Bikeracer2009 |
08-26-2020 09:30 PM |
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
(Post 1823349)
The incident with his ex-girlfriend (not ex-wife) happened in JUNE.
The incident with the police shooting him in the back happened this week.
It isn't even known yet whether or not the police even knew there was a warrant for his arrest, when they shot him. He was in the process breaking up a fight between two women, when the police arrived, supposedly in response to the fight between the two women.
Since they don't wear body cameras in Kenosha but only microphones, it isn't going to be clear what actually happened, or why. It will be the word of one black guy who has an arrest warrant on him, versus the word of police officers.
And since everyone knows black men who are wanted for a crime are incapable of ever telling the truth, ever, of course the police version of what happened will be considered as factual. Right?
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Straw man fallacy; occurs when someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it in some kind of extreme way and then attacks the extreme distortion as if that is really the claim the first person or group is making.
You make the argument that the people commenting on this topic believe all black men wanted for a crime lie and all police tell the truth. I have read through the comments and don't see where this has been claimed. I may have missed it though.
You state we'll never know what happened because there is only audio of what happened because the police don't have body cams. We have two videos and the audio. We also have witness testimony.
There are two polar opposite views being presented. One in which Mr Blake was the victim of racist cops or cowardly cops too afraid to wait and see what Mr Blake was about to do as he entered his SUV. The police should've been able to apprehend Mr Blake without shooting him. 7 shots were too many and proof the police acted nefariously or with racial hatred. Mr Blake was there with good intentions to prevent a fight and was leaving with his kids when he was attacked and killed by the racist cops.
The other view is one in which Mr Blake was a wanted man who fought with police attempting to arrest him on an open warrant and when that failed they tasered him and when that didn't work they pulled their guns as he ignored them and walked to his driver's side door and when that didn't work the cop pulled on his shirt as Mr Blake opened his driver's side door and finally when that didn't work, Mr Blake bent forward into the vehicle and the officer shot him 7 times in the back.
It will be interesting to hear the audio from the officer's microphones.
I have stated in past postings that the villages is the most racist place I've ever lived in. I've said this because of the number of times I've heard the "n" word tossed about and the time I read a post in which a black person was a crook or scammer because he was black and not for any other reason. Later to be proven a legitimate roofing contractor. A few other comments etc not worth going into. But I don't believe the comments I've read in this post have been racist. Admittedly I could have missed it. I don't think anyone is racist for believing Mr Blake acted in a way that lead himself down the path he chose. He did so with reckless disregard for the safety of everyone around him, including his children.
Show me racism and I'll stand with you to defeat it. Believing Mr Blake was wrong for what he did and the cops did everything they could to not shoot him is not a racially driven belief.
Calling someone a racist has become the trademark of someone that has lost an argument or when a person lacks the ability to articulate their view. When their view is not adopted they simply fall back on ad hominem. The term should be reserved for when it's truly proven and to shame the individual or organization publicly.
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