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> I wish left, right and center could come together just this once to urge young black men to not fight with police. I don't understand why you are saying this
by troncheadle 10y ago
> I wish left, right and center could come together just this once to urge young black men to not fight with police.
I don't understand why you are saying this like young black men are chomping at the bit to fight with police, or like there are people advocating that young black men pick fights with cops. What are you on about here??
> Lets urge the young black men to submit to lawful orders and take issue later in a court of law.
What we saw, twice, this week, was young black men submitting to lawful orders and being killed for it.
How about we urge cops to stop extrajudicial killings? How about we urge the federal government to define an escalation strategy for police that doesn't violate international law?
Your insistence in making 'young black men' the problem here paints you as racist, whether or not you think you are.
- CWuestefeld 10y ago> Your insistence in making 'young black men' the problem here paints you as racist, whether or not you think you are. I agree. But at the same time, doesn't the insistence to frame the problem as one of violence specifically against blacks - as opposed to one of those in power misusing force against anyone they're supposed to be "serving and protecting" - make the whole discussion racist?
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