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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to be careful in ascribing racial bias for an action when it does not exist.

There were two incidents - one in Charlotte and one in Tulsa. It appears from the video that the Tulsa killing was wrong and likely had a racial component. On the other hand, in the Charlotte incident, the victim did indeed have a gun, presented a threat, and the shooter in that instance was black. In both instances, neither man obeyed police orders.

For some reason, the Charlotte incident -  the one NOT based on racial bias - is the one where the riots and violence erupted. (Last count, I heard 20 officers injured.) The daughter of the victim is heard on tape saying, "they shot my daddy for being black" before she learned (apparently) that the shooter was black, too.  Yet the Tulsa incident, which is pretty horrifying to watch on the video, did not result in riots (not that I'm hoping for them). Why? It seems that the black community is protesting the wrong incident.

Finally, as awful as this is - the Tulsa incident in particular - why can't people just do what the police say? I know black people are angry at cops, but acting defiantly and disobeying instructions exacerbates an already tense situation and increases the likelihood of bloodshed.[/quote]

FYI: North Carolina is an open carry state.  Keith Scott can have a gun if he wants.  And the officers serving the arrest warrant on another individual when they happened to see Keith Scott exiting his vehicle carrying a gun were in plainclothes so why would he immediately [i]comply[/i] with the command of some seemingly random dude in everyday clothes telling him to drop his weapon?[/quote]
The plain clothes dude didn't announce himself as a cop? That would make a big difference. [/quote]

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