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Originally Posted by 95 imp
Finding this hard to believe. Especially in this era of viral videos and riots. Maybe, just maybe, there is more to this than we are being told just rile everyone up?
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yea.. 30 years of cops killing black people far disproportionally to how many white people they kill. Cops policing black people far disproportionally to white people. Cops becoming ever more militarized. Cops getting away with crimes that non-cops wouldn't repeatedly. And that's not just 30 years of this happening, it's just been 30 since cameras have become ubiquitous enough that this can't be swept under the rug or called an isolated incident without proof.
These instances we see on the news aren't _all_ of the instances these things happen. It's just the few that trickle into the public eye. They are backed by far more that aren't captured on camera....or aren't as blatently obvious in wrongful behavior.
civil rights didn't happen with nice conversation between the oppressed and the oppressors. It happened after riots and marches and protests. Even unions dont tend to get their way until they strike to hurt the people in charge.
People in power dont seem to be listening ...the people who elect them dont directly suffer from the issue so necessary changes aren't happening the normal way things do. So once again, protests are the only way to make a resistive controlling body do the right thing. They're not demanding anything more than what white people (which i'm pretty sure most of us here are) get when it comes to interactions with cops. That's not unreasonable, but the constant downplaying rhetoric does nothing but try and keep the status quo.
It's not a few bad apples,...it's been going on forever and it shouldn't. Cops should be people we all consider good and want to have around. Not what they currently are in this country. Even as a white person, when was the last time you were driving around and felt relieved with a cop driving behind you? Even if you aren't doing anything illegal? I know I dont. That's not how cops should be seen by the public they serve. It's just I know all I'm going to deal with is a minor hassle if they pull me over - 0% chance they'll hurt me, not potentially killed or roughed up like a black person has a real chance to be.