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Corey
Lv 5
Corey asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 6 days ago

Did racism really have anything to do with George Floyd's death.?

The cops kill people and as a society we like to pretend that they only kill black people despite the fact that the VAST majority of the people that are killed by the cops. Its ignored when the victim is not black. While they were rioting in Ferguson after Michael Brown was killed a black cop shot and killed an unarmed white kid names Dillon Taylor in Salt Lake City. About a year before George Floyd was killed a white man name Tony Timpe was killed in the exact same way. There is a video of him on the ground crying, saying that he could not breath while a cop was kneeling on his neck, and then he died. The only difference is that George Floyd was black and Tony Timpe was white. If George Floyds death was caused by racism what about Tony's? When the exact same thing happens to non-black people how can you justify blaming racism when it happens to one person and ignoring it when it happens to another. In 2020, 780 non-black people were killed by the police. Other than the color of his skin what justifies claiming that racism played a role in George Floyds death?

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  • troi
    Lv 4
    6 days ago

    You must he white..

  • Yes
    Lv 4
    6 days ago

    Simple answer:  There was no proven racial motive.  

  • Tasm
    Lv 6
    6 days ago

    People see through this. Its the media drumming up a story. Like they are doing with Asians, trying to create some massive social problem. Some jerk hits a Chinese lady and the media makes it out like there is big Asian hate crime, oh its a big hub bub, by our news paper. 

  • saggi
    Lv 7
    6 days ago

    People get killed for resisting arrest, that's the way america works

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  • 6 days ago

    Well buddy, BLM is specifically protesting police brutality, so if you feel strongly about all these white kids needlessly killed by police officers and swept under the rug, then maybe you should join their cause. Racism is just one of the problems. 

    @Saggi: why would anyone peacefully submit to arrest, knowing that police officers face no consequences for killing them after the cuffs go on? Likely death or certain death, which do you pick? That’s the way America doesn’t work. You have to believe the cops are going to play by the rules if you go along with it, or you just won’t. 

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