To begin with, the vast majority of police officers are professionals who take great risks and must often put up with deplorable treatment from people who are suspected of wrong doing. I value law enforcement. I don't think they are out to get blacks or that officers are inherently racists. I think the fact that many communities are high in crime coupled with natural xenophobia results in different officer perceptions when it comes to assessing risk when it comes to stops.
The experiment is anecdotal so it cannot demonstrate whether the incident is anything more than an anomaly. Further, what we don't know is if there is any missing context. So for those who don't want to discuss the issue you have a convenient reason to dismiss the subject ala James O'Keefe. Before you leave, I would like to know if you think stories about police brutality are not news worthy? Also, are the interactions with police so potentially dangerous that citizens should give up ethical principles like civil disobedience? Is it the duty of citizens to comply with the police no matter what or risk death?
Watch and you tell me what you think.
An experiment was conducted to see if police would treat two individuals differently based solely on the color of their skin.
Is any of this surprising to you? What is going on here? Are police policies so loose that it is expected that such encounters to have wildly different responses? Or do law enforcement policies reflect statistical differences in outcomes when confronting blacks as opposed to whites?
I'm sure that there are other perspectives I had not even thought of so I would very much like to hear those. My thanks.
The experiment is anecdotal so it cannot demonstrate whether the incident is anything more than an anomaly. Further, what we don't know is if there is any missing context. So for those who don't want to discuss the issue you have a convenient reason to dismiss the subject ala James O'Keefe. Before you leave, I would like to know if you think stories about police brutality are not news worthy? Also, are the interactions with police so potentially dangerous that citizens should give up ethical principles like civil disobedience? Is it the duty of citizens to comply with the police no matter what or risk death?
Watch and you tell me what you think.
An experiment was conducted to see if police would treat two individuals differently based solely on the color of their skin.
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A White Man And A Black Man Open Carry An AR 15: Guess Who Gets Arrested?
On May 6, a white man and a black man conducted a high-risk experiment. The two pro-gun, open carry supporters walked the streets of their neighborhoods with the exact same type of gun — an AR 15 — slung over their backs. They both live in places where it’s legal to open carry, and they both got stopped by police. That’s where their similarities end. It’s awfully strange how law enforcement and the NRA-sponsored GOP loves open carry…But not when black people do it. The two men each went on their open carry strolls as someone followed with a video camera. The videos — which they spliced together and show encounters with police that are disturbingly different. |
Is any of this surprising to you? What is going on here? Are police policies so loose that it is expected that such encounters to have wildly different responses? Or do law enforcement policies reflect statistical differences in outcomes when confronting blacks as opposed to whites?
I'm sure that there are other perspectives I had not even thought of so I would very much like to hear those. My thanks.
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