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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone explain to me why this cop did t proceed to put him in the car?  What was he waiting for, in theory?  [/quote]

I think he was waiting to feel like the man he was kneeling on was well and truly subdued.  He thought his authority had been questioned, and he wanted to demonstrate his dominance over this man.  [/quote]
Wasn’t he handcuffed?[/quote]

yes[/quote]

Yeah, I also get that this was more to due with the cop feeling as though his authority had been questioned.  The bystanders telling the cop that the guy was in trouble only served to make that cop double down and refuse to take his knee off the man's neck.

There may have been a racial component to this, too. Not sure that's been established.[/quote]

OMG when will this end??? There is literally nothing that will make you all see. If you can watch this video of this man being murdered and have it come out your mouth that this was not racism, there's no helping you. [/quote]

I'm saying that I can look at the video and see with my own eyes that what that cop did was indefensible.  I do not know WHY he did it.  I know nothing of his personal or work history.  For all you know, he may have done this before.  In fact, my guess is that this was not his first time.  If the person he did it to before happened to be white, would you still think that this incident was due to racism or would you think that this cop has a major anger problem when suspects question his authority?

I totally believe in holding this guy accountable for what he did.  But I have yet to see the evidence that this was done for racist motives.  If you can point out something that he says or does that is overtly racist please feel free to do so.[/quote]

Blindly ignoring historical context and refusing to accept any racism that isn't accompanied by white hoods and overt declarations is part of the systemic racism that allows this to continue.[/quote]

Actually, racism, itself, involves painting people with a broad brush based on stereotypes.  So, whether this particular officer is actually a racist or not, YOU ARE.[/quote]

NP.  How many white men have been murdered the way George Floyd was?  How many white boy have been chased and gunned down while they are jogging?  You have a limited understanding of systematic racism. [/quote]

There are plenty of examples of legitimately racially motivated acts.  I am not saying that it does not exist.  I am saying that not every instance is motivated by racism.  And painting every altercation between a white cop and a black suspect as "racist" is simply not true.  Sometimes angry people do crazy sh*t. Period.[/quote]

Let me put it to you this way:

A BLACK man [u]allegedly[/u] uses a fraudulent check. He fit the description of the person who used the check and was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. There was no investigation. No charge. No conviction. He instead was arrested on the street, humiliated in front of people standing by and ultimately slowly, painfully, excruciatingly executed at broad daylight, with several witnesses, cameras rolling. He was never convicted of a crime.

The four [u]white[/u] man that KILL this man (not allegedly, because, in this case, there are witnesses, video evidence, all the proof is right there) lose their jobs (gasp), but now an "investigation" will take place to decide their fate. They weren't handcuffed and taken to jail. They will get to take warm showers, have dinners with their families and kiss their kids good night while an investigation (by people who look like them, think like them and likely have their back) happens.
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