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Dear @CNN (Original Post) kpete May 2015 OP
Murderous THUGS SamKnause May 2015 #1
+1000000000000000000000 NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #2
Sure they will. When pigs fly! leftofcool May 2015 #3
Not going to happen. Wellstone ruled May 2015 #4
If only. nt cyberswede May 2015 #5
It's like Katrina. ZX86 May 2015 #6
If they're found guilty I'll happily refer SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #7
Unfortunately it's the "White cops" ZX86 May 2015 #8

ZX86

(1,428 posts)
6. It's like Katrina.
Fri May 1, 2015, 07:58 PM
May 2015

Images of Black people with items are looting. Images of White people with items are finding.

While in Baltimore Black people throwing rocks are referred as thugs. White cops murdering a man who shouldn't have been arrested in the first place are given the full benefit of the doubt and never be referred to in derogatory terms.

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts)
7. If they're found guilty I'll happily refer
Fri May 1, 2015, 08:19 PM
May 2015

to them as murderous thugs.

As for the "white cops" comment, three of them are white and three of them are black.

ZX86

(1,428 posts)
8. Unfortunately it's the "White cops"
Fri May 1, 2015, 08:40 PM
May 2015

that immunize the Black cops from "thug" comments. If it was just Black cops they would be referred to as gangsters participating in Black on Black crime. One need look no further than the character assassination of U.S. top cop Eric Holder to see that simply belonging to law enforcement will prevent a person of color from being referred to as a thug.

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