Big Baybee
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My coworkers are aware of their privilege and tell me stories like this all the time.
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Staten Island Grand Jury Does Not Indict in Eric Garner Case
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My coworkers are aware of their privilege and tell me stories like this all the time.
Don't drop too quickly. They might feel threatened.
IIRC, Ferguson police had rifles and dogs out before any rioting occurred.
Jmanunknown
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You maybe on to something because out of all the cases of civilians getting assaulted of killed by cops this year the only one i can remember where a on duty cop actually got charged with anything is the South Carolina incident where the cop shot the guy reaching for his license.
I would like to add body cameras will not solve anything. Their have been four police involved killings in the last five months where police clearly killed people without a just cause on video and so far 3 out of four cops got off without charges. The only reason the fourth cop has not got off without being charged with anything is because it just happened last week. John Crawford, Dillion Taylor, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice all four of these people killed on video by police officers none of them did anything to warrant them being killed yet they were still killed and every single officer who killed them are still police officers and still free.
Princess Carl
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I feel physically ill.
Yeah, no doubt. Just thought it was crazy that even FOX was shocked at this announcement, and didn't think it was the right call. But you are right, I'm sure they will quickly start doing segments to excuse it (as you said, a focus on the guys criminal history) etc.
Mammoth Jones
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Yep, same here, lol.
Fox is split on the matter. Some are outraged. Some are more concerned about the protests disrupting the tree lighting ceremony.
*boggles*
I haven't seen this much dissonance in news reporting since the day Romney lost.
Sadly, most people I know don't see it as privilege. They see it as reality, and thus think it's how everyone else has it too. They take it for granted, and then just assume other people are complaining etc.
Ah didn't keep up on it past the post made by that GAF member (don't watch FOX). But lol, got to have that "split opinion" to satisfy their audience. Cant' entirely side with the victim. Fair and balanced and all that.
Ferguson made me take a pretty big hit. Same thing with that 12 year old getting straight up murdered. And now this. I'm seriously scared and angry as hell.
And then knowing that this has gone on for decades even when I was a child and yet 30 years after, nothing has changed at all. It just gives me an emotional breakdown.
And then knowing that this has gone on for decades even when I was a child and yet 30 years after, nothing has changed at all. It just gives me an emotional breakdown.
As long as the toll booth ejects money at them when they pass it, sure.
Tim the Wiz
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Yup. This is a bigger issue than police misconduct. When the criminal justice system fails to hold its watchmen properly accountable, standards of policing will continue to be flawed. The incentives placed on prosecutors to act within their own interest before that of the public or justice at large needs to be balanced more tangibly.
Then is an ATM. No card or PIN necessary.
This seems like a case where having a video actually helped. I mean, who knows if the cop will be prosecuted, but I'll bet the victim would be up on charges for resisting arrest if it wasn't for the video.
Gentleman Jack
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Yeah I give my white coworkers shit for telling stories about the time they got caught without a license and an expired registration and got off.
I don't think they ever really understand that I'm not joking.
User Name Here
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Wow. Not that the cop would have done anything if he found out you were lying anyway lol.
Jmanunknown
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It does not matter if you break the law or not, the police can still kill you and get away with it. Their have been two or three cases of this type of incident this year and the police still got away with it. They will just call it a mistake and the jury and or prosecution will just go along with it.
I dunno, this cop clearly broke the law and didn't get in trouble.
So why is Akai Gurley dead?
Snkfanatic
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Fucking disgusting. Heard it on the news on my way home. I just simply cannot fathom how anyone in their right mind could have seen what they did and just let them go.
Chie Satonaka
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I'm still trying to figure out how victim blaming in this thread is even remotely acceptable.
yes, and you don't have to prove anything to a grand jury other than the existence of evidence -- it isn't their job to determine guilt. It's a rigged system that outputs a nearly 100% indictment rate when it is not the police being accused
They rely on the prosecutor's interpretation of the law and entirely on the prosecutor's case (and any witnesses they choose to bring in)
MooseKnuckles
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Jesus... I hadn't come across this story before. Disgraceful.
Gordon Shumway
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It's not. Doubt it'll last..
I wonder if the tree lighting program on NBC is going to make mention of the unrest.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion I guess.
Everyone's entitled to their opinion I guess.
jamesinclair
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Reports that NYPD has begun arresting people that are trying to protest near Rockefeller.
NBC > Constitution
NBC > Constitution
This is extremely disheartening. In this case as in Ferguson, it looks like prosecutors used sham grand jury proceedings to cover their unwillingness to prosecute police officers. The only encouraging thing about it is that most people see right through the ruse, when it's brought to their attention. Maybe if we keep paying attention and pushing for accountability we will eventually get it.
kame-sennin
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Hence, for all intents and purposes, there are no good cops.
"He was asking for it. Besides he was a criminal and probably a thug."
They'll think whatever they need to keep looking away from clear and egregious injustice. Like anyone who has racial biases.
Sho_Nuff82
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He ain't coming back dude.
Christopher
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Better to make sure the people at home don't start thinking the status quo has been upset.
Punchy4486
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I know. I just... I don't even know what to do anymore. It's this or cry.
I used to get angry because I thought there was hope. This one broke me. I'm disillusioned now. I've given up.
I wish there was something I could say to people faced with this reality, but I am at a total loss. There's really nothing you can do, black people are essentially Palestinians in this country, and the Israeli government is coming for you.
I decided to turn on Fox and Greta seems pretty upset at the outcome.
From all the reports, the police were called in because of the fight.
The fight that Garner broke up.
They saw him there and things proceeded.
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