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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]more deflection from ANY sort of responsibility. PPs (including me) have said MULTIPLE times that the police have work to do to improve. yet you can't acknowledge that maybe not everything is the police's fault.[/quote]

I have to agree.  I am not arguing that blacks aren't jailed more often for minor offenses. There are stats proving that - and there's Clinton who legitimized the Super Predator image with the Crime Bill.

But that doesn't excuse illegal behavior. Just b/c Affluenza Andy gets off for smoking pot in his dad's Mercedes doesn't excuse the fact that a young black boy who got high was caught for the same illegal activity.

Of course, it still needs to be addressed so that law enforcement becomes cognizant of their own biases.

However,  institutionalized racism, while it exists, should not be the "go to" excuse. If I'm not paying my bills on time b/c I can't get my calendar straight, do I blame the utility company? Or do I get my life organized instead?

Again, I'm not denying that this racism doesn't exist, but rioting by destroying honest businesses and by scaring innocent people in cars and by looting is NOT the answer.

OK, to be fair, I'm certain that there's a media bias, too, as these sources tend to highlight the extreme to make money.  If that's the case, then recognize that it will be THAT MUCH MORE important to fight these images projected by the media.  So the (throwing this out there) 10% doing the damage will therefore look like 90% on television.

And still, that 10% should not get an "excused note" for poor behavior.
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