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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]These aren't children, they look like adult gangbangers[/quote]

Yes, we're all aware of how  prejudice and unconscious dehumanization has you convinced all young dark-skinned people look dangerous.
All Latino/Hispanic adolescents look to be in their mid-twenties to you and resemble rapists and MS-13 members.
All black adolescents look to be in their mid-twenties to you and resemble violent criminals and thugs.  
It's no secret why an officer shot and killed Tamir Rice for waving a toy gun on an empty playground almost immediately after arriving on the scene.
He was black; so the officer's prejudice and unconscious dehumanization of blacks led him to believe that Tamir Rice must have been a 20-something year-old man and not a 12 year-old boy.

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dude, they looked like dangerous gangbangers because they were rioting and tearing the store apart ... [/quote]

They looked like 12 year olds having a fight, like 12 year olds do. You people need to get a grip.[/quote]

Did you actually see the video?  If you owned the FroYo place, would you be happy about what happened?

Have some empathy.[/quote]

All this talk about empathy for the FroYo patrons as if that's the ultimate tragedy in all this.
Any empathy for the two teens who got shot?  Anybody give two shits about their status or has prejudice and dehumanization led you to be "Meh" about their injuries?[/quote]

You're the one minimizing violence.  Look to yourself. [/quote]

Look to yourself and minimize your vitriol towards people of color since you admittedly see them all as gangbangers.[/quote]

Lol. Good luck with that.  Maybe chose a more sympathetic group of kids to defend next time.  [/quote]

Not defending that select group of kids doofus.  I'm talking about your tendency to automatically profile every single kid in the DMV with dark skin as a thug.[/quote]

Did I do that? No, I did not. [/quote]

But you did say it seemed like gangbangers were rioting.  If there's nothing wrong with embellishment when it comes to your perception of things then I'm gonna do the same - seems like you fear/hate all dark skinned people from 9 years of age to 90.  Touché.[/quote]

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