaymahgames8880  I hope things get better for you at some point in time.
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  72. The girl in the video was only referring to her area. She knows in other places black people are doing this, let's not assume the girl is stupid.
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  73. If the disinfectant works it is poisoning the person or at very least killing the top layers of skin and if breathed in guess what someone following Trump's thought bubble
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  74. Check the current per capita deaths in Sweden, I think the US might be able to catch up. You only need about 40,000 more deaths give or take to have about the same mortality rate as Sweden.
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  75.  @brendaburns1016  People who planned what are to blame for what?
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  76. If this officer and other attending officers were trained properly and taught that then it could make a significant difference to the charges.
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  77. Actually what you just said is what the polls are saying. The likely vote for Biden is far greater than his approval rating.
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  78. @Foul Gerbil abandon local police because in many cases they are not viable and can't possibly have accountability. 18,000 separate police forces. That's probably more than the rest of the world combined. Maybe Trump can use that, more police forces than the rest of the planet he is strong on law and order and it wouldn't be a lie. Go to a state based system like Australia, I wouldn't trust my local government to have police. In the US maybe big city can but need one rule and by state should work.
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  79. That is not what was said. Only thing said 79 reviews. Certain incidents would be reviewed automatically I would think but really depends on that police department policy. When there is 0 cases of reviews in a high crime area that's when people should be concerned.
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  80.  @jutau  I am dinosaur, but now work out how to slow video down and seems not Asian , at normal speed can't tell
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  81.  @soinmeditation3310  I agree with you
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  82. Jews , Christians and Muslims all worship the same one true God. Note I am not religious but I know it's the same god.
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  83. I wouldn't take too much offence. The term first world originally meant opposed the Soviet Union and it's allies which were second world and all other countries 3rd world. It's true the US doesn't look outside their own country for inspiration much. Compared to other 1st world countries they are at the bottom in many respects. You mentioned life expectancy, check the life expectancy in Alabama or Mississippi and compare to your country, you might be surprised. The US is diverse with some states having high standards and others low.
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  84.  @roshelltannen9698  I am not black or American and I agree extremely offensive. To say to any group is extremely offensive and is to coerce in a way. I saw a black Republican congressman, I think he was, talking on the issue. He said he has been called Oreo on occasion I think for being Republican and is the same thing. People should not do this.
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  85. I think there are enough communist countries in the world. Argument about tax rates etc. fair enough but not talk of revolution it always ends badly.
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  86. As far as economic and health responses go the US will spend more on both , so looking at headline numbers doing the most. This is not the issue, the issue is about functionality and real results. I have a Thai friend and she said to me Americans not have enough food and Thailand is lucky no problems in that area. Again not actually a food problem but seeing miles of cars lined up waiting for food handouts in a modern day style of soup kitchen does look strange even to many in low and middle income country.
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  87. Lovely couple and so young. I noticed the showing of looking after bats. They would have had rabies vaccine I expect for Australia Bat Lyssavirus. I wonder if for example if in Australia zoo the Hendra virus another common infection in bats was to mutate to a less deadly disease so that it can spread and outbreak was to occur would reaction be same to current situation. Hendra virus would appear at least as deadly as Ebola based on a small number of known infections but no known cases of human to human spread.
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  88. There is no indication of violations, only that use of force has been reviewed a number of times. In the context of where he works we know nothing. Maybe that's normal because a high arrest rate in a high crime area.
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  89. It's not unlikely.
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  90. It's not about lying, it's the official numbers are tested positive. Every country has many that have not been tested. Indications are about 20% of NY got the virus so the testing only picked up a small percentage actually. This is the same everywhere. There is no way to know accurately. If you want real estimates of cases detected the percentages of tests positive at a point in time will be a good indicator. If that number is above 5% then many cases are being missed I would think.
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  91.  @destinationskyline07  the US contrary to popular belief is fairly socialist. The problem is the US is not good at spending money. ( Or too good) depending on perspective.
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  92. No they don't. Can't refuse based on race, religion and disability for example if rules say no dogs a seeing eye dog must be accepted.
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  93. Include Australia and NZ , so Australasia as well. It's not only about human diseases. The successful countries also take agricultural outbreaks , food safety and security seriously also. It's the same thinking and often the same types of control measures.
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  94. He didn't search for drugs which is what he was talking about , he checked for weapons. That seems pretty straight forward to me.
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  95. Not really, the US has been pretty constant at about 20,000 cases per day. It's interesting to watch the media in different countries. In Australia an outbreak is 5 people infected, in the US an outbreak in a nursing home is only newsworthy if 50 people dead then it's an outbreak.
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  96. Unions have a place and it's their job to protect their members, to fund defence in the case of an officer being charged. It's not the unions fault if mayor's want to listen to everything they say. The union is not more powerful than the government. Unions are normally aligned to the left side of politics. Crushing unions for what purpose? So it's easier to prosecute police meanwhile , criminals get the benefits of state funded lawyers.
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  97. The guy also has a pretty good weapon. Not something that could be done lightly. If the man didn't drop the weapon to arrest would require tasing at least. Then all over news man tased over footpath tile. The police nervous it might be staged to break through the line as well. One was heard saying hold the line.
