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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo
Did you read Ben's post from the other day? The cop was getting skittish and had his hand on his gun even though Ben's in a minivan with his wife and kids and (frankly) over-compensating to show the officer he's not a threat.
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That was indefensible and sad to see. But I don't think that one incident represents all white cops and their attitude towards black people. I'm sure there are white cops in inner cities that pull over lawyers and successful black businessmen and are tougher than they would be if they were white. But, as long as the person is respectful, chances are nothing bad will happen.
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Originally Posted by cuervo72
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Just so I understand, the onus is completely on the cops here. Black kids can resist arrests, run from cops, get into scuffles with cops, but the cops need to just deal with it. There's no onus on the poorer areas of society (be it white, black or latino out here) to act respectful to cops to help improve this issue?
I'm on board with looking into these shooting/fatality incidents and if cops are at fault (as in the Garner case) - they should be punished. But someone needs to tell the poorer communities that treating cops like crazy, stalker ex-girlfriends is not the way to improve race relations. The onus should be on both sides but it seems like many on the right think it's all on the "criminal" poor and many on the left think it's all about "redneck cops". And, IMO, that's why this is unlikely to get better anytime soon. There are situations where a black guy doesn't do nearly enough to deserve the treatment from a cop. There are also plenty of cases where a cop goes easy on a suspect and ends up getting shot/attacked. If both sides point to these as the norm, nothing will ever change. All that will be created is more animosity.