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re: NYPD roughs up wrong black man
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:03 am to bigpetedatiga
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:03 am to bigpetedatiga
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I am referring to the fact that I wonder if a well dressed white male would get tackled to the ground and held down by several officers in the same situation...
Once again, we are talking about credit card fraud, not a man brandishing a weapon.
Honestly...not a terrible question.
This would be like hearing about a guy tackling some guy on the street accused of embezzlement.
Unless someone is willing to simply say the guy doing the tackling does this to all suspects he apprehends, regardless of threat or accusation, I'd sure love to know the thought process as to why questioning a man in regards to credit card fraud required a form tackle...
And...as always...this ought to matter to EVERYONE, unless you actually do think his race played a factor and therefore you don't have to worry about this sort of thing. I don't want some asshat LEO tackling me in the street because someone misidentified me for fricking credit card fraud...do you?
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Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:04 am to LCA131
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If we, as a society behaved more responsibly, it would be reflected in police behavior.
Oh shut the frick up
This post was edited on 9/10/15 at 8:05 am
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:05 am to LCA131
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If we, as a society behaved more responsibly, it would be reflected in police behavior.
Yea let's all act like catholic little boys so the police will treat society better.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:05 am to bigpetedatiga
quote:Cops are horrible.
but I am sure as heck struggling to come up with another plausible explanation
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:06 am to ForeverLSU02
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I'm sure that he resisted considering the cops didn't identify themselves until after he was tackled leading them to rough him up.
Maybe he resisted, maybe not. Maybe the cops were idiots who didn't feel like identifying themselves upon approach.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:06 am to CherryGarciaMan
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For those that don't know, James Blake graduated from Harvard.
AND HE'S BLACK!!! 
Wouldn't be that big of a deal if race wasn't brought at least twice already in this article. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:08 am to SmackDaniels
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Wouldn't be that big of a deal if race wasn't brought at least twice already in this article.
it's relevant in this scenario, or are you that dense to not recognize it?
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:08 am to LCA131
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This kind of behavior is uncalled
Good to hear...
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but
Uh-oh...
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is a product of our society.
Wait...what?
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If we, as a society behaved more responsibly, it would be reflected in police behavior.
So...the fact that police in many cases go way overboard is not so much a reflection of their poor behavior, but a byproduct of society's lack of respecting their authority? If it wasn't so early, this reads A LOT like Radical Muslims suggesting their behavior is the fault of the west's prior behavior and not a reflection of their own bad actions. To put another way...a giant fricking excuses to behave badly.
But...I might just not have had enough coffee yet...
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:09 am to SmackDaniels
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Wouldn't be that big of a deal if race wasn't brought at least twice already in this article.
It would to me. Once again, I find this type of behavior appalling, period.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:10 am to bigpetedatiga
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Of course nothing will happen to them.
This is part of the reason why we keep reading these stories.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:10 am to LCA131
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This kind of behavior is uncalled for but is a product of our society. If we, as a society behaved more responsibly, it would be reflected in police behavior.
Oh my God
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:11 am to 13SaintTiger
quote:It's as dishonest as saying "he was a black guy so he could be dangerous or have a weapon." The cops could be racists. Nobody would deny that. But anybody could be a racist. Why is that the leading take for this story? How is cops being horrific at doing their job not the takeaway here?
how the frick is it dishonest? it's very plausible and could definitely be argued in a scenario such as this. i know you won't admit it or recognize it but there are black people who get fricked over by white law enforcement officers every day because of their skin color.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:12 am to 13SaintTiger
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it's relevant in this scenario, or are you that dense to not recognize it?
Officer: Sir you're under arrest.
Suspect: I'm black
Officer: Oh well then, you are guilty
Suspect: I graduated from Harvard
Officer: Oh, well then, you are free to go.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:14 am to ReauxlTide222
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How is cops being horrific at doing their job not the takeaway here?
That is my main take away here. While I can recognize there may be a racial element in play here, the fact of the matter is that the cops did a horrible job period and that incidents like this are seemingly becoming more and more common.
Some people just have a hard time processing more than one thing at a time.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:16 am to LucasP
Wow, any excuse is okay eh? They didn't know it was Blake so it's illogical that the cops felt they just had to assault him because he's a "super mythical Negro" w/ super strength/powers.
I'm beyond tired of this fallacy.
I'm beyond tired of this fallacy.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:16 am to GeauxTigerTM
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...the fact that police in many cases go way overboard is not so much a reflection of their poor behavior
Well the way you phrased THIS, OF COURSE, they are wrong. IF they go "way overboard", then it IS THEIR bad behavior.
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this reads A LOT like Radical Muslims suggesting their behavior is the fault of the west's prior behavior and not a reflection of their own bad actions.
A horrible analogy. Look, the police and their actions are just a reflection of us. If you think anything different, you need a lot more than coffee.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:18 am to LucasP
bullshite
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:18 am to LCA131
I'm guessing cops rough up the wrong white guys/girls too.
Kudos to Blake for seemingly not trying to inflame the situation after the fact.
This sounds like incompetence mixed with too much use of force more so than racial animosity.
Kudos to Blake for seemingly not trying to inflame the situation after the fact.
This sounds like incompetence mixed with too much use of force more so than racial animosity.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:19 am to CherryGarciaMan
NYPD do what dey want...
They are an embarrassment, even worse than NOPD.
They are an embarrassment, even worse than NOPD.
Posted on 9/10/15 at 8:19 am to CherryGarciaMan
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misidentified by a witness
Well this why it happened. " misidentified by
a witness" has absolutely nothing to do with race.
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