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  98.  @Palesaist with the crime issue I am implying that the government has other ongoing things of great concern so more difficult to deal with and decisions need to be made. No different to resource allocation in New York and northern Italy. Decisions at the peak of the problem are made to let older people die in favour of younger people. I don't know SA current situation but when it comes down to it if doing a certain thing for example a hard lockdown causes greater harm because if an already fragile situation then maybe better not to do it. It's up to each country what they do. It's also possible that certain actions in one country don't work in another. The amount a less well off country can spend is lower. I am fortunate I am in Australia and so far looking good. A good example is some Asian countries decided to tell everyone to wear mask and Australia we haven't . Our case numbers and deaths are almost exactly the same as South Korea on a per capita basis. The key is the initial response. I just had a quick look at a news article and it says there was or is a tobacco and alcohol ban. Very bad idea. I consume both of them and if you did that to me I would probably protest too.
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  99.  @Palesaist  and the other point about people following the instructions is to do with a higher level of fear. They know if they don't have money they don't get the best healthcare. A quick search indicates the wealthiest 10% in your country can afford private healthcare. Also if you are wealthy you can protect yourself easier living in a big house a distance from others. A person knows if they are vulnerable and usually will make greater efforts to lower risk.
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  100.  @itsdatez9661  maybe so , but they do have a higher life expectancy than say someone from Mississippi. Maybe they have better healthcare who knows.
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  101. Well if you're CNN have to fear protestors and police.
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  102. Follow what your mum says and you'll be alright.
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  103. Yeah sorry mate as an Australian, we gave you Rupert Murdoch who then in turn created the greatest news network Fox News.
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  104. PS but you let him in, where was that wall or shutting down immigration when it was needed.
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  105. It's interesting to choose to show 3 incidents and 2 of the incidents were black officers. I am confused how the white supremacists are running thingsa view often touted in this forum. Credit to NowThis for showing things in the videos at least that don't seem to be biased. Maybe the problem is about policing , including the violence the police face , not a racial thing, just a thought.
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  106. You have no idea what modern slavery is.
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  107. The media is in part to blame, they should wear fluro tops that say media. Maybe not every time but at least if they a distance away they might not know they are media.
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  108. I would go and sit outside the circle just to annoy others. Then if questioned I would say inside the circle would be contaminated like a toilet seat with people continuously using that grass. I don't think I would be gunned down for disobedience even if it the US.
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  109. Am I the only one confused. The flights cost money I understand and yes for those who haven't worked it out flyovers are often bombing run simulation training. But what's the issue with the masks, the painters N95 mask what's the problem? An N95 mask is an N95 mask. I guessing was N95 mask couldn't read the print.
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  110. He is a radical leftist. I am speaking this in a country with what is normally considered universal healthcare. His ideas go way beyond what exists in Australia. His idea on pretty much an open border is radical left, by Australian standards Trump is to the left on this issue. If it was the Australian government and now even our left wing party the military would be put on the border to stop all unauthorised arrivals until the problem is fixed. When looking into the disfunction of your federation especially the way states decide who votes and receive welfare etc. I would totally agree with him. But the elephant in the room is your system is like having an elected king, who is largely unaccountable and selects the entire ministry at will ( you call them secretaries of this and that) unelected ministers seems crazy to an outsider. Bernie isn't for fundamental change of the federation which is what is required first to achieve more even outcomes throughout the country. The response to COVI Sars2 laid bare the disfunction in coordination and complete failures on both the state and federal levels by both political parties. Maybe it'll make no difference in the long run but I prefer to be in a country where 5 infections is considered an outbreak rather than 5,000. The duopoly on power due to your voting and registration requirements should be removed so Bernie for arguments sake could be in Congress as member of the Greens where I would suggest he belongs with AOC. Having a strict 2 party system means radicals are in the Democrat and Republican parties .
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  111. Hi there ,very different to our police they are run by local Authorities in the US and the state can use the National Guard ( a state based military for domestic issues) which normally is used for things like natural disasters. Highway troopers are state police but only used on highway normally. This could be part of the problem , wouldn't want my council having it's own police force. In Australia it's each state and territory has it's own. Does UK have one or for example does Scotland have there own police force separate to England?
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  112. Trump has for a week, currently targeting Democrats in regards to riots.
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  113. You are wrong on the road thing. Second part you are right but that doesn't mean nobody will as questions. I put it elsewhere but I will ask you also if this was Trump tower could you deliver an item to a condominium without being asked any questions and would the delivery driver get all annoyed and not answer in the case a question was asked?
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  114. The officer standing next to the main offender is as bad. He could have at least looked at the victim when people said he had stopped breathing.
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  115.  @baddriversofthenorcalarea500  tasers are not non lethal, they are less lethal than a bullet depending on what part of the body is being shot. So shooting someone in the foot for arguments sake is a less lethal option than a taser to the heart. However the use of both is probably center of body mass meaning a bullet is more lethal than a taser. We don't know exactly but a taser might have killed Floyd if suffering from some heart disease.
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  116. Warning Artist that's the current plan actually. But it isn't being done in a careful manner. Fauci said the words that things might get out of control and possibly cause more damage because mitigation might not be possible. Listen carefully to his words, containment is no longer on the table. Near the end of February he said the US didn't have many infection s because if great healthcare and tracing, which was the worst and most blatent failure overseen by himself and Jay Butler head of the CDC infectious disease section. I am assuming those would have been the 2 public servants in charge of / overseeing the matter.
