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DetlefK

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48. It's very simple: It's a loss-loss-situation for the cops.

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 04:20 AM

Aug 2015

If they kill the black guy but not the white guy, there is systemic racism.
If they kill the black guy and the white guy, there is systemic brutality.

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White man threatens to kill cops, knocks cop out, injures 7 other cops, gets arrested alive. [View all] DetlefK Aug 2015 OP

Yep.Obvious as the nose on my face. nt sufrommich Aug 2015 #1

That's a very accurate and concise portrayal. procon Aug 2015 #2

+1 - I match your sentiments. Thanks. erronis Aug 2015 #43

If he wasn't white, he wouldn't be alive today. RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #3

I love this country... I hate its identity politics. Bubzer Aug 2015 #6

bad logic used to support hate nt uhnope Aug 2015 #17

Police use this sort of logic all the time. RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #21

it was yr logic that was bad & yr hate uhnope Aug 2015 #23

Oh? RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #24

so if the police had killed this guy... uhnope Aug 2015 #26

NO! RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #27

I'm trying to show you the bad logic behind your hate uhnope Aug 2015 #29

I read them RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #30

Confusing "support for" with "mechanism for" is a middle school mistake. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #22

Guess what. In a decade or two whites will be the underclass. erronis Aug 2015 #32

who says that there will be a next time? Supersedeas Aug 2015 #47

I'm white retrowire Aug 2015 #4

Cops kill white guys every day. Police violence is a problem across the spectrum. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #5

Another alarming thing is that of the 711 people killed by police this year, 150 were unarmed. 4lbs Aug 2015 #7

And 34 were killed by "non-lethal" tasers. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #9

I wonder how many of the unarmed people were in cars. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #10

The police-based killings need to stop! Bubzer Aug 2015 #8

Jesse Jackson: Police Shootings About Class as Well as Race avaistheone1 Aug 2015 #12

This. ^^^^^ Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #28

Thank You baran Aug 2015 #41

I don't wish death on people... kenfrequed Aug 2015 #11

that says it all. samsingh Aug 2015 #13

No, it doesn't. Check out my post #5 for actual numbers. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #14

More at play Johnny2X2X Aug 2015 #15

Sure there's police racism aplenty but, forgive me, black and white thinking is invalid whatthehey Aug 2015 #16

I understand some of this and agree as much as I undesrtand. erronis Aug 2015 #36

More white privilege: blaming their behavior on medication or mental illness rather than the person AZ Progressive Aug 2015 #18

or maybe the cops in Revere, MA aren't as trigger happy as in other places uhnope Aug 2015 #19

I wouldn't want to tangle with the Revere PD. nt MADem Aug 2015 #34

Tangling with any PD is a bad idea uhnope Aug 2015 #38

Spot on observation. BumRushDaShow Aug 2015 #20

so if the police had killed this guy you would feel better? uhnope Aug 2015 #25

"White man threatens to kill cops, knocks cop out, injures 7 other cops, gets arrested alive." So? DFW Aug 2015 #31

Took me a couple of reads. Yeah - you're right. erronis Aug 2015 #42

#wellmaybesomelivesmatter HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #33

Let me be crystal clear on this . . . . Jake Stern Aug 2015 #35

pretty much uhnope Aug 2015 #39

Well, let ME be crystal clear to you. DetlefK Aug 2015 #44

Right after the de rigeur caveat Jake Stern Aug 2015 #45

It's very simple: It's a loss-loss-situation for the cops. DetlefK Aug 2015 #48

pure white privilege heaven05 Aug 2015 #37

See Post #5. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #40

I don't and won't EVER believe heaven05 Aug 2015 #46

I don't even know what you're trying to say. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #49