RE: US police brutality item
May 31, 2020 at 1:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2020 at 1:11 pm by Brian37.)
I remember Rodney King and back then, I thought "12 against one, he is unarmed". It doesn't matter if blacks resist or do not resist. Nobody deserves to be beaten or murdered. If one is more concerned about property than human life their priorities are not in order. Saying one doesn't want buildings burned down and businesses destroyed is QUITE NORMAL. But unless you are willing to face the long history of inequity and abuse nothing will change.
Sandra Bland died in a jail cell. Eric Garner was choked to death. George had his hands handcuffed behind him with a knee on his neck.
Saying people shouldn't destroy property doesn't change the long term conditions that lead desperate people to react. You keep punching someone in the face eventually they react. It is human nature, even if you don't want the reactions. It is not up to blacks to explain anything. It is up to whites to listen and stand with the victims.
How is it the Irwins can move a 15-20ft crocodile from one enclosure to another without killing it or using weapons, but unarmed black people don't make it to the back of the car or to court even over non violent calls? Even blacks prefer non violent protest. But it has been over 50 years since the murder of Martin Luther King Jr, and there still isn't economic and legal equality.
Sandra Bland died in a jail cell. Eric Garner was choked to death. George had his hands handcuffed behind him with a knee on his neck.
Saying people shouldn't destroy property doesn't change the long term conditions that lead desperate people to react. You keep punching someone in the face eventually they react. It is human nature, even if you don't want the reactions. It is not up to blacks to explain anything. It is up to whites to listen and stand with the victims.
How is it the Irwins can move a 15-20ft crocodile from one enclosure to another without killing it or using weapons, but unarmed black people don't make it to the back of the car or to court even over non violent calls? Even blacks prefer non violent protest. But it has been over 50 years since the murder of Martin Luther King Jr, and there still isn't economic and legal equality.
