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Originally Posted by meme5x
Not to stir the pot, but question why it’s OK for blacks to continually keep killing each other... also when police question someone, black or white, resistant shouldn’t be an option when a crime has been committed. Most publicized cases have been noted that a crime was committed... should they just go unnoticed?
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No one ever in this history of race relations ever said it's "OK for blacks to kill each other. " Well, I'm wrong. I have heard racists say it is great that they kill each other.
No one has every said that cops should not do their job to protect and serve. The issue is whether the cops do it wrong, and for the wrong reasons. You certainly have never heard of
cops planting drugs, or even
dropping a gun at a scene These are both well known techniques. And cops certainly always tell the truth about what happened in their reports and on the stand. Have you heard the term "testilying"
Cameras are now documenting what POC have been saying.
Read this story of cops being brutal and lying about it, of course regarding a Black man
Cops are not paragons of virtue, nor is that true of any field. There are great cops, ok cops, and sadly terrible cops, racist cops, abusive cops, power hungry cops, etc. And the good ones certainly outnumber the bad ones.
What happens when a
cop complains up the chain that one of the other cops is a bad cop? Do you honestly believe that making a complaint like that is good for the complaining cop? Does the police union protect bad cops?
If the Black experience in this country is that they are targeted by cops, I believe them. Every study has shown there are more stops of
Blacks while driving. Marijuana arrests are overwhelming higher in Black people than white even though whites use at a higher rate than Blacks. Selective policing at its worst. That a Black man stopped by a cop is in fear that he is not going to be treated fairly is based on reality. When reaching for your ID as ordered by the cop gets you killed as the cop says he thought you were reaching for a gun and the cop gets away with it, you might fear for your life in a routine traffic stop for a broken tail light.
The problem with the few bad apples in the barrel is that it spoils the whole barrel.
Are there justified shootings, of course. One in Columbus Ohio yesterday. Amazingly the police released the video within a couple hours of the shooting. Proves it can be done, release video right away when it shows the cop was justified. Makes me wonder about those cases where it takes months to get the video released.
Chauvin is a bad apple. His rot is going to take down a couple more cops who had the misfortune to be assigned with him and who were afraid to do what they should have done.. stopped a murder, because they knew what was expected of a rookie cop, defend the blue line. Wrong, they should have defended the public and the life of George Floyd.