Earl (06-01-2020)
There are a LOT of stats. Which do you want?
In a study of 100 million police stops, black drivers were 20% more likely to get pulled over. And this is consistent with anecdotal evidence in other areas, like stop & frisk.
Millions of people aren't making this up, Darth. The black community does not currently get equal treatment under the law. As I've said on other threads - this is somewhat understandable. We are barely a generation removed from civil rights. We've made great strides. But to claim that we're "there" is pure ignorance.
Hello Darth,
Very interesting.
Why guess when this is obviously information officials chose not to release, probably due to ongoing investigations?
One thing is clear: These are people who oppose law and order, and choose to work outside the political system. Trouble makers with extremist ideas.
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There are a lot or stats and most of them are murky because it’s hard to separate data from high crime areas from areas with low crime. Cops working a rough urban area is going to pull over and interact with a disproportionate number of minorities. That can skew the data.
I’m not saying some degree of structural racism doesn’t exist in at least some police forces [almost certainly does] but I’m skeptical that it’s as pervasive as some suggest.
And all this rioting and destruction has occurred and we *still don’t know* if Floyd’s race was a factor in his interaction with the cops.
That’s insane. Literally.
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Hello Darth,
It is more likely that the trouble-makers are not all one group.
Also,
If white nationalists wanted to go blend in there with the purpose to commit vandalism to try to make it look like Floyd protestors are violent, they are not going to be carrying their confederate flags.
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Not really. Floyd's death was a trigger, but the protests are about the more widespread perception of unequal treatment.
I think that video was all too familiar for some. And symbolic, in a way - law enforcement stepping on the neck of the community, keeping it down.
I don't care if you think that's far-fetched. The frustration is real. The anger is real. It's pent up over decades - well beyond this incident. It's a group of people saying "enough."
We should all listen & get in the conversation with that in mind. We can work together to end this, or ignore it & guarantee more of this kind of angry expression in the future.
PoliTalker (06-01-2020)
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This. It's the straw that broke the camels back. Along with the frustration of thinking people over the idiot in the white house, and the arrogant ignorance of his cult followers. The rest of us have pretty much had it with them. At one point, I hoped they would be participants in the healing. I'm over that. Part of the catharsis of Trumps inevitable defeat is that we won't have to listen to these assholes any longer.
ANTIFA/BLM....PAID, FROM OUT-OF-TOWN RIOTERS/LOOTERS/ARSONISTS/MURDERERS.
OBVIOUSLY CENTRALLY ORGANIZED....BY WHOM??
PAID BY WHOM?
WHO STANDS TO GAIN FROM A NATION IN CHAOS ELECTORALLY??
IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE...IS IT?
TRUMP WILL TAKE FORTY STATES...UNLESS THE SAME IDIOTS WHO BROUGHT US THE 2020 DUNCE-O-CRAT IOWA CLUSTERFUCK CONTINUE THEIR SEDITIOUS ACTIVITIES...THEN HE WILL WIN EVEN MORE ..UNLESS THE RED CHINESE AND DNC COLLUDE, USE A PANDEMIC, AND THEN THE DEMOCRATS VIOLATE ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO FACILLITATE MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL, UNVETTED, MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT..
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Hello Concart,
If we have come to know Donald it would be expected that the day after an election he loses is the day he begins to campaign for 2024. He is not going away unless we put him away. He is still going to be on twitter, having rallies, the whole schmear. Ideally, there would be authorities waiting to take him into custody the moment Biden is inaugurated, before DT can get away.
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