BronsonLee
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Yeah, that New York/TLC thing basically ends in a whole bunch of lawsuits and people getting fired. It's unchecked authority with either inadequate, incorrect, or the complete absence of training.
Black man fatally shot by police in Los Angeles; Family says was lying down when shot
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Yeah, that New York/TLC thing basically ends in a whole bunch of lawsuits and people getting fired. It's unchecked authority with either inadequate, incorrect, or the complete absence of training.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
I can't necessarily blame folks too much for not fully understanding how bad it is for other folks. I mean, yeah, it's ignorant and the signs of inequality are pretty obvious if you're looking for them, but if someone hasn't lived a life that required a lot of integration, I guess I could see someone thinking that stuff was really an artifact of the '60s and otherwise things are generally "okay" for everyone apart from outliers. Where I draw a line, though, is when people are hearing it right from someone's mouth that they were treated unfairly by authority, complete with some rather simplistic details (like "we were in southern Louisiana, both me and another car were travelling about the same speed and had the same basic level of tinting on the car, but I have an Alpha Phi Alpha license plate, and I was the one that got pulled over and they questioned me for 30 minutes") and someone just looks at complainant and says "Nah, that couldn't have happened, you must be mistaken.". With that statement, the person hearing the story has gone from "I was a sheltered person" to "I am part of the problem" and from ignorance to stupidity.
They will never understand until it starts happening to them. I think the reason so much attention is being paid to these murders is because police are finally starting to harass white people so it can no longer be ignored.
As I said before, this shit would change with a quickness if it were white people in body bags.
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so its the same standard Trayvon story.
The negro attacked the officers, Tried to steal the gun, and they had to shoot him, then handcuff him.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/lapd-suggests-mentally-il_0_n_5675782.html
NYCmetsfan
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Why is this in the statement?
For what reason was he stopped?
Spring-Loaded
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Anything to distract from whether there was wrongdoing by police. It reinforces the idea that black people are either "affiliated with gangs, or aren't [one of the good ones]" rather than just people. Anything to plant the seed of doubt and encourage more people to assume future victims "must have done something wrong."
And to distract people from questions like this
timetokill
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Man, what is with all these black people going for officer's guns and giving them the perfect reason to shoot them
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Angelus Errare
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Of course he went for their gun.
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
I'm not kidding here.
If I was black I'd be scared to leave the house right now. No joke.
Especially if you're in 100 miles of where these last 3 killings have taken place.
Someone on reddit pointed out: When was the last time a white person, male or female, was shot by the police when they mistakenly thought they had a weapon? He was replying to someone black who said it's not about race, but police becoming militant.
Reminds me of that incident earlier this year where dashcam footage saved someone from serious jail time. The guy was pulled over and received a beat down from two officers. He had his hands up, sitting in his truck, and one of the officers was screaming "stop going for my gun!" while punching the guy in the face. They pull the guy out of the truck, beat him down on the ground, still screaming "why you trying to get my gun? Get off my gun!".
Reads like made up bullshit. But here's the video for those who missed the story (footage goes crazy @ 2:30):
http://7online.com/archive/9440401/
StopMakingSense
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If the guy was on top of the officer, why would the other officer shoot?
Battersea Power Station
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"How come...with the thousands of black cops in America...you ain't never picked up the paper, turned on the TV, or the news...and seen white folk crying...because this black cop...shot my loved one in the back of the head...cause he thought the cellphone was a gun. How come you don't see that?...You think black cops is...more spiritual? You think better qualified? Nah...They got enough sense to know that white folks ain't going to tolerate it...And the only reason they do to us what they do cause you tolerate it."
Gordon Shumway
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That is, beyond a doubt, the strangest part of all. Why the hell would you shoot towards your partner!?
The cop hates negroes that much.
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