Hello Legion,
Originally Posted by
Legion
It used to be. [about racial police brutality] Now it's mostly about hating Trump, IMO.
Sounds like what you are trying to turn this issue into because you don't want to believe there is racial police brutality.
Originally Posted by
Legion
Cite your evidence, if you have any.
Walter Scott, a black man running away from Officer Michael Slager, was shot in the back while he posed no threat.
Originally Posted by
Legion
That's one example, and your claim is unsupported by any evidence. Post the proof. Don't tell me to "look it up". You made the claim.
The shooting of Walter Scott occurred on April 4, 2015, in North Charleston, South Carolina, following a daytime traffic stop for a non-functioning brake light. Scott, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by Michael Slager, a white North Charleston police officer.[1][2] Slager was charged with murder after a video surfaced which showed him shooting Scott from behind while Scott was fleeing, and which contradicted his police report. The race difference led many to believe that the shooting was racially motivated, generating a widespread controversy.[3]
The case was independently investigated by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division conducted their own investigations. In June 2015, a South Carolina grand jury indicted Slager on a charge of murder. He was released on bond in January 2016. In late 2016, a five-week trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury. In May 2016, Slager was indicted on federal charges including violation of Scott's civil rights and obstruction of justice. In a May 2017 plea agreement, Slager pleaded guilty to federal charges of civil rights violations, and he was returned to jail pending sentencing.[4][5] In return for his guilty plea, the state's murder charges were dropped.[5]
In December 2017, Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[6]
Shooting_of_Walter_Scott (wiki)
The police officer who shot unarmed Scott in the back is doing 20 years for violating his civil rights. That is iron clad proof of racial police brutality.
Public figures who demonstrate for improved civil rights are thus justified in their actions. That has nothing to do with President Trump, who inserted himself into the controversy, made it worse, not better, when he should have taken meaningful action to improve the problem. Now, it is worse than if he had done nothing at all.
Originally Posted by
Legion
You hear what you want to hear. What you decide to infer from what you hear is your issue.
That sounds to me like something you have been told, and have decided to use against others. I believe whomever told that to you was probably spot on. It appears accurate in this case. You claim 'hatred of Trump,' yet I've expressed none. I always give the president all due respect, but that doesn't mean he is above criticism.
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