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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Kill a man in uniform, it's an outrage.
Kill an innocent black man, oh... well he probably wasn't innocent.
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I actually saw someone responding about the man in Minnesota, to the quote "he doesn't have a record" they produced a list of traffic violations--lack of proof of insurance, expired registration, etc. Infractions, sure--but these are not violent crimes which would warrant this person a dangerous man. Careless with his vehicle information, sure, but not a threat to anyone's safety.
It's always interesting how the media portrays various people--the Stanford rapist is often first mentioned as a "promising swimmer" and he's gotten much sympathy for his "ruined future." He committed a felony, and yet everyone feels bad that he can't be the Olympian he might well have been.
Meanwhile a black man is killed while reaching for his registration information, and there's a rush to point out everything wrong he's ever done, even if they're minor traffic violations.
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Originally Posted by peter12
Community collapse is obviously a necessary factor in all of this.
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I would imagine much of the "community collapse" of black communities has something to do with the fact that black men are dramatically more likely to be arrested for non-violent drug crimes, and are then dramatically more likely to spend more time in jail for those drug crimes. Those men are then not around to help raise their children. Those men then are unable to find jobs after having a criminal record, and those men then turn to selling CDs and loose cigarettes to attempt to make a living for their families.
Even when police aren't killing black men, the justice system is clearly still working against them, and that is a huge part of the dysfunction of black communities.