When a cop kills a White guy, maybe it is because the White guy did something to get shot. But, when a Black guy gets shot and killed, all the Black people say the cop was racist. Even if the Black guy was doing something wrong the Black people still say this. Should the cops just let the thugs do what they want and not patrol the ghetto?
Talawah, The Misfit.
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Haven't you heard about police brutality? It is only prevalent in minority areas, you wont catch the police in Beverly Hills bustin people up. Never have I seen white police officers busting up a white man unfairly like Rodney King or firing over 50 shots at an unarmed black man in a vehicle and mutilating him. The reason why "all hell breaks loose" is because of the historical context behind police and black people. Black people still don't trust them.
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Faith, 98% of complaints to the police in America get left unresolved with no action taken. There is more support in Iraq with the American Army and the Civillians there then there is in poor black communities. When have you ever seen police violently and unecessarily beat up a white man? Is it odd that every single time the person happens to be black? There is definetely a problem here.]
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Ok, the reason is because the problem is largely disproportionate in black communities. How i see it is... When a white cop kills a white man it's for the protection of everyone around, when they kill a black man there is a slight chance as stats show that it is injustified. I believe that police get too comfortable with their role. In the Rodney King incident I believe only 2 police officers were sentenced with petty sentences despite 4 police officers active in the attack. Can you honestly tell me that you think if they did this to a rich white man that these police officers would have got the same sentences? I disagree, I think they all would have been prosecuted harsher and forced to sit out their sentence with minimal chance of parole. You wouldn't expect a doctor to molest a child and get away with it so why would a police man get away with it?
Anonymous
It's not black or white it is our government fault. We have had many presidents since JFK this is a problem that should have gone away a long time ago. I thought I was the only one who noticed that Holder was acting like a minister I did not like it at all. Someone mention the killing of the white baby by a black teen. I am still pissed off about this I can only imagine how helpless the mother must have felt.If I could I would kill him my self.What about the good GUY Michael Peterson the white guy who broke his neck and died saving a four y ear old black girl from drowning , See some black people care about all people. The problem with this case it was just wrong from the beginning.More people will die because of this not by my hands just watch the news.
dahszil
In 2008 a white young man was shot dead by a cop. Greeks are white. The whole country figuratively speaking went up in flames, looting, cops and protestors or rioters killed and so on. Those riots make Ferguson protestors look like well behaved school children. and this just one of many riots in white countries white protestors against authority. IT IS NOT A BLACK THING. it happens all over the world
Anonymous
Rioting isn't just when being killed by cop. Do you remember when Detroit won the NBA title? The black folks destroyed their neighborhoods under the pretense of celebration. There are hundreds of examples of this. Look it up. I have not been able to find any examples of white folks doing this. Maybe the black folks are better than the whites; maybe they're worse - but anyone who says they are the same is a fool.
BiG D
Cops are people too, and it's not so much a cop thing but it's how society is as a whole. Of how we View each other.
And not all people in the ghetto are thugs. I think you should lay off the rap videos. Because you're part of the problem to ask this question in the context that you did.