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  117.  @wirawansaputraimade4419  I have just been looking at different country information for January and the initial response is the largest indicator of future success at control. Thailand had a very large number of cases as did Australia and about same number in South Korea as US. Australia had 15 cases at end of January which is the total of US and Canada and Italy and France and Spain and UK added together and totalled on January 31st. Now I know why they started to use the hundredth case for graphs not first case which morphed into since the 100th death. Thailand had more known cases than Australia at end of January.
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  118. Under constitutional law it's generally accepted that a head of state can't really be held to account, because they can pardon themselves. If he loses election and statute of limitations hasn't expired go for it.
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  119.  @InsidetheCasino  thanks for explanation. I disagree with the last bit though. The police in the end didn't think he was hiding anything otherwise they would have taken further action in one way or another . Arbery seemed to not like police and was being aggressive. Another point is this has nothing to do with what happened in the McMichael s case.
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  120.  @NomadicCreatorMY  I don't know who runs drugs there at the moment just making a comment.
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  121.  @Fay-el  I am Australian as you can guess the primary difference it would seem between the US and European countries is likely to be population densities. Because the US is more spread out and large rural populations it has spread slowly to lower population states. I agree with you wait 4 weeks and US is likely to be where Europe is now.
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  122.  @Dr.Luka-DanteGodofMischief  The procedures are the responsibility of the police chief and legislators. Even in the case of Chauvin and Floyd it was standard procedure with 44 people becoming unconscious due to that manouvre over a 5 year period in that jurisdiction.
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  123. You know you can buy a battery operated grinder and put a cutting attachment on it and maybe steal it. Wait for statutes of limitations to run out and it would have some value I believe.
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  124. There is anecdotal evidence it may help. This is why there are some proper clinical trials going ahead to see if it does work and also risks. All powerful drugs have some inherent risk.
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  125. Does it really matter if primary cause was asphyxiation versus heart attack, in both cases caused by the police officers and considered homicide?
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  126. They are in LA and NY, majority of officers are considered minority. Maybe you should move to one of those cities noting I don't think they are the only ones.
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  127. In Western Sydney there are problems. We aren't all that bad , see homicide rate 20% of that of USA, traffic death rate 50% of USA. No free country is perfect.
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  128. But you're not president, so if you said it without qualification people would just think you are a nut job. If you were president however many more people will believe. I think there are still people who think Obama is a foreigner.
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  129.  @Vanadisphoto  LOL I have heard of a very similar thing happening in a low to middle income country in Asia . That leader is no longer a leader so there is hope.
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  130. He meant drugs.
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  131. I would suggest due to the US being a violent country with many disparities when compared to other high income country. Another current issue is the left and right in US politics being openly hostile to each other. I am Australian so my comment might offend them.
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  132. I think this relates to another video. The US has both the largest prison population and the most per capita. I think Trump was just confusing testing for covid and detaining people. So this one you are really number 1.
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  133.  @paopaoschz777  you are not understanding the subtly of my language.
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  134.  @Slow_Horse  unfortunately I agree deforestation is a problem.
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  135.  @Slow_Horse  yep
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  136. You don't know if it worked only that it did no harm unless you were part of a double blind clinical trial and the results of the trial demonstrated that.
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  137. Yes because of cost.
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  138.  @sammu  and as a rule it's true. Young people are doing the right thing to protect others and if they aren't then that's very selfish.
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  139.  @henrichvonstaufenberg4841  that's unless you are the 1% give or take that it will kill. If there are mutations significant enough to bring that down to say half it would probably take some time and also reduce the effectiveness of any potential vaccine.
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  140. That's not fair. You are acting with discrimination towards the police and any guards at that building. There is no way to know how they would have reacted if it was a different racial group. Every police officer is an individual and not all are bad however some are.
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  141. That's only after civility stops. Currently you can still vote and it will be counted. So just vote and get others to do same, if you truly are the majority it's your choice who leads you.
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  142. Here's a question for you how do you know the white guy new he was black because to park a car to block can't or unlikely to have been done when other vehicle really close I would think?
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  143. We don't know if they have done the crime, awaiting trial.
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  144.  @joananthony6323  I am responding to others who said he was committing a burgalry etc. even up to the point of he deserved what he got which obviously I strongly disagree with. Yes might is an appropriate term
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  145. Really? Is the President not Republican. Check deaths in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. The population of those countries added together is about the same as the US. Check your totals and only Republican states just to be fair.
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  146. Where did the number $134,000,000 come from?
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  147.  @donbelenger817  It's an American cultural thing having a president playing golf. Maybe the Scottish parliament is the same because the game comes from there. It's certainly a lot of money. If that amount of money was spent in January and February on COVI sars2 you would not have a problem in the same way you do now. I do believe the US could have achieved the same results as Australia or South Korea from a technical point of view. But the president and public servants failed. I am impressed by the ramp up in actions but it could be like the apt description which is often given , it's like a bush fire. In the beginning it needed a bucket of water, now it needs the entire might of the US to mitigate I think. While it would be great to see containment maybe it's impossible now. Best of luck.
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  148. And could barely hear any words. I want to know what he was yelling when pointing his finger and what the crowd was chanting.
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  149. If they want a real effect just copy the "Australian grim reaper aids ad " and change a few words, it was a great and effective ad campaign
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  150. Yep and all those girls beautiful ❤️
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  151. Why are there so many comments about Trump. The states control these matters and the problems are systemic in many US states and it doesn't seem to matter if they are controlled by Democrats or Republicans.
