Quote:I don't agree with him at all.Increased violence makes everything worse for literally everyone.Based on his history I think it would be fair to say that Farrakhan is a racist.


Just found it interesting as 1)Arob has the video on his twitter page 2)I have no idea what its like being a black man or women in America so its hard for me to truly understand the divide.I just wonder are things going to get much much worse before they get better? Seems to be heading that way.

 

This is one city and potentially just one group of people that appear to have snapped and were ready to act.  Remember that the protests in Louisiana and Minnesota were peaceful.  There's a lot that can be discussed throughout this thread an others.  But one thing that I'll wait and not over-react on is the fear that there will be more attacks on cops like this one.  At this point, I have no reason to think that this isolated incident is gonna spill out to other cities.

 

In my working adult life, I've worked along side and have been friends or at least close acquaintances with quite a few black dudes.  Living in NM, there's not alot of black people around...  But every single one I hung out with and talked to have had a story about being treated disrespectully during a traffic stop or other incident with the police.  The issue of race is something that I think, if you aren't black, you don't really understand.

 

These police shootings/police mishandling of murders (Trayvon) have been happening for over 3 or 4 years now, and there has been no real change of how law enforcement handles the public in poor neighborhoods (both black and white).  So yeah, you can imagine there are quite a few people that are pretty frustrated.

 

It's important to realize, though, that these poor officers in Dallas and thier families are people and as Obama had said, they deserve to have the right to go home after their day is done too.  Attacking cops randomly isn't the way to correct the situation. 

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