Why are American blacks always having issues with the Police?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the man in the first incident, who had a long rap sheet, have a legal handgun in his pocket?

Because traffic offenses don't stop you from owning a handgun but, Im all for making a law that does.

The Post said he had a longer rap sheet than that: "sterling has a criminal record going back two decades, including charges of burglary, domestic abuse, possessing marijuana, property damage, carnal knowledge of an adolescent and illegally carrying a handgun..."

Details details.

Now, has someone even attempted to explain why it's always the black criminals who get the most attention from BLM, while thousands of black lives are being lost to said black criminals every year?

I don't get it

[Anonymous]

I am watching the congressional black caucus, butterfield..He characterized these two shootings as "murders". H as that been established yet? He also said if congress doesn't act "it's going to be a long hot summer". What is he implying??? What is he pre-excusing?????

[Anonymous]

I just think its utterly tone deaf to warn about a long hot summer ( riots and shootings?) if certain conditions aren't met, rather than tell people they have zero right to destructive, evil deeds no mater who they are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More white people are shot by police than African American people. A friend's brother--whom I know, gentle (white) guy--was beaten up indiscriminately by Chicago police officers and needed medical care afterwards.

But the data are also clear: African Americans are *DISPROPORTIONATELY* killed by police officers at something like 2.5 times white people.

So there's a problem. A serious problem.

African Americans are about 30% of the people shot by police but commit 40-50% of violent crimes. They're getting shot at lower rates than you would expect based on the proportion of crime they commit. In addition the percentage of police shooting victims who are black has been trending down for the last 20-30 years even as their share of violent crime has stayed the same.

The issue isn't that African Americans are disproportionately shot by police (numbers strongly suggest that they're not) but that police shoot WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE. The biggest issue (IMO) is the prevalence of guns in the US. If every person you come in contact with can easily get a gun (and often does) it would tend to make police much more afraid for their lives and more likely to use deadly force.

Yes, I think this is a HUGE issue. Police are paranoid (rightfully so) that a person they are apprehending or pulling over may have a weapon and then they get jumpy w/ the trigger. I feel for police, they have a tremendous job and most do their very best and want to be community partners. There are racists among the ranks and these folks should never be hired or they should be fired ASAP. really feeling for police officers now. We need a great, strong police force in our country. Every racist officer must be dismissed because it weakens the integrity & safety of ALL officers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just think its utterly tone deaf to warn about a long hot summer ( riots and shootings?) if certain conditions aren't met, rather than tell people they have zero right to destructive, evil deeds no mater who they are.

Yeah that sounds like the Republicans warning of civil war if Obama is reelected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the man in the first incident, who had a long rap sheet, have a legal handgun in his pocket?

Because traffic offenses don't stop you from owning a handgun but, Im all for making a law that does.

The Post said he had a longer rap sheet than that: "sterling has a criminal record going back two decades, including charges of burglary, domestic abuse, possessing marijuana, property damage, carnal knowledge of an adolescent and illegally carrying a handgun..."

Details details.

Now, has someone even attempted to explain why it's always the black criminals who get the most attention from BLM, while thousands of black lives are being lost to said black criminals every year?

I don't get it

When the American Cancer Society calls asking for a donation, do you complain that they aren't raising money for diabetes or alzheimer's research?

The black community pays tons of attention to violence in its community. BLM is focused on police shootings of black people because that's a separate issue. Yeah yeah we get it you don't like the name because you think it's not precise, but that's a red herring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the man in the first incident, who had a long rap sheet, have a legal handgun in his pocket?

Because traffic offenses don't stop you from owning a handgun but, Im all for making a law that does.

The Post said he had a longer rap sheet than that: "sterling has a criminal record going back two decades, including charges of burglary, domestic abuse, possessing marijuana, property damage, carnal knowledge of an adolescent and illegally carrying a handgun..."

Castile had no felony charges and 31 traffic violations, misdemeanors. The law also does not require that he inform the police he is carrying a gun he is licensed to carry either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did the man in the first incident, who had a long rap sheet, have a legal handgun in his pocket?

Because traffic offenses don't stop you from owning a handgun but, Im all for making a law that does.

The Post said he had a longer rap sheet than that: "sterling has a criminal record going back two decades, including charges of burglary, domestic abuse, possessing marijuana, property damage, carnal knowledge of an adolescent and illegally carrying a handgun..."

Castile had no felony charges and 31 traffic violations, misdemeanors. The law also does not require that he inform the police he is carrying a gun he is licensed to carry either.

I have zero issue with Castile having a gun. He sounds law abiding. I dont know what the law says about informing the police you have a gun at a traffic stop, but it sounds like he did (which would be common sense). I have found all traffic stops to be very stressful for all parties and wonder what we can do to improve them - send a robot to get the id while the officer remains safely in car? It may need to come to that. Right now the fact that its humans interacting is dangerous sometimes for al colors, for drivers and police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds more to me like the police have issues with American blacks.

+1 How ignorant do you have to be to not know this.

[Anonymous]

Most of you p***ies can sit behind your smartphones and laptops and can write very well. Do you know what is going through a cops head in such situation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of you p***ies can sit behind your smartphones and laptops and can write very well. Do you know what is going through a cops head in such situation?

Do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds more to me like the police have issues with American blacks.

+1 How ignorant do you have to be to not know this.

Sounds more to me that police have issues with people who break the law and resist arrest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of you p***ies can sit behind your smartphones and laptops and can write very well. Do you know what is going through a cops head in such situation?

"I"m scared -- I'd better kill him before he kills me" is basically the justification the police give eveyr time, so yeah, we do know what's going through their heads. If they can't handle the kind of stress being a police officer brings with the job, then THEY SHOULD NOT BE POLICE OFFICERS. Step aside ad let someone with better skills and real courage do the job. We have plenty of those in America. THEY are the police we respect, not the ones who are so scared they're going to piss in their pants or shoot, and they choose "shoot."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds more to me like the police have issues with American blacks.

+1 How ignorant do you have to be to not know this.

Sounds more to me that police have issues with people who break the law and resist arrest.

What country are you from? I ask because here in America, we live by a system of laws. In America, if you break the law you get arrested, not shot. And if you resist arrest in America, we have a law regarding that -- it's called "resisting arrest." You go before a judge and jury, and if you're found guilty, a judge decides your sentence and death is not one of the options.

So what country are you from, where police get to shoot people for resisting arrest? We don't do that in this great country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds more to me like the police have issues with American blacks.

+1 How ignorant do you have to be to not know this.

Sounds more to me that police have issues with people who break the law and resist arrest.

What country are you from? I ask because here in America, we live by a system of laws. In America, if you break the law you get arrested, not shot. And if you resist arrest in America, we have a law regarding that -- it's called "resisting arrest." You go before a judge and jury, and if you're found guilty, a judge decides your sentence and death is not one of the options.

So what country are you from, where police get to shoot people for resisting arrest? We don't do that in this great country.

The person breaking the law and resisting arrest was carrying a concealed weapon. If he had been smart he would have declared he was carrying, held his arms up in the air, and awaited further instructions by the police. Instead he chose to tussle and fight and when they saw he was armed and reaching for his weapon the police shot him. You do not have the liberty of great amounts of time to tihnk, "Ok, he has a weapon. He is reaching for it. Maybe I will be lucky and he won't try to shoot me."

No, it is a wild melee with only a few seconds to think and act: shoot first or be shot.