For those who say blacks aren't trying to clean themselves up:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-latest-overflow-crowd-attends-rappers-gang-summit/ar-BBuqGUx?ocid=ansmsnnews11
Originally posted by Lestov16
For those who say blacks aren't trying to clean themselves up:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-latest-overflow-crowd-attends-rappers-gang-summit/ar-BBuqGUx?ocid=ansmsnnews11
Which again nobody has said what you just said. What is said is people wish the outrage shown over cops killing black people would be shown for black on black crime. It doesn't mean they are asking for some rapper to go cry on stage in front of a crowd.
What is being talked about is why aren't fires set or stores broken into over gang violence? Why aren't interstates blocked? Why aren't lives disrupted for this? That is what is being asked.
Originally posted by Nephthys
It isn't a cop out to say that police should be doing the jobs they signed up for and have a responsibility to perform. It isn't the responsibility of black people to police their race, its the responsibility of the police. Instead injustices are being carried out, causing the backlash of BLM. The point of the name is that black lives are being senselessly lost and then the responsibility for their loses aren't being upheld. Thud people feel like black lives don't matter to police or the judicial system. So no, the movements priority should be the thing the movement was f*cking founded about.More blaming the victim shit. Despicable.
Black lives are being lost without any sense..and most of the time THEY ARE LOST AT THE HANDS OF OTHER BLACKS.
That is despicable. A lifelong criminal waving a gun around in someone's face isn't a f*cking victim. Not unless someone forced him to commit all those crimes, to illegally get a firearm, to wave it in someone's face for no reason, etc. Did some otherworldly force cause all that to happen? Should we alert some folks to watch out for "The Shining" or something? Is Professor X's evil son just out being a dick again? God dammit Legion stop forcing black people to become life long criminals and wave guns in peoples faces. F*cking kids, amirite?
Originally posted by Surtur
Black lives are being lost without any sense..and most of the time THEY ARE LOST AT THE HANDS OF OTHER BLACKS.That is despicable. A lifelong criminal waving a gun around in someone's face isn't a f*cking victim. Not unless someone forced him to commit all those crimes, to illegally get a firearm, to wave it in someone's face for no reason, etc. Did some otherworldly force cause all that to happen? Should we alert some folks to watch out for "The Shining" or something? Is Professor X's evil son just out being a dick again?
I'm not sure DE even attempts to follow US news, I'm not sure where he's getting his.
Which again nobody has said what you just said
I mean nobody is saying no black person in this country cares about black on black violence. Some do, some do indeed talk about it. But their voices are snuffed out like a lit candle being hit by a tidal wave. The loudest screams come from what the cops do, which would be fine if the cops were responsible for most of the black death.
Then we see what we have been seeing: it's basically despicable racism to discuss anything else but the cops. I just hope these people keep some tissues on them at all times. Keeping your fingers constantly stuck in your ears is probably going to make it so you have ear wax on your fingers all the time so you need something in which to wipe it off.
Originally posted by Lestov16
For those who say blacks aren't trying to clean themselves up:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-latest-overflow-crowd-attends-rappers-gang-summit/ar-BBuqGUx?ocid=ansmsnnews11
Also just curious is that rapper going to just retire from rap then? Or just make Will Smith rap songs about how parents don't understand their children?
Why is it when it's black on black violence all they do is "hold meetings" ? Just curious, do you know?
Anyways as our first black presidents final term draws closer and closer to an end it's just weird to me race relations seem at an all time low. Not compared to like how it was decades ago or anything like in the 1940s-1960s, but still.
Maybe anyone thinking of voting for a certain presidential candidate because they are the "first" something should be rethinking that.
So this Sterling shooting we know he had a 46 page long rap sheet, cops were called because he was waving a gun, etc. Here is some information about the other shooting, which before this all I knew is that these people were driving around smoking weed with their kid in the back(awesome parenting, I'm sure social services are reviewing the mothers competency right?)
Here is a link of some information about the other guy that died:
Now before someone comes in and says it: I'm not saying this second man deserved death, I'm merely giving some additional context to the story and the type of person this man was. Which apparently involves the man committing armed robbery the day before he died. Did this life of crime play any part in him ending up dead at the hands of the cops? Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Oh yes. I'm getting tired of this. Biased news sources that ignore facts:
http://www.snopes.com/philando-castile-crips-member/
...while Got News sandwiched the photograph between two paragraphs calling Castile a gang member, this mugshot had nothing to do with any gang-related crime or activity. The photograph seen here was taken in 2011 when Castile was arrested on charges related to a traffic violation (i.e., driving with a revoked license), a fact curiously left out of the Got News report.Castile did not have a felony record. While he has been arrested several times, those arrests were typically related to minor traffic violations, such as speeding or not wearing a seat belt
Not wearing a seat belt. What a horrific life of crime.
And then you help spread this lie and wonder why black people think whites are racist....
Originally posted by Lestov16
Oh yes. I'm getting tired of this. Biased news sources that ignore facts:
http://www.snopes.com/philando-castile-crips-member/Not wearing a seat belt. What a horrific life of crime.
I dont think people learned that if they stop responding to dirty trolls, they will just go away.
Originally posted by Lestov16
Oh yes. I'm getting tired of this. Biased news sources that ignore facts:
http://www.snopes.com/philando-castile-crips-member/Not wearing a seat belt. What a horrific life of crime.
And then you help spread this lie and wonder why black people think whites are racist....
First off the Snopes didn't prove or disprove anything. It says "unproven". Second off you ignore the link I posted which wasn't just going "ooo a mugshot, he's a crip". There was shit about videos of armed robbery, etc. Personally I don't care if he is a crip or a blood or a member of the friggin lollypop guild.
Not wearing a seat belt? Okay. What about driving around smoking weed with your kid in the back? Again, nobody is saying that is worthy of death, but it does speak to character. I mean I love weed, but if I had a kid I wouldn't drive around like a piece of shit smoking it with my kid in the back. Why is this mother being allowed to keep her child?
Where are social services? Is this okay to you? Does everything get put on the back burner because her boyfriend is dead? I feel sorry for the kid.
Well, the stuff about the armed robbery does have merit and does change the context of the situation. Given that, it's seems this shooting was the case of a misunderstanding. The robber definitely fits the description of Philando. I could see how the cops would be weary. If I'm correct, he kept his wallet the same place he kept his gun, so there was no way for the cops to know what he was going for.
However, in your description you clearly insinuated that you believed he was a violent gang member and the actual store robber based on the lies of the article. And smoking weed in the presence of a kid shows irresponsibility, not violent tendencies.
I said his background apparently involved some armed robbery. Apparently is the keyword, the article could be a lie, it could be mistaken identity, or it could be him.
The point also is that if I did read that and believe he was a gang banger it wouldn't of been because he had pictures of him flipping the bird. That would make every 13 yr. old in the world a gang banger.
Thing is, I shouldn't have to do a search for details like that. If it was a case of mistaken or if that is even a possibility that should be mentioned and instead we just frame it as "he didn't do anything wrong".
Just like with Sterling reports didn't make it apparent the cop had been called there via reports of the guy waving a gun in someone's face. They made it seem like he just saw a kindly old black man selling cd's and decided to f*ck with him. In other words: hands up don't shoot all over again.