US police brutality item

[Brian37]

Minnesota violence: Clashes over death of black man in police custody

The despicable police brutality of the arresting officers in the states of this man which's in the press. Why is the race of the participants the OVERWHELMING primary issue, according to the press, and not considered to be necessarily IRRELEVANT in the name of colourblindness, equality, unity and harmony? Is there in fact ANY evidence the arresting officers are racist, and not just power tripping thugged out c*nts? I'm yet to see it, if so. BTW - if there is to be a race war; I will be a conscientious objector - that's the easiest decision I've ever had to make. Over to you, Morgan.

Mr. Freeman’s comments notwithstanding, I think it’s perfectly acceptable to identify race in a story about racism. It’s immaterial at this point whether the racism is real or perceived.

It would be lovely if everyone could be colourblind in the interest of racial harmony, but we’re not there yet. And we won’t be as long as white cops keep murdering black people with impunity.

Boru

I agree.

In a perfect world all of us would see the individual first, and in many cases we do. But we don't live in a perfect world, and while "race" is an arbitrary concept, "racism" is unfortunately a very real problem.

"We are all the same species" is the ultimate truth. But we also cannot avoid that humans unfortunately do divide on racial issues.

Not just white cops, but white people in general. It isn't enough for me to hear a white person say, "I am not racist". If anyone starts their argument off with that in discussing stories like Floyd or Bland or Garner, they completely ignore a  long term history that allows things like this to repeat.

Race has to be discussed.