Officer in Georgia says to woman during traffic stop: "We only kill black people"

[Jumpin]

d21lewis said:

Jumpin said:
If you belong to an organization that is world famous for shooting unarmed black people, like the US police force, you don't get to joke about it.

That's like a Taliban joking about only stoning women to death, a skinhead joking that they only kill Jews, or a Tutsi joking that they only kill Hutus.

I haven't really read any of the posts in this thread and I do agree with you. I just hate that then entire profession of law enforcement are judged because of the actions of a few. An officer in LA can do some vile act and and officer in Carolina will be lumped in right there with them.

 

A soldier can kill civilians and everybody won't say "Everyone in the military is bad". A McDonald's employee can spot in your food and people won't hate all McDonald's employees. It just doesn't seem consistent.

The big difference is that the soldier and McDonald's employee don't get away with it like the aforementioned groups. If they behave in that manner, they are made an example of through punishment - often very severe.

Police, Taliban, and Hutus (I apologize for getting that backwards in my last post!) all get away with it. Skinheads for standing in solidarity with antisemitism, different, but achieves the same sort of effect.