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rbrnmw

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15. and folks on DU wonder why black folks riot.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 12:15 PM

Aug 2014

They are sick of their young people being shot by cops.

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What The Hell Is Going On ??? - 'LAPD Shoots, Kills Black Man During 'Investigative Stop'' - HuffPo [View all] WillyT Aug 2014 OP

..he was reaching for his waistband, he was reaching for officer'g gun Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #1

Ban all Guns!! n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #2

Golly! It sure seems like we have a rash of black men initiating struggles with police. Orrex Aug 2014 #3

+1 historylovr Aug 2014 #29

It's obvious. Obama made them all uppity. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #38

The root cause of this? budget cutters in the GOP. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #4

all true...except the killing of black folk is a tradition noiretextatique Aug 2014 #28

Yeah, we have a long and honorable history of that. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #32

not if they bucked the system noiretextatique Aug 2014 #49

There are so many of these incidents occurring around the country that I wonder if someone Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #5

You are so perceptive. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #14

The Justice Department is investigating in Ferguson rbrnmw Aug 2014 #16

Holder investigated Oakland, too. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #20

Dang! Wow! Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #21

They have a Youtube channel dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #31

Oh, I've read about them. Plenty. Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #36

martial law ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #33

I think I am in love. eom littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #46

Thank you for posting! nt Ilsa Aug 2014 #50

It sure looks this way to me! Tumbulu Aug 2014 #24

I wonder how many of these cops voted for Romney. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #39

95% Abouttime Aug 2014 #47

"..It is unknown if the suspect has any gang affiliations.." Nor is it unknown if he was a unicorn! uponit7771 Aug 2014 #6

Yeah, that was just a special line. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #52

Shot in the back while laying on the ground!?!?!! Wow... how is this one going to be ignored uponit7771 Aug 2014 #7

The same way the black onecaliberal Aug 2014 #18

Aw Fuck. calimary Aug 2014 #8

"No officers were injured during the incident" so clearly this was a life-or-death struggle. arcane1 Aug 2014 #9

A USA state by state graph of this behavior littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #10

No government agency accurately tracks police shootings dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #23

I wish I could remember where I read that..... BobbyBoring Aug 2014 #30

Perhaps here:? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #34

That's messed up. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #43

That's messed up. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #44

Oops. Sorry guys. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #45

Wikipedia keeps month by month reports of killings by police OnlinePoker Aug 2014 #40

Just practice PeoViejo Aug 2014 #11

Police Fascist Plutocracy rickyhall Aug 2014 #12

We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2014 #13

We need citizen review boards that have power and authority over police forces. 1monster Aug 2014 #26

and folks on DU wonder why black folks riot. rbrnmw Aug 2014 #15

I've stopped using the term 'riot'. I now use the term 'resistance' and will do so VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #25

thanks I will use it from now on too rbrnmw Aug 2014 #27

I wonder if the Final Solution started this way? jwirr Aug 2014 #17

It's been like this for decades in LA. The only group that is worse is the LA County Sheriff. libdem4life Aug 2014 #19

"I think we're in a sea change of culture." dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #35

SMH Mr Dixon Aug 2014 #37

Agreed. Still, social media and instant tecnhology and Gen Xers give me some hope. libdem4life Aug 2014 #41

Today I was telling a friend that it felt like the 60's. nt Ilsa Aug 2014 #51

Seriously... ReRe Aug 2014 #22

Are they intentionally provoking civil unrest? redqueen Aug 2014 #42

Another soul lost at the hands of Police stopthemandess8 Aug 2014 #48