I saw the footage it is a murder. It is very unfortunate that black Americans are treated like shit in 2020. The authorities need to take a strict action against the officer who commited that crime.

It is very unfortunate to see people have to come out on the street just to live a life of dignity. USA is already struggling to control the covid19 pandemic and now this.

Bitcoin is a symbol of freedom from the centralized rule of the rich, I guess the slogan might mean the same.

I have also seen the video about this and what the police did is not really right, which made people angry. Even if you are not black, you know that what happened is not right. But as for this picture, it says to google bitcoin + black America, so I did. And what shows is a book entitled "Bitcoin and Black America" by Isaiah Jackson.


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I don't know and have not read this book but what I think is it tells how the banking system treats Black Americans differently from White Americans, and that bitcoin is a good alternative for them. Since I don't know anything about this book, I can't say much about it. But the picture clearly shows that she wants people to read the book and realize how the banking system is treating Black Americans, and how some of them consider bitcoin because of this kind of treatment.

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This is a tragic incident that led to more tragic events. I've watched the video of Floyd getting arrested, and his final moments while the knee of a police officer lies on his neck, that was brutal. This case made the America in the center of news amidst the pandemic, because the following events are bothering. People start to cause commotion in the streets, looting the closed stores, stealing cars, etc. Not looking good for America I guess from its economy to proper state governance.

I thought the police brutality here in my country is the worst, yet I was able to see a more barbaric handling of arrest that result to someone's death. What's worst with this scenario is that Floyd did not die from a gun.

You guys are right, bitcoin is a symbol of freedom.

Floyd is being contrasted as bitcoin for the America, Floyd must be the eye opener for them.

Floyd was bitcoin

Not an American, but to me it seems like racism in the USA is something some people have interest in triggering whenever they have some purpose to fulfill.

I keep in touch with some people living out there in the US from time to time and they always used to tell me the racism they portrait on the TV is way more exaggerated than what you see in real life. White and black people usually get along.

I do see why BTC is brought into this - it's the way every country's economy has been pulled down to the ground through some unnecessary measures and the fact that some countries have poor people become even poorer and probably at least 10% of the middle class has turned to poverty.

Makes you look for better alternatives & it's not bad at all to at least mention Bitcoin's name especially during a crisis - maybe it gets to the right person's ears. It's awesome however to see that BTC is mentioned nowadays even in protests, compared to years ago.

I live in a country where you usually see no black people on the streets because they don't live here. This is why the question of racism is not relevant for now, as incidents are very rare due to a very low amount of black people. It is unbelievable to me that racism is still a thing after everything humanity's been through. While in the US there's this scandal about racism, in my country there is currently a scandal with a woman being raped and tortured at the police station. I do hope that at some point during our lifetime such things will finally stop happening.
As for Bitcoin, it liberates people from the current system offering a financial alternative to fiat, but of course no wonder it can be used in wider context of liberation from the authorities and their pressure. Bitcoin cannot help with racism from the police, but it's not a completely unrelated incident. After all, the police believed the guy was using a counterfeit dollar banknote, and such a question wouldn't have been posed if the person was using Bitcoin.

Do we really want Bitcoin to get linked to this whole mess? And by mess I don't mean the peaceful protests condemning racism, i support that stuff, what I mean by linked to this mess is the looting and people beating other people because "i'm protesting and if you dont't like, you're the enemy", and the riots and stores getting destroyed, and then more civilians and police officers beating each other, and more riots and violence, etc, etc.

I can see part of the MSM in the upcoming weeks (IF they pick up a BTC story) spreading BS like: "Listen everybody, that's the Bitcoin logo, you know the digital currency that we've been telling you for years that is used by criminals? well, rioters and looters also use it". Reminder that the Trump administration is saying that "Antifa" is also involved in the recent riots. yikes! MSM are gonna love this  :/

So, idk, I like it whenever people use Bitcoin as part of a "revolution" or whatever, but a peaceful one, you know? Like when ppl protest because some turds in the US want to censor the internet? and you see all those btc signs on the street? Yeah...But right now things have escalated to some extent that i don't feel comfortable supporting it, hence why i'm not comfortable giving the "ok" sign when seeing Bitcoin being mentioned in these turbulent times.

Also, wth does bitcoin have to do with racism and the death of two (and many others) african americans?

I saw a picture too someone who's wearing a construction suit and there's "Buy BTCitcoin" written at the back of that suit. I couldn't connect for bitcoin and the current issue that the Minneapolis is facing and I emphatize with the victim on what happened. It seems to be good that someone supports bitcoin whilst joining in that protest. But happened felt that there's a need for that, welp, I'm not there and it's them that can do anything they want while protesting.