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It's about time we stop judging the impact and frequency of racism based on what we see in our everyday lives because our individual bubbles are such a minuscule representation of the issues in this country and this world.
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It did but only because I backed off.
Believe my blood was up at that moment and I was ready to push back because I knew my truck had not been parked that long. The guy had a pumped up wild look in his eye, He was pushing me to fight. I almost took his bait. He was a bad cop. For all I know, if I had push back he might have shot me. I can understand how a young person might be in a similar situation and be pushed into fighting back. An officer should never act in an aggressive harassing way to prompted an altercation. |
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We had a situation in Green Bay that was under investigation and ultimately dismissed in favor of the cop. No racism involved, just a complete nut job of a cop that's had multiple complaints over the last few years. While racism is definitely a component in the Ferguson case, I think an underlying issue is that there are a lot of over aggressive cops that just shouldn't be in that profession.
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Where did I say racism does not exist? Please name a country where it does not exist. The hyperbole is this narrative that every incident is about race. That is the narrative that is trying to keep the fires of racism flaming and not trying to bring us together. |
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The slightly angry response from the black community in Ferguson suggests it might have something to do with race.
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And the fact that black men are killed by police all the time. Eric Garner is just another recent example. There's a reason why the black community is so upset and it's because this isn't an isolated incident, this happens everyday in America. Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference |
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Do you know how many blacks have been shot in Chicago since January? 26 last week. Post the number and cite source. Police are killing blacks every day? Post the number and cite source. |
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Can we please stop using Chicago as a poster-child for murders? Per-capita it is not even in the top 20 in the USA.
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The problem lies on both sides; the ones that makes everything about race, and the ones that ignore it's happening. Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference |
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It is well researched and documented that black people get treated very differently to white people, higher incarceration rates and more likely to have exceptional force used against them. Or do you think black people are just more naturally violent? It was only when us Irish were stopped being treated as sub-human animals that we were allowed to move up in the world, that came at the unfortunate expense of black people. |
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I think many of will always give the benefit of the doubt to our "tribe" first. But we need to catch it early and let reason be our guide. When we see events like this on the news - we need look at the facts and perhaps wait a few days before developing an opinion. It's so rare the media gets the story right. It may turn out that Michael Brown was indeed a "thug" - but as a society, we need to examine the root cause, address it, and solve it - not deny he was a thug (he was) or simply write him off (he's still a child of God). |
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So far nothing about this story proves to me it was justifiable, but not all the facts are out there, and some of the facts that are are fishy. Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference |
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As for systemic racism, just look at how much more favorably the media portrays white killers compared to black victims:
When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims Headline about white killer: Ala. suspect brilliant, but social misfit Black shooting victim: Montgomery's latest shooting victim had history of narcotics abuse, tangles with law White killer: Son in Staten Island murders was brlliant, athletic - but his demons were the death of parents Black victim: Trayvon Martin was suspended three times from school White killer: Oregon school shooting suspect had fascination with guns, but was devout Mormon, friends say Black victim: Police: Slain Lakeland teen had been shot before, death possibly drug-related White criminal: Straight A student plotted to bomb school Black victim: Shooting victim had many run-ins with the law Notice a pattern? |
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^ wow.
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