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have black communities ever tried diplomacy?

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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,778
    I'd like to see how well some of you do with a badge, gun, and as much backup as you want. Not as easy as it looks.
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,778

    A lot of armchair law enforcers hiding behind computer screens here, If you ever get robbed you're going to want that cop to show up 4 hours later and tell you they don't give a shit.

    You can't expect them to get there on time when they are tasering some drunk dude peeing on the side of a building. Priorities.
    They keep us safe...from our own opinions.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6bVa6jn4rpE

  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    PurpleJ said:

    I'd like to see how well some of you do with a badge, gun, and as much backup as you want. Not as easy as it looks.

    Yeah..they are all fucking heroes.
  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,587
    This could be a result of the Iraq War...how many guys came back from that shit-show and became police officers?

    And while I'd never dream of going to East St. Louis, it sounds like cop simply lost it. Even if the kid somehow got leverage on the cop prior to the shooting, I don't know how the cop can defend firing multiple shots at him when he was 10-15 yards away (from what I've read).

    The looting is inexcusable because it reinforces negative stereotypes of blacks. It also saddens me that, practically each time this kind of deadly incidents happen, it seems like the parents aren't married (different last names). From what I've read, Asian-Americans and whites have the highest marriage rates and the lowest out-of-wedlock births while blacks and latinos are the opposite. Bringing a child into the world without two parents immediately puts that child behind the 8 ball and makes his / her odds of succeeding in life worse.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    HFNY said:

    This could be a result of the Iraq War...how many guys came back from that shit-show and became police officers?

    And while I'd never dream of going to East St. Louis, it sounds like cop simply lost it. Even if the kid somehow got leverage on the cop prior to the shooting, I don't know how the cop can defend firing multiple shots at him when he was 10-15 yards away (from what I've read).

    The looting is inexcusable because it reinforces negative stereotypes of blacks. It also saddens me that, practically each time this kind of deadly incidents happen, it seems like the parents aren't married (different last names). From what I've read, Asian-Americans and whites have the highest marriage rates and the lowest out-of-wedlock births while blacks and latinos are the opposite. Bringing a child into the world without two parents immediately puts that child behind the 8 ball and makes his / her odds of succeeding in life worse.

    Causation!

  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 26,246 Standard Supporter

    Everything always turns into a racial issue, but the real issue here is the nationwide militarization of local police forces. There is no more friendly neighborhood cop who protect, serve and help their community. They are being taught to patrol their streets like it's Fallujah. I read stories every day of police shooting unarmed citizens for asking why they're being arrested then lying that they were fighting back, tasering 70 year old women, shooting dogs just because they're there, tear gassing obvious peaceful protestors. It's sad.

    Are there actual statistics to back this up or is it just internet talk?