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Ecumenist

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7. This kind of treatment of African people is threaded and peppered liberally throughout

Reply to Junkdrawer (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:26 AM

Mar 2012

America, Junk. They don't even pretend. Do you realise how often that has happened to people of color in this country...Really? ain't nothing new about this. You're giving them far too much credit. This is why it's so horrible and why many black communities has learned not to trust the police at all.

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The Sanford Police Tried to HIDE a Murder [View all] Junkdrawer Mar 2012 OP

I saw a fact jehop61 Mar 2012 #1

Look at all the things the police DIDN'T do that night... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #2

But then, how do you account for the other times they've stood down EFerrari Mar 2012 #3

Make no mistake: Bill Lee is a racist fuck too.... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #4

Didn't they also try to lose the incident with the homeless man? EFerrari Mar 2012 #5

It's an aspect of the story I haven't heard anyone pursue.... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #8

They have to account for the Sanford police failing to do any part of their job. EFerrari Mar 2012 #17

This kind of treatment of African people is threaded and peppered liberally throughout Ecumenist Mar 2012 #7

My initial post on this subject was to inform people of the Sundown Towns of the Deep South... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #9

Re the '3 days'.. I don't think that's quite right.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #11

From Friday's Philly Examiner: Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #15

Did you actually read the article? (or the linked ABC news piece..) X_Digger Mar 2012 #18

Of course I read it.... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #19

What insult? I was asking if you read it. X_Digger Mar 2012 #20

The cops tried to blow off one witness. Life Long Dem Mar 2012 #21

His father is a retired Virginia Magistrate Judge. X_Digger Mar 2012 #12

JunkDrawer, please allow me to respectfully disagree with you and I do this because of my own Ecumenist Mar 2012 #6

Thank you for that story...+1000 this is an everday reality for many folks HipChick Mar 2012 #10

Here we go again with the "its not racism" bullshit. Solomon Mar 2012 #13

Just to clarify: I'm saying "Not JUST racism"... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #14

Junkdrawer is saying, it may not be ONLY racism which is really different. nt EFerrari Mar 2012 #16

About the burglaries (story is unraveling faster than a cheap kitchen rag rug).... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #22

Think the members of the Standford Police are asking: Who turns States Evidence..... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #23

If this went down as I suspect, any of a dozen would have broken Zimmerman's nose... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #24