Good on you, Kendall Jenner.

[JoeB131]

Here's a thought. The media should give equal time to white people that get killed by cops that they do to blacks that get killed by cops. There was a white guy that got and killed by a cop about 2 miles from where I grew up. Of course this made the local news, but it didn't make a splash in the national news. There were not herds of activitist calling the shooting unjustified. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton were nowhere to be found.

If a black dude is killed by cops, it's covered by the national news networks for days, if not weeks and months (due to the following protests and riots). If a white dude is killed by cops, then the story is on the local news networks at 6 and 11 and is then forgotten.

Here's the problem with that. Most shootings of black people don't make the national news, either Police kill about 1200 Civilians every year. Black, white or brown, this usually doesn't make national news.

The reason why shootings like Mike Brown, LaQuan McDonald, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott make the news is that usually they are cases where police used excessive force for really, no good reason. These people were either not committing a crime, or they weren't committing a crime that was serious enough to merit deadly force.

 

[JoeB131]

Actually Trump is realizing the right is nuts and he needs to work with the left. That's why Jared Kushner and Ivanka are moving in and Bannon OUT! LOL

but that's dumb, too.

Let's say that Ivanka and Jared (I heard them called Jivanka yesterday like a celebrity couple and wanted to puke) get their way and steer dad towards more moderate policies to work with the Democrats. Okay. What's the incentive for the Democrats to play along? Their base would consider it a betrayal to work with Trump after he stole the election from them.

such a move would make Trump completely irrelevant, as neither side would want to work with him.

Now, I think that is happening anyway, as more of the people who are running the departments are simply doing it their own way, anyhow. (See McMaster bouncing Bannon out of the NSC.)

 

[sealybobo]

Actually Trump is realizing the right is nuts and he needs to work with the left. That's why Jared Kushner and Ivanka are moving in and Bannon OUT! LOL

but that's dumb, too.

Let's say that Ivanka and Jared (I heard them called Jivanka yesterday like a celebrity couple and wanted to puke) get their way and steer dad towards more moderate policies to work with the Democrats. Okay. What's the incentive for the Democrats to play along? Their base would consider it a betrayal to work with Trump after he stole the election from them.

such a move would make Trump completely irrelevant, as neither side would want to work with him.

Now, I think that is happening anyway, as more of the people who are running the departments are simply doing it their own way, anyhow. (See McMaster bouncing Bannon out of the NSC.)

If he tries to do what is popular and Democrats stop him that won't be good for them in the next midterm. They have to worry about being re elected too. If he goes moderate that's good for all of us.

 

[sealybobo]

Here's a thought. The media should give equal time to white people that get killed by cops that they do to blacks that get killed by cops. There was a white guy that got and killed by a cop about 2 miles from where I grew up. Of course this made the local news, but it didn't make a splash in the national news. There were not herds of activitist calling the shooting unjustified. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton were nowhere to be found.

If a black dude is killed by cops, it's covered by the national news networks for days, if not weeks and months (due to the following protests and riots). If a white dude is killed by cops, then the story is on the local news networks at 6 and 11 and is then forgotten.

Here's the problem with that. Most shootings of black people don't make the national news, either Police kill about 1200 Civilians every year. Black, white or brown, this usually doesn't make national news.

The reason why shootings like Mike Brown, LaQuan McDonald, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott make the news is that usually they are cases where police used excessive force for really, no good reason. These people were either not committing a crime, or they weren't committing a crime that was serious enough to merit deadly force.

GRAPHIC: SC cop fatally shoots man as he's running away | Daily Mail Online

So why was there a mistrial?

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/walter-scott-michael-slager-north-charleston.html?_r=0

 

[sealybobo]

Judge Clifton B. Newman’s decision to halt the proceedings came three days after jurors signaled that they were within one vote of returning a guilty verdict against Mr. Slager, who could have been convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Walter L. Scott. But on Monday, in a final note to Judge Newman, jurors said that “despite the best efforts of all members, we are unable to come to a unanimous decision.”

The outcome was disappointingly familiar to critics of police practices and conduct, and demonstrated the steep hurdles associated with prosecuting a police officer for a shooting while on duty. Although other cases involving claims of police misconduct have ended in mistrials and acquittals, few resonated as widely as this case in North Charleston, where Mr. Slager fired eight shots as Mr. Scott ran away.

 

[JoeB131]

If he tries to do what is popular and Democrats stop him that won't be good for them in the next midterm. They have to worry about being re elected too. If he goes moderate that's good for all of us.

But you see, that's the thing. Ultimately, it isn't the Democrat's failure, it's his. Frankly, given all the shit he's puled, I don't think anything can save the GOP next midterm.

 

[JoeB131]

So why was there a mistrial?

because the South is filled with racist crackers?

The outcome was disappointingly familiar to critics of police practices and conduct, and demonstrated the steep hurdles associated with prosecuting a police officer for a shooting while on duty. Although other cases involving claims of police misconduct have ended in mistrials and acquittals, few resonated as widely as this case in North Charleston, where Mr. Slager fired eight shots as Mr. Scott ran away.

They'll get this POS on the retrial. probably after they do proper jury screening to keep nuts off the jury.

But it is a problem, I agree. A lot of don't want to believe cops do bad things. Prosecutors are reluctant to prosecute, juries are reluctant to convict. the Police Forces themselves often engage in coverups. Case in point. in Slager's case, he attempted to plant his Taser on Scott's body, and when other cops came on the scene, they went along with it.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

because the South is filled with racist crackers?

And he doesn't see how "racist" his statement is!

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Frankly, given all the shit he's puled, I don't think anything can save the GOP next midterm.

Yeah, you guys got this next election locked up!