Originally posted by Surtur
True or false at least one of these people would be alive had they not resisted arrest.
Impossible to say either way and a intellectually dishonest question. Black people have been killed by police while not resisting, as well. Not that resisting arrest is punishable by an automatic death sentence. There were 2 cops on top of him and his hands were pinned. The gun was inside his pocket and you mean to tell me they HAD to shoot him 6 times?
What I can say is that we've seen police handle white suspects, who were a clear physical threat and/or actually holding weapons, without lethal force on a few occasions. Not so much with black people, though. Why is that, do you think?
Speaking of, what was he being arrested for in the first place?
They will say that happens because white people outnumber black people so much. Now if you tell them blacks commit 50% of murders despite being only like 13% of the total population and they will just blame poverty or white racism or..well, anyone or anything(but themselves, of course)
The problem with that stat is that we're not talking about deaths that occur when cops are trying to stop a violent crime. We're talking about killing a suspect selling CD's, cigarettes, sitting in the back of a cop car, in a jail cell, holding a toy/pellet gun, etc. And, as stated earlier, Cops manage to take down other, more violent offenders, without killing them. But they're white, so...
There is this built in thing here where essentially you can blame all your shortcomings not on yourself but on a racist society.
Some black people do this, yes. Just as some white people blame the government for all their woes. The difference is that the government doesn't have a long track record of being against the white race. It does with African-Americans. I fully believe in accountability however, I also know some BS when I see it. I know how people are. I've experienced everything from casual racism/ignorance to blatant.
You talk as though you honestly think racism is dead and a thing of the past. Dude, there are still segregated proms in parts of Georgia. Just recently, a black man was found hanging from a tree at Piedmont Park. Police deemed it a suicide. Ok, except the day before, the KKK were at the same park handing out flyers. The Mayor has the FBI involved now, apparently. Look at how they treat the victims like Alton Sterling. The first thing folks bring up is his criminal record, which was back in 2008-09. As if he was some violent thug, who went around causing problems.
They believe cops are racist so I wonder what kind of treatment they think they'll receive from supposedly racist cops who also know you're a cop killer. I'd be shocked if these snipers are brought in alive.
A lot of cops ARE racist. Hell, other cops are now speaking out about it. Now, that doesn't mean ALL are but let's at least acknowledge there is a damn problem and try to fix it.