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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) Had the video not been leaked nobody aside from that man's family would be disturbed by his death.  
2) Had the video not been leaked nobody aside from that man's family would be second guessing the circumstances surrounding his death.
3) Had the video not been leaked nobody aside from that man's family be insisting that the white men who pursued and shot him be charged with a crime.

What does all this mean?

1) Black lives DON'T matter.
2) Black people are automatically presumed guilty until proven otherwise.
3) The criminal justice system is far from impartial and still very much rooted in racism.[/quote]

That's not true. I was very disturbed just by reading about the incident. I didn't see the video until later. WTF? Any redneck with a gun can do whatever the hell he wants? We need gun controls. Those a$$holes need to be in jail for life.[/quote]
That's the point...
[b]Doubtful you would have even read about the incident had the video not been leaked in the first place[/b] because black lives DON'T matter and it wouldn't have received any coverage outside of two or three sentences on the crime section of a local periodical. [/quote]
Y'all do know the shooting occurred in February, right?  It's May people.  Why are you only just outraged about it now?  Because you didn't know about it and the only reason you know about it now is because the video got leaked.  His family has been grappling with this for months now and dealing with the pain of losing a loved one in addition to the outrage of the "Good ol' Boys" not even being investigated much less charged because the fact that they're white meant that their account of what happened was good enough for authorities.  [/quote]

Ok, but what’s your point?  You are right - I didn’t know, and that’s a damn shame, but I do now and I’m outraged.  Why is my outrage not good enough because I only have it now?  You are fighting the wrong people, friend.[/quote]

Agreed.

Yes, he died 3 months ago and no one knew about it or said anything.

I agree - its ridiculous. But that's why video is more important than anything else. Public video.

The police apparently saw the video the same day of the shooting and did nothing.[/quote]

^^this. The only reason anything is happening now is because the rest of the world has now seen the video. Appalling. [/quote]

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