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NYC_SKP

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25. I really think you might be missing my point, valerief:
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 02:01 PM
Sep 2014

But for the Ferguson travesty of justice, and those like it that happen every day, I would not have posted this.

This OP is in support of our collectively demanding change.

The Santa Cruz case helps to prove how evil cops are in other cities; even while being stabbed in the leg, the SC officers used restraint and found non-deadly means to subdue the citizen.

I'll tell you something, if Darren Wilson had been stabbed in the leg by a white dude, he'd have shot him sure enough.

In other words, while it's true that blacks and other non-whites are disproportionately beaten, arrested, killed, prosecuted, and jailed, it doesn't mean that other truths exist.

In this case, and part of the solution, the truth is that cops like Wilson need to be removed and other cops need to be trained in how to react correctly.

I'm sorry if you misunderstood the meaning of my post.

Police have no excuse in shooting an unarmed man in the head until dead, and here is a case in point.

Take care.

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Not shot in head is GOOD. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #1
In other news, Google "Ferguson" and find that the victim, Michael Brown, is being tried by media. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #2
When I saw the bit news outlets trying to get Michael's juvenille records (if any)... DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #5
What possible difference would it make? A HERETIC I AM Sep 2014 #24
Yeah, I did. And I just hate it. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #28
Maybe Ferguson has raised the level of awareness Xipe Totec Sep 2014 #4
Knew it when I read the title, suspect was white. Lancero Sep 2014 #3
Well, yes and no. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #7
Yep. eom BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #8
Disagree. Bad cops will take out any race of person if poorly trained. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #10
Have you a link?thanks uppityperson Sep 2014 #6
Oh darn! Updated OP and here's the link: NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #9
Oh, please. WHITE WHITE WHITE. Not at all the same. Apples and oranges. valerief Sep 2014 #11
Actually, race is always a factor but it's more about community values from one city to another. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #12
Right, and that's why Santa Cruz's target WHITE WHITE WHITE can't be valerief Sep 2014 #23
I really think you might be missing my point, valerief: NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #25
I understand your point now. Thanks. I'm letting my anger interfere with my valerief Sep 2014 #26
Oh, I'm pretty sure Wilson (and his bros) would sooner shoot a black man. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #27
Wrong. Kelly Thomas was white Beaverhausen Sep 2014 #14
Got it here. Kelly Thomas beating. Officers Cicinelli, Ramos, and Wolfe beat homeless man to death NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #16
Race plays a factor in many shootings but being white does not prevent a cop from shooting you hardluck Sep 2014 #20
Oh, that's a terrible outcome. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #22
No taser or pepper spray hardluck Sep 2014 #29
FWIW, Santa Cruz is about 75% while Retrograde Sep 2014 #21
he's white. result may no apply. pansypoo53219 Sep 2014 #13
Had the stabber been black, this cop would probably have responded in the same way. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #15
Lucky he wasn't in Ferguson, MO and Black.. :( Cha Sep 2014 #17
It made me really angry to hear this good news, as odd as that sounds. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #18
:( Thankfully the Justice Dept is Investigating Ferguson, MO.. past years included. Cha Sep 2014 #19
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