Most reasonable people would agree with that. How about stop denying progress that has been made?
Nobody denies "progress" has been made, however, when someone sticks a dagger 12 inches deep into your flesh, you're not gonna be celebrating when it gets lessened by 1 inch.
there are millions of police interactions with people every year.. about a million of arrests and tens of thousands of times where force is needed to arrest suspects.
If what you say is true, and there's so many "good cops", then why is it so difficult both legally and culturally to prosecute bad cops when they engage in clear wrongdoing?
When you watch the news however all you see is cops killing black people. To someone who does not dig deep, it sure looks like cops are racist and hunting down people of color... but the same news media doesn't report on lives saved by police... or all the times (the majority of times) that they act with restraint when making stops or arresting people. false or incomplete reporting, does a lot of damage and actually prolongs the effects of racism, because it prevents cooperation and trust.
The media isn't the problem here. In fact the media is just now catching up to what black Americans have been telling anyone that would listen for decades, since slavery really.
Thank God for social media, it seems whites have to see it over and over, and over, and over again, for themselves just to barely believe what blacks have been telling them. This isn't a good thing for "race relations."
Do you believe the average black person gets treated the same as the average white person in America, certainly as far as the police are concerned? Be honest.
Do you believe the average black person gets treated the same as the average white person in America, certainly as far as the police are concerned? Be honest.
I would honestly think not. I think they are often treated with more suspicion without cause. And I am going to say on the average that is true. In that case I would say people who are minding their own business are judged by the actions of other African Americans. I even had this conversation with a friend of mine who is an African and used to have a store at pier 39 in SF.
She was telling me yes, if a black kid walks into a market and walks around, everyones eyes are going to be on him.... if your white and dressed casual your pretty much invisible. I had to agree, but then I asked her the same thing.... if a black kid with had walked into your art store and so did some random white guy, which one would you keep an eye on the most? She paused and then had to say it would be the black kid. But she's not racist... shes black too. Though actually, she complained about Chinese coming into her store and would usually never bother even acknowledging them... simply because her experience was "they never buy anything"
--Its just the things and expectations people have in their heads... it doesnt necessarily make them
"racist" but it does mean that at times we need to check ourselves and why we are thinking what we do.
Thank God for social media, it seems whites have to see it over and over, and over, and over again, for themselves just to barely believe what blacks have been telling them. This isn't a good thing for "race relations."
Theoretically yes. and sometimes.. yes. But too many times the news media spits things out there before the facts are in and inaccurately. that is what I call as damaging. And often it is done because reporters now see themselves as social activists... instead of just reporting the straight news. If they dont like a public figure they will omit things and stress others... and if they like the public figure they will do the same in reverse.
This erodes the public trust with them.
If what you say is true, and there's so many "good cops", then why is it so difficult both legally and culturally to prosecute bad cops when they engage in clear wrongdoing?
This one I need to think on. I'm not a cop and dont know what its like to be part of that brotherhood, but I do think that is an area of great improvement that needs to be addressed and many others have said this as well. As in the instance of what we saw with George Floyd... I am still a bit confused as to why the other cops stood around and didnt do a thing to stop the situation.
Improvements can be made without trashing the entire police force, because for one thing not every department is the same. I also think what is Clear Wrong Doing, is not always so clear. I would say this particular question is a good one for some of the ex LEO's here to explain better than I ever could.
They do have to have certain legal protections for the reason that they could be taken to court every time they arrest someone based on an accusation and in which case it would completely lock everything up.
