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Old 09-07-2016, 11:09 AM #11
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Originally Posted by Ninastar View Post
What I find strange is that more white people have actually been killed by cops than any other race this year, yet no one seems to be protesting over that?

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...gs-us-database
The difference is that they were more likely to be lawful shootings, given how the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' causes certain white people to froth at the mouth in rage how do you think they'd react if a white person was executed by the police in a similar fashion to these killings? There'd be riots.

If what happened to Tamir Rice happened to a white child there'd be calls for blood.

There's an imbalance here, I'm not against lawful killings if there's no other way but considering it feels like there's a new incident like this happening every other week it feels foolish to deny there's a problem. Nothing will change if we bury our heads in the sand but if the american people take a stand against Police Brutality then it benefits everyone.
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