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Skriven 2014-11-25 21:50:00 av Ed Pawlowski
     Kommentar till en text av Michel Boucher
Ärende: Re: OT: St. Louis shutting down.
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On 11/25/2014 5:55 PM, Michel Boucher wrote:

> And what about the number of children who were NOT carrying
> weapons but were nonetheless killed by policemen...and how many
> of these killers are found negligent or even careless?  How many
> victims were black and how many were white?  Those are the
> numbers you need before you can whitewash the indiscriminate
> killing of children by representatives of the vested authority,
> let alone the shootings of unarmed black-while-walking adult
> victims.

The statistics would be interesting.  We not only have to know how many
victims were of each race, we have to know how many 911 calls were about
black versus white.

We also have to know how many stopped serious thraets to others versus
the indiscriminate ones.

>
>  From what I see and read, I can only conclude that the US is in
> the grips of a resurgence of racism that equals that of the
> period of slavery.  The life of blacks is worth much less than
> the life of whites.

Much of that is fueled by the actions of a handful of blacks that are
rioting, burning and destroying businesses.  Maybe that should be changed?

>
> If that 12-year old had been white, I have no doubt the officer
> would have exercised more caution before resorting to violence.

That sounds like a conclusion.  Amazing how you are able to ascertain that.

>
> What, I ax youze, is the difference between Trayvon Martin,
> killed because he was a black youth walking, and this guy
> (article selected at random) who was merely arrested after
> threatening cops with an assault rifle?
>
> http://www.knoxnews.com/news/man-arrested-after-brandishing-
> assault-rifle-bayon
>
> http://tinyurl.com/o6v6sgn
>
> Don't even TRY to say race had nothing to do with it.
>

First, it was not a cop that killed Trayvon Martin.  I don't see any
comparison between the two scenarios.  Neither of us was at either of
these so neither of us can draw conclusions.

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