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This is horribly reductive. Put aside the sample size of one for a moment. The fact you've only dealt with the police when genuinely committing crimes, and the
by noodleman 4y ago
This is horribly reductive.
Put aside the sample size of one for a moment. The fact you've only dealt with the police when genuinely committing crimes, and their response was proportional to the crime, is most likely down to your skin colour.
- HyperSane 4y ago> and their response was proportional to the crime, is most likely down to your skin colour. And also due to the fact I was calm, reasonable, cooperative, and didn't point a gun at them. If you are trying to argue that a person's behavior has no effect on how likely they are to be killed by a cop then you are just completely wrong.
- zaccusl 4y agoDo you mean like the way Philando Castile was calm, reasonable, and cooperative while being executed after being stopped for a break light issue? What about Charles Kinsey who was as cool and compliant and non-threatening as possible, What about Donovan Lewis? Is it reasonable to execute a sleeping man? What about Erik Cantu? I guess eating a hamburger in a parking lot is a capital offense? BTW, the number of cases like the few I mentioned are FAR too numerous to even keep track of. If you think that a persons skin color has no effect on how likely they are to be killed by a cop then you are just completely wrong.
- HyperSane 4y agoThose are 4 people out of many thousands that have been killed by police in the US, they are hardly representative. A persons actions have hundreds of times more impact on how likely they are to be killed by a cop than his race.