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misanthrope

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62. You can be killed if you're white too

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 02:06 PM

Apr 2021

although the incidences are far less. The ultimate reality is that as long as a LEO has the badge and gun, they can damn near do whatever they want and they are going to get the benefit of the doubt with the legal system.

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If your first response to yet another shooting of a PoC by a cop [View all] TDale313 Apr 2021 OP

Or your a thinking person Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #1

If your FIRST response is to blame the victim Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #8

Really? That's your take? unweird Apr 2021 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author stopdiggin Apr 2021 #19

you're Skittles Apr 2021 #11

... involving a black person, you forgot that part again. uponit7771 Apr 2021 #16

DAFUQQ? Really? You think that being shot by cops who claimed that they meant to use their The_REAL_Ecumenist Apr 2021 #47

Righteous rant. I'm just gonna sit right here next to you Arazi Apr 2021 #54

That sounds like self-righteous sanctimony. LanternWaste Apr 2021 #51

If that is your first reaction, you are (at best) not a thinking person whopis01 Apr 2021 #56

Bootlickers gonna lick boots WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #2

How grown up Watchfoxheadexplodes Apr 2021 #4

And yet, accurate. n/t intheflow Apr 2021 #58

K&R 2naSalit Apr 2021 #3

Damn straight... stillcool Apr 2021 #5

I've had speeding tickets in 8 states Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #31

yeah...I had cops in my family stillcool Apr 2021 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Apr 2021 #6

Of course, that ignores the fact TDale313 Apr 2021 #13

I completely agree DenaliDemocrat Apr 2021 #21

Yes, treat them like an angry dog, move slow & speak softly KS Toronado Apr 2021 #32

Black folks are damned if they do and damned if they don't. intheflow Apr 2021 #60

There's exceptions to everything.... KS Toronado Apr 2021 #61

Oh, no! Do NOT smile at cops! intheflow Apr 2021 #64

People don't resist arrest, cops just yell that as justification, Merlot Apr 2021 #43

Agree 1000%. There's no safe way for a POC to respond. Must be scary as hell. n/t KatK Apr 2021 #26

... or not be black, you forgot that part .. seems to be going around on DU these days. uponit7771 Apr 2021 #17

Bingo Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #33

That doesn't help disabled people or people with mental illnesses. meadowlander Apr 2021 #20

Deadly use of force should be an absolute last resort. TDale313 Apr 2021 #24

They'll typically empty their entire clip into them too. Ligyron Apr 2021 #57

Hearing Impairment. It's hard to comply when you don't understand the instructions. nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #35

Therein lies the problem. Caliman73 Apr 2021 #48

So the US medic that just got sprayed and threatened with death while in his car NickB79 Apr 2021 #45

Sounds very fascist. Or 1984. LakeArenal Apr 2021 #7

THIS HAB911 Apr 2021 #9

Now the officer meant to shoot him with the taser padah513 Apr 2021 #12

😢 TDale313 Apr 2021 #14

my first response was to look for more information stopdiggin Apr 2021 #15

AMEN!! Stinky The Clown Apr 2021 #18

I think one should have to DRASTICALLY not comply in order to get shot Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #22

Agreed. TDale313 Apr 2021 #23

And cops should not be flying the thin blue line flag at their precinct. Bev54 Apr 2021 #28

My first thought is why do we have a death penalty for expired 48656c6c6f20 Apr 2021 #25

My first response is to see if there's video Sympthsical Apr 2021 #27

They just showed the video on MSNBC. Mr.Bill Apr 2021 #29

i'm cynical. barbtries Apr 2021 #38

I am also cynical, Mr.Bill Apr 2021 #41

+1, ... and they earned your cynicism seeing PDs in that area don't want REALLY want relationships uponit7771 Apr 2021 #53

It is very much the kind of victim-blaming rape victims experience & I have had it up to my teeth Hekate Apr 2021 #30

It is very much the same mentality. n/t TDale313 Apr 2021 #34

You know what I ask people who say if only they had done what the cop Mr.Bill Apr 2021 #39

Excellent rant. nt crickets Apr 2021 #40

❤ nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #44

that's never my response. barbtries Apr 2021 #36

I find a bit of irony in the 2 terms nykym Apr 2021 #37

Bingo. geardaddy Apr 2021 #42

Unless you have broken a law police have NO authority over you. The Jungle 1 Apr 2021 #46

While that is true in theory, in practice, especially if you are not White, you can be killed. Caliman73 Apr 2021 #50

True all true The Jungle 1 Apr 2021 #52

You can be killed if you're white too misanthrope Apr 2021 #62

Yep. Caliman73 Apr 2021 #63

Sure. And if you are a black man, then they yank you out of your car, say you were "resisting," ... Hekate Apr 2021 #55

Not my first response... TCJ70 Apr 2021 #59