re: Eric Reid NY Times Op-Ed Piece Re: Kaepernick and Kneeling

I believe that the MOFO has a ghost writer

Reid could at least use facts. It's common knowledge sterling was armed. Then again when has the left ever been truthful.

Nice statement. Good for Eric.

Chicago end of thread

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I'm a 60 year ole white man and I virtue signal because it gives me the warm fuzzies inside.

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IDK the one that was getting choked was saying I can't breathe , I can't breathe , I can't breathe. Of course with 4 people already on him and him in handcuffs they kept choking him.

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That's one example. I hate police brutality as much as anyone, but the actions taken by cops in the majority of the cases being protested were justified. People will start listening more if the lies are stopped & there are only protests of legitimate police brutality.

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I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police.

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I wonder if he pays attention to the even more incredible number of black people being killed by other black people, for no good reason.

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But I believe when a cop is needed at a situation,80% of the time a white man would be treated more fairly than a black man in the same situation.

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See, there's the problem. You believe something that is statistically untrue or unverifiable. Statistics show that cops kill white people more than blacks, per capita. Also, here's a nifty little chart to contemplate.

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What about the white guy in Arizona on his knees begging for his life in front of his family?

I think it's better to bring awareness and outrage to where this really belongs. The militarized police forces. Then to your own hood (streets.)

But saying it's only about blacks is devisive and doesn't do a damn thing to unify us to even see the real problem.

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This a post worth a respectful response. I definitely preach this every in some fashion. It's 2 different dynamics. Not all, but many police are way overzealous and out of hand. They are cowards who use a badge to show they're tough. There is also subset of police brutality that in more likely to happen when the person involved is black. Sometimes it warranted and I have no sympathy for a black man that does not love his community or fellow human being.

Just because we address one issue like police brutality and police brutality towards blacks does not mean most of us in the black community accept the shite that many of us grew up around. I made it out but went through a lot of harassment for no reason. There is a difference between a cop showing strong force and committing murder. The murder by cop is what people are pissed about. Nobody gives a fck about an unruly person being tased. In many of these murders over the last 7-10 years, it was just that murder. Others were debatable. But to act like all nobody should protest or say shite about and as if it's all in our minds is the saddest sht going right now. Running from the cops or resisting arrest is not grounds for hunting season by cops. Use a taser.

The guy running with his back turned to the cops in South Carolina is murder. The guy sitting in his car that told the cops he had a legal gun in his car and slowly reached for his wallet was murdered. The most recent decision that let the cop off in St. Louis when his story leaned way more heavily toward a planted gun on the victim was murder. I personally know 2 people who were murdered by cops unarmed. One even standing in his own doorway arguing with nothing in his hands. That was murder.

All most blacks want to be seriously heard before being judged and grouped together bad blacks because we support a cause. It's natural that most white people will always side with a white cop before knowing details and a black person will side with the person killed before knowing all the details, but to act like there is no reason to escalate protest tactics when the peaceful sht was ignored people will go further.