[Responsibility2nd]

I don't usually think apologists for Brown like Robinson here need to be rounded up and locked away.

But - for the life of me - I'm having a hard time coming up with any reason why not.

[Ingtar]

Attacking a cop tends to be equally fatal, racial considerations aside.

[Billthedrill]

Well, Eugene, I dunno - we let you keep writing columns, don’t we?

[mountainlion]

Being White in American means being blamed for everything.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Robinson is a moron. He’s not a black moron. Just a moron.

[UCANSEE2]

[KSCITYBOY]

Mistakes like murder, robbery, rape, assault, et...

[SoFloFreeper]

? Eugene, you make mistakes regularly. In print. Every week. And get PAID.

Must be nice.

[spodefly]

Being black in America means being held to no standard whatsoever.

[manc]

he robbed a store, he assaulted a store worker and then he assaulted a cop.

As for not making mistakes, is he for real. Blacks have more rights than white Christian males today, hell they have all the working for them. affirmative action, racial quotas etc

[polymuser]

[LeonardFMason]

IF

Strong Arm Robbery = Mistake in the black community

THEN

First Degree Murder = Bigger Mistake

What is all the crime(BLACK ON BLACK) in Chicago considered?

[driftless2]

I don't know how many times I've read a story about some black thug committing murder, and he's got a rap sheet as long as Obama's nose. I've been hearing that myth for the last fifty years usually in the area of sports. Many blacks repeated the myth that they better succeed the first time or they'd never get another chance.

That might have been true before the sixties, but I know of many black athletes who were given numerous chances to succeed after screwing up in one location.

[kaehurowing]

I’m not sure I would call robbing a convenience store a mistake.

I’m not sure I would call assaulting a store clerk a mistake.

I’m not sure I would call physically attacking a police officer and fracturing his skull a mistake.

[Sans-Culotte]

I’m still waiting for the day when one of these black “poster children” for whatever cause actually turns out to be a halfway decent kid instead of the usual thug or wannabe thug. Unfortunately, every time one of thes things comes up, it’s a Rodney King, a Mumia Abu-Jamal, an O.J., a Gary Lee Graham, a Hurrican Carter, a Tookie Williams, a Trayvon, a Gentle giant, etc. Can’t the black community hold the outrage until they actually come up with someone who isn’t a total asshole?

[sitetest]

I’ve made mistakes in my life, too. But I’ve never stolen anything from a convenience store. I never punched a cop in the face. I’ve always avoided walking down the middle of busy streets (if for no other reason than not to get run over - the threat of a cop bothering me about it is sort of an afterthought).

I’ve especially not punched a cop in the face. Although I’m not a black male, I wouldn’t expect good things to come of such an action.

[Westbrook]

Doesn’t this low-life have some fudge to pack?

[The Toll]

It also means you never have to go to work.

[Uncle Miltie]

[kenmcg]

Woe is me! The professional race baiters have to keep feeding the template.

[BitWielder1]

Black kids make plenty of mistakes, very few are fatal.
Among potential fatal mistakes are: Driving too fast, using drugs, committing crime, joining gangs, fighting against other gangs, fighting against cops...
For some reason, for all the risks they take, only certain rare fatalities are noted.
Other much more frequent causes of death are largely ignored.