A young African-American male can be shot dead on the street

[malaise]

for no good reason, while a white male can take an AK47 to an Obama rally without a question being asked.

Something is really wrong here.

[Yavin4]

1. American White Privilege at work n/t

[Fantastic Anarchist]

19. Yet there is a "War on Whites."

Go figure.

[RKP5637]

2. Absolutely incredible, racism in this country is all over the place! n/t

[exboyfil]

3. Look up Christopher Roupe

It is happening to white children as well. No charges were filed. You absolutely cannot get a statement from law enforcement as to what Roupe had in his hand when he was shot opening his own front door. It was not a gun because no gun was found. Most likely it was a white Wi Controller.

[malaise]

4. shot opening his own front door?

What every happened to privacy in one's home

[1StrongBlackMan]

20. Not to make small of the tragic Roupe killing; but,

Christopher Roupe was fatally shot in the chest Friday, Feb. 14 when Euharlee officers showed up at the door of his mobile home to serve a probation violation warrant for the boy’s father, WSB-TV reports. A female officer reportedly told the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that Roupe pointed a gun at her after he opened the door.

But the family’s attorney, Cole Law, said the boy was holding a Nintendo Wii video game controller, and was about to watch a movie.

But you really don't see a difference in the cases?

[samsingh]

5. seriously effin wrong

[mikeysnot]

6. I think they should all do this in protest

see how long it would be tolerated. Of course we would need a national press presence to insure their safety...

[malaise]

7. Did you see the reaction of RWs when three black panthers

gathered?

[mikeysnot]

9. Exactly!

[LiberalLoner]

8. Fascism.

I hope we will be able to defeat it and bring back sanity.

[LittleBlue]

10. What gets me is that they're unarmed

I could see being afraid of a guy who has a gun, especially at night.

An unarmed teenager though... you have to wonder what's going on

[aikoaiko]

11. Black men can bring AR15s to Obama events, too.

[IMG][/IMG]

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32457652/ns/politics-white_house/t/man-assault-rifle-attends-obama-protest/#.U-uMBvldXsI


But I do recognize the danger black men face in public with the police -- especially when they don't think anyone will care.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. Notice how he's dressed up with white collar shirt and business slacks.

Might have ended differently if he had arrived in casual attire.

[aikoaiko]

16. The Sidney Portier of black open carry?

Maybe it would be different.


But the Black Panthers in black fatigues did ok by at the Republican Convention in Texas.

Video at lower part of story.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ca_1250667222&use_old_player=1

[Baitball Blogger]

17. That's interesting.

Thanks for the info.

[1StrongBlackMan]

21. Well ...

What were we thinking?

I hereby denounce the suggestion that Black folks are endangered by engaging in conduct that white folks routinely engage in ... like walking down a street.

[aikoaiko]

23. who is we?

[1StrongBlackMan]

24. I meant to edit that to read ...

What was I thinking ...

But got busy. Thanks for bringing it back to my attention.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. First they came for the black man...

You all know how this ends.

[malaise]

26. Yep

We know

[sinkingfeeling]

14. You forgot 'un-armed, young African-American male'.

[Mr Dixon]

18. SMH

At this point as a Black man not sure i would even carry a cup of water and feel safe.

[malaise]

25. Of course he was armed

with his skin color

[PowerToThePeople]

22. Ban all Guns!! n/t

[Lobo27]

27. What saddens me...

Is that other minorities are turning against African-Americans... Being Mexican/White I have experienced racism, but I don't think ever as bad as an African American has.

Back to my point, I think once people hear something for so a longtime they begin to believe. Example, went with some friends this weekend, and we witnessed a car crash. A lot of hispanics were gather, and a lot of them were screaming "pinche ma****" (a derogatory term used against black man" hit the other car. So much anger, and most were assuming the black man was at fault no questions asked. I felt bad, not because I think minorities should stick together, I all of America should be united. I felt because a lot of these guys were brought here to escape hell, and are now contributing to the hell of another people.

Its a divide and conquer type of thing. Like how I think Ted Cruz is going to turn Cubans and other hispanics against each other.