[tomwed]

Here's the video of Eric Garner being arrested. click here

[rubicon]

What does being treated equally under the law mean? What if a white guy claims he was not treated equally under the law because he got a speeding ticket but he knows for sure that some drop dead blonde beauty was given a warning. Well that in my view is happening here. It is a common practice for thugs to claim they are being unfairly picked on.


its clear certain black leaders are demanding that police stand down and not because their unjust but because it is a concealed effort at anarchy.

I feel very badly for police officers all over this nation because if the politicians give in they will place these folks in greater danger

[Rags123]

Originally Posted by janmcn

I was referring to the Eric Garner case. It makes me very sad. I guess one's feelings are directly related to the color of your skin.

Your comment is so wrong and unfair and totally uncalled for. Why is race always the issue with you folks ?

If it is not race, some are not excited and cranked up. This is fun for some.

You know there are arrests, shootings, and accidents that actually have nothing to do with race.

What makes it about race ? Pretty much posts like this that continue this thinking and the media and certain leaders who prey on this kind of thinking.

These comments come from people who supposedly want no race problems yet they will always make one where they can.

Those comments are relative to your comments.

As far as the case, all I know is what I read and see and it surprised me no indictment, but I am not seeing race !

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Do the good people there seem upset or angry? Did you see the races interacting positively? Is this where you are from?

Still have family in a couple small towns around/connected to STL. The good people are upset with the media and the fuel the are adding to a sad situation. There are a lot of good people of different color calling each other neighbors. There was a church, majority of the worshipers being black, was burnt down. A few are hurting a lot of good people.

Even though a majority of the people are black and a majority of the police are white, there is support for the police department. I think even the police department would like to see more black officers, but if there are no applicants.....difficult to hire.

Conversation is good. Looting and burning is not. Which is the media covering??

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Still have family in a couple small towns around/connected to STL. The good people are upset with the media and the fuel the are adding to a sad situation. There are a lot of good people of different color calling each other neighbors. There was a church, majority of the worshipers being black, was burnt down. A few are hurting a lot of good people.

Even though a majority of the people are black and a majority of the police are white, there is support for the police department. I think even the police department would like to see more black officers, but if there are no applicants.....difficult to hire.

Conversation is good. Looting and burning is not. Which is the media covering??

Thank-you so much for sharing. Too bad no one but us will know what you saw. That sounds hopeful, doesn't it?

[Rags123]

Originally Posted by janmcn

I was referring to the Eric Garner case. It makes me very sad. I guess one's feelings are directly related to the color of your skin.

What were your feelings regarding any of these...

This was resolved with the use of a body camera, which I think are great...

"Officer Bron Cruz, who was described as non-white, shot Taylor once in the chest and once in the stomach after he refused to obey police.

Officer Cruz said he believed Taylor had a weapon and intended to use it.

No weapon was found on or near Taylor’s body.

One big difference in the two cases was officer Cruz was wearing a body camera.

Footage from the officer’s body camera (see video above) shows Officer Cruz repeatedly ordered Dillon to show his hands.

On the footage Taylor can be heard saying “Nah, fool.”

Taylor quickly raised his left hand from inside his waistband, lifted his shirt level with his armpit and quickly brought out his right hand."

Salt Lake cop cleared in shooting of unarmed white man | WREG.com

Then in Orange Texas, a black officer who happened to be a captain shot down an unarmed veteran and killed him. This happened in 2010 and if you read the link, you may have trouble learning the race of each.....

"Editor's Note: The Examiner has obtained a copy of the 38-page document filed by Orange Police Chief Sam Kittrell outlining the findings of his internal investigation into the shooting death of James Whitehead, a decorated U.S. Marine by off-duty police captain Robert Arnold, following a verbal disturbance. Kittrell's report has been reprinted in its entirety in order to provide readers with an accurate sense of what occurred on the day the unarmed man was killed. Robert Arnold, a captain with the city of Orange Police Department, who shot and killed a decorated U.S. Marine during an verbal disturbance at the O'Reilly Auto Parts store in July, has been indefinitely suspended and is now facing a federal civil rights investigation"

Orange cop suspended, facing federal investigation in shooting death of U.S. Marine hero | The Examiner

There are many more but how were your feelings on these shootings ?

[Rags123]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Still have family in a couple small towns around/connected to STL. The good people are upset with the media and the fuel the are adding to a sad situation. There are a lot of good people of different color calling each other neighbors. There was a church, majority of the worshipers being black, was burnt down. A few are hurting a lot of good people.

Even though a majority of the people are black and a majority of the police are white, there is support for the police department. I think even the police department would like to see more black officers, but if there are no applicants.....difficult to hire.

Conversation is good. Looting and burning is not. Which is the media covering??

Thanks for this post.

Amazing isnt it WHO IS RUNNING THIS ALL !!!! The control over these situations should be so clear and immediate yet folks still screaming the same stuff.

So many people are tied to BLACKS BEING DEPENDENT and being made to feel sorry for, and I DO, but because ever since the 60's this charade has been taking place. An entire race of so many many good people being used

[Bay Kid]

It would scare me to be a white police officer in this time. Maybe only black police should be working the black neighborhoods. Better for all.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

It would scare me to be a white police officer in this time. Maybe only black police should be working the black neighborhoods. Better for all.

I've gone there myself.........Black policing Black, but that supports (in my small mind) "Hands up, don't shoot." I think all good police should police all.

Again, my small mind............I think if Officer Wilson was black, Brown would still be dead.

[jgmroc67]

Is this an appropriate subject for TOTV. It belongs, I think, on Facebook. No one here has all the facts, only opinions based on their experiences.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by jgmroc67

Is this an appropriate subject for TOTV. It belongs, I think, on Facebook. No one here has all the facts, only opinions based on their experiences.

I think if TOTV was only about facts rather than opinion, rumor and inuendo that it would be out of business.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by jgmroc67

Is this an appropriate subject for TOTV. It belongs, I think, on Facebook. No one here has all the facts, only opinions based on their experiences.

After just 3 posts you figured out that TOTV should not include opinions based on a lifetime of experiences. Give me a link to the facts you are reading. I'd like to read them too. I don't use Facebook. It's too big. Respect your elders. You don't have to agree with them.

[rubicon]

All this back and forth concerning this topic is interesting but we all know the truth but the truth isn't what's on the agenda. The reactions by some blacks is a serious set back for race relations. The biggest offenders are just the high level leaders that should step up and dispel the myths so articulated by Thomas Sowell, Jason Riley and even Charles Barkley

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by jgmroc67

Is this an appropriate subject for TOTV. It belongs, I think, on Facebook. No one here has all the facts, only opinions based on their experiences.

That is part of ToTV..............facts, opinions, opinions acting as facts.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

That is part of ToTV..............facts, opinions, opinions acting as facts.

I wish I could be that succinct. Let me elaborate on that......................