Law enforcement reaction time in times of crisis.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Wow, an opinion form above the dust or all the scuffling. Why are we unleashing military troops on US citizens with regularity?

When we see these sights from Vietnam-era footage, we're shocked. Now its just a FB post.

@Graylight [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10]


Well that was unexpected. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is "age restricted" lol

Can't let people see what happens when you send soldiers to shoot your own people I guess.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Wow. The Man is still tryin' to keep us down.

That's really kind of fascinating, actually.

@justanothername None. White on white crime isn’t newsworthy unless it’s a shooting spree. Then the shooter is killed on the spot (typically) and the news cycle ends 2-3 days later... unless it’s a school shooting. Then it makes the news for the same amount of time as your example.

@Adogslife so by that account should an unarmed person end up dead from a routine traffic infringement?... I think not.

@justanothername [quote] @Adogslife there’s an obvious racial bias.[/quote]

I know that’s what you feel and it’s a reality in many circumstances. What I asked previously was what you felt the reason was.

Is it really a racial bias or potentially a criminal bias based on the population density where these events occur? Why is it “racial” if a cop pulls a black person over in a primarily black neighborhood? That’s not racial, that’s simple probability. And if he over exerts the use of force in the stop, is that by definition racial? No. The cop may just be a prick - not uncommon. Same thing happens in a white neighborhood, it’s just not news. If it happens in a white neighborhood to a black person, it’s news. It’s always about the race and not the criminal... and I want to be clear, the use of excessive force IS WRONG.

Do you personally feel that the police force in an area should “match” the population? Anotherwords, if you have all black cops serving in all black communities, will that end this type of racial argument in your mind? Will it end the frustrations that lead to an abuse of power? My guess is no. You just won’t be able to call it racism.

And, just so we’re clear, the “WHITE” argument doesn’t fly. If it’s a white criminal that got abused by the police, I’d tell him he deserved it. Hopefully the beating would make him not be such a fucking idiot in the future. And, if he died we wouldn’t be having the conversation. There’d just be one less problem on the street. You play, you pay. Maybe you even pay the one time when you weren’t guilty. That’s the thing about karma. You can be 100% sure there’d be no sympathy, no news, no riots - black cop or white.

lol @CestManan

@CestManan Based on an interview he seems like one of those Christian "mystics" that Doreen Virtue used to deal with all love and light and angel cards bullshit....and right wing crazy on top of all that. Most of his ilk are harmless fluff but he also seems to be one of those that can get talked into doing just about anything. I mean someone convinced him that outfit was cool.

@CestManan Okay, just because you say LGBT instead of gay, calling someone out as gay for what they wear is still stereotyping. And we wouldn't claim that guy even for McConnell's retirement.

(And just for purposes of future discussion, they stormed the Capitol Building, not the White House.) 🙄

@Spoiledbrat how do?