Quote: (04-21-2015 01:43 PM)Global Baller Wrote:
Quote: (04-20-2015 09:24 PM)speakeasy Wrote:
I don't have the exact figures in front of me but I'm pretty sure that blacks are shot by other blacks at least 90% of the time. Until blacks themselves respect black life nobody else will.
Obviously, you don't get it. Who kills Black men more is not the point. The police are not empowered to kill innocent, uarmed African American men. The job of the police -- who are paid by taxpayers -- is to protect all citizens from crime. Particularly, from violent crime. Police in America are racist, brutal thugs. They're not supposed to be the US version of the Gestapo.
There's unarmed people of all backgrounds that have been killed by cops. But those aren't really given much attention by the media.
I bet you've never heard this stories of black cops shooting unarmed whites:
http://theweek.com/speedreads/447379/why...ce-officer
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/10/universi..._of_1.html
Or this white on white shooting:
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/...stem.html/
It was basically a last page story if that. It certainly didn't get 24/7 CNN coverage and mention from the president. Nor were there any mass protests across the nation.
I don't buy into the media's hype. I know that if I step out the door, there's an infinitesimal chance I'll be killed by a cop, especially if I'm not resisting arrest. I'm way more likely to be killed in an armed robbery after wandering into a bad neighborhood. That's just the facts. I'm not letting the media whip me up into a frenzy because of what they choose to cover.
And I'm not saying these things aren't problems, my point is that this happens to people of all backgrounds. But it's more likely to become a media sensation if it's a white officer and black suspect.
There were 320 people killed by officers(includes justifiable or not) in 2013. Versus 14,827 murders and homicides in the general population that same year.
So that's 2% of the killings vs the general population. But keep in mind, many if not most of those by cops were justifiable shootings. There aren't any reliable numbers out there on the exact numbers of justifiable shootings by cops, but I'm pretty sure that comprises the majority. So if I care about life, tell me why I should be primarily focused on the cops who at the end of the day are a fraction of a percent of the unjustified killing in this country? Wouldn't it be more prudent to focus my outrage on the thugs and gangs in the street that are far more likely to be a threat to my life?
Let's also not forget that a cop is killed in the line of duty every 60 hours. If there was 24hr CNN coverage every time a cop got shot we'd think there was a war on cops as well. But because the media doesn't make any sensation out of it, nobody thinks much about it.
And one other thing to remember when we paint cops with such a broad brush such as calling them "gestapos". The vast majority of cops never discharge their gun at a suspect even once in their entire career. I know most would never think that if they watch the news, but it's actually true.