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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Seems to be getting closer. If it's not, and you only have problem with one person's opinion, then maybe you can simply add one another to your ignore list?
I know it's a pretty ####ty thing to suggest if he's actually a covert bonafide KKK member spewing hate, but this honestly just appears to be a difference of opinion and I think it's pretty clear that you've both made up your mind and conceded that you have no desire to have any real debate anymore.
You're looking at Breonna Taylor as another unfortunate statistic, another unarmed Black person killed by police and no justice. It's not wrong to be mad, it's not wrong to want change and justice, I'm not saying otherwise.
White Out 403 is looking at it from the singular case. He's taking it at face value; cops executing warrant getting shot at. He's not really wrong with his position either in that regard.
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Excellent post and I touched on this earlier (see below).
Even if Breonna was 100% guilty, it doesn’t change the fact she’s yet another unarmed black person shot by police. The details almost don’t matter, it’s the larger pattern that does. So it’s understandable there will be some disagreement when looking at this from a micro vs macro level.
But the point is, there is no discussions happening like this for white people (and if there are, they aren’t as relevant to racism and more a discussion about poverty, mental health and police violence). And that’s because we don’t have to break down the details in every “white guy killed by cops” story because they don’t exist with nearly the same frequency as “black guy killed by cops”. That’s kind of the whole issue, right? It’s not whether Breonna was innocent, it’s that she’s yet another PoC killed by police. Who cares if she was guilty? There’s 50 more cases that we could use as better examples of police racism and systemic racism, this is just the most recent and attention grabbing story.
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
There is definitely a disconnect between the facts and the narrative surrounding the Breonna Taylor case.
In the end, I’m not sure how much the details matter, in the big picture, because all people see is “unarmed black woman shot by police in her own home”.
There’s little to no evidence that the police who shot her were racially motivated. But it’s also likely true that the only reason they were there and entered the way they did, was due to the colour of her skin. However I think that’s more a sign of systemic racism rather than the individuals being motivated by race.
It’s probably the right choice the officers who stormed her home weren’t charged. But it’s so hard for people in the USA right now to exercise restraint given the dozens and dozens of other overtly racist murders and shootings by police.
I view cases like these as more symbolic of the nations problems rather than a perfect example of them. It’s the tipping point.
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