Has the MSM ever shown a WHITE guy beaten by WHITE cops?

[mestup]

This is a HUGH and SERIES!!!!111 RANT

I'm getting so fucking pissed at the continuous coverage of that poor man beaten in NOLA. What happened to him is horrible, obviously, but footage like this just FUELS racial divides! Oh, and the MSM bastards are always careful to find someone who says "but we don't feel it's racially motivated."

The whole country just experienced the trauma of the Superdome and the Convention Center - and the racial veil was lifted JUST LONG ENOUGH for Americans of ALL COLORS to see the UNITING issue of POVERTY!

ASSHOLES!

Thanks for letting me vent.

[ClassWarrior]

1. My turn to rant. PLEASE DON'T CALL THEM "MSM!!!"

There is absolutely NOTHING "mainstream" about their twisted agenda of greed and manipulation!! Call them what they are - The Corporate Media.

<rant off>

NGU.

[mestup]

3. Good point!

Corporate Media Assholes!

[YDogg]

2. Man Bites Dog. Film at Eleven.

It's only news if it gets ratings.
:sarcasm:

[Karenina]

4. In answer to your question...

NO.

[H2O Man]

5. One might note

the cop shaking the news producer on the film in question.

[Igel]

6. I have to assume that the info that nobody would ever write

is evident if you have a tv.

The people involved in NOLA: I've heard about the cops beating a man or two. What were the colors of the people involved?

Radio and newspaper reports haven't really said "black cops" or "white cops", "black man" or "white man."

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. White cops beating the crap out of a 64 year old black man, already

restrained and subdued.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/10/taped.beatings.ap/index.html

Video link inside story, watch for yourself.

On the TV coverage the showed the closeup of the cops repeatedly smashing this guy's head against the pillar while he was standing and restrained. The mounted officer obviously maneuvered the horse to try and block the camera. You can see the cops grab and threaten the news crew at the end.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. I suspect it happens a lot less often, so there's less opportunity to get

such footage.

If you have some, and submit it to the news, I'm sure they'll show it.

I'd assume most police, black or white, would feel much less "impunity" about beating the crap out of an already restrained/subdued WHITE suspect, probably feeling they would be much more likely to wind up being successfully prosecuted for doing it, if caught or taped, compared to beating the Rodney Kings of the world.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. It happens all the time.

I've personally seen it happen dozens of times. Daryl Gates was an equal opportunity offender.

[CottonBear]

8. It's the corporate media not the MSM.

And, in answer to your question, no. :(
It was horrible when the film showed the victim bleeding out onto the sidewalk. :cry:
I'm a horsewoman. It pained me to see that noble animal used for such a purpose as to shield the cops from the media. :( Horses are and have been used as war animals over the millenia, yet, they are not inherently wicked or bad. The animal trusted its rider. It makes me sad. Equine police can inspire trust but also fear. :(

[FloridaPat]

9. There have been a couple through the years. I can remember

a couple of guys beat up that were on PCP.

My Dad watches those video shows on Spike TV at 5pm. Sometimes they show them doing it there. Not very badly though like Rodney King.

[nomatrix]

12. Hey FloridaPat! Question about Spike TV

Where do they get that goofy Asian contestants in costume program with English narrative?
Isn't that mocking the TV viewer in the U.S. with how dumb can you be to watch this? I might add, well done.