Pray for Charlotte, NC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

The Atlantic - http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/black-on-black-racism-the-hazards-of-implicit-bias/384028/
Black-on-Black Racism: The Hazards of Implicit Bias
How the politics of respectability twists society

This dynamic is obviously a direct result of racism. Too often, racism is seen as a social phenomenon that happens to black people. But it happens through black people as well. That is, the negative associations thrust upon black people and black culture can color how we black people view each other. Blacks and whites receive the same narratives and images that perpetuate stereotypes of black criminality and flippancy while synonymizing white culture with American values. It is to be expected that there will be an observable impact on black intragroup perceptions.

[Anonymous]

Can a white cop shooting a white guy be racism?
Proof?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

The key is that black people must always be viewed as victims of society. If sometimes other black people must be vilified as racists in order to do this, then so be it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

The key is that black people must always be viewed as victims of society. If sometimes other black people must be vilified as racists in order to do this, then so be it.

Maybe it had nothing to do with race? Hmmmmm? A guy brandishing a gun refuses to drop it when ordered to by several cops, who are yelling in desperation for him to do so? His wife screaming at him "don't do it?" And he has a history of assault with a deadly weapon for which he did time? And he's near a school where kids are just about ready to get out? But no.....that black cop is a racist!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

The key is that black people must always be viewed as victims of society. If sometimes other black people must be vilified as racists in order to do this, then so be it.

Maybe it had nothing to do with race? Hmmmmm? A guy brandishing a gun refuses to drop it when ordered to by several cops, who are yelling in desperation for him to do so? His wife screaming at him "don't do it?" And he has a history of assault with a deadly weapon for which he did time? And he's near a school where kids are just about ready to get out? But no.....that black cop is a racist!

And, maybe race is entered into the equation when it shouldn't be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

eh

I posted the Atlantic article to show one side. I didn't add a response b/c I'm not sure how I feel.

ButiIf a black cop,in the heat of the moment - shoots at a black person brandishing a gun (loaded or not), is s/he thinking that the black buy with a gun is scum b/c of some institutionalized belief shaping his/her perception? Or is s/he shooting at the person just to protect him/herself?

I'm sure the police thought about his family during that moment. Maybe he has kids, a partner, parents, siblings.

I would imagine that self-preservation would probably cross your mind first during a moment like this - and not necessarily skin color.

But if skin color subconsciously plays a role, then we pay more taxes to create anti-bias training programs for police. Expect to pay more, however, b/c trainings - especially nationwide - don't come cheap. And let's not forget the monitoring, which is the data-collection. "Did the training make a difference?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Under Obama we have slowly drifted into a third world country.

SAD!

Anyone else feel that these riots may escalate into a 1960's style fracas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can a white cop shooting a white guy be racism?
Proof?

According to The Root, the terms cracker, white trash, and redneck are not racist if they're aimed at a white person by a white person.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/09/cracker-redneck-and-white-trash-racists/


https://newrepublic.com/article/122117/why-are-white-racists-always-called-white-trash
Why Are White Racists Always Called “White Trash"?

When a white person claims that they are not racist today, what they are saying, for the most part, is that they are not "white trash." In other words, they are not so poor, so miserable as to be obliged to declare their racism openly, nakedly: Since the rhetorical triumph of the civil rights movement, outright bigotry has been banished, more and more, from the field of tolerable public discourse. But there's an interesting parallel, or at least inversion, from the side of the "white trash" racists. The "white trash" racist slogan "white power" is, above all, an attempt to claim that they are not "white trash," but white as such. They believe it is possible to become wealthy, beautiful, powerful, clean, and graceful by treating colored people atrociously: This is true. But the truth of their belief is embodied in the very white people who look down on them with such contempt: It is true, but not for them. Possessing a pale skin without any of the purported pale virtues, they are trapped by whiteness, compelled by it, enslaved by it. White power is always vicious, always violent, and it is always most vicious and violent where most precarious.



[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

The key is that black people must always be viewed as victims of society. If sometimes other black people must be vilified as racists in order to do this, then so be it.

True.

[Anonymous]

so the second mr.scott steps out of his car (possibly holding a gun in his hand), his wife starts screaming "keith don't you do it"

don't you do what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

The key is that black people must always be viewed as victims of society. If sometimes other black people must be vilified as racists in order to do this, then so be it.

Arrogant , asinine oversimplification

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. The hatred displayed by some of you who are bending over backwards to blame the police, and accuse them of planting evidence, is quite sad.

First, we have a man who defiantly pulls up in front of police and rolls a marihuana cigarette. Illegal, and stupid.
Second, the police are dealing with an ex-felon who was sent to prison for assault with a deadly weapon, and who appears to be holding a gun in his hand, and near a school.
Third, they yell at him to drop the gun, and he refuses to comply.
Fourth, they keep yelling to drop the gun, and he continues to defy police commands.
Fifth, they yell again to drop the weapon, and he still refuses.
Sixth, his wife is yelling "Keith, don't do it"! What was it that he was doing that had his wife so desperate for him to stop?

And yet, with all this, it's automatically the "racist" black cop's fault.

Yup. How is it "racist" when they're both the SAME race???

I hate stupid so much it makes my stomach hurt.
Yes you can be racist against your own racial group, ethnic group.
Oh my God what world, what schools did you people attend that you don't understand this????

eh

I posted the Atlantic article to show one side. I didn't add a response b/c I'm not sure how I feel.

ButiIf a black cop,in the heat of the moment - shoots at a black person brandishing a gun (loaded or not), is s/he thinking that the black buy with a gun is scum b/c of some institutionalized belief shaping his/her perception? Or is s/he shooting at the person just to protect him/herself?

I'm sure the police thought about his family during that moment. Maybe he has kids, a partner, parents, siblings.

I would imagine that self-preservation would probably cross your mind first during a moment like this - and not necessarily skin color.

But if skin color subconsciously plays a role, then we pay more taxes to create anti-bias training programs for police. Expect to pay more, however, b/c trainings - especially nationwide - don't come cheap. And let's not forget the monitoring, which is the data-collection. "Did the training make a difference?"

Yes, we need to address subconcious bias that might play into a police encounter with a black person (usually male). But to be fair, we need to acknowledgr WHY there is or may be that bias. I'm hearing a lot about systemic racism, but nothing about the fact that black people commit a disproprtionate amount of crime, and that, knowing that, a cop may feel more threatened when approaching a black guy. Blacks make up only 13% of the population but commit 52% of the murders. So while it's not PC to point it out, some of the subconcious racism is perpetrated by the high rate of crime in the black community, disproprtionate to their numbers.

So it's a two-way street. Police need better training on how to de-escalate a situation (which is NOT always possible), but blacks need to realize that the high crime rates within their own community are exacerbating the problem. Both sides need to take responsibility for their role in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Under Obama we have slowly drifted into a third world country.

SAD!

Anyone else feel that these riots may escalate into a 1960's style fracas?

Speaking of the 1960's, I challenge posters to view this brief clip and deny that the observations made on how blacks get treated by the press and the police haven't changed in the last fifty years.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mOaxWyojnJ4

[Anonymous]

So it's a two-way street. Police need better training on how to de-escalate a situation (which is NOT always possible), but blacks need to realize that the high crime rates within their own community are exacerbating the problem. Both sides need to take responsibility for their role in this situation.

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