Thank you. She may not have been a "bad" copy as in a "dirty" cop but she is a bad cop due to negligence and/or poor training. Mistaking a firearm for a taser is a MAJOR mistake and in this situation a deadly mistake. |
And of course it had to be made into a racial issue even when it wasn’t one. |
The officer made a stupid, tragic mistake and I don't think that's the racial part. The racial part is the BS pretext stop for "expired plates" that led to a possible air freshener violation. The racial part is that the situation escalated so quickly and her instinct was to subdue/tase the dangerous angry Black man. It does seem that Wright's actions contributed to this with the resisting, but I doubt that a white person would have been stopped in the first place or handled like Wright was for similar resistance. |
Whether it was racial or not, this is the world we live in. Sorry it's an inconvenient narrative for you to follow but I'm sure the world treats you a lot better than it does to most people of color. Sorry this makes you uncomfortable. |
If you can't understand how race likely played into this tragic event, then there's no use even trying to convince you....but I doubt you even care. You're probably more angry about the protests than you are about a 20 year old man being killed. |
It is. I'm a white female and when I was young, I was outright hostile to cops. Ran from them, yelled at them, gave them attitude, etc. None ever tazed me. Most laughed it off, let me off with a warning instead of a ticket, hell some would give me their #. BIPOC can't do that. |
Wow. I'm also a white female and have had cops treat me like crap. FWIW, I have never been "in trouble" with the law--not even a speeding ticket. This is when I had to make a police report as a victim. I would never yell at a cop or "give them attitude." |
| Black female here. I have been pulled over about 5 times in my life and all experiences have been pleasant, all but one only gave a warning, and they were very polite and not threatening in the least. The only time I was scared was when pulled over with my husband when we were 21/ 18. That cop was nasty and menacing to my husband and I did not like the way it made us feel. We were looking at Christmas lights in a very upscale neighborhood and dreaming when this happened and it ruined our date. But, I understand this is not everyone's experience and use it only as an example that you cannot take your own experiences I to account. |
Another white female here. I’ve never once been let off with a warning. Tickets every time (just minor speeding, nothing serious). I’m very polite and I immediately find everything the police will need before they get to my car and hand it over without a fuss. I’m so sick of people acting like white people treat police like crap and get away with it. First, we don’t treat police like crap. And second, we don’t get away with things either. It’s never crossed my mind to complain about police officers doing their job. |
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Just curious here; informal poll
- how many felony warrants does everyone have? - how many illegal gun charges did you have when you were 20? - what’s everyone’s rap sheet look like, especially as to narcotics dealing before you were 21? - does anyone here have insurance on their car? |
Irrelevant. People who commit crimes still have rights, like it or not. |
Like it or not, cops have a right to be maybe a little more cautious around armed drug dealers, doncha think? |
The warrant was a misdemeanor. Why does Kyle R get to illegally bring a gun to a state and the cops don’t shoot him? |
All of this is hindsight. At the time, he was a just a Black kid, and that alone was enough to make him scary. |