05-30-2020, 07:16 PM
(05-29-2020, 11:36 PM)ElkValleyBengal Wrote: Black lives do matter. Seems to me that too many people only believe that when they're the victim of white cops. Black lives don't seem to matter to lots of urban gang members. I think that's the rub many people have- only interracial confrontations cause such outrage.
As 2pac once said "and they say it's the white man I'm to fear, but it's my own kind doing all the killing here".
2pac would be considered racist by 2020 standards.
That said, since this isn't leaving JN, I guess I'll provide my meaningless opinion:
1. The Minnesota cop was 100% wrong (clearly). He's a murderer that deserves everything coming his way.
2. We can't use this as evidence that killings like this happen all the time. They just don't. Most of the time, the media reports instantly any death of a black man to a white cop. Often while jumping to conclusions with little to no evidence. Feeding this narrative that we have a massive amount of racist cops just running around gunning down every innocent black man they see.
One time an "unarmed black man" turned out to be a drugged out dude that tried to mow down cops with his car.
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To sum this up, I do think we have a problem. I do think we need new standards and reform of how cops are screened, trained, and how they are treated when they commit questionable (at best) killings.
No, I don't think it's as big a problem as the media (etc) portrays...and I do think it's a problem that requires people to be open to dialogue from all sides...without labeling people racist if they aren't 100% lockstep with the narrative of systemic racism and corrupt murderous/racist cops infesting every police department. That's just going to cause an us vs them mentality among all sides.
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