No Indictment in Eric Garner Chokehold Case for N.Y.P.D. Officer

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**cincydooley**

d-usa wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/us/walmart-cant-breathe-ad/index.html?c=us

Oh FFS.

That's ridiculous.

**hotsauceman1**

cincydooley wrote:
ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

And the Dillon Taylor shooting was covered. Just because you didn't hear about it doesn't mean it didn't happen. And before you ask, "Yeah, well why didn't all the white people riot after that?" It's because they were too busy doing this:

Nope, I wasn't even going to make that point.

The important point is that the Dillon Taylor case supports that in a lot of these cases, it isn't race, but bad or overzealous policing as the problem.

I've already said, multiple times in this thread, that I'm very surprised that the LEO in Garner's case wasn't indicted for criminally negligent manslaughter. I think he should have been, especially since he used departmentally prohibited technique. For that reason, I think when the family brings a wrongful death suit against the NYPD, they're going to win big, and easily.

White people are never going to riot over white people getting killed. Most of us don't identify with other white people as "our brothers" like people in the black community do. I can't think of a single reason I'd call another white person a "race traitor/Uncle Tom" like black people have to Charles Barkley, or Ben Carson, or Allen West. I just don't think they're ever going to be similar situations, because, as I said, the majority of us don't identify like that. "White guy" wouldn't crack my top 10 for things I'd use to describe me, whereas I know "black man" is in the top three for many of my black friends. We've had the discussion quite a bit. It's a huge cultural difference that I won't ever be able to relate to, in part, because I'm not in the minority.

Oh, and yes, I think the dude bashing in the bus is a thug and should go to prison.

Y'know I made this specific argument against you before about why people where upset at raven symone, and you shut me doing saying that the argument was ridiculous

**cincydooley**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
cincydooley wrote:
ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

And the Dillon Taylor shooting was covered. Just because you didn't hear about it doesn't mean it didn't happen. And before you ask, "Yeah, well why didn't all the white people riot after that?" It's because they were too busy doing this:

Nope, I wasn't even going to make that point.

The important point is that the Dillon Taylor case supports that in a lot of these cases, it isn't race, but bad or overzealous policing as the problem.

I've already said, multiple times in this thread, that I'm very surprised that the LEO in Garner's case wasn't indicted for criminally negligent manslaughter. I think he should have been, especially since he used departmentally prohibited technique. For that reason, I think when the family brings a wrongful death suit against the NYPD, they're going to win big, and easily.

White people are never going to riot over white people getting killed. Most of us don't identify with other white people as "our brothers" like people in the black community do. I can't think of a single reason I'd call another white person a "race traitor/Uncle Tom" like black people have to Charles Barkley, or Ben Carson, or Allen West. I just don't think they're ever going to be similar situations, because, as I said, the majority of us don't identify like that. "White guy" wouldn't crack my top 10 for things I'd use to describe me, whereas I know "black man" is in the top three for many of my black friends. We've had the discussion quite a bit. It's a huge cultural difference that I won't ever be able to relate to, in part, because I'm not in the minority.

Oh, and yes, I think the dude bashing in the bus is a thug and should go to prison.

Y'know I made this specific argument against you before about why people where upset at raven symone, and you shut me doing saying that the argument was ridiculous

You'll have to show me. I think "defending your race" is ridiculous in general.