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  152. Why is everyone jumping to conclusions. All we know is the driver has an Arabic name . Maybe it was intentional maybe it wasn't. Maybe if it was intentional it's some personal issue. It reminds me of the spitting incident against an Asian in Western Sydney also shown on NowThis which clearly showed a black person and a person of light skin of unknown race and many comments then said how racist white Australian are. Since this is a video channel just watch and only make comments on what you can see or is proven.
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  153. Not good then you are the same.
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  154. He was speaking from a global perspective to an extent and yes it happens relatively speaking all the time, it's not a prediction of what happened and the exact virus or bacterial type of outbreak.
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  155. Interesting comment. I would say where ever there are more than 100 humans there is racism.
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  156. I would say it is but nothing gains attention like protesting a government and bringing along high powered guns in that other protest. Those protestors are internationally infamous.
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  157. No they wouldn't. Martial law military control. The military may not have a use for the police.
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  158.  @pingo.with.a.camera9897  it showed enough to demonstrate that the police and Arbery both did nothing wrong. What is of greater concern is either the laws regarding the use of body cam footage are insufficient or that this is stolen property. Normally and I would suggest it will be the case that such videos have very strict criteria about how they can be used for privacy issues etc. The motive of whoever released it might be to cause delays in the justice system or outright subvert the course of justice with the use of a stolen video which is the serious issue here. The guardian was unwise to release it in my opinion although they do have certain protections regarding not saying who gave it to them. The guardian is a left wing media organization so what was there motive in releasing it? We don't know the answers to many things and have to wait and see.
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  159. Very much so. He is speaking as you might if you were crying uncontrollably and not breathing properly.
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  160. Peter I don't think he is a danger to the world. He could become dangerous to the world at some point but at the moment he is facing inwards and too involved in US to bother the rest of the world. Geopolitically it's a bit of a problem though because there is nothing to counteract things China is doing.
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  161. That's not fair and pretty recent. Look at when there were Republican presidents in the past it wasn't like this.
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  162. So the current police investigating the former police are corrupt are they? There is more footage available as the person making the announcement of the arrest said.
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  163. I know it's amazing. Can't find N95 masks for months but the amount of pepper spray and rubber bullets and tear gas and flash grenades they don't seem in short supply. If only the virus could be stopped with a rubber bullet.
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  164. Let's say you own a shop which has 2 different races of people as your customer. One steals at 5 times the rate of the other. Are you going to not racially profile and lose money or are you going to racially profile when carrying out surveillance on possible thieves? Answer that question then you have your answer. It's costly to many to not be racist.
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  165. Flame you are right but certain reopening will increase infections it's basically a certainty and Cherubim you are wrong. It normally takes a few weeks to die from it assuming medical attention is available, so the ones dying now have nothing to do with reopen. The infection rate is likely to climb but will depend on business type. The 25% capacity of restaurants will help but it's still risky especially indoors . Crowded bars or large functions held indoors are the biggest risk and hopefully that's not happening yet. One person coming from overseas back to Australia infected 35 people at a wedding party over a 4 hour period I think it was .
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  166. It did. If you watch the governor's address he took responsibility and he was called by CNN. So it happened at the highest level. It wasn't made clear who made the decision to arrest them in the first place though. Maybe it was lack of clear instructions.
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  167.  @hillbelly2132  blacks in the US not need to fear the white man in a relative sense, black on black killing could be described as out of control. Check the statistics if you want.
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  168.  ROGUEGUNNER69  are you sure? The homicide rate of offenders for blacks is about 6 times that of whites. The rate of lethal encounters with police for blacks is apparently 7 times that of whites. The second number I am not sure where it's from but a reliable TV show said it. The first number is FBI statistics on their webpage. Without stopping the root cause the outcome can't change.
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  169.  @futurist1399  that's for his own safety and to prevent anything happening. The charge is less than littering.
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  170. No, most likely is come on buddy I can't let you do this for you own safety. Calm down , let's go.
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  171. So should he have punched her in the guts to avoid that? She appeared to be attacking him in the first place.
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  172. It's only 70 years that it's not really accepted to invade your neighbour. Before that taking of territory by force was acceptable.
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  173. Military is martial law not the police. The military might not want the police involved.
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  174. Just a comment on your last line. "Western Civilization Supremacy has to end" . Is that comment a joke or something. What you are advocating is the downfall of Western English speaking democracies. Rule of law, freedom of speech, democracy for all. Maybe one day the most successful countries in the world will not be but let's hope that's a long time in the future. Which model of government would you prefer and which system of government would you prefer? Just curious to know.
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  175.  @grmpEqweer  I have read through your comments and in general I agree but that's got nothing to do with the system of government. China is currently doing the same thing, Australia has done similar things in the past as has Indonesia. It's really big countries treating smaller countries and or segments of their population badly. In Western democracies now I would say that the treatment internally is all good. This is not to say perfect because you can't control individual behaviour. I do believe however due to pressure within Western democracies we do treat other countries better than in the past, so improving but far from perfect. The US is still too interventionist in my opinion . It may be well meaning such as with Venezuela but the intervention tends to fail and secure the dictatorship because once the local population is aware of foreign interference they will support a dictator more.
