police murder megathread

[CountryClassSF]

I hope one day white people care as much about the lives of black people as they do about the structural integrity of CVS's.

I don't see how caring about black lives contradicts with not wanting the neighborhoods where they live burning. 

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I agree - but we still have to wait for an explanation as to what exactly happened to Mr. Gray.

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The New York Times headline on this is actually "Rival gangs unite" - Seriously?

[CountryClassSF]

What those rioters did last night wasn't about Freddie Gray.  It looked like a bunch of drug-fueled thugs partying.  And by the way, a thug can be white as the clean snow, they can be pink - they're still thugs, as the Mayor called them.

[CountryClassSF]

What those rioters did last night wasn't about Freddie Gray.  It looked like a bunch of drug-fueled thugs partying.  And by the way, a thug can be white as the clean snow, they can be pink - they're still thugs, as the Mayor called them.

You don't get to use racially coded language to talk about this and then get off the hook by saying you mean white people too. You don't.

You'll have to take that up with the black Mayor. That is what she labeled them. A thug is someone who is out of control and who destroys  things for fun.  Not everything is about race. 

[CountryClassSF]

James Holmes was a thug.  Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were thugs.

[CountryClassSF]

Bullsh**t. Not one news article describes them as thugs. You're only doing so opportunistically.

That's good, a news article shouldn't describe them as anything. My opinion is they are thugs. The Mayor's opinion is they are thugs.  The Governor's opinion is they are thugs.  Political correctness should not come before public safety.  You have to label things what they are.  "Racially coded language" line is a way to intimidate people - What would you label people who riot? What fits the non-word policing level of acceptability?

[CountryClassSF]

Non-violent protest is still the best form of civil disobedience

How about a protest against disproportionate amount of crime coming from certain cities and certain communities. How about a protest against denying reality?

Our mothers and fathers didn't fight the Civil Rights movement for destructive communities. It is truly a sad day for our country and for the Old Line State.

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Urban.

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Urban.

"Urban."

"Thug."

Got it. Loud and clear.

Mr. Obama just called them thugs.

[CountryClassSF]

So only certain people are allowed to use the word "thugs?" Like I asked, what is the appropriate non-microaggressive PC term you've all agreed on for us to use? Is "criminals" a dog whistle?

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This kind of vicious lawlessness is why many people feel uncomfortable in urban areas

[CountryClassSF]

If someone is rioting in my neighborhood, I don't care whether they are white, pink, or black. It has the same negative effects. No one is thinking about race except the radical left.

[CountryClassSF]

This kind of vicious lawlessness is why many people feel uncomfortable in urban areas

Keep pretending you're not talking about race.

It's a real thing. It's called white flight.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight

Then what happens are the cities begin closing businesses because people come less and less. Then the city loses money and revenue and can't afford city workers and cops, ect. It's quite sad.

Then they should do what they can to prevent it, i.e. stop giving stand down orders when rioters are destroying their own city.  When people have to live in fear, they're going to move if they are financially able. I've lived in cities pretty much my whole life, but sometimes I wonder why.