[Bonnevie]

Originally Posted by Swoop

Please, “driving while black” is the most perpetrated false narrative. Yet if enough people repeat it, it must be true...

Are you kidding me? It’s happened to Tim Scott a Republican senator seven times. Have you ever asked an African-American about it? Show me anything that says it’s a myth other than the opinion of people who want to believe it’s a myth.

Originally Posted by Swoop

If you go by what is reported by the national news networks, you would assume that unarmed blacks were being killed daily by police, in numbers much higher than whites. Actually there were 13 unarmed blacks shot by police last year and twice as many whites. The media decides what they want you to hear. If Floyd was white, the national news media wouldn’t even have picked up his story!!

You are correct. What doesn’t fit the media narrative doesn’t get reported. And what does get reported is distorted. Blake now admits to Wisconsin DOJ he had a weapon on the floor of his car, a knife, while he was reaching down inside his car. If the black community had a reputation for being law abiding, hard working instead of welfare dependents then there would be no issue with the police. Why doesn’t the media give attention to the successful blacks to create a more positive image?

[Bonnevie]

Race and policing in America: 10 things we know | Pew Research Center

if anyone cares to read facts

[Swoop]

Originally Posted by Bonnevie

Are you kidding me? It’s happened to Tim Scott a Republican senator seven times. Have you ever asked an African-American about it? Show me anything that says it’s a myth other than the opinion of people who want to believe it’s a myth.

Plenty of people claim it. Luckily more police now wear body cams to expose the truth.

NAACP president in SC says he was racially profiled; body cam video shows otherwise

[Bjeanj]

Swoop, thank you for directing me to the news coverage of this arrest.

What this suggests to me is that police need to be retrained to NOT rely on guns or brute force for many situations. I don’t know what the answer is, but this has got to change.

[gatorbill1]

Originally Posted by soonerforever

MSM would never try to stoke racial tensions now would they.

How did you ever watch MSM???? Couldn't find it on Comcast lineup.

[soonerforever]

Originally Posted by gatorbill1

How did you ever watch MSM???? Couldn't find it on Comcast lineup.

Cutting the cable is the cure for the affliction.

Originally Posted by Bonnevie

Race and policing in America: 10 things we know | Pew Research Center

if anyone cares to read facts

This is a survey of opinions not facts. The fact are in a 2019 Report by Michigan State University that I posted about a week ago. What you think are facts are just incorrect perceptions.

[gatorbill1]

Originally Posted by soonerforever

Cutting the cable is the cure for the affliction.

When I checked there is no such station as msm anywhere MSNBC?

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Swoop

The exact same thing did happen to a white man. Yet there was no media coverage, no riots, no defund the police rhetoric. And clearly, his name is not widely known...

I would imagine he didn't have a funeral fit for royalty either!

[Bonnevie]

Originally Posted by John41

This is a survey of opinions not facts. The fact are in a 2019 Report by Michigan State University that I posted about a week ago. What you think are facts are just incorrect perceptions.

really? the Pew Research Center : Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.

but maybe this one will be more scientific for you.

Findings - The Stanford Open Policing Project

[Lindsyburnsy]

Originally Posted by Swoop

If you go by what is reported by the national news networks, you would assume that unarmed blacks were being killed daily by police, in numbers much higher than whites. Actually there were 13 unarmed blacks shot by police last year and twice as many whites. The media decides what they want you to hear. If Floyd was white, the national news media wouldn’t even have picked up his story!!

There are more whites than blacks, so yah, there are probably more whites killed than blacks. Second of all, if George Floyd was white, he would have been treated to a big mac before heading to jail like the white guy that shot up and killed several of the churchgoers, but instead ended up with a knee across his neck for several minutes until he died. Nothing to see here.

[chet2020]

Originally Posted by Swoop

Tony Timpa, google his name. You’ll get the local news coverage, complete with video, but no national coverage. But there were a few minor differences that make Tony’s story even worse...

Dallas Officers Pinned Tony Timpa and Joked During Fatal Encounter, Video Shows - The New York Times

Tony Timpa death: Dallas police body cam footage shows officers mocking a man who later died - CNN

Excited delirium cited in fatal police cases. Some say it's bogus.

Tony Timpa death: Disturbing video shows Dallas police officers joking as they restrain man who died - CBS News

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

[louie34]

So true!

[Bonnevie]

[QUOTE=Swoop;1823796]What is racist, is the news media selectively deciding what stories you see, based solely on race. Again, if Floyd had been white, his story would not have made it to the national news outlets. Tony Timpa’s death was startlingly similar, but he was white. That’s why you never saw his story, or know his name!![/QUOTE

well, then you didn't look very hard: and this was from cnn, nytimes, washington post

Tony Timpa death: Dallas police body cam footage shows officers mocking a man who later died - CNN

Dallas Officers Pinned Tony Timpa and Joked During Fatal Encounter, Video Shows - The New York Times

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...later-he-died/