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  176. Then it can never end if you can't forgive his supporters who were the majority of the population, to not vote is also support.
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  177. Totally disagree with you. There is no evidence that requiring people to wear masks in a low infection area does anything. In Australia most states are cautiously going back to school starting with senior years and preschool and year 1. There hasn't been any discussion here and there is no need for this while infection rates are low. In the video it suggests infection rate of 1 person per 50,000 give or take. South Korea I know is taking a different path regarding masks in schools but that's up to them.
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  178.  @SK-yu3dd  I understand what you are saying very well. The successful country know they are always one month from disaster. Contact tracing , testing and isolation of possible cases has worked in many countries. In my opinion whatever country you may be from its in the hands of government plus people following directions when required and a bit of heavy handedness to make it happen. Without even knowing details about this area other than the broader political situation , I would rate their chances above many Western countries. I think people are likely to be serious about following directions including mask if it is decided that is required.
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  179. Yes it's the wrong climate to grow bananas, maybe a corn republic.
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  180. I like how he says "it's been going on since before I was elected" Is he implying that it's still going on and all the US problems are either Obama or China? I do think this is sort of news to Obama .
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  181. One way to look at is, at the moment the US is too busy internally to attempt to put their person or party in power in other countries.
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  182. Could people please stop comparing US to Australia as if they are equivalent. Whatever statistic you look at on this subject Australia is better other than one issue and that is the number of indigenous Australian incarcerated is at a similar rate to the US for black people. Check any other rate you please and Australia is better. Also to do with this conversation the indigenous Australian are not on a average as violent as American Black culture. The racial problems in 2 cities and possibly 3 in Australia are significant but elsewhere in other cities and in regional areas even if things are not perfect this is not a major problem.
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  183. Maybe because it was known who the offender was. In this incident we only know the name Sabry Nassar with Arabic surname. Maybe he is Christian who knows. Maybe he joined a white supremacist group. We could make up anything with ignorance just as people are doing.
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  184. Unfortunately it is likely you need to prove the policeman knew what he was doing. In other words that he understood this would kill the person. I think that would be a tough ask. Manslaughter or whatever it's name is in the jurisdiction is more likely.
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  185. That is the standard position worldwide I think. But that position changes I guess in response to a large number of infected people. Nothing beats the initial detection and contact tracing being done successfully by a very large factor.
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  186. How about voting, this might be worth a try.
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  187. Wait for the trial or guilty plea and we will find out.
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  188. You'll get shot by armed 7-11 guard I guess. Businesses will be arming themselves.
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  189. It's interesting that when a black policeman kills an unarmed white lady it takes 8 months for an arrest but when a white policeman kills an unarmed black person in exactly the same jurisdiction and the arrest takes 4 days everyone is complaining how slow it was. Seems a bit inconsistent to me.
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  190. Can't say for certain yet but driver's name is Sabry Nassar . So Arabic which neither makes it or excludes it from being a terror type act. To me actually the intent is not all that important. Person drove dangerously causing injury and should be punished accordingly.
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  191. I am a foreigner and I agree with you. The polls by reputable outfits like Gallup I think can be considered as unbiased. All polls have error so it could be even worse no way to know.
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  192. You should consider a wall, maybe US citizens won't be able to escape to Mexico soon , so guess where they would go if things get a bit tougher .
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  193. Well please don't assume it's a "hate crime" . The offenders name is Sabry Nassar and surname is Arabic. We will find out eventually if it was or not.
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  194.  Christopher Sim  where do you live?
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  195. David the US is much more socialist than you may realise. Government spending on healthcare during normal times in the US is actually greater than quite a few countries with universal health care. Socialism just means in simple terms government control by direct and indirect means of the means of production. So in the US as a whole giving healthcare as an example I observed a few years ago noting government healthcare spending as a proportion of gdp was greater in the US than Australia. Right now with these abnormal times your government healthcare spending will blow out big time because of all the covid 19 testing alone. Problem with the US is how functional things are. $10,000,000 in February contacting and tracing you could have achieved the same results as Western Pacific countries but now the infections are so high your country is like a dog trying to catch it's tail and on the health issues costs just keep ballooning. So not about socialism but effective government that tries to care for the vulnerable.
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  196. You are correct in a sense. Australia and even China looks to you about this disease and possible complications because of your high infection rates. Currently Australia has 2 organizations working on potential vaccines and to test them if they reach that stage we look to you and Europe.
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  197. I am not sure it will happen. I do like that you have recognized that others. I am white Australian. One thing I have not seen is any black person in the US call out black racists. For true healing this needs to occur. I respond to you because I am guessing you understand this based on your comment. I have seen this occur in Australia but rare. All people regardless of race need to be held equally accountable if they are public figures. I hope your country gets better but it'll be slow and it's impossible to fix everything and no country is perfect.
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  198. Yep bars and nightclubs open in some states and they can pass any state border at will. I am Australian and it looks like a joke.
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  199. The video I saw only had the victim go to the front entrance and that is not trespassing. It is quite lawful to go to the entrance of any house and knock on the door.
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  200. It's true regardless of the issue and or ideology.
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  201.  @papsphaks4408  a person with an Arabic surname Sabry Nassar . Since you know everything please explain to me because all I know is car drove dangerously and crashed into shop injuring people. Offender should and hopefully will be punished according to law.
