Here we go again. Mesa shootings.
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No,but when we know who it is(Boston bomber,movie theatre shooter,etc)and without a doubt what they did that's when going all medeval on their ass is exceptable.rgambs said:
Would you rather cops just kill people or should everyone get their day in trial? "Spared" is not accurate IMO, what is "spared" about someone no longer having the capacity to suffer?rr165892 said:So for all the police brutality folks out there.Here is what you have been asking for.This piece of human waste got tazed and arrested.Im so glad he was spared after killing and shooting 6 people.
So what.badbrains said:
Well, he was whiterr165892 said:So for all the police brutality folks out there.Here is what you have been asking for.This piece of human waste got tazed and arrested.Im so glad he was spared after killing and shooting 6 people.
How could you tell with all the classy face ink?
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white guy with a gun= taken alive.
unarmed black teenager= killed in the streets.
got it.
maybe we should just arm everyone??"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
not what i said at all. just rehashing the normal good vs evil bullshit we talk about on here all the time.WhatYouTaughtMe said:@gimmesometruth27 (I messed up the quotes)
With the guys record and disregard for the law, are you saying a ban on firearms would have deterred him? I don't know all the facts yet but there's a good chance he didn't and couldn't have purchased the gun legally. Out here I would bet money that crystal meth had a lot to do with it. That shit is illegal. Bad people find a way to do bad things.
Edit - if I got your meaning wrong I apologize. The language led me to believe that is your position."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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I don't have the figures, but no doubt statistics would show this to be more the norm than not.gimmesometruth27 said:white guy with a gun= taken alive.
unarmed black teenager= killed in the streets.
got it.
maybe we should just arm everyone??
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.0 -
it is not the old routine. it is the reality in which we live.hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."0 -
But a couple posts up, you referred to it as "good vs evil". Is that the same as "black and white"?
Do you - or anyone - really believe that the Mesa police made a conscious choice to taser him because he's WHITE? That they didn't use any semblance of training, safety methods or common sense?0 -
Exactly. I want to hear more about how the arrest went down. Did he comply or resist? Did the officers feel threatened? Did he struggle with them or attempt to go for their sidearms?hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.
Other than Tamir Rice, most of the stories on this board of blacks getting shot by cops seem to involve some sort of douchebaggery on the part of the guy getting shot. I know some on this board like to make everything a strictly racial issue, dismissing other critical factors."I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/080 -
I'm growing a little weary of the same, predictable response as well, Hedo.hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.
If those stats were true... what would they be saying? Are they speaking more to the nature of the demographic? Are they speaking to a police mentality? Are they speaking to socioeconomic conditions leaving some feeling hopeless, desperate and/or angry? Is it a combination of these and more to varying degrees?
And Hugh brought up a great point that, of course, has been lost on some: if I work at a job- say a cop- and consistently get called to deal with, say, purple people... I am, as a human being, likely to develop a disposition that does not favor purple people.
Looking from the outside, it's easy and correct to say, "Hey. Don't be that way!" But as empathetic as we might be for a person resorting to crime or a certain way of life... I find it ironic we don't afford a cop the same degree of understanding when wondering why they might have developed a disposition the way they have in the line of duty."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Gotcha.gimmesometruth27 said:
not what i said at all. just rehashing the normal good vs evil bullshit we talk about on here all the time.WhatYouTaughtMe said:@gimmesometruth27 (I messed up the quotes)
With the guys record and disregard for the law, are you saying a ban on firearms would have deterred him? I don't know all the facts yet but there's a good chance he didn't and couldn't have purchased the gun legally. Out here I would bet money that crystal meth had a lot to do with it. That shit is illegal. Bad people find a way to do bad things.
Edit - if I got your meaning wrong I apologize. The language led me to believe that is your position.Post edited by WhatYouTaughtMe on0 -
If a cop works in area with just purple people they should realize most of those purple people are good. And it's not a skin color thing it's an economic one.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I'm growing a little weary of the same, predictable response as well, Hedo.hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.
If those stats were true... what would they be saying? Are they speaking more to the nature of the demographic? Are they speaking to a police mentality? Are they speaking to socioeconomic conditions leaving some feeling hopeless, desperate and/or angry? Is it a combination of these and more to varying degrees?
And Hugh brought up a great point that, of course, has been lost on some: if I work at a job- say a cop- and consistently get called to deal with, say, purple people... I am, as a human being, likely to develop a disposition that does not favor purple people.
Looking from the outside, it's easy and correct to say, "Hey. Don't be that way!" But as empathetic as we might be for a person resorting to crime or a certain way of life... I find it ironic we don't afford a cop the same degree of understanding when wondering why they might have developed a disposition the way they have in the line of duty.
There seems to be a bit of white backlash in these threads.
If you are white you have no idea what it's like to be black or deal with cops if black. No you don't.
So get off your high horses about being better or smarter when dealing with police. Or how everyone should be good like whites. Your not freakin special. You were born lucky mother fuckers.10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG0 -
Wow.callen said:
If a cop works in area with just purple people they should realize most of those purple people are good. And it's not a skin color thing it's an economic one.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I'm growing a little weary of the same, predictable response as well, Hedo.hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.
If those stats were true... what would they be saying? Are they speaking more to the nature of the demographic? Are they speaking to a police mentality? Are they speaking to socioeconomic conditions leaving some feeling hopeless, desperate and/or angry? Is it a combination of these and more to varying degrees?
And Hugh brought up a great point that, of course, has been lost on some: if I work at a job- say a cop- and consistently get called to deal with, say, purple people... I am, as a human being, likely to develop a disposition that does not favor purple people.
