Yeah it must have been something really awful, like being black AND gay.
If so, you'd almost think BLM and the Pride community both should be uprising over this...
Wait til the video is released. But plenty of black men have been murdered by cops in the last few years and there wasn't an "uprising" after every one...believe it or not.
You're both correct. BLM. The victim was black. Should not matter who did the crime!
Awful short reply?
They straight up murdered this kid. Holding his arms behind his back and punching him, kicking him in the head when he’s already knocked out. Pepper spraying him as he’s calling out for his mom. Insane.
I’m really curious as to what these cops have gotten away with in the past to make them think they could just beat a kid to death.
And not just them, but many, many others. Even after that piece of shit Chauvin murdered George Floyd with the help of 3 accomplices, they still figure they'll get away with it.
OP wants so desperately for this to be a race issue. It isn't...it's a police issue.
It's never been a race issue! That's the point.
It’s a police issue in that, to your point, “this shit happens a lot more than you think” which suggests that it’s not an issue of rogue officers but instead that deeply systemic problems exist within police departments across the country.
It wasn't too long ago that all a cop had to say was "he feared for his life" and he was, pretty much, off the hook. Now with all the cameras that excuse isn't as convenient any more.
Answer me this...Why are black communities generally much more heavily policed?
I don't follow. We literally have for profit prisons. There are economic incentives for locking people up
Just off the top of my head, my guess would be because black communities tend to be in low income areas and/or in inner cities where there is a higher volume of crime.
Don’t even need to go to prison for an arrest to generate a profit for someone in most states with America being almost the only country on earth with commercial bail bonds.
Yah its called: over-time. The invisible hand of the market; wielding the batton. Need some extra money for your new truck? Just harass a poor person near the end of your shift, and you too can get time and a half bonus on your check.
Agree here a 100%.
Hmm it’s like we should find a way to take pressure off of police by redirecting funds away from increased police militarization and towards additional resources for dealing with things that should be non police issues like drug overdoses or people in a mental health crisis.
Why do you think black communities are in low income areas/inner cities where there is a higher volume of crime?
I sort of agree with this. The problem is that in the examples you mention above, there's substantial danger involved when a person/people walk into an unknown situation to deal with a drug overdose or mental health crisis. So you can't send a social worker or two in alone to deal with this... you still have to have cops there in case things go sideways.
