| SocialistSlayer said: it is astonishing that that is the conclusion you came to. There is literally zero evidence that either this case nor mike brown's had anything to do with race. But unlike mike brown, which had no evidence to prove the officers guilt, this case definitely appeared that the officer acted outside the law. Based on my limited viewing of the evidence, it is quite disappointing that this NY cop was not indicted. He certainly seemed guilty. but again, how you came to the conclusion that white cops can just kill blacks all willy nilly is abhorrent. FYI the last cop to be indicted in the death of a civilian, was a white cop (richard haste) killing a black man(ramarly graham). |
This type of ignorance is why no progress will be made. White males (such as myself) still cannot garner consensus that race, indeed, is an underlying theme and variable to these incidents. Most, if not all, people worth having dialogue with are not saying it the THE cause but continueing to refuse the acknowledgement that it is a variables is why this cycle will continue.
The fact that 60 years ago there was segregation in this very country and people still fly confederate flags and talk about seceding is the evidence that there are still racial divides in this country.
Again, it is not a zero sum game. The problem is on both sides. People want to make this a solely white cop issue, these are generally the black community or liberal/democrats. The other side wants to pretend racism is over. the problem is the side that wants to pretend like there is "no evidence" for underlying racial tones in these cases are the white males who have all of the power. The problem is the people with no power IE: the non white male side do not have teh luxery of being thoughtful or careful in their outcries. Voting rights are slipping away because white males, drenched with subconscious guilt cannot wait to prove emphatically that "racism does not exist" The way to prove that is to remove laws that remind them of the guilt, to pretend it is not necesary so they can have some false peace with this countries history. This is why the people claiming "no evidence" of race are so quick to create this zero sum game because the acknowledgement that race is a factor means we have to deal with it instead of pretending racism is gone which is the goal of white men in america.
