Posted: Jul 30, 2015 10:02 am
Macdoc wrote:OS
You are conflating two different situations.
I tend to agree with Sandra Bland commiting suicide - that said police interaction with blacks in the US leaves much to be desired to put it mildly and automatically sets up a confrontation ( carding in Toronto for instance )
Confrontation? Did you watch the video I posted? The cop gave a warning to the person just before pulling over Bland and was very polite about it. He was polite to bland and was only going to give her a warning. If you think the cop started the confrontation then we weren't watching the same video. The cop had every right and a responsibility to treat Bland's belligerence and resistance with sternness and force. He asked politely for her to put her cigarette out and she refused. She may have the right to smoke in her own car, but she didn't have the right to make him breathe her smoke while he was talking to her. A police officer has the right to ask someone at a traffic stop to get out of their car. She refused and resisted.
In the case of Michael Brown and others....it's excessive use of force by police on black people.
Case in point
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/30/us/ohio-s ... index.html
Yeah, CNN sure does know how to spin a story.
In too many cases police cultures are rife with bigotry and abuse of power and flat out corruption and extortion.
Apologetics for police brutality is misguided as is your conflating Sandra Bland and Michael Brown .....that seriously puts you in a very poor light.
I'll take that light over the bullshit that is swirling around.
Had you stuck to commenting on Sandra Bland, you had a post worthy of consideeration.
Comparing it to Michael Brown.....?? Lost all cred....
It's all part of the same hysteria going on. People behaving badly and when something bad comes of it it's the fault of the police simply by virtue of the person being black.