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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Only black people riot.
White people "celebrate." After a championship win--white people "celebrate" by lighting couches on fire and looting. Or after a championship loss--white people also light things on fire and loot--but it's just people getting a little out of control! Hey, West Virginia University has at least one riot a year--but it's always brushed under the rug. Boys being boys and all that.
Numbers have proven that this police force has regularly profiled the people of color in its community. Higher arrest rates, numerous examples of excessive force, etc, etc. This is a community that is terrified of the authorities who are supposed to be protecting them, and yes, they are lashing out.
But if we can overlook it as nonsense when it's sports fans reacting to an overall meaningless sporting event--I'm pretty sure we can give a little bit of rope to a community that is angry, that is hurting, that is scared.
This community deserves a police force that they can trust, and the men in power at the moment don't look at all like they're capable of being that force.
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While I agree the police will never be trusted by the majority of people. They've done nothing to really be trusted because most of the time that you deal with them you're going to have pay a fine.
It seems that the LEO's have this Us vs Them mindset and that has made them a little trigger happy.