Father-in-law puts on Fox News

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Itap [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That, my friend, depends on which side of the spectrum you're on

The side that looks at things objectively? The supervisor on the scene of the Eric Garner arrest/death was black. Was he just an Uncle Tom?

[Orruar]

Does anyone really think the Eric Garner situation would have been different if he was white? Cops are assholes regardless of skin color. The difference is that when a white person gets a little police brutality, he thinks "what an asshole". When a black person gets a little police brutality, he thinks "what a racist". The fact is that many cops are assholes. Shocking, I know.

[Traxan]

Try this one out https://www.youtube.com/user/breakingtheset

[Duckwalk]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does anyone really think the Eric Garner situation would have been different if he was white? Cops are assholes regardless of skin color. The difference is that when a white person gets a little police brutality, he thinks "what an asshole". When a black person gets a little police brutality, he thinks "what a racist". The fact is that many cops are assholes. Shocking, I know.

Anyone with a bare minimum of education regarding Grand Jury proceedings can see that in relation to police misconduct, the process is often grossly abused.

In my opinion, people were reacting more to a system that disproportionally targets minorities regardless of how justified it might have been in this specific situation and the fact that system as it currently operates allows Police to overwhelmingly escape any type of repurcussions for alleged misdeeds.

Of course all of that gets drowned out by certain media outlets inciting unrest a la Cartman.

[Lictor]

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[Itap]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The side that looks at things objectively? The supervisor on the scene of the Eric Garner arrest/death was black. Was he just an Uncle Tom?

Do you have any black friends? Black people don't like other black people

[Itap]

Originally Posted by leewong [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The interwebs have made traditional media obsolete.

This guy gets it

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Itap [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Black people don't like other black people

You're a racist piece of shit.

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Duckwalk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In my opinion, people were reacting more to a system that disproportionally targets minorities.

Except that it kind of doesn't. It targets them in proportion with the disproportionate amount of crime that certain minorities commit. You don't see police harassing jews and most asians because they don't engage in criminal activity as often as other groups. As soon as we start seeing yamaka wearing thugs robbing liquor stores in large numbers, I'm sure we'll see the system disproportionately target the jewish population.

[Duckwalk]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Except that it kind of doesn't. It targets them in proportion with the disproportionate amount of crime that certain minorities commit. You don't see police harassing jews and most asians because they don't engage in criminal activity as often as other groups. As soon as we start seeing yamaka wearing thugs robbing liquor stores in large numbers, I'm sure we'll see the system disproportionately target the jewish population.

That would be a fair point if the studies didn't completely contradict what you're suggesting.

Go look at the crime statistics that were recently released in regards to Fergeson. Minorities were stopped/searched/arrested far more often yet cacausians were more likely to actually be carrying contraband.

Additionally, although minorities, as you suggest, may be responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in relation to other races, the justice systems prosecution of minorities is disproportionate in relation to other races.

Using hypothetical numbers.
50 black men get arrested for drug possession.
10 white men get arrested for drug possession.

50% of black men are successfully prosecuted for drug possession.
10% of white men are successfully prosecuted for drug possession.

Notice the difference in what I'm talking about and what your talking about?