Posted on 06/16/2020 7:32:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. Lindsey Graham kicked off a Senate hearing Tuesday on police brutality by contrasting his experience with police with that of his fellow South Carolina GOP colleague Sen. Tim Scott to illustrate the problem with policing today and to make the case for federal reform legislation.
Scott, the Senate's lone black Republican, revealed in an emotional 2016 speech that he was stopped seven times in one year by law enforcement and experienced discrimination even on Capitol Hill as a sitting senator.
Tim and I have completely different experiences with the cops," Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in his opening remarks. "There is no getting around that. It is now time to have an honest conversation about why is that? How can it be that if you're a United States senator from South Carolina, and you're black, you get stopped five or six times? And you're white, you never get stopped?
Graham said he's learned to understand the fright black men have of police and how getting pulled over can be a "traumatic experience."
Every black man in America apparently feels threatened when they're stopped by the cops," Graham said. "It's not 99 percent. It's like 100 percent."
"I've never been stopped," Graham, R-S.C., continued. "And when I see a cop behind me, the first thing I think about is 'what did I do wrong and can I talk myself out of this ticket.' There's literally no fear. And I wouldn't like to live in a country where I'd be afraid to be stopped."
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I feel threatened when I am stopped by the cops and I am not black. So whatcha’ gonna do for me?
Arse hole.
It is this type of blame shifting that will ensure more out of control black men will be killed by cops. Its time to stop blaming cops because a black mans normal response to police action is to fight. The only people blacks have to blame are Democrats for telling them racism is responsible for every disappointment in their lives, and that society owes them something.
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Exactly. People afraid usually don’t try to punch and fight those they “fear”
FULinda. Hey BLM pawns...We are all non-essentials to these MOFO D.C. GANGSTERS. Lock arms, ammo and best practices with brothers and sisters in the cities, suburbs and countryside. It’s a BIG CLUB out here and THEY are not in it. We’re taxed to death living in their paradise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcsvE1zv1ek
Hey, hey...ho, ho. D.C. Divide & Control Gangsters Gotta go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPkM8F0sjSw
535 vs. 330 MILLION
Arm up.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. - Declaration of Independence
“Content of Character” BUMP. Watch out criminals and coy puppetmasters.
I’d like to know why Sen. Scott was stopped 7 times on Capitol Hill? Was he is one of its’ High Crimes area at night? Does he live in the area as so many congresspeople do?
Do the Police have his license plate registered as a Senator/Representative, etc?
When I worked on the Hill, I could buy a metal sign to attach to my car license plate that said “Congressional Staffer”. Is this policy still in effect?
Lots of questions and no answers so far.
Sad but true.
They wouldn’t feel threatened if they didn’t have active outstanding warrants.
Well stop fighting them and start taking responsibility for your actions.
I will never understand the suicidal tendencies of Republicans.
AS well as every WHITE man, any woman, teens: of ANY color..
Shall I go on?
For the record I do, too, and Im a white female. My first two tickets were from black cops.
BOLO for black male, driving an unidentified car...
Bogus?
I've been stopped for matching a description (partly) from a radioed description of a perp on the loose.
I’d rather guess the cars!
News for ya, even white men do, too.
Cops can be unpredictable. Most are helpful and professional, but a few bad apples can really spoil the barrel.
Yeah, bogus. for example, I was driving my then girlfriend and her mother the visit someone in the hospital. My route took me through a neighborhood where we didnt belong. I was driving a turquoise 66 Dodge Dart, unusual even in 1992. I cant imagine what description we could have matched, and there was no urgency about the cop. I have other stories, Yeah... bogus. But I didnt give any lip.
Every man feels nervous when Lindsey Graham comes up from behind you.
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