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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I see what you’re saying and, for the record, don’t think you’re being racist, but I do think you’re presenting the facts in a way that supports what you believe. It’s worth considering at least, especially when your examples of unarmed White people getting shot involved them approaching police (sometimes aggressively) while many instances of unarmed Black people getting shot involves them walking or running away. There’s obviously a difference there, and dismissing the idea of racism in the police entirely is about as practical as suggesting every time an officer kills a Black person it’s because of racism.
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Robert Sikon- nov 2019- white- fought with police shot while running away. Unarmed
Donnell Lang -April 2019- white- uncooperative while wearing handcuffs tried to run away. Shot in back. Unarmed.
Preston Azsust- Jan 2019- white- friend pulled a gun. He fled and was shot in back. Unarmed.
There are more examples. The fact is policing is really hard and an almost impossible job. A half second delay in reaction can end in the cop dying. This doesn’t exempt them from blame but it sure should make us want to fund them and give them the best training possible. Some of these agencies pay like 40 k a year. That’s not going to attract the greatest officers either. The training is subpar. I know that much. And I even readily admit there are some bad and even racist cops out there, because there are bad and racist people in every job. I do want to say as well some of these cases of police shootings are officers shooting or brutalizing their own race. This is very complex. I think we are creating more division and using the police for a scape goat more than we are helping this community.