Remember when MLK jr said, "To further the cause of social justice go down the street and rob and loot your neighbors." Me neither, because it didn't happen.
I fully sympathize with the situation in Minneapolis and the death of George Floyd. I believe in due process, but after seeing the video I was sickened by the police officer's actions. He did not need to have his knee of the neck of a man who was handcuffed and held down by two other officers. His excessive force caused the death of Floyd. He was fired and he will be arrested and charged. There will be a court case and evidence will be presented and a verdict delivered.
That's how our system works. It does not work by robbing your neighbors and destroying their livelihoods. There is no cause that is furthered by the looter's actions. There is no traction gained. Their actions haven't changed policy and ensured that justice was done. It was simply a group of people who took the opportunity to steal and destroy for personal gain. The looters are selfish because they took some of the spotlight away from George Floyd and now the nation sees another example people run amok without furthering their agenda or making any positive strides.
If the looters actually cared about Floyd or the social cause they speak of they would take civil action. It worked in the past and it would work again. The Montgomery bus boycott changed policy. But it wasn't easy, it was certainly harder than breaking glass and stealing a tv. And therein lies the problem. It's easy to riot, it's easy to steal and claim "XYZ caused me to loot." It's hard to organize like-minded people and bring about change. It takes time, grit and determination. Think how much better things would be if the thousands of people who looted and rioted got together and voted for change. They could elect someone who could enact policies to prevent something like this from happening again. That's how our system works, not by destroying your own neighborhood.
The issue is that they do have their hands on the wheel. Thing is: as a white person, I don’t have to worry about being shot. Wouldn’t even cross my radar. Shouldn’t have to; but more than this crosses a POC radar every.single.day.
It is the narrative. That’s the whole point.
I think your virtue signaling is interfering with your white privilege. If you're not scared of unchecked police power and corruption against ALL people. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
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Institutional racism...American whites are raised up so blind to it that they will argue that it exists at all. It's as american as apple pie and misogyny.
I think your virtue signaling is interfering with your white privilege. If you're not scared of unchecked police power and corruption against ALL people. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
Uh, OK.
As a White girl ... nope, probably don’t have as much to fear from the police.
The black community disproportionately commits more violent crimes than any other race in the country by far, kinda obvious that there would a higher number number of associated police deaths. Common sense 101. But these facts and figures aren't convenient to you so its obvious you would ignore the,...
What sane person doesn't have there hands out when the cops come? I always have my hands out and on the steering wheel face up in any police interaction.
I always have my hands on the wheel & if I need to get something, let the cop know where it is & what else might be in the glovebox. Having been pulled over many times in my younger days, I can count on 1 hand the number of times I thought I might get shot. Those incidents however, were unique and I don’t blame the cops for being very cautious. The vast majority of my traffic stops were congenial conversations that occasionally resulted in a ticket without it ever crossing my mind that I could be shot
Not sure how congenial they would have been if I was black.
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George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Emmett Till, Sandra Bland, Ezell Ford, Stephon Clark, Tanisha Anderson, Eric Garner, Atatiana Jefferson, Michael Brown, and many more.
The issue is that they do have their hands on the wheel. Thing is: as a white person, I don’t have to worry about being shot. Wouldn’t even cross my radar. Shouldn’t have to; but more than this crosses a POC radar every.single.day.
It is the narrative. That’s the whole point.
Did you conveniently ignore the rest of my post? Cognitive dissonance at its finest.
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Emmett Till, Sandra Bland, Ezell Ford, Stephon Clark, Tanisha Anderson, Eric Garner, Atatiana Jefferson, Michael Brown, and many more.
All killed by police.
None of these killings resulted in a conviction.
Convenient you would post a bunch if names without delving into each case and its individual validity. It doesn't prove a point, just a narrative.
I always have my hands on the wheel & if I need to get something, let the cop know where it is & what else might be in the glovebox. Having been pulled over many times in my younger days, I can count on 1 hand the number of times I thought I might get shot. Those incidents however, were unique and I don’t blame the cops for being very cautious. The vast majority of my traffic stops were congenial conversations that occasionally resulted in a ticket without it ever crossing my mind that I could be shot
Not sure how congenial they would have been if I was black.
Anecdotes...anecdotes everywhere. My run ins, despite being by the book in my approach, have't always been congenial nor have probably lawful on their end. Your point?
I think your virtue signaling is interfering with your white privilege. If you're not scared of unchecked police power and corruption against ALL people. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
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I think your virtue signaling is interfering with your white privilege. If you're not scared of unchecked police power and corruption against ALL people. You're part of the problem, not the solution.