Lorenzo M. Boyd, Ph.D.
Martin G. Reynolds, co-executive director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education,
Posted on 11/25/2021 6:17:20 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Two men who teach criminal justice are speaking out about use of the word “looting” to describe the crime spree by groups breaking in o luxury retailers in California to steal merchandize – claiming the term is a racist.
“Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something,” Lorenzo Boyd, a professor of criminal justice & community policing at the University of New Haven and a former police office, told ABC 7.
“We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing,’ Boyd said.
Martin Reynolds, co-executive director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education, also lashed out at using the term because it signals “the depiction of the flash mobs running roughshod through the aisles of Louis Vuitton and other retailers.”
“This seems like it’s an organized smash and grab robbery,’ Reynolds said. “This doesn’t seem like looting. We’re thinking of scenarios where first responders are completely overwhelmed. And folks often may be on their own.”
The U.K.’s Daily Mail reported on the semantics debate:
Their comments come after at least seven robberies involving gangs with as many as 50 thieves ransacked California stores, and each individual could avoid heavy criminal charges due to the state’s 2014 law dictating that anyone caught shoplifting items whose value does not exceed $950 would be only charged with misdemeanors.
Julio Rosas, a Marine and Town Hall contributor, quipped on Twitter: “Future CNN chyron: Mostly peaceful shopping in the Bay Area.”
Dinesh D’Souza tweeted, “Experts refuse to call a spade a spade, unless, of course, it’s a spade wielded by a white male.”
Ex-Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker cut to the chase: “It’s looting. Just like there were riots in Kenosha, not just protests.”
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So if the term “looting” is racist, then any other terminology used to describe said action will be racist also, right?
Is popping a cap in someone’s behind considered a racist term?
“Policically Correct”
The act of trying to pick up a turd by the clean end.
...that is all
So according to these people then white people don’t loot.
And both of them are black. Big shock. Rationalizing crime for their brothers.
Anyone white would be in jail facing charges and time. Why are we allowing this
I read only the headline. “Woke Crime Experts: Using ‘Looting’ to Describe Group Burglary Is Racist”
It’s stupid. It’s beyond stupid. It’s harassment of the American mind.
Yes, “pillaging” is a much better word.
What other people are doing the exact same thing? Like pirates or an overwhelming military force in a captured village?
Looters all.
As for racism, the MSM and the Democrats/Communists have already declared that the color of my skin makes me racist.
Therefore, if I eat dinner, sing Christmas carols, drive to work, or raise my kids, I am a racist. All of my daily activities
are a non sequitur to the Left's claim of my racism. So they can kiss my buttocks.
Wrong - I use it to describe big-spending politicians every day.
"We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing,’ Boyd said."
This ignorant slug believes that statement proves his view is true. It does not. 1.The statement is unprovable. 2. He has provided no data from any reliable source. 3.I am white and the word "looter" does not denote the perpetrator's race in my mind. I envision a low life, useless, lazy lump on welfare who feels he is entitled to take what he wants because you have never given him a break.
Lorenzo M. Boyd, Ph.D.
Martin G. Reynolds, co-executive director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education,
In the old days (Atilla the Hun, Ghengis Khan, etc.) looting and pillaging was how the armies got paid. Having said that, I am old enough to remember when looters were shot on sight.
Stfu, negro. You don’t own how others speak.
So what this guy is saying is that all the looters who were black?
Is that $950 looting a daily limit, or a per person limit, or a per store limit?
[It is difficult to imagine the minds that thought that would be a good idea.]
Somebody should point out to this racist, there is only one race in America who are perpetually behind looting as a form of organized protest or smash and grab events like in Sunk Francisco.
It isn’t racist to say blacks are better than whites at basketball so it also isn’t racist to say they are better at looting, including smash and grab.
Shoe fits..........
At least seven robberies of organized gangs of 50 thieves ransacked California stores...... each looter avoids heavy criminal charges ..... the state’s 2014 says shoplifting items whose value does not exceed $950 would be only charged with misdemeanors.
One quip on Twitter: “Mostly peaceful shopping in the Bay Area.”
Democrat Cong Jerry Nadler:”It was a Heartwarming peaceful looting spree.”
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