Fascinating how black men who commit “multiple felonies” often end up executed by the police. Since you’re going to bring up irrelevant things like black on black, how come none of the Michigan “patriots” were arrested or shot or executed despite breaking the law and being heavily armed?
C’mon Spidey, I bet you can even figure this one out!
(It’s racism!)
Fascinating how those rallies didn't evolve into riots with burning, looting and assaults. I agree those guys were idiots to bring weapons but I don't believe that is a crime either. And did you watch the video from Atlanta? How the cops were respectful and professional all the way up to when they tried to arrest him...after that they were reacting to his escalation, not theirs
The white guys with guns and body armor repeatedly touched officers. It's against the law in Michigan to enter a government building with a weapon.
The rioting protesters in Little Rock were in the middle of kneeling with police officers when the riot squad opened fire and launched tear gas into the kneeling crowd. It's a war crime to offer false surrender.
See that pattern?
If not, we can do this all day.
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
Percentage-wise? Pretty close to black on black killings. And when controlling for economic circumstances, crime rates aren't all that far off either. Those who try and throw the "Black on Black crime" smokebomb forget that other people can read data too (and likely better or that stupid stat wouldn't be thrown out very much).
Most murder victims knew their killer - and people tend to segregate. Unless you are part of a tiny ethnic group for your area, if you are murdered the killer is most likely going to be of the same ethnic group as you.
Overall crime rates (for non-white collar crime) tend to be inversely proportional to the amount of wealth in the area - the poorer the neighborhood, the higher the crime rate. This cuts across racial lines, and has been a known fact for years. Fighting poverty IS fighting crime, no matter what the detractors say. And I say that as a fiscal conservative - I prefer value for my tax dollar, and ballooning police budgets don't make me feel safer, not when the police seem divorced from all accountability.
Dark does not mean deep.
I think from Portland there is video of the police ordering a crowd to disperse, which they actually start to do. The police open fire anyways.
The police have been exceptionally heavy handed to all of this, and it has been repeatedly caught on film - that's part of why so many people are turning against the way they work.
Other reasons are stuff like the Buffalo officers resigning in protest over one of their own being held accountable, and the ever increasing use of civil forfeiture - which isn't confined to minorities. Once the people who trusted the police get burned by them (having your stuff taken by armed people and not having any real due process behind it sounds more like mugging/armed robbery) they will be primed to start questioning the rest of the stuff the department does as well.
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Dark does not mean deep.
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Does anybody doubt that if Brooks were white they would have driven him to his sisters to sleep it off?
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!