The have black people in Nebraska?
More equal than others.
He’s just upset that the Ferguson riots have fizzled out.
The story said that this guy’s district is in Omaha - maybe that’s why Payton Manning yells OMAHA before the snap. Trying to scare the crap out of the defensive backs...I said Backs not Blacks
Exactly. I know this is an old guy, who was said many crazy things...but ignoring his statements is not acceptable. At a bare minimum, he should be ousted.
Well Nebraska must see that their experiment with a Black Senator is a failure
Ship him to Cuba, one way.
Ernie should be taken in for observation....
He’s been in the legislature since the 60s with a few years off in that span.
He represents North Omaha and is a fixture that his nitwit constituents will always vote for. He maintains a “residence” in his district but lives in a more upscale west Omaha residence with his girlfriend. Typical democrat.
He’s always made outrageous statements and few in the legislature will ever take any action. Nebraska basks in the mythical fiction that they have a non-partisan, unicameral legislature. Pure BS, they are elected as GOP or Dem and they act that way and the democrats will always act that way by voting or ignoring actions that issue from that bunghole known as the Democrat party.
In this much he's right. There are legions of people who were unarmed and who were shot and killed by police who tried to justify the murders by saying they were in fear for their lives.
The case of the Albuquerque cops murdering a homeless man comes to mind. But despite the usual bleatings of 'I was afraid!' the video put the lie to their claims and these criminals are going to face justice.
The standard I put on the police for justifiable force is if an ordinary citizen did the same thing would they face charges? If not then the shooting is justifiable. If yes then the cops should face charges, too.
Shiny badges do not render these people into Super Citizens who enjoy extra-Constitutional rights and privileges. Their duty is to protect the Constitution and not to rise above it.
Sadly, there are many examples of this being the truth, by no means all of them having any racial component.
Cops do indeed in many cases get away with killing someone when a civilian in similar circumstances simply would not. It is also very well known that police routinely conspire to protect each other against even legitimate complaints of misuse of force.
This does not mean all such complaints are justified, but it seems highly likely some of them are.
FWIW, in 2014 British cops fired their weapons with intent to harm citizens a total of three times.
A year or so ago FR had a lot of threads and a lot of posts saying exactly what this guy said, although without the racial card playing. Seems to have lost a good bit of popularity as a POV on FR now that it's become a cops vs. blacks issue rather than a cops vs. Americans issue.
The more he says these things, the stronger his constituents support him. He would rather hurt whites than help blacks. And, that is exactly what his constituents want.