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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Being arrested is pretty simple, listen, do as your told, keep you hands visible.
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As I white guy, I support this simple game theory argument for myself. I can also understand why it isn't so simple for POC.
You know why we get video evidence for so many of these? Because the victims vocalize the injustice and bystanders become aware (and hit record). Now, the question that nobody can answer is whether a POC would be better off giving full compliance and trusting their well-being to officers [who may or may not be detaining them for a valid reason], in a totally private environment. Plenty of cases of 'suspects' coming to significant harm during transport.
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Originally Posted by Darth Tkachuk
I wonder how many people on here that support BLM being in sports have actually gone to the website, and read the section "What we believe"? I disagree with their politics, and the subsequent injection of BLM into places it has no place being (like the NHL, NBA, and NFL). I'm betting next to nobody here has done that, and they're just blindly following the mindless masses, like good little sheep. Or are they afraid they're going to be labeled as a racist if they dare disagree with the ideas of people who happen to have black skin?
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It's possible to support most of the ideas/notions espoused by BLM organizations without supporting the specific organizations themselves (which, like many advocacy orgs, have plenty of issues). BLM is a broad umbrella with various chapters and AFAIK no broader governance.
Their 'solutions' may not be ideal, but their grievances are valid and real.