This is bigger than George Floyd and we have seen many cops arrested, indicted and then walk out of court scott free. There have been cops that have planted illegal evidence on folks and they have never stepped foot in a prison, we have seen cops murder folks and receive a slap on the wrist, so don't hand me that BS that this is a Just System. I have answered that time and time against EQUALITY and for ALL people to be treated JUSTLY under the Justice System. The 400yrs brings us to today.
I don't care about the OJ case, never whined about the jury. Was there some racial inequity to the jury? I always thought it was diverse, then again that was a long time ago...
I won't dispute that what you say is sometimes true -- there are some 'bad' cops, no doubt about it. There are also LOTS of criminals, perps, 'suspects', and others who get completely away with crimes, or get a mere 'slap on the wrist', reduced prison sentences, etc., etc. It isn't (ISN'T) a perfect world, brutha, and it wouldn't be a perfect world even if the majority of Americans were BLACK. You want to see miscarriages of justices, bribery, and wholesale injustice in the name of "JUSTICE"? Look no further than the BLACK nations of Africa! But, if you want equality and justice, then know that this is exactly what nearly all the rest of Americans want, too -- so, you're in good company! I want it too, very much, and I've wanted it for all of us, all my long life. I'm glad we're both on the same side!
And how will we know when we have achieved this so that the rioting and looting and assaults can subside?
The whole BLM movement is a joke, or would be if it wasn't destroying cities. Again, of the hundreds of thousands of police-citizen interactions that happen daily all across America, we have 20 or so black people killed a year in police-related incidents. Let's say half of those - across the board - are due to a perp trying to kill or injure the officer - we're talking about 10 incidents a year or so where the cop has no excuse and deserves any form of punishment. That's not even a busy night in south Chicago. So don't tell me black lives matter. All lives matter, including blacks. Tell that to Mayor Lightweight who apparently is fine with increasing black-on-black murder rates in her city. "Black Lives Matter" is a euphemism for "We hate cops". Nothing more. Now, let's see the statistics on how many random white people were pulled out of their car and beaten for being white. Far more than were shot by cops, but, admittedly, less than the number of black kids shot last year by other blacks. It is what it is. Poverty and lack of education and lifestyle are the main factors in much of this garbage. And that applies to people of ANY color.
The police are suppose to uphold the law, not break it. If the very folks who are suppose to keep law and order are allowed to break it, then what the hell is it all for. That is weak, we are in America not Africa. If I move there I will address it. So what are we going to do about it?
Absolutely, is there a statistical measure we can look to or will the looters and rioters lust for destruction and violence never be satiated?
You tell me. You are the one who appears to appear to support the national chaos. Businesses are prostrating before the BLM characters. Police forces are slashing their budgets. And yet the rioting goes on. What is it that could ever satisfy you where this destruction and violence will cease?
Treat each situation with the focus and attention it deserves -- NOT condemning all law enforcement departments throughout the United States for no valid, proven reason at all! As I've said maybe a dozen times or more -- the police officers involved in the attempted arrest of George Floyd have been individually charged with crimes! Let each of them be given a fair trial, with all evidence presented in a court of law, and, if they are found guilty as charged, let them be PUNISHED according to the law! Does that satisfy your sense of justice? That is indeed how we DO things in the United States! I'm sure you see the wisdom of justice according to the LAW!
Exactly. Many police officers have not only been charged, but they're in prison. Many have been NOT found guilty as well because the actions were justified. Each situation is different. But the position on the left is that if a cop kills a person of color - no matter WHAT the person was doing - that the cop should go to jail. That's just ridiculous.
And it is also assumed by default that the cop's motives were racist without any evidence to support.
Why are you guys scared of police reform? These incidents have taken place all over the country, which shows we need reform. Who has argued against that? The LAW isn't the problem, the problem is those who are in charge.
As a % of all police interactions, it's not really a problem that cannot be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. It's not the "epidemic" that the left wants us to think it is.
All 20-25 of them in 2019? It's a teeny, tiny, minuscule problem. More people get hit by lightening each year than get hit by a cop.
And now we have another Democrat, Ayanna Pressley, calling for more rioting. “There needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there’s unrest in our lives, and unfortunately, there’s plenty to go around,” Pressley told MSNBC over the weekend. This is today's Democrat Party - lawless thuggery at the highest levels.
BLM has been taken over by people pretending to be BLM but are actually Antifa masquerading around creating chaos.
Not taken over but in solidarity with on a few issues. It's synergy, all nascent revolutionary movements aggregate like minded splinter groups to implement the larger common policies. Watch what happens when some goal is reached or gain made. The disparate grouping will gather to figure out the next action or direction. Beyond this one issue, they have different visions about the end goal. Here's the point they shoot each other. Shoot as in dead, leaders of various factions assassinated. Oh and on chaos, that the current commonality. Goal achieved. Now the arguments about what next erupt. Hahaha. It's like these people haven't read history.
Perhaps it is the appropriate time to address the matter of black community reform. To address all the bad individuals who are engaged in crime, and the community that is too afraid to discuss the matter on the basis of "snitches get stitches" meaning they are forced to ignore the problem on penalty of death from their own people.
Well then the real BLM folks need to start getting a grip on their movement and distancing themselves from Antifa and others who are creating chaos and violence. The way things stand now it's not a good look for them. The media is supposedly on the side of BLM yet all I see on even the most biased news networks is riots and chaos associated with BLM. CNN might want to start finding these "peaceful protests" that BLM claims to be the norm and start posting those on the front pages instead of endless stories of Portland and Chicago being burned to the ground. I keep hearing about these peaceful protests yet the most common photo I see of a peaceful BLM movement is one of Obama walking with them back in 2015...