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News: Citizen, 29, kills police officer, 33, in Memphis
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Originally posted by MillionLights
No one is trying to negate it, I think they were just pointing out a double standard in terms of what people will discuss and what they won't. But anyway, I wasn't involved in that discussion. And I agree with your point about access to guns.
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Cops are going to have their lives put in danger, as it pretty much fits the job description. A black person getting shot over a pack of skittles is not the same conversation. The black lives matter discussion is occurring because it needs to be talked about in order to get people to realize (and then act upon) police brutality and racism.
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Originally posted by chilicheese01
Thug? 
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*ahem* This mentally ill thug. Sorry but you know there would be pages of how good a person he was and how the cop used to much force and should not have shot him. Then there would be the conspiracy loons claiming the cop planted the gun on the guy, because white cops always carry an extra gun just in case. There are the morons that would be saying it was only a pot deal, as if he that knew walking up to the car, these are the people that expect cops to know everything about the situation prior to leaving their squad car.
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Originally posted by Chucko
Because a white cop got killed by a black man, does not fit the narrative.
You need to get with the program.
If the cop would have killed this thug, it would have been posted days ago, and we would have many pages about how black lives matter.
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And white media and many news outlets would have tried to sweep it under the rug while we struggle on social media/on here etc to spread the word so we can actually get some justice, because black lives do matter.
This cop doesn't have to worry about getting justice because he's white and also a police officer
But why are you trying to label the black people that have been killed by police as thugs?
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
Giliap:
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loooooooooooooool
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Originally posted by EthaneFenty
But why are you trying to label the black people that have been killed by police as thugs?
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If the cop would have killed this thug,
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Move along! this guy was a thug, you cant defend that.
Edit: he said this thug, not all 
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Originally posted by Chucko
*ahem* This mentally ill thug. Sorry but you know there would be pages of how good a person he was and how the cop used to much force and should not have shot him. Then there would be the conspiracy loons claiming the cop planted the gun on the guy, because white cops always carry an extra gun just in case. There are the morons that would be saying it was only a pot deal, as if he that knew walking up to the car, these are the people that expect cops to know everything about the situation prior to leaving their squad car.
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I think you should realize that discussion on news outlets are nothing like this. White media and many news station often put more effort in making the black male or female look bad, not caring whether he/she is the offender or the victim
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
Giliap:
Virgnia, gay, lives with his parents, favorite artist: Madonna. Profession: Unemployed Graphic Designer with expertise in ATRL avis.
Real badass.
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the profession. i just died. 
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Originally posted by Vertigo Stick
Cops are going to have their lives put in danger, as it pretty much fits the job description. A black person getting shot over a pack of skittles is not the same conversation. The black lives matter discussion is occurring because it needs to be talked about in order to get people to realize (and then act upon) police brutality and racism.
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I wasn't saying police brutality and institutional racism don't exist. And I realise they aren't on the same level. I just stated what I presumed the people who posted before me were talking about.
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
Giliap:
Virgnia, gay, lives with his parents, favorite artist: Madonna. Profession: Unemployed Graphic Designer with expertise in ATRL avis.
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so messy
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Originally posted by EthaneFenty
I think you should realize that discussion on news outlets are nothing like this. White media and many news station often put more effort in making the black male or female look bad, not caring whether he/she is the offender or the victim
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The news outlets won't cover this story like they will a Freddie Gray, I'm talking about people with double standards here and on other lesser news sites that cook up crazy conspiracy theories.
The Freddie Gray case was a rush to judge those police officers and now the case is unraveling, I don't think a single one of them is going to be charged and Marilyn Mosby will be fired... Bookmark it.
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Originally posted by Chucko
The news outlets won't cover this story like they will a Freddie Gray, I'm talking about people with double standards here and on other lesser news sites that cook up crazy conspiracy theories.
The Freddie Gray case was a rush to judge those police officers and now the case is unraveling, I don't think a single one of them is going to be charged and Marilyn Mosby will be fired... Bookmark it.
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Well attention to black lives matter is only to garner attention and awareness while their isn't any awareness needed for white lives at the moment because they aren't being killed at the rate that black people are and if they are killed they are at least given justice while black people are struggling to even get that
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Originally posted by Vertigo Stick
Cops are going to have their lives put in danger, as it pretty much fits the job description. A black person getting shot over a pack of skittles is not the same conversation. The black lives matter discussion is occurring because it needs to be talked about in order to get people to realize (and then act upon) police brutality and racism.
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Trayvon Martin wasn't shot by a cop.
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
Giliap:
Virgnia, gay, lives with his parents, favorite artist: Madonna. Profession: Unemployed Graphic Designer with expertise in ATRL avis.
Real badass.
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Originally posted by Chucko
Because a white cop got killed by a black man, does not fit the narrative.
You need to get with the program.
If the cop would have killed this thug, it would have been posted days ago, and we would have many pages about how black lives matter.
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No it wouldn't.
Black people get killed by the police all the damn time and the news coverage on these stories is typically SCANT. Just because the tides have turned slightly with three or four cases of black people getting killed by white cops making national news does not say a thing about the overall trend. Especially not when some of those stories were completely overlooked or buried until proof of the cops' wrongdoing came to light.
This is not to mention the fact that there's absolutely nothing to lead anyone to believe this was in any way racially motivated nor does it buck the greater trend of black people being disproportionately made victims of the police system. Trying to turn this story into a race debate is just absurd.
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Originally posted by Chucko
Because a white cop got killed by a black man, does not fit the narrative.
You need to get with the program.
If the cop would have killed this thug, it would have been posted days ago, and we would have many pages about how black lives matter.
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I'm not sure why you quoted me in this reply. I was talking about the messy wig-snatching in just the first few replies. It usually takes at least until page 2 before the mess arrives.
That said, I actually do agree that if the roles were reversed, this would have more attention. However, that doesn't lessen the impact of the black lives matter movement. Cops put their lives on the line. That's one of the main job requirements. It's less of a surprise for a cop to be killed by a thug than it is for a cop to act like a thug and kill/brutalize random citizens. That's why those cases get way more attention (whether it involves a black person or not. There was an Italian man in Staten Island who got a lot of media attention just the other day). It's ALWAYS a sad case when any human gets killed in cold blood. But at the end of the day, a cop dying in the line of duty is not nearly as shocking as a citizen being murdered by people that are supposed to protect them and give them due process.
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Originally posted by Vertigo Stick
Cops are going to have their lives put in danger, as it pretty much fits the job description. A black person getting shot over a pack of skittles is not the same conversation. The black lives matter discussion is occurring because it needs to be talked about in order to get people to realize (and then act upon) police brutality and racism.
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Originally posted by EthaneFenty
I think you should realize that discussion on news outlets are nothing like this. White media and many news station often put more effort in making the black male or female look bad, not caring whether he/she is the offender or the victim
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Originally posted by BGXKB
Trayvon Martin wasn't shot by a cop.
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He didn't say he was
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Originally posted by MillionLights
How many thousands of people will have to die because some people in the US still cling to a principle from the 18th century?
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The cop did not deserve to die, nor do any other cops/human beings deserve death. All I'm sayin.
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