(05-27-2020, 08:51 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(05-27-2020, 08:17 PM)JagJohn Wrote: Buddy, the video itself is 'evidence'. We at least have, for the most part, all agreed that that guy used an egregious amount of force against an unarmed black man, that led to the death of that man. That in itself is a massive piece of 'evidence'.

I'll help you make your point a little clearer; the word you are looking for is 'proof'. And of course I don't have any proof. Nobody can say what was in the man's head, heart, or subconscious thoughts. All we can do is look at the actions of the man (the evidence), and try to consider those actions in the light of masses of similar pieces of evidence we have seen in the last few years.

On an individual basis almost all of these videos and cases of police brutality can be written off as 'not rascist' by anyone who is half-decent at making a high school level debate (as I know you are) and unwilling to look at the bigger picture. But anyone who is willing to look at the mountain of evidence as a whole, and is able to place it within an honest historical and sociological context, and still argues that there is not a disproportionate amount of police brutality against people of color in America is performing mental gymnastics of the highest level.

Are DB coaches racist?