Quote:Ok let's try again. One more time. To explain something that has been explained over and over again. 

 

It started as a means to bring awareness of the perception the black community has that blacks are treated completely differently by law enforcement than whites or even other minorities. That is the point of it. Not that white lives or mexican lives don't matter but that, in their eyes, black lives matter less to law enforcement. 

 

What it has done is brought wider awareness to things like excessive force by police, disproportionate sentencing for blacks and other minorities as well as general us against them mentality when it comes to police and communities. That said, you don't believe  any of that but that's not really the point. To a whole lot of the country police abuse is a real thing, you just see these abuses as perfectly fine because cops. 

 

Now, you have had it explained again. You won't care because it goes against your boys in blue and that just can't be for you. They are terrorists to you and I have just wasted my time explaining again to you what it means. 

 

 

You won't believe this because I don't give them a pass to do whatever they want, but I respect the hell out of police. It is a dangerous job and they do a service most of the populace can't or won't do but that's just it, they are doing a service and due to their position in our communities I hold them to a higher standard than the average person.

 

Here's the thing though.  As you said, it's perceived by (some) in the black community that blacks are treated differently by police, and in some cases that might be correct.  However, police brutality and excessive use of force is really not the major problem.  Yes it happens, but it's done by a far minority of police officers.

 

Perhaps the real problem is the culture that many blacks, especially in urban areas are raised in.  A vast number of them are taught that whites, police or any authority figure is "against them".  They are taught that they shouldn't "snitch" when police are conducting an investigation.  They are taught that police are "pigs".  Take a listen to some of the rap lyrics that are popular among young black people.

 

What about the black-on-black crimes that happen on a daily basis?`  How about the fact that there are higher numbers of children, particularly black children being raised in single parent homes?  Could the disproportionate sentencing be because the percentage of blacks committing crime is higher in certain communities?

 

Now of course, I'm not talking about ALL black people,.but when looking at some of the ones involved in these past incidents there seems to be several common denominators including a history of violence, drug abuse and prior convictions.

 

I know that I'm going to be accused of being racist or a bigot, but I don't really care.  This is the real problem that needs to be discussed quite openly and frankly.

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