'Theoretically' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. This was not a race based or even race related crime. It was a crime of violence by police who are accustomed to abusing their power and getting away with it.
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'Theoretically' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. This was not a race based or even race related crime. It was a crime of violence by police who are accustomed to abusing their power and getting away with it.
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Yeah it's clear that the only thing to take away from all this is "those police bad", but George Floyd being overly manhandled while he died of an overdose is "all cops and all white people bad".
Also don't forget, when I white guy is killed by the police in the states there's nary a whisper.
You seem to have spelt murdered incorrectly
I don’t think it’s possible to be so objective, unless you are being narrow in scope with what you mean by ‘race related crime’.
Race may have (and in this case probably does have) absolutely nothing to do with directly affecting the specific motives of the persons involved - I would agree with that. But it’s very possible that how the interactions took place was indirectly influenced on the perceived value of that person based on their ethnicity.
Based on what we hear about the US police, I suspect that I would be less likely to face unfair treatment by them because I’m white, regardless of the race of the officers dealing with me.
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There’s certainly some form of prejudice going on, you got to ask yourself if had it been a blonde 21yr old or an 79yr old…would the same have happened to them if all interactions stayed the same from the victim?
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Sounds like you are hedging around the term institutional racism
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I see an irrelevance to most people's lives in the UK that occurred in a far off country has got everyone here fighting each other again 
As religion and the afterlife seems to come under "sky pixies" to most on this forum, I am not sure where the wasted time and energy will be rewarded.
As religion and the afterlife seems to come under "sky pixies" to most on this forum, I am not sure where the wasted time and energy will be rewarded.
Not going to watch a video of someone getting kicked to death. I hope those animals get what they deserve
I started to watch it, but couldn't continue, I lost it when he called out for his mum.
Would you be kind enough to rephrase, please?
Skirting around would have been more appropriate
I'm confused. Are you saying this is a race attack?
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Funny how the BBC say he is not seen to be resisting, when it seemed he was
Skirting around would have been more appropriate
Ah - okay. Thanks! I initially referred to it as ‘systemic racism’ in an earlier post, which is synonymous I think.
In short, yes - I’m referring to wider prejudices in society having an impact on how people are treated.
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Answer the question i asked, