[MeshugeMikey]

they police officers....veiw?

they ...WHITE police officers veiws....differ in what significant way from Black Police Officers???

he had to define the cop as WHITE...and that is RACIST.

theres just no way AROUND this one.

[Responsibility2nd]

Jones said race was the reason why he had a gun on him.

Nahhh. I suspect the same thing would have happened if Jones was white. Too many cops see their badge as a license to commit thuggery.

[Slump Tester]

So since they were black, there was no need to have his hand on his gun? And the cop was in a "shooting stance", even though his gun was holstered?

What a cry-baby! Call this poor persecuted black man a whaaa-balance!

[blam]

""I think they [police officers] view black males as a threat," he told reporters."

Everyone should.

[colorado tanker]

It’s not racism. It’s that they are Raiders fans. Deranged and dangerous.

[Darteaus94025]

FTA:
“...the officer did not draw his weapon...” and “Jones said race was the reason why he had a gun on him.”

If the gun is not drawn, it was not “on him”.

[NEMDF]

“... a few minutes of a stand-off....” probably was about 20 seconds for the firefighter to retrieve and show his ID.

[Greysard]

Such distrust is unfortunate and very corrosive to society. It can be corrected from both ends. LEOs (of all races) should stop treating citizens as property of the state. At the same time black people should reduce the percentage of criminals among them down to the average level. Then the problem of "us vs. them" will disappear, as it is nonexistent between Whites and Asians, for example.

However there is no interest among those groups to do anything about this problem. They both are content with how things are. LEOs can be simply ordered to behave, and those cameras do help. However there are too few black leaders who advocate civilized way of life and rejection of racism, and there is no oversight of citizens' behavior. Gangs are just modern tribes, with a power structure, rituals, raids, loot. This has to be changed, as western civilization is incompatible with tribal mentality. We cannot afford "hunters" in our midst.

[VerySadAmerican]

How do you get in a “shooting stance” without a gun?

I think the BART cop was black.

Cops view black males as a threat? Hell, yeah!

[dalebert]

what do blacks want? no law enforcement ....their families will not be safe. look at Chicago..

[eggman]

...the police officer, who did not draw his weapon, kept his hand on his firearm and ordered the Jones family to keep their hands up.

Sounds like a non-story that was only printed because the firefighter insisted it was racially charged. Nothing happened other than he needed to identify himself to a police officer. Likely, the officer was there to secure the station not knowing there was someone there.

[Carl Vehse]

It's 10:45 at night with an adult, a 9 yo boy and a 12 yo boy in a fire station that should have been locked shut, and with no one else around.

Yeah! The notion of "burglars" would be a first guess even for a polka-dot cop!

And note the report admits that the cop "DID NOT draw his weapon."

Also, once proper identification had been shown the incident ended, at least until the race cards started being thrown in the newspaper article.

Grow up.

[Nifster]

Many of OPD are minorities. Note that the police officer had not drawn his gun. How are you thinking you are going to be shot when no gun is drawn. Also note race of officer not reported which in the Bay Area means not white