05-31-2020, 06:35 AM
(05-29-2020, 01:08 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(05-29-2020, 12:52 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: The question is why does this kind of police crime still happen after all the incidents we've seen now on video and such. It really shows how pervasive racism is, especially on your side of the aisle, and among policemen.
It has nothing to do with racism. It has to do with the deference the criminal justice system gives to police. Garner's killer got off. Same happens with police who kill people who are not black. A few get convicted, but the conviction rate is much lower than for nonpolice.
The racism is on your side of the aisle, for believing that black people are not smart enough to fend for themselves and have to be given affirmative action and welfare, with the implicit Democratic promise to their white suburban base that that will keep black people in their place, with these police forces to enforce that.
We agree on one thing: the police have a free pass, but it's not simple deference. It's based in law, where the burden of proof when police are involved has been raised through a series of court cases (yes, including the SCOTUS) to levels typically unachievable. If not for body cams and cellphone videos, this would be a wall to high -- period! We disagree about racism, though. Slavery was a burden that was nearly impossible to overcome, even after it ended. Educating black people in the slave states was illegal and a capital offense in some or them. Follow that with decades of Jim Crow suppression: still little to no education and poor opportunities even in the North. Finally, give a massive hand-up to white GIs after WW-II, and deny it to blacks who served. Just how deep does the hole have to be before it becomes our responsibility to fill it?
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