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In reply to the discussion: Dare I ask this? Indulge me. What if Michael Brown were white? [View all]cpamomfromtexas
(1,490 posts)117. Yes as it should be. But no matches for evidence tampering
Or DA's using easily identified tampering, lack of syncing tapes to show official story was a lie, or audio enhancement to retrieve erased portion from lapel mic from the car mic over 100 feet away!
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Dare I ask this? Indulge me. What if Michael Brown were white? [View all]
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
OP
Organizing marches is hard, hard work. You have to find others who are sympathetic to your cause and
Brickbat
Nov 2014
#107
And what of the hateful (and often deeply racist) responses to *black folks* agitating for justice?
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#187
You stated that nicely unlike the others on this board, you're a class act.
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#189
You may indeed empathize with others, but as I said, it's not coming through very well.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#201
Re: "The rank hate on this thread towards me...intent on seeing the worst...is sickening."
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#86
Yes I'm serious. A strategy to focus on a solution to reduce cop abuse of all kinds.
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#81
I'm doing my part by investigating another abuse, strategies that are surely used on others
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#150
Only? No. Far more likely? Yes. (Unless the white person is also mentally ill or homeless.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2014
#16
Brace yourself. Black male teens are 21 times more likely to be killed by police
pnwmom
Nov 2014
#195
Is there a history of systematic abuse and murder of white people at the hands of police?
PeteSelman
Nov 2014
#21
Agreed. The big difference was it was all caught on camera...proof of their atrocity
Ryano42
Nov 2014
#58
The solutions to our police problems will most likely benefit poor whites as well as minorities.
ZombieHorde
Nov 2014
#29
You still haven't provided any information, though. How can you expect us to be upset when we don't
smokey nj
Nov 2014
#63
First, I want to say Paul would definitely be dead if he were a black man. He fired a gun while a
smokey nj
Nov 2014
#104
The police officer was not present. We proved it in evidence found after trial!
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#108
The police officer wasn't outside his house when he fired the warning shot? I heard the shot in
smokey nj
Nov 2014
#110
So the officer left the scene, but didn't take his car? This is rather confusing and I want to
smokey nj
Nov 2014
#131
Yes, totally legal under the circumstances and under Texas Castle Law, that's why they had to tamper
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#158
Thanks for you civility. Not sure what's up with the others. Were ALL democrats
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#57
I think they perceive you (fairly or not) as trying to deflect from the particular racially charged
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#100
If wishes and buts were clusters and nuts, we'd all have a bowl of granola. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2014
#39
Yes I do remember that, and agree it was disgusting that the lazy media did not emphasize it.
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#181
White privilege is the ability to be outraged by the Ferguson decision, rather than terrified by it
The Straight Story
Nov 2014
#46
I can't really disagree with anything you just posted. Some people could use a bit more of a sense
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#160
no, i don't. i just don't believe black people need to fight your battles
noiretextatique
Nov 2014
#161
I never said they were. You clearly only see things from your world view.
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#155
Well, I can say this: the KKK certainly wouldn't be rallying in support of the cops.
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#74
If Michael Brown were white, and suffered injustice at the hands of authorities ...
Trajan
Nov 2014
#96
My kids are white, but because of corruption I've seen, the cops scare the crap out of me
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#168
My kid is white too, and I know he wouldn't be shot for the events that happened to Michael
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2014
#172
Sorry, I meant no marches for evidence tampering, DA, cop and judge collusion
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#151
He'd be alive, and we'd have another witness whose testimony would be considered credible. n/t
gollygee
Nov 2014
#140
If he were white he probably wouldn't have been shot. Even if he had been people would still view
craigmatic
Nov 2014
#144
I have to agree. Whatever the intent, it comes across as a distraction at best. n/t
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#176
Exactly. It reeks of self-centeredness, both individual and racial in nature.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#185
And if you do, what will they give you in return? Most likely next to nothing.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#179