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Originally Posted by Dezzy
What has that got to do with the very real issue of Police Brutality? What the **** does OJ Simpson have to do with innocent people getting killed by racists? Nothing, that's what. What you're doing is victim blaming, bringing up Trayvon Martin as an example of 'an evil black person' really? You are demonsing a teenage murder victim in order to avoid an uncomfortable truth.
You are defending institutional racism by pointing a finger at a community that is constantly stepped on by the system rather than shining the light on the police force and acknowledging the corruption. As enforcers of the Law and Figures of Authority, it's down to them to get their house in order, they should not defend the police officers that murder and maim the people they should be protecting. You're just trying to downplay the situation when it shouldn't be ignored or belittled.
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wow, that was not a rational post. first of all, i used OJ simpson as an example because black people rallied around him despite the over whelming evidence. do you think that OJ was innocent?
Trayvon martin attacked george zimmerman, ambushed him from behind a bush(i know it sounds funny 'cause bush is in both words) bashed his head into the ground trying to kill him. That was proven in court. But somehow he was hailed as an innocent victim by the black community, despite the very conclusive evidence that actually it was Martin who was the one who attacked Zimmerman.
I'm not defending the system, i'm just saying the problems in the Law Enforcement system are not unique to the law enforcement system. they are the same problems that all groups have. Just like black people rally around guilty black people, law enforcement rallies around guilty law enforcers.
Maybe you could tell me how to fix that problem, but i don't see any solutions from you, just finger pointing at one group, while denying that it is a human problem, not a cop problem.
Framing it as a blacks vs. cops problem does nothing to solve the problems in either group.