Warner Bros. has made Just Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, free for the month of June. The movie follows Bryan Stevenson, a Harvard Law School graduate, who turns down many positions to go to Alabama in order to defend those who have been wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. Based on a true story, it’s a good title to add to your collection. The movie being free on all platforms is just a bonus.
The studio behind the film released the following statement.
If you’d like to add this movie to your Google account, follow the link below.
Watched it this morning. Great movie.
Somehow, watching full movies on YouTube feels wrong. 😛 (Feels like as if I’m watching a pirated version.)
A great movie!
Th Ankhs Droid-Life and Google! ????️????
Free is always good.
In before all the racist comments. If you have no interest in watching this movie, it does not affect you in the slightest. Grow up and maybe reflect on yourself.
We’re monitoring it. If racist assholes want to show up, they’ll be shown the door.
Hell ya, thank you Kellen.
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Is why I visit Droid life daily!!!
I’m looking forward to watching this movie.
Great…more senseless pandering. ????????♂️
And there it is. Comments like this are why we have these kinds of problems in the first place.
What kind of problems? Freedom of speech?
No. The whole reason that the movie if relevant in the first place.
The comment above makes the movie relevant? Please explain what is wrong with the comment above?
Someone called it “senseless pandering”. The fact that someone would say that is why movies like that are relevant in today’s society. It’s actually a true story. I’m not sure how to make it any easier for you to understand.
And the freedom of speech comment makes no sense. I never said the commenter didn’t have a right to say it. It’s just an ignorant comment.
I understand it’s a true story in Alabama in 1987. And from the outcome it makes sense it was a miscarriage of justice and racism. I also believe in the Innocence Project and the atrocities that ensued to innocent people. I also have a hard time believing in Capital punishment. But the point I see from the comment of “senseless pandering” is companies like Warner Bros exploitation and co-opting a message on anecdotal evidence to express it’s inherent bias.
The Equal Justice Initiative by the lawyer in Alabama was a noble cause and saved lives, but Warner bros saying that one data point in case proves systemic racism in the justice system today is a conflation and a gross simplification of the problem by our criminal justice system.
Do you think things have changed much in the country since 1987 in terms of racism? No.
Systematic racism is as much of a problem today as it was then. Warner Bros simply letting people watch a movie for free isn’t pandering at all.
“Warner bros saying that one data point in case proves systemic racism in the justice system today”
When did Warner Bros ever say that?
They said the movie about a real life civil rights attorney was just one resource they could offer. That’s not pandering.
Yes I do think a lot has changed with regards to racism. Crime specifically related to it. FBI’s UCR data (https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s) is a good example. How do you know systemic racism is as much a problem today as it was then? Do you have a source to explain your opinion?
Warner Bros said it in their statement in this Droid-Life article. Quote, “…is one resource we can humbly offer to those who are interested in learning more about systemic racism that plagues our society.” The movie does not point to systemic racism today. It shows one example in Alabama in 1987. The movie does point out that not many death row inmates get decent representation. But I think the movie failed to point out systemic racism today.
The movie shows an example of a much bigger issue that’s still very much an issue today. And the part of the statement isn’t at all pandering. I’m not sure how you possibly come to that conclusion.
Listening to you is like listening to someone from the far right. So much similarly isn’t amazing you don’t see it.
And yet you still can’t come up with a solid reason for “systemic racism”. lol
Black people are seven times more likely to be victims or excessive force by police. Black people are two and a half times more likely to be killed by police. Black people experience harsher sentences for the same crimes compared to while people. Black people are incarcerated at a higher rate than white people.
That just begins to show that systematic racism exists.
There is so much that shows it. Here is just one source.
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-systemic-racism-in-charts-graphs-data-2020-6#the-aggregate-wealth-white-households-have-held-has-historically-far-outstripped-that-held-by-the-black-community-and-while-it-has-increased-for-white-people-since-the-1980s-its-remained-stagnant-for-black-people-8
Also, can you explain why black people accounted for more than 50% of stop and frisk cases despite being far less than 50% of the population.
There is no systemic racism. End of story.
Also, the only reason Warner Bros. made this available for free is because they feel they have to due to recent events. Companies and individuals are almost obligated to go along with the bullying from the BLM movement, or they’re automatically labeled as racist, which is absolutely insane.
Please. Who are you to declare what the problems are in this country? You’re not honest at all. You know if anyone asked you if you wanted to be treated like black people are treated in this country, you’d say “no”. Which means you know exactly what’s happening but as long as you aren’t affected, it isn’t your problem.
Every step of the way through my life, and I’m over 40 years old, black people have been right there with me. Black kids in the same classrooms as me throughout elementary, high school, and college. Black kids on all the sports teams I was on, and black adults in the workforce. It’s almost as if they had/have the same exact opportunities as I did. Weird, right?
That said, I’ve got black friends who all despise the BLM movement, and call it out for the divisive propaganda that it is.
How many times have you been pulled over by the police for no reason because of the color of your skin? I’m 51. I’d venture to guess that throughout my life it’s happened at minimum 20 to 30 times. How many times have you been followed through a department store as soon as you walk in? How many times have you been accused of stealing/snatching a purse until they find out you’re an educator making 6 figures? How many times have you been pulled over by an officer who violates your constitutional rights, vandalizes your new car, while you stand there helpless in a shirt and tie as he laughs and walks away? How many times have you gotten on an elevator and a white woman clenches her purse closer to her? If you truly had black friends, which I doubt, you would have had honest conversations with them about their experiences in this country, and you wouldn’t be so glib about other people’s experiences. I’m done with arguing with you. You have no desire to have an honest conversation; you’re happy with the institutions the way they are because dismantling them is a threat to white supremacy. You talk about all these so-called friends. First of all, I can’t believe you trotted out that tired old, embarrassing trope of “I have black friends.” At that point, you’ve already lost the argument. Secondly, if you actually do know/work with any black folks, I doubt very seriously that you know ANY of them intimately. You know it, and I know it.
Right, because it’s so inconceivable to you that a person who is black could possibly disagree with the BLM movement, right? That wouldn’t fit the narrative of your narrow world view.
One of my best friends is black, and he and I have been the best of friends since we were second grade classmates. Our families spend a great deal of time together, vacations, backyard BBQs and the like, and they can’t stand what the BLM bullies are doing to this country. Don’t want to believe me? Fine. Look on YouTube, or other places online, and you’ll find plenty of blacks who do not support the BLM movement AT ALL, and are disgusted by its message, the way it operates, etc.
We could also talk about how, even though they comprise a much smaller percentage of the population, blacks disproportionately commit a much higher percentage of the crime in this country, and especially so in their own communities. Don’t want to believe me? Head on over to the FBI and check out their crime stats. Or, check out the crime stats in New York, Chicago, etc.
How about we mention the fact that black lives only seen to matter to BLM supporters when a life is taken by a white cop, even in cases where the killing is certainly justified? However, not a single peep is heard about the staggering amounts of black-on-black crime, or the large number of blacks murdered by other blacks. Look at David Dorn. The guy was murdered for simply helping someone defend their store from BLM protestors/looters, but the BLM crowd has been completely silent about his death. Instead, they deify a man who was high at the time of his death by police, who was a drug addict, and did several stints in prison, one of which was for robbing a pregnant woman by holding a loaded firearm to her belly.
That said, are there racist cops and other civilians out there? Of course. Always have been, and always will be, unfortunately. Only a fool would try to claim otherwise, however, they are a very small minority, and their presence in society or government does not automatically mean there is systemic racism.
How many times have you been pulled over by the police for no reason because of the color of your skin? I’m 51. I’d venture to guess that throughout my life it’s happened at minimum 20 to 30 times. How many times have you been followed through a department store as soon as you walk in? How many times have you been accused of stealing/snatching a purse until they find out you’re an educator making 6 figures? How many times have you been pulled over by an officer who violates your constitutional rights, vandalizes your new car, while you stand there helpless in a shirt and tie as he laughs and walks away? How many times have you gotten on an elevator and a white woman clenches her purse closer to her? If you truly had black friends, which I doubt, you would have had honest conversations with them about their experiences in this country, and you wouldn’t be so glib about other people’s experiences. I’m done with arguing with you. You have no desire to have an honest conversation; you’re happy with the institutions the way they are because dismantling them is a threat to white supremacy. You talk about all these so-called friends. First of all, I can’t believe you trotted out that tired old, embarrassing trope of “I have black friends.” At that point, you’ve already lost the argument. Secondly, if you actually do know/work with any black folks, I doubt very seriously that you know ANY of them intimately. You know it, and I know it.
Wow, classic projectionist.
There is no systematic racism?
Saying that makes you either racist or totally obliviously to the world.
You haven’t come up with a single reason of how there is “systemic racism”. Who’s oblivious?
Have you been living under a rock your entire life?
Another Trumpdummy speaks.
CNN called. They need you back tonight for their pravda news broadcast. What makes you think I am a Trump supporter?
The same thing that makes you think I watch CNN.
Since you are throwing insults, I thought I would match it.
CNN called. They need you back tonight for their pravda news broadcast. What makes you think I am a Trump supporter?
So you think that the case of systemic racism is being made based on anecdotal evidence? Have you actually read any research and attempted to educate yourself on the topic?
Yes I have. I look at the crime statistics from the 1960s to today. They have decreased DRAMATICALLY. The FBI has a great library of statistics. Look it up. https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fucr.fbi.gov%2Fcrime-in-the-u.s%29%3AHOtK9XPMxUQt7SHqZ5YGnjZt38E&cuid=284224
You’re using crime statistics to justify the statement that systemic racism doesn’t exist? LOL OK. Enough. First, in order to have an intelligent discussion about systemic racism, you have to know what it is (which you clearly don’t). Secondly, there has to be a willingness to educate yourself about the topic (you’re not willing). I’m done.
The comment above makes the movie relevant? Please explain what is wrong with the comment above?
Freedom of speech does not exist in a web forum, contrary to what certain elected officials may what to say. Droid Life or any other website can censor whatever they want and it is not a 1st (or 14th) amendment violation because they aren’t the government and the 1st (or 14th for states) amendments only protect against government, not private action.
That’s not my point. My point was what problems does the person above cause? Yes, I understand companies that are private have the right to censor whatever they please under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as long as they follow the platform definition.
That’s not my point. My point was what problems does the person above cause? Yes, I understand companies that are private have the right to censor whatever they please under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as long as they follow the platform definition.
Wrong, but continue to think that.
I hope they make Driving Miss Daisy free also.