Dr Grump
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Read. Carefully.
George Floyd's murderer had a long history of complaints. There is precedent for this method of killing, dating back at least to the late 90s, widely reported, and the killer back then got away with it. Yeah, that was cold-blooded murder, after they had Floyd hand-cuffed and in the police car. The goon dragged him out of the car for no reason other than to murder him before cameras and despite reminders that humans need to breathe to survive.
As to those famed 36k millionaires - how many are in sports, music, entertainment? No matter, that doesn't change the fact that median Black wealth is a tiny fraction of White wealth, and that's due to a long history of racism and discrimination going on to this very day, albeit in slightly subtler ways. A few Blacks making it doesn't change that any more than a Bill Gates would demonstrate anything about under-educated rural White's chances of becoming rich. The system is rigged, and Blacks overwhelmingly end up on the wrong side of several societal fault lines.
It was manslaughter at best for Floyd. And the guy deserves jail time.
The story you linked is nothing but emotions and a slanted point of view. Very few facts in the story. She tries to give off that the police calling the person back two or three times over the incident and asking if she was involved was done because the caller was black. For a start, did the cop on the other end of the phone know she was black? Also, having been an LEO, the questions the cop asked on the phone are the same I would have asked of anybody, regardless of colour. You can't turn a perfectly reasonable question into a racial biased one just because you are black.
I don't care if they sell gummy bears or shoot hoops for a living - 36,000 millionaires, plus the most influential celebrity in the world - Oprah Winfrey - means there are plenty of role models and success stories.
The story she mentioned in the article about her neighbour being arrested and slammed to the ground. Have seen many Youtube videos of cops being arseholes and doing that to both black and white. It is not a black issue, it is a cop being an arsehole issue.
Having said all that, I still believe there is racial bias, however, nowhere near the levels at which seems to be claimed. I was the victim of racial abuse not three weeks ago as was my partner by Sudanese immigrants. The first thing they claimed was we were being racist, even though the incident had nothing to do with it. In fact, they were the only ones using racial slurs (called me a white arsehole, and my partner - who is Vietnamese/Chinese 'little Miss Coronavirus") all over a misunderstanding because they were too stupid to know what was going on (and that has nothing to do with their race, just their lack of knowledge). Point is, the first thing they went to was race when the argument broke out. The incident had nothing to do with race.
The point in this post Olde, is that until black people start taking SOME responsibility instead of what appears to be NONE, then my sympathies are right down the middle to be honest. There are some cracker mo fo cops and whiteys in general, but black people need to take their fair share of the blame, too. Crying victim doesn't work with me. And I prefer facts over supposition or 'feelings'.