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In reply to the discussion: We resist, we get choked. We comply, we get crushed to death. We surrender, we get shot. [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)45. There are reasons they don't get as much coverage and there aren't protests around them
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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We resist, we get choked. We comply, we get crushed to death. We surrender, we get shot. [View all]
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
OP
Maybe YOU should have posted something about the white kid shot by the police
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#23
"do you want me, a Millennial who works hard to make sure we live what we aspire to be."
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2021
#31
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
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
Apparently, cops giving money to murderers isn't against any laws or regulations.
BobTheSubgenius
Apr 2021
#29