"Man beaten in New Orleans arrest says racism not issue"

[johnnie]

"Robert Davis, a retired black schoolteacher whose violent arrest by white New Orleans police officers was videotaped by news crews, believes the incident says more about post-Katrina chaos than it does about racism.

"Some people want to make it a race thing," Davis said in an interview Tuesday. "I don't. That's demeaning to me."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051012/ts_usatoday/manbeateninneworleansarrestsaysracismnotissue



This man is no fool. I think a lot of people should listen to what he has to say.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. He is right

it was about the chaos, breakdown and all that...

The cops must pay the price for their lack of profesionalism though.

[johnnie]

2. "The cops must pay the price for their lack of profesionalism though."

I agree 100% He even says that in the article.

[jobycom]

3. Some people are just impressive human beings. nt.

[Bluzmann57]

4. A question about this mess

What difference does it make if the guy was drunk or not? There still seemed to be no reason for the police to beat the daylights out of him like they did. Public intoxication, while technically a crime, is not really all that bad. Not bad enough to beat the crap out of a guy.