3 cops have been shot in luisiana

If you have a race of people running drugs in a neighbourhood, committing most of the crime in a neighbourhood.

Are you more likely to shoot them? Of course you are.



It depends on the area and climate. It's a poverty and class issue. Not a race issue, never has been and never will be.

It has little to do with race though, that's the point. It's people stuck in deprived areas, that in inner cities happens to be mostly black people. Outside cities there is just as much an issue in native american communities, a significant proportion of which are areas of high polity, drug use and criminality. Again it's less to do with race, rather the lack of prospects, deprivation and poverty that is a large cause of it.

Part of the problem is a subsection of the police seem to automatically assume a black person driving an expensive car is likely to have stolen it. Rather than you know, made enough money legitimately to have bought it out right. Stereotyping due to race is a major problem all over the world. It's one of the reasons stop and search in the UK was so controversial, it disproportionately affected certain minorities in our communities.

EDIT: Just read the last line of your post. So that's agreement. :o
 
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Guns ain't the problem - people are. Prohibition of firearms is a totally emotional response ('cos prohibition always works doesn't it?) when a logical solution is required. It's totally illogical to take away firearms from law abiding people and expecting criminals, terrorists and other bad actors to keep from exploiting that. First thing the US needs is some proper leadership - after Orlando President Obama wouldn't even say the words "Radical Islam"

Erm... So weren't all these officers who have been killed, armed?

How does being armed stop a person from walking up to anyone and shooting them in the face? Please explain the exact mechanism. Is it some sort of physical mechanism? or some sort of telekinetic force emanating from the gun?

Also the terrorist part. How does being armed stop a terrorist from blowing himself up?

Also you say banning guns is an emotional response, yet you want to arm everyone! :eek:
 
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On a related issue.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ck-firefighter-tasered?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Three Metropolitan police officers face disciplinary proceedings that could lead to them being sacked after an off-duty firefighter was allegedly abused and shot with a Taser because he is black.

The officers face a disciplinary panel starting on Monday on charges of gross misconduct, which is further alleged to be racially motivated, the Guardian has learned. They deny the charges.

Edric Kennedy-Macfoy, 32, said police had behaved like “wild animals”, dragging him from his car and subjecting him to a violent attack that culminated in him being shot with a Taser.

I guess we should be glad British police aren't armed with pistols or incidents like this could end up a lot worse.

On another note it appears the killer of the three police was another ex military member.
 
one of the policeman shot was black...how are they going to compute that!!

Think of them as a heretic/traitor or ignore them. Bigots will almost always either interpret something into their beliefs or ignore it.

In this case, I think ignoring it is more likely. Just like they ignore the fact that the large majority of people killed by the police in the USA are "white". These people are quite upfront about their belief that anyone who isn't "black" in their eyes is at best so utterly worthless that even their life doesn't matter - they're even explicitly named their movement for that belief.
 
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