Disproportionate police agression against minorities has been with us for decades and it is entirely reasonable to posit that it has not grown worse in the past couple years. So why are we witnessing the expression of so much angst by the African American community over these latest "trigger events?" Perhaps it is because they can be captured and memorialized for all to see on our ubiquitous cell cameras, and/or because the collective anger can be spread ro the community immeidately via social media, and/or maybe African Americans feel distraught that their overall plight in the country is at best no worse that in was 7 years ago and the window of opportunity for improvement is closing with the end of the Obama regime? Making matters worse, they are being displaced virtually everywhere polically by Hispanics.
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Card carrying anti-establishment RINO!
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Always a brilliant argument.
add in the nomadic Hispanics and you've got - conservatism rational
I wasn't blaming Obama for anything. I just wondered if his devotees are a little frustrated that he didn't exactly roll back the tides with his eloquence... and now that he's lame who can they possibly imagine will fundamentally change America?
I agree the cell phone video feature has brought out into the light what has always been said about the Cop (mostly white cop) vs Black Male confrontations in America for more than a century. But just because our (America's) dirty little secret it's now - and finally - exposed being brought to light you think it suddenly an issue because Obama is a Black man (well half white too). Now, 7 years later the Reagan Phone/Bush phone has finally taken root and everyone has a cell phone and they're using them. more than 8 years ago not everyone had a video capable phone - not anymore. Everyone has one and now our dirty little secret is racing around the internet and it ain't pretty. Racism in American didn't go anywhere - it's always been here -
Hispanics aren't making matters worse - conservatism in the likes of Trump who pushed the envelope enabling the racists in America to come out of the closet and be counted, make it worse. Just read this board - no shortage in the lack of shame with the racist comments available here. Take you for instance, you're one of those quiet racists who think you're one of those positive conservatives with Liberal views on race and culture and yet, you're not.
I don't mean percentages. I mean the numbers....yes?
You blamed Bush for everything and you know it. It's how you political blinders-wearing fruit cups (both sides of the aisle, mind you) see the world.
I blamed Bush for the lie to get the US to invade Iraq, the tax benefits to the wealthy, and final deregulations of the financial sector with all the subsequent failures because of it and them
I certainly don't give him credit for Clinton's mistakes or his fathers mistakes or Reagan's. W and Cheney created much of what we face today globally, financial and civil. Those two should be in jail - for real - for the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraq's, the deaths and injuries of thousands of American soldiers and the destruction of the US econ along with the theft of homes created in the econ meltdown. The total destabilization of the middle east can be directly shown to be because of their lies on Iraq WMD. This country has inherited the legacy of W and Cheney and none of it has been good - not one thing. None of my opinion on Bush Cheney has anything to do with racism.
But me defending Obama for the racist bullshit of Curly and his neo-con gift has zero to do with W or Cheney - nor is it a hypocrisy to point out Curly's post is racist bullshit.
PS: and the reason I blame Bush Cheney for those things is because they are true and proved so. Curly's post is just Bullshit.
And what's with the ad hominems, cupcake? It's so unbecoming!
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On the contrary, you are more likely to be shot by a cop if you are white. If you are black, you are more likely to be shot by a black cop than a white cop.
As for high minority arrest rates, cops are trained to go where the violence is. And, blacks committed more murders in 2014 than whites and hispanics combined. Therefore, black communities are the focal point in policing.
But don't let facts get in the way of a good yarn against cops.
How else do you explain the 3000+ murders in Chicago this year, virtually all black on black
Are there any riots in Chicago?
Of course not
Or that 2/3 folks killed by a cop are white?
Most murders are committed by black folks
What a fucking racist I am for quoting facts, right Jimbasil?
You liberal piece of shit
....to offer informed commentary on the experience of inner-city minorities than you.
Well done!
consider them.
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You are a caucasian!
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Black people are far more likely to be killed by cops.
Link: http://www.snopes.com/do-police-kill-more-whites-than-blacks/
Black people comprise 39% of all arrests for violent crime, so you would expect they should be 39%, give or take a few percentage points, of all police shooting deaths.
Wrong. They are 25%.
And Roland Freyer found that, per police interaction, black suspects/criminals are LESS likely to be killed than white suspects/criminals.
You and others call into question the behavior of the police, when in fact it is the behavior of black suspects/criminals that leads to a higher shooting rate per capita. The studies and data make this clear...crystal clear, in fact.
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Disproportionate to the percentage of blacks in the U.S., si'? A convenient omission, fer sher.
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Now go stack some sandbags, beeeyatch, you're below sea level, fer chrissakes!
Of course blacks are killed in disproportionate numbers compared to whites. That is because blacks disproportionaly commit more violent crime than whites!
If blacks were not committing crimes, there would be less police interaction and less police shootings. But again, blacks commit murder more frequently than whites; hence the increased police interaction.
Which you now admit is utter bullshit.
I accept your apology.
white. If you are black, you are more likely to be shot by a black cop than a white cop.
Those are the facts.
Now it is in "police encounters," which shows that you have been reading a bit about it.
But that remains only true if you don't understand that risk is related to population size. More whites are shot by cops, true. But the risk is far greater for black men than white, because there are fewer of them.
In, fact, I agree. Blacks are more likely to be stopped by cops than whites.
The risk to a black man being shot by a cop is therefore higher.
But again, the reason is because cops go where the crime is, not where their "racist beliefs" tell them to go.
It is simply staggering to note that blacks are a fraction of the population compared to whites and hispanics, but the number of murders committed by blacks exceeds the number of murders committed by whites and hispanics.
There are some deep pathologies in some black communities, which accounts for the increased policing. The cops are getting a bad rap.
But I do also think that these pathologies mean that cops get conditioned to treat all black people differently. It's understandable, but I can also see why that would lead to frustration and distrust. On both sides.
Did you know that black health care outcomes have leveled off with whites? But black men still have a markedly lower life expectancy for basically one reason: they kill each other.
The health care profession should treat the black murder rate as a pathology and start counseling mothers and fathers and children the first chance they get into recognizing how abnormal it is compared to other populations. But somebody might call that profiling I guess...
Now pass me another 40, I gots me some driving to do!
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