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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]Wella
(1,827 posts)100. Uh, no:
Unarmed White Man Shot By Police
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58287556-78/taylor-lake-police-salt.html.csp
Black police captain kills white Marine over racial slur:
White Parents call police for help, cops show up and kill their 18-year-old son
http://triadnc.twcnews.com/content/news/coastal/703279/boiling-spring-lakes-father-says-18-year-old-son-shot--killed-by-officer/
Unarmed white woman accidentally shot in head by police during raid
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20131212/NEWS01/312120009/Officer-s-errant-shot-struck-woman-head
White man beaten by police during arrest:
http://www.cleveland.com/parma/index.ssf/2013/12/parma_police_release_dash-cam.html
Police kill 80 year old white man in meth raid (and there was no meth)
http://ktla.com/2013/10/10/widow-to-sue-over-fatal-shooting-of-husband-80-by-sheriffs-deputies/#axzz2hhs0vpGC
White father arrested for trying to pick up his kid from school
Video shows Marion corrections officer slamming (white) inmate's head into concrete wall
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/marion-corrections-officer-charged-with-beating-inmate/23423718
(White) Man dies of food allergy in Shohomish County Jail (after guards ignore his dairy allergy--guy in jail for non-violent marijuana possession.)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/man-dies-food-allergy-shohomish-county-jail/nbhYh/
(White) Man forced to undergo anal medical procedures because police mistakenly thought man had drugs in his anus.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/david-eckert-enema-colonoscopy-drugs-traffic-stop_n_4218320.html
(White) homeless man beaten to death by sadistic cops
THE POLICE ARE OUT OF CONTROL, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR COLOR IS.
(Let's stop this obsession on one case, sad as it is. The cops, in general, are behaving like criminals in many cases.)
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58287556-78/taylor-lake-police-salt.html.csp
Black police captain kills white Marine over racial slur:
White Parents call police for help, cops show up and kill their 18-year-old son
http://triadnc.twcnews.com/content/news/coastal/703279/boiling-spring-lakes-father-says-18-year-old-son-shot--killed-by-officer/
Unarmed white woman accidentally shot in head by police during raid
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20131212/NEWS01/312120009/Officer-s-errant-shot-struck-woman-head
White man beaten by police during arrest:
http://www.cleveland.com/parma/index.ssf/2013/12/parma_police_release_dash-cam.html
Police kill 80 year old white man in meth raid (and there was no meth)
http://ktla.com/2013/10/10/widow-to-sue-over-fatal-shooting-of-husband-80-by-sheriffs-deputies/#axzz2hhs0vpGC
White father arrested for trying to pick up his kid from school
Video shows Marion corrections officer slamming (white) inmate's head into concrete wall
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/marion-corrections-officer-charged-with-beating-inmate/23423718
(White) Man dies of food allergy in Shohomish County Jail (after guards ignore his dairy allergy--guy in jail for non-violent marijuana possession.)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/man-dies-food-allergy-shohomish-county-jail/nbhYh/
(White) Man forced to undergo anal medical procedures because police mistakenly thought man had drugs in his anus.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/david-eckert-enema-colonoscopy-drugs-traffic-stop_n_4218320.html
(White) homeless man beaten to death by sadistic cops
THE POLICE ARE OUT OF CONTROL, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR COLOR IS.
(Let's stop this obsession on one case, sad as it is. The cops, in general, are behaving like criminals in many cases.)
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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