dimreepr

A forth is that their village has taught them to fear and despise, the people they stole and treated as livestock (just in case they took umbridge). It's so strange, how that policy perpetuates the tension; cause they were just doing their job. Imagine how much better things would be, if the policy was: Ok, hands up, my bad I'm sorry, and as a more concrete apology here's a home (with food water and our education) and a paid job, if you want it, to have more (a prettier home, tastier food and hot and cold water). Only then, can we say "all lives matter", with a straight face... 🙄

Indeed they do, I just wonder who is the scape goat, and why???

I imagine you'll be gone soon, so my answer is moot...

What should be clear by now is, money makes very little difference to the value of life.

Don't worry CL it wasn't funny then either. You don't need a gun to be a threat, your argument is a red herring, the threat level is allways the same (potential death), the variable is the approach (and you my friend fall into the trap of more is always better) teaching/training the officers the ways of the force: The dark side, always assuming the worse and by deed and action, actually creating the worse case senario. The good side, always assume they're not trying to kill you even if they don't want to see you. Why not give the latter a go? It has a much better chance of success, even if it does seem counter-intuitive.

Imagine if you're wrong, how terrible...

That is important, and the main focus of my post... That's decided right now, America's future depends on it. Your right, just frustrated. Apologies.

I usually google it.

Is that a pertinent question?

His death will change things in America, that much is inevitable; the only real question is, how long it takes. That's what the powerfull/privileged don't understand, the action's they take to ensure their status remains true, is exactly what hastens the end of that status "look on ye mighty and dispair". It's up to America to change the pattern.

-1 and with that, I give up trying to educate...

I didn't... You must have a big barn... 🙂 Systemic racism is not unique to America, for instance, in the UK the divide is much more insidious (the race is, poor people). I didn't say I don't like them As do I...

Surprisingly 😣, it seems to lack the word cop/policeman/law enforcement officer. 🙄

How many times are you going to contribute to a thread, then after you've been shown to be wrong; try to distance yourself from said thread, by trying to appear aloof with a strawman and/or passive aggressive humour; it's perfectly possible to not be ignorant of a country without having lived there, it's a by-product of education.

There is so many sections of society that are utterly pissed off with the status quo; and so many potential straws to add to the burden, if this one isn't the final straw, there will be another one along any time soon. It really depends on how smart the government is. 🤒

Just ... NO. Sheesh. It proves no such thing. I don't know how my name got entangled here, I just want it on record; I'm not that deluded...

LOL, I almost gave that a +1... Just because satire is a thing of the past...

I just negged that, because I can't be bothered to argue... And I love to argue... 🙄

No, it tells us that privilege is real, the subjective part is how the privileged perceive a threat...

Nor me, poor white trash, but I just deserve the same.

If the cops in the US weren't "taught/trained" to be afraid that every single person on the streets is carying a gun this whole situation would be completely different. (FTFY) De-escalation training has been shown to reduce death, in both the police and the public. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/police-gun-shooting-training-ferguson/383681/

Except you kind of are, and you're off topic. If the protestor's are willing to face a foe that has a track record of openly killing people, with a leader who is actively encouraging them to do so. I don't imagine the prosect of a cold, possibly worse, is much of a deterant.

Imagine that, a government trying to improve it's situation while hiding it's failures. Yes, he found the perfect place to hide his failures...