Jerome Da Gnome wrote:HughMcB wrote:At this rate we need an "Unarmed Black Man Killed by Police" super thread to deal with all these cases.
There was a recent story of a black cop shooting an unarmed white guy, but that doesn't fit the narrative many of our America-bashers want. They want the racism angle.
Ah the old
Atheism Causes Genocide fallacy. Or perhaps the colloquialism,
correlation does not equal causation.
Did the police assume the victim was dangerous BECAUSE he was white?
Did the police approach the victim with preconceived notions of violence BECAUSE he was white?
Did the victim get harsher treatment from the police BECAUSE he was white?
Did the police move swiftly to pull a weapon on the unarmed victim BECAUSE he was white?
Did the police not hesitate to use lethal force BECAUSE he was white?
Did the police shoot him BECAUSE he was white?
So yes, police shoot unarmed white people, they shoot unarmed fat people, and tall people, and people named Frank. But have the police been demonstrably shown to shoot the aforementioned groups BECAUSE of those defining features and preconceptions based thereon? Or are you just trotting out the tired old canard of "won't somebody please think of the white people".