Looking from the outside, it's easy and correct to say, "Hey. Don't be that way!" But as empathetic as we might be for a person resorting to crime or a certain way of life... I find it ironic we don't afford a cop the same degree of understanding when wondering why they might have developed a disposition the way they have in the line of duty.
There seems to be a bit of white backlash in these threads.
If you are white you have no idea what it's like to be black or deal with cops if black. No you don't.
So get off your high horses about being better or smarter when dealing with police. Or how everyone should be good like whites. Your not freakin special. You were born lucky mother fuckers.
Okay. You're right: cops suck. Whites are pompous, spoiled and they suck too. And blacks that disrespect cops should be given more latitude to disrespect cops- they can't help themselves.
Is this the general idea I should understand?"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
It's not about being superior or more intelligent or fucking equines - it's about common sense.callen said:
If a cop works in area with just purple people they should realize most of those purple people are good. And it's not a skin color thing it's an economic one.
There seems to be a bit of white backlash in these threads.
If you are white you have no idea what it's like to be black or deal with cops if black. No you don't.
So get off your high horses about being better or smarter when dealing with police. Or how everyone should be good like whites. Your not freakin special. You were born lucky mother fuckers.
As to "good like whites"? Don't even know what that means - and if you think the majority of comments (ie, commenters) support that shit, you're way off. WAY off.
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Said none of those things but the haves have not a fucking clue!Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Wow.callen said:
If a cop works in area with just purple people they should realize most of those purple people are good. And it's not a skin color thing it's an economic one.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I'm growing a little weary of the same, predictable response as well, Hedo.hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.
If those stats were true... what would they be saying? Are they speaking more to the nature of the demographic? Are they speaking to a police mentality? Are they speaking to socioeconomic conditions leaving some feeling hopeless, desperate and/or angry? Is it a combination of these and more to varying degrees?
And Hugh brought up a great point that, of course, has been lost on some: if I work at a job- say a cop- and consistently get called to deal with, say, purple people... I am, as a human being, likely to develop a disposition that does not favor purple people.
Looking from the outside, it's easy and correct to say, "Hey. Don't be that way!" But as empathetic as we might be for a person resorting to crime or a certain way of life... I find it ironic we don't afford a cop the same degree of understanding when wondering why they might have developed a disposition the way they have in the line of duty.
There seems to be a bit of white backlash in these threads.
If you are white you have no idea what it's like to be black or deal with cops if black. No you don't.
So get off your high horses about being better or smarter when dealing with police. Or how everyone should be good like whites. Your not freakin special. You were born lucky mother fuckers.
Okay. You're right: cops suck. Whites are pompous, spoiled and they suck too. And blacks that disrespect cops should be given more latitude to disrespect cops- they can't help themselves.
Is this the general idea I should understand?10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG0 -
Then what are you saying? Do you even know?callen said:
Said none of those things but the haves have not a fucking clue!Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Wow.callen said:
If a cop works in area with just purple people they should realize most of those purple people are good. And it's not a skin color thing it's an economic one.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I'm growing a little weary of the same, predictable response as well, Hedo.hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.
If those stats were true... what would they be saying? Are they speaking more to the nature of the demographic? Are they speaking to a police mentality? Are they speaking to socioeconomic conditions leaving some feeling hopeless, desperate and/or angry? Is it a combination of these and more to varying degrees?
And Hugh brought up a great point that, of course, has been lost on some: if I work at a job- say a cop- and consistently get called to deal with, say, purple people... I am, as a human being, likely to develop a disposition that does not favor purple people.
Looking from the outside, it's easy and correct to say, "Hey. Don't be that way!" But as empathetic as we might be for a person resorting to crime or a certain way of life... I find it ironic we don't afford a cop the same degree of understanding when wondering why they might have developed a disposition the way they have in the line of duty.
There seems to be a bit of white backlash in these threads.
If you are white you have no idea what it's like to be black or deal with cops if black. No you don't.
So get off your high horses about being better or smarter when dealing with police. Or how everyone should be good like whites. Your not freakin special. You were born lucky mother fuckers.
Okay. You're right: cops suck. Whites are pompous, spoiled and they suck too. And blacks that disrespect cops should be given more latitude to disrespect cops- they can't help themselves.
Is this the general idea I should understand?"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Agree how this shithead was handled was not related to black or white but how that evolved to blacks are inherently bad humans is sad.
Again whites have not a fucking clue and if you think for a second your better due to your skin color........10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG0 -
Only one that has been discussed involved douchbaggery that may of given cop reasonable reason to shoot,Ferguson.jeffbr said:
Exactly. I want to hear more about how the arrest went down. Did he comply or resist? Did the officers feel threatened? Did he struggle with them or attempt to go for their sidearms?hedonist said:Yet again, I want to look to the fucking cookie!
Maybe the actions taken (or not taken) are specific to the situation, maybe the location, maybe other factors aside from the old black and white routine.
Other than Tamir Rice, most of the stories on this board of blacks getting shot by cops seem to involve some sort of douchebaggery on the part of the guy getting shot. I know some on this board like to make everything a strictly racial issue, dismissing other critical factors.10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG0 -
Who said blacks are inherently bad?callen said:Agree how this shithead was handled was not related to black or white but how that evolved to blacks are inherently bad humans is sad.
Again whites have not a fucking clue and if you think for a second your better due to your skin color........
And it's time for you to come off your high horse. The majority of the people on this forum fully recognize the racial issue that exists.
"My brain's a good brain!"0
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