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In reply to the discussion: What You Can Do if You're a 17-Year-Old White Male without Getting Shot by Police [View all]MineralMan
(146,374 posts)47. Quite true.
Even quasi-cops can be dangerous, unless you're a white kid, it seems.
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What You Can Do if You're a 17-Year-Old White Male without Getting Shot by Police [View all]
MineralMan
Nov 2014
OP
It is quite amazing the fallacy that wilson knew about the incident in the store...
Spazito
Nov 2014
#17
Your question is better directed toward the chief, the person who made the statements...
Spazito
Nov 2014
#75
The DA said last night that Darren Wilson realized Mike Brown was the suspect
rudolph the red
Nov 2014
#57
People are not upset about shots that may have been fired during the alleged assault.
Maedhros
Nov 2014
#28
I'm sorry, but even if this were exactly what happened, my about-to-be-17 white son
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2014
#31
My White friends and I did all those things (except the sexual assault) and more and lived to tell
Erose999
Nov 2014
#7
That part is likely untrue, since so much of the rest of the narrative is untrue
Hekate
Nov 2014
#33
Nope on that. My co-worker's 16-year-old grabbed for a cop's gun while stupidly drunk -
haele
Nov 2014
#123
When I think of the shenanigans my brother pulled before his testosterone leveled off & his brain...
Hekate
Nov 2014
#43
The clothes don't matter either. You can dress in grubbies while white and not get shot.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2014
#38
A white kid can also walk to a store to buy some skiddles for his brother
workinclasszero
Nov 2014
#44
Even many of the white mass shooters have been appreneded without being shot by police. It says
Erose999
Nov 2014
#59
Plenty of white people are killed by police. Brutally murdered, on video, and the cops walk.
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2014
#94
MinMan, with two 12 year olds added to the toll, I can't stop thinking about my son, your post
Hekate
Nov 2014
#95
Until we stop drawing lines between folks and understand that militarized policing is the issue
Wella
Nov 2014
#125
Yes to out of control police problem, but in these 3 instances is there evidence these cops
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#127
The entire Ferguson incident was racial; I see we have MUCH work to do
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#130
I know, it is Brown's fault for being AfAm, if he wasnt there would be no race issue LOL
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#133
So shooting the kid those last two shots from 25 feet away in the head, if Wilson
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#137