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  202. Realistically I think the US has no choice just like it would seem with most if not all Western European countries but to only try to lesson the damage and not overrun hospital capacities. In other words it's to late for most states to do anything else. Some states do have the option to get it under control if their current numbers are low but this isn't happening. Alarm bells should have sounded by the end of January when the US had less documented cases than Australia which given we are less than a tenth of your population and travel to and from China would be at least 5 times as great in the US using an extremely conservative guestimate. It would have been statistically about 1 in a million chance that Australia could have more cases. Also from looking at the CDC website it would seem to me that should be the organization to be monitoring and advising on testing under Ray Butler's section. The body that Fauci works for and has been a director of for 30 plus years seems to be more of a research body however there is some overlap with the CDC. I am wondering why no questions have been asked of Ray Butler and have to search the CDC website rather than see it on the news. Fauci and Butler both have a lot of explaining to do and in the end if Trump prevented them from doing their jobs properly they should say so but to me with the current information available all 3 are due credit and the fact no system existed to deal with such an issue is self evident at this point in time.
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  203. Correction Jay Butler not Ray Butler
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  204. Outside of the riots it's just you. Although US crime rates are very high when compared to other high income country the rate is going down. I hope for your sake the current events don't change that trajectory.
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  205. I think in a so called all white state you are actually safer. There is less racial conflict. The white voters in states with lower proportion of minorities voted at a larger rate for Obama.
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  206.  @shelbytomy07  I have subscribed to your channel. I can attest to others that you haven't made any conspiracy theory or fake news videos and highly recommend others join.
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  207. Not necessarily. You are speaking when the President is the head of government. In some countries this is not the case. The president's position can be like that of a King or Queen in a constitutional democracy. In Italy this would appear to be the case for example.
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  208.  @BitsandBobs01  no proof but looks like could be Asian girl . That's why I say think because actually can't see her properly. Hair is right but with modern hair styling technique actually maybe mean nothing.
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  209. The delivery driver admitted he didn't handle it that well and basically said he was having a bad day , and same probably applies to the other guys. To compare this to basically chasing down a black guy with guns in the case of Arbery is absolutely ridiculous. Just see it for what it really was based on information available a few people getting into a dispute and both over reacting. If the driver had given full details when questioned " I delivered a parcel to ..... and call him/ her if you want I just want to get my next delivery done" it would have been over in a minute. The reactions and minor escalations and de escalation by both to me indicates they could probably have a beer together and laugh about the situation now.
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  210.  @lbarnx  Here is a question for you. If it was Trump tower would it be possible to deliver a parcel to an apartment without being questioned by anyone? If the answer is probably not then would a delivery driver just answer or say it's none of there business?
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  211.  @naeshelle  I thought it was sold to multi owners, got that wrong . However the concept is still the same. Take another expensive NY building with multiple ownership then in place of what I said. I am sure reactions would be different.
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  212. The outcome is likely to be more police and less businesses. Only a brave person would set up a business any time soon in these areas. I feel great pity for the smaller business owners who have lost everything and there will be some in this category. This event might already be causing deaths due to covid19 and people in affected areas scared to leave their homes. Shame on the rioters. Peaceful protestors ok but they should no longer be out.
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  213. That would make him god, so nah I don't think so. He might not be a perfect leader but he isn't god.
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  214. They don't literally think it's not real do they? It's impossible for me to believe seeing NYC with the refrigerated trailers lined up outside the hospitals and the mass grave being filled up anyone thinks it's not real.
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  215. Well a bad Chicago weekend has more killings than unarmed people in the entire United States over a 1 year period by police. Every case is documented and arguments can be made whether or not justice is done in each particular case. The clearance rate for homicides in Chicago was 53% last year I think and that was considered really good because they were even worse before. More detectives are needed in that jurisdiction it would seem. Defund them is madness and this is the protesters main point.
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  216. Death penalty doesn't work and it's been proven in the US in the past many innocent have been killed and also currently those with expensive lawyers are much less likely to receive such a penalty.
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  217. I just did a quick search based on an observation. The data was a little old and didn't include my country. The US had 12% female officers in 2015 , the only country in the list that was lower was Japan . Statista was the website. I think if a female officer was on the seen regardless of color this event would have been less likely. Maybe putting a few more females in the job would help, and doesn't need to be positive discrimination , just encourage that they are needed and suitable one will come.
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  218. Well if you can't forgive his supporters you are just as bad.
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  219.  @armyman1245  and how did you work that out?
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  220. No, should learn how to vote and actually vote. It's a strange idea that people in other democracies have worked out.
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  221. The title is misleading. A mass grave is what we saw in NY , many bodies in one grave. Can call it a massive graveyard maybe.
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  222. Every country that has a diverse population will have this problem and Australia is no different. The racism comes from all sides and the video showed this because one of the attackers was not white. Overt racism tends to be more prevalent in lower socio economic groups of all colours.
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  223.  @espreedupree  but if you looked one of the attackers was one of the groups you describe as a victim group.
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  224. The funny thing is they actually want some form of socialism where businesses are no longer permitted to make operation decisions. Discrimination on certain basis is not permitted but actually the store in question could probably pass that test if a disabled person wasn't permitted due to not wearing a mask because they will have someone get the products for you.
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  225. I had to laugh at the slightly overweight guy. His family members who are at low risk wear masks and him being in a medium to high risk group male a bit overwight and not young doesn't wear a mask ever.
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  226. I would encourage you to look up the definition of socialism. What do you think compulsory payments to insurance companies based on work status for healthcare is? That to me sounds like the government is not offering me any freedom at all.
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  227. It's not about the numbers of tests it's when they were done , wait a month as happened pretty much and the number of infected just went from 1,000 to 100,000 spread all around the country. Obviously not real numbers maybe it was worse.
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  228. Ridiculous
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  229. You are special because you are big and powerful, as is China. Prefer the US of course but as a smaller Ally I know our diplomacy matters. I would prefer the US became a little more functional even if it hurts us a bit on the trade front.
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  230. Have you not heard of stealing a PIN or in this case a security code?
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  231. So blocking a road and shouting no justice NO PEACE is now peaceful?
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  232. If he was the mayor of Chicago he would be getting cheered on. This is nothing ok some guy swore in public "disorderly conduct" both sides did some yelling without physical violence. A non event really.
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  233. Imagine the headline then Police shot dead unarmed man named as Sabry Nassar. An internal investigation is taking place to see if the policemen committed a hate crime.
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  234. Actually it was said in this video indirectly. If blacks are 2.5 times more likely then if the racial statistics are correct more white people are dying but at a lower rate.
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  235. We don't know from the video if police were aware or even if it is the case he was holding a gun at the time. Let's wait and see, the YouTube jury is awaiting further evidence.
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  236.  Adam  I tend to agree once the suspect had fallen down even if armed should keep a good distance and wait to see what happens.
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  237.  @philosop.HER_  I'll be honest , I don't understand what you mean. Do you support or not support the riots and why?
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  238. Maybe they weren't social distancing.
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  239. We drive on left hand side of road like all civilized countries. Drivers seat on right.
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  240. First non prejudicial comment. I like it. Eventually we will find out the what and why it happened.
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  241. It's not relevant. The only relevance is from the point of arrest and if it happened in the store the investigators would have it.
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  242. This is not like HK. The harshest policing and judicial system in the free world is supported by the majority of Americans. Violence against violence . Americans can vote and continuously vote for tough on crime. You have the highest crime rates in the world for a high income country. The policy are not working. Even in this line of comments people are saying let's kill those police. So advocating more violence to fix violence.
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  243. There were protests in Western countries. They didn't however devolve into violent riots.
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  244. Maybe he does, people who give from the heart often don't go around grand standing.
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  245. Yep shut down free speech sounds like a great idea. He shouldn't have sweared but I guess he was following the Chicago mayor's lead.
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  246.  @sotorodrigo33  they can but they can do so by not drowning out the other. Both sides guilty in this particular case.
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  247.  @zoeysalim9707  I agree
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  248. I think when the Australian cameraman was hit it's more real to those outside of the US and a wake up call inside when an ally is asking about press freedom.
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  249.  @Carlton_Wilson  Are you being sarcastic or serious?
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  250.  @tungleson7066  well done
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  251. LOL probably. There is no surprise in this video . Thailand was the first country outside of China to detect the virus.
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  252. It passed that number about a day ago, now about 102,000.
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  253. Why is he non-white but Zimmerman a person of the same complexion was white?
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  254. All insecticides are highly toxic, that's the job kill insects. It would seem to me that banning one organophosphate may not achieve anything and could cause more harm if another organophosphate is used in higher concentrations as a replacement which is a likely outcome. The highest risk for this product group is children getting leukemia in agricultural areas with crop dusting. This has been known about for 30 years and practices have improved. So it's fine to identify a problem but without providing an alternative it's not going to change. If there is alternatives for mass production at similar costs then ok. I personally favour organically grown produce but only at a certain price point.
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  255.  @mohammadrahman1447  I guarantee you as a white man if I threatened to crack a policeman's jaw they would arrest me. The issue here is first we don't know what happened prior and was the force excessive which it appears to be.
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  256.  dev0n james  define white?
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  257. No you are right the average shareholder will probably be ok. The ones who actually get hurt are the poor because those corporations pay a lot of tax and you dramatically reduce their profit much less tax. Much less tax means less public services.
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  258. The healthcare system of a country is only an exacerbating factor. It's the initial reaction and plans already in place and ability to readjust those plans that have made all the difference so far. Those countries that treated it as nothing until the end of January have done the worst.
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  259. A lot of people actually. The blind devotion of some towards Trump is nothing that America has seen before at least in recent history. There are a significant number of people who no matter the evidence presented to them will not even look at it or research by other means to corroborate what is being presented because all media outlets regardless of how bias they might be are fake news and dishonest except Fox.
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  260. It's like a times 5 deadly flu. So about 5 times the death rate something like that.
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  261. We don't know how many reviews were due to complaints. On the good side it appears they must write a report if they ever draw a weapon. I wouldn't be so sure this is normal in every police department. So I draw no conclusions without knowing more.
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  262. Lol
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  263. I think you mean the Confederate army flag.
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  264. Saying I will crack your jaw is not freedom of speech. The only issue from the video we have seen is the force used to arrest excessive and I think it probably is.
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  265. Build that wall, I have seen videos of the US/Canada border and it's like the US/Mexico border people can just walk across and it's not even patrolled it seems like.
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  266.  @cristinac.7024  I was responding to the original comment, so talking about your other border and jokingly. Don't have a strong opinion either way about your southern border other than it should be completely sealed to unlawful entry because a country should not have an open border and 10,000,000 illegal immigrants give or take causes problems. I am Australian and we have a policy of a controlled border which I think is better.
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  267.  @jeffreycapron3172  Have you ever heard of boats, also have you heard of visa over stays. 3% of the US population give or take are "undocumented" , it's a policy choice . Most illegal immigrants arrive into Europe by boat at some point and they are not so different to the US. Everyone knows where most of the illegal immigrants can be found but it's gone too far so realistically amnesty needs to be given and then stop it from continuing.
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  268.  @lew2875  I agree with you. I don't think the police officer used excessive force based on what I can see. Police have the right to push someone away if they are being attacked. It's unfortunate the way she fell but that's not the policeman's fault. These things are bound to happen given the numbers of people.
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  269. In the US it's nickname would be patriot act. Something along those lines.
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  270.  Anthony Egidio  it actually makes a big difference. This is why less educated white people prefer Trump. There are more poor White people in the US but their voices are not being heard or at least that's what they perceive. Proportion is lower but gross number is larger.
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  271.  @ngoandrew8  judging from history if convicted he will get 12 and half years same to Mohammed Noor in the same jurisdiction.
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  272. Probably
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  273. I have read a fair few comments, I really find them disturbing. We have a President and a Mayor acting like 5 year olds. Give them a sand pit. How can anyone say either leader is great?
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  274. Nah gangs can "police" the streets. Without police they will probably have more resources than the police do now.
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  275. Dr Bright is correct. Truth is Australia and US followed the plan or close version of it in an almost identical fashion. It's the implementation that failed. You only see major divergence of what was being done after the US had failed at containment and entered the mitigation phase which is where you are at. The difference in outcomes is largely down to implementation. The other thing that Bright said is there seems to be nobody in charge coordinating which is the most important job. So some great big task force which you have without a leader. Truth is there is nothing wrong with "the plan" regardless who developed it and Australia who did exactly the same things at the same time until situations were very different had very different results so far. I hope Americans identify the actual problem and yes the President is certainly one of if not the most responsible person . What I have said doesn't really help anything now but maybe next time out comes can be different.
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  276. I use my knuckles. It's pretty hard to pick your nose or rub your eyes with your knuckles.
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  277. Contact tracing just means if you might have been exposed you will be asked to take a test and or self isolate for 2 weeks since most recent possible exposure. They couldn't care less about your medical records, they just want if you are infected you don't spread it.
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  278. Evidence tells us that the rich get it first then it spreads. So a country like South Africa it would spread slowly first but extremely difficult to stop spread once it gets a hold in a shanty town for example. I think people from very different countries should not criticise. South Africa has an extreme violent crime problem and if they go down the US or Swedish path I don't blame them. I wish South Africa the best of luck. I do think in poorer countries people will follow government advice more if they can noting the pressure if the poor to just get food if the government doesn't assist.
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  279. Read your last paragraph again, these are the people responsible. Yet I haven't heard a single remove the police chief or mayor. If you agree with what is said need to remove those responsible not those at the bottom end of the food chain which is the officers. Maybe some should go but government officials first.
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  280. We don't know the religion but the person's name is Sabry Nassar , the surname is Arabic.
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  281. I don't really agree because made up news with an extreme slant can spread just as quickly. For discerning people it's great but for those that just follow and don't check things they will be misled.
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  282.  @luckydave328  The US is diverse. It's the inequalities in different parts of the country that make it stand out in my opinion to any other high income Western democracy. No idea what the solution could be though.
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  283. Officially it does. End of February officially it looked like the US had dodged a bullet .
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  284. I don't know if people are aware but it has been said by an official that criminal charges will not be laid against those 4 police. Search nine news Australia Minneapolis. Maybe it's the only main stream media willing to go on the seen and being foreign offers some protection.
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  285. Let's hope that shark doesn't swim to Taiwan or they'll eat it. Whale sharks can travel very long distances.
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  286. It wasn't that clear but seemed to be a bit like that.
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  287. From what I understand the district attorney is elected, this position should be a non elected official otherwise of course it's going to lead to corruption or the perception of corruption.
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  288. I think you meant to say find them interesting. Enjoy suggests you like watching violence to the point where people die.
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  289. It's really better to compare response by Australia and NZ and to an extent South Korea than China because the lockdown method etc. in China couldn't work in an open Western democracy.
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  290. I have thought about that. If someone was putting weight on his torso that could be an equal contribution to the death because the lungs could not fill to capacity.
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  291. He is. Of course he enjoyed doing what he did. The management of UK healthcare is a completely separate issue. I honestly feel sorry for the countries who didn't take the threat seriously in the beginning. I hope the country that succeeded will be looked at without prejudice on this issue once all is done.
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  292. Australia we did real lockdown and most state borders still heavily restricted. But must think looking good is important because barbers and hairdressers remained open. I actually don't say that lightly. It may well have been to keep something normal to an extent. If someone cares about their appearance having long or unkept hair would be a daily reminder things are not right. I don't know that to be the reason but I think it's likely.
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  293. You people have watched Training Day too many times. A good movie if you haven't seen it but I don't think representative of your average police.
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  294. @Clara OT9 really a policeman would go to jail for pushing someone and causing nothing more than an upset ego? What country do you live in?
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