(05-29-2020, 02:17 PM)Gabe Wrote: Kneeling officer arrested & charged with 3rd degree murder & manslaughter.

(05-29-2020, 02:27 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(05-29-2020, 02:17 PM)Gabe Wrote: Kneeling officer arrested & charged with 3rd degree murder & manslaughter.

Sounds about right.  The murder charge may be hard to prove, but the manslaughter charge should stick.

(05-29-2020, 01:55 PM)JagJohn Wrote:

(05-29-2020, 01:45 PM)Last42min Wrote: You are suggesting these things occur because of racism. I am saying they occur because of corruption. You are not suggesting anything worthwhile. Your focus on race is unprovable. It is a talking point propagated by people who depend on it for their careers. Millions of blacks believe they have a high chance of dying when they are confronted by a police officer and the evidence just doesn't support it. I showed you evidence that suggests otherwise, which would mean that race is not main factor involved here. You counter with the idea that we can't know what's in a person's heart. That's not fantastic insight. It's a boogieman.You make this claim without at all questioning whether or not the narrative itself is a contributing factor in deteriorating racial relations. 

I believe police officers can be corrupt. I'm not some ideologue that thinks all cops are great people. I have had dozens of encounters with police in my life, and I can think of 5 (out of probably 50) that weren't unpleasant. Cops are [BLEEP] 90% of the time. However, when I have a bad encounter with a cop, I haven't had a lifetime of lies flung in my direction that cause me to believe the cops have it out for me due to any external factor. I rationally deduce that either a certain amount of power corrupts most people or that certain personality types are drawn to positions of power.  This is far more likely the explanation for why cops are often [BLEEP] to ALL people. Cops have too much power. The difference between your position and mine is that I KNOW police can be corrupt. I can get on board with wanting to reform how the police interact with citizens. I just don't think you get to use a boogieman (race), that actually harms the public psyche.

When was it, exactly, in the history of America, when race suddenly became a fictional 'boogieman' and not a massive influence on how society is shaped, and how people treat each other within society?