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StarfishSaver

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45. There are reasons they don't get as much coverage and there aren't protests around them
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 12:17 PM
Apr 2021

The issue with cops killing blacks is not just that cops are killing people who are black, but that they are killing (and harassing and abusing) us in numbers disproportionate to the population and to their involvement in crime. All too often he killings are unjustified, they frequently involve cover-ups, and they are not prosecuted.

The instances of whites being killed by cops you're talking about involved white men brandishing weapons who pose obvious and immediate threats to law enforcement. And even many of those white men who behave that way are not treated with anything close to the brutality that we see black men being subjected to

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Get thee to the greatest page malaise Apr 2021 #1
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Police officers gave money and sent fan mail to him gollygee Apr 2021 #4
Bastard. Karadeniz Apr 2021 #13
Facts. ismnotwasm Apr 2021 #5
Yes sheshe2 Apr 2021 #6
this is why many of our police depts should be shut down and re constituted AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #7
Yes. StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #11
Sad but 100% true. CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #12
👆 This. crickets Apr 2021 #21
White cop named Eric Stillman shot Adam Toledo Arazi Apr 2021 #24
Yup. This IS what they're trained to do Withywindle Apr 2021 #36
Agreed. calimary Apr 2021 #41
God awful truth. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #8
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It's a psychopath problem I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2021 #15
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So very sad but true. I fear for my nieces and their sons. usajumpedtheshark Apr 2021 #17
Police need to go to prison for good, long sentences wryter2000 Apr 2021 #18
Agree. Spot on. 3auld6phart Apr 2021 #25
this thread bdamomma Apr 2021 #19
K&R betsuni Apr 2021 #20
I didn't see many OPs about the white kid killed by police this past week Sympthsical Apr 2021 #22
Maybe YOU should have posted something about the white kid shot by the police StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #23
Maybe you should have read what I said. Riddle me this Sympthsical Apr 2021 #26
I read everything you wrote. StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #27
Because your thread isn't stand alone Sympthsical Apr 2021 #28
Today is the first time I have seen the OP in awhile AZProgressive Apr 2021 #30
"do you want me, a Millennial who works hard to make sure we live what we aspire to be." WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #31
Your post. sheshe2 Apr 2021 #32
You don't cleave to narratives? Really? Because your post is Politicub Apr 2021 #44
Peyton Ham, the white 16yo pointed a gun (turned out to be a realistic fake) at the cops, was shot, Celerity Apr 2021 #33
Now we know why the poster didn't want to write about it, but just refer to it StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #34
the 'what about the white people' gambits I see here on occasion often remind me of MRA ploys Celerity Apr 2021 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author HipChick Apr 2021 #39
Huh I had assumed he was talking about the white guy cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #40
There are reasons they don't get as much coverage and there aren't protests around them StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #45
The poster said 'white kid' which a 16yo is. The Portland victim was an adult. Celerity Apr 2021 #46
+1 Politicub Apr 2021 #42
Apparently, cops giving money to murderers isn't against any laws or regulations. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #29
K&R Solly Mack Apr 2021 #37
K&R! ProfessorGAC Apr 2021 #38
What about Dylan Roof who murdered 8 people in church ? kimbutgar Apr 2021 #43
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