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Originally posted by ShaunHatfield
This is racism at it's worst... Black youth that feel they have been "kept down by the man"
Lucky nobody was shot.
Originally posted by Dreine
reply to post by Cuervo
I'm not race waring (is that even a term?), I was posting a few links. And yes, I know that white people shoot police as well. I live in a gray world.
And what does being rich have to do with anything in this discussion?
The fact of the matter is that police are being killed in greater numbers and higher frequency than at any time in the modern era since 1900, and that a disproportionate number of said killings have been commited by black felons.
Just because you don't like the number's does not make them any less accurate. I hate hearing about police/firefighters/paramedics/mothers/sons/etc. being killed, but to deny the facts because it makes us uncomfortable is ignorance personified.
Originally posted by Cuervo
Originally posted by TreadUpon
Ever heard the term, "Don't start any crap there won't be any crap"? I'm a closer.
edit on 5-8-2011 by TreadUpon because: missed a "]"
I don't even know what that means.
You can fling insults to an entire ethnicity but that's not "starting crap"? I know this may be viewed as keeping up a personal attack but it's incredibly relevant to the thread. It's that mentality and behavior that incites these sort of attacks.
...I don't want to use you as a case-study but it fits the OP so well. I'm not attacking you, I'm attacking your words.
Originally posted by Dionisius
Originally posted by ShaunHatfield
This is racism at it's worst... Black youth that feel they have been "kept down by the man"
Thats because the black youth of today are 'kept down by the man' to put it in your own words.
Originally posted by Dreine
reply to post by Cuervo
Fair enough, I'll link a report from 2009... I'll preface it by giving you that, indeed, more officers were killed by white felons than black felons.
2009 Fallen LEO Statistics
That was the most current I could find.
But considering that about 15% of the US population is black, the numbers are vastly disproportionate. I do not hate black people... I do, however, have serious issues with the prevalent culture of young and adolescent black males right now. A culture that ridicules hard work and 'authority' and champions theivery, laziness, drugs/alcohol, and the thug lifestyle.
Racial profiling?Oh so what you are saying is that because the police stop & search black men they ARE more likely to kill the officers?Typical blame the white man.Maybe these black youths should respect the laws and try behaving in a civilised manner instead?
Originally posted by Cuervo
Originally posted by Dreine
reply to post by Cuervo
I'm not race waring (is that even a term?), I was posting a few links. And yes, I know that white people shoot police as well. I live in a gray world.
And what does being rich have to do with anything in this discussion?
The fact of the matter is that police are being killed in greater numbers and higher frequency than at any time in the modern era since 1900, and that a disproportionate number of said killings have been commited by black felons.
Just because you don't like the number's does not make them any less accurate. I hate hearing about police/firefighters/paramedics/mothers/sons/etc. being killed, but to deny the facts because it makes us uncomfortable is ignorance personified.
But you didn't even post anything that leads to evidence of a disproportionate amount of cop deaths being committed by black men. You only posted two cases. All that means it that two cops were killed by black people. Your intent was obvious. It was to imply that there are more cops killed by black people than by white. Even if true, that could also be attributed to racial profiling. It's circular logic like the chicken vs egg riddle.
What came first: Racial profiling or disproportionately committed crimes by black men.
Sounds exactly like the U.K that he is describing!
Originally posted by Misoir
Pat Buchanan warned us about this and it is beginning, the Balkanization of the United States of America. It is the natural consequence of rapid minority growth and enormous influxes of non-Western immigrants who would either fail or refuse to assimilate into our society. Add to that the segregation of blacks into urban areas with high poverty and dependency on government assistance due to a failure of the nuclear family… this is the obvious result. If we enter a second recession, ‘double-dip’, this will just explode.