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The issue is not the rarity of police brutality (although I disagree) it is the acceptance and silence of the perpetrators fellow officers who witness it. It me

The issue is not the rarity of police brutality (although I disagree) it is the acceptance and silence of the perpetrators fellow officers who witness it. It means that all of these officers who don't intervene are guilty of dereliction of duty and condone the violence. These people should not have power of citizens. It means the entire system is corrupt and broken. "When controlling for violent encounters with police and crimes committed, blacks (armed and unarmed) are actually less likely to be killed by police than whites." Legitimate Source required? This study seems to indicate black men are killed by the police at a rate of 2.5x that of white men. Your argument essentially boils down to sure cops brutally kill people and get away with it but its really the media that is at fault for bringing this to the surface. If we just let the cops do what they want everything would be calm and those uppity minorities would know their place. "Sites like this and an irresponsible media simply exaggerate the issue and needlessly inflame tensions without providing proper and necessary context." Just so I can understand can you please explain the context missing from the video depicting the murder of George Floyd, the source of these nationwide protests. Also please explain why his fellow officers stood around watching and what would have happened if the media had not elevated this incident. Please use small words as I am just some guy that thinks that even a single case of cops getting away with murder is far too many. All in all this comment is pretty disgusting.

corrupt_measure 6y ago
Cops having to deal with many bad people on a daily basis, in a country of 330 million, will inevitably lead to a few outrageous cases. Similarly writing code inevitably leads to bugs. But first, those cases are not racially biased. Black men are involved in far more violent crime per capita than white men which leads them to getting in violent altercations with police more often. This is common knowledge, so the 2.5x statistic is easily explained without invoking racism. A white man was killed in almost exactly the same way as George recently but there were no protests, because the man was white. People have the unjustified belief that blacks are disproportionately targeted so that's why there were protests. If people actually understood the facts that police killings are not racially biased then we would not have destruction in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
- wonderwonder 6y ago
  hmmm, interesting. When were you able to speak with Derek Chauvin the officer that killed Floyd to confirm that it was not racially motivated? Or are you just assuming and making things up? "A white man was killed in almost exactly the same way as George recently but there were no protests, because the man was white. People have the unjustified belief that blacks are disproportionately targeted so that's why there were protests." So your argument is that police are killing everyone and we should all protest? I agree. If that's not your point then it should be. Accepting that police are able to violently kill people is not a great position to have.

corrupt_measure 6y ago

Cops having to deal with many bad people on a daily basis, in a country of 330 million, will inevitably lead to a few outrageous cases. Similarly writing code inevitably leads to bugs. But first, those cases are not racially biased. Black men are involved in far more violent crime per capita than white men which leads them to getting in violent altercations with police more often. This is common knowledge, so the 2.5x statistic is easily explained without invoking racism. A white man was killed in almost exactly the same way as George recently but there were no protests, because the man was white. People have the unjustified belief that blacks are disproportionately targeted so that's why there were protests. If people actually understood the facts that police killings are not racially biased then we would not have destruction in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

wonderwonder 6y ago
hmmm, interesting. When were you able to speak with Derek Chauvin the officer that killed Floyd to confirm that it was not racially motivated? Or are you just assuming and making things up? "A white man was killed in almost exactly the same way as George recently but there were no protests, because the man was white. People have the unjustified belief that blacks are disproportionately targeted so that's why there were protests." So your argument is that police are killing everyone and we should all protest? I agree. If that's not your point then it should be. Accepting that police are able to violently kill people is not a great position to have.