Posted on 07/13/2002 4:41:23 PM PDT by republicman
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
No video camera = nothing happened.
I believe that is the purpose of their rioting.
Out of curiosity, Arliegh, when was the last time "white people" rioted?
What, he too was unarmed, hogtied and surrounded by cops? Clever, these Africans....
Cute, but how about addressing the point. Why is it that we never see a tape where a criminal attacks a cop?
Hmm, not clever enough to know better than to break the law apparantly.
That "hatred" is the result of seeds planted by the RacePimps like Sharpton and Jackson, and these seedlings are nurtured by an American Medyuh that thrives on creating divisions amongst us. Plus, the Left likes it this way 'cuz they get 90% of the Black vote every two years, and they will as long as they can keep these folks enslaved to an all-powerful Federal Leviathan!!
FReegards...MUD
As I KEEP saying, and WILL continue to say... THIS has "nothing to do with race" . It is how it's being "spun". I see no reason to protest, I see no reason to Picket.. the police are investigating. (Which is what they said they would do)
The Gas Station Tape hasn't (or might not ever be) released. People are viewing the evidence, The parents filed a Law suit..The police officer in question as been suspended pending and investigation.... I do not at all see the point of "taking to the streets" at all over this matter.
All that I asked was it was to be properly investigated and taken from there. I stated my opinion of what My own eyes saw.
This being said... People much to easily jump on the race wagon, It has nothing what-so-ever to do with race. The question here is... Was excessive force used. (will be answered I'm sure in the near future)
Did they drag black people out of their cars and throw bricks at their heads?
White people riot, sure, but when it comes to race rioting blacks have cornered the market.
In this case, the hitting that we saw happened after he was no longer resisting. People are right to be outraged when that happens. I agree with you that these same folks ought to be getting just as worked up when blacks are being killed by other blacks in crimes.
I'd also make the same argument about lower-class whites. Seems the need to blame 'the other' is universal in human nature.
In all the recent riots that were predominantly composed of white people, they mainly went around destroying things, not attacking people (other than cops). The Seattle World Trade debacle and the various sports riots come to mind.
We should be outraged in propoportion to outrageouys things are. A kid hits a cop and then gets thunked for it, not a very big deal. And certainly not compared to the amount of black crime there is that the black community never says a peep about other than to object to "racial profiling".
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