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Lancero

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42. They aren't just targeting african americans, other races are being targeted as well.

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 11:38 PM

Aug 2014

The picture says that black lives matter, but I have to ask - do #mexicanlivesmatter?

Anyway, while I'll agree that race is the main determinate in who they are attacking, it's only because we have given them the... well, courage, to do so. We've stood back, refused to hold them accountable, allowed them to become more and more militarized, and now that they believe the people to be cowards they are starting to lash out.

They are targeting other races now because no one has bothered holding them accountable for lesser offenses again them in the past. It doesn't justify their actions, but the people deserve some of the blame for letting it get as bad as it is.

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I call that a white privilege, don't you? [View all] sheshe2 Aug 2014 OP

more incident specific nt msongs Aug 2014 #1

How about the theatre BobbyBoring Aug 2014 #15

#ALLLIVESMATTER 951-Riverside Aug 2014 #2

Well sheshe2 Aug 2014 #3

While I agree with your basic premise drmeow Aug 2014 #4

It's not just about black men, and I don't think sheshe2 meant to imply as such. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #13

+1 Enthusiast Aug 2014 #17

yes these are civil rights issues that affect all of us questionseverything Aug 2014 #26

NO! It's not the same. It doesn't affect us all the same! No way, no how. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #32

when civil rights are violated minority groups are usually the group that suffers the most questionseverything Aug 2014 #35

I'm thankful someone has made this Egregious Disparity into a Graphic, she.. Thank you. Cha Aug 2014 #5

If that story is even true. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #6

And now "The point is it's not racial, it's happening all over!" comments betsuni Aug 2014 #7

Well said, betsuni. eom sheshe2 Aug 2014 #10

Yup ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #8

Yup...and thank you. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #9

And while we're at it ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #19

"Freedom from Violence is Reproductive Justice" sheshe2 Aug 2014 #21

Shame on Darren Wilson and the Police in Ferguson, MO! Cha Aug 2014 #11

K&R!! Even The Onion in its own satirical prose, gets it... Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #12

The Onion, gets it. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #18

lol, nice. Vattel Aug 2014 #29

This sure ain't "black privilege"... Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #14

Nope... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #23

Absofuckinglutely! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #16

Don't be ruled by sound bites. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #20

So, it's just a sound bite... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #22

Don't be ruled by boom sound bites. betsuni Aug 2014 #25

I would not resist arrest under any circumstances.. nookworld Aug 2014 #24

Resisting arrest has nothing NOLALady Aug 2014 #27

Law Enforcement does have a right to use force nookworld Aug 2014 #28

Sure they should use force NOLALady Aug 2014 #31

Watch it, troll. I'm on to your covert racism here. Keep going and you'll will be alerted. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #33

??? nookworld Aug 2014 #37

Don't pretend. Watch it. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #39

Because cops use excessive force all the time against young men of color who, in many cases, aren't nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #40

Since when does walking down the middle of the street away from the sidewalk Number23 Aug 2014 #34

I Surrender GitRDun Aug 2014 #30

What about that Dillon guy who was just recently shot for wearing headphones kwolf68 Aug 2014 #36

Bullshit, and you damn well know it! Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #38

Heck, in Aurora the cops assumed the white guy was one of them csziggy Aug 2014 #41

They aren't just targeting african americans, other races are being targeted as well. Lancero Aug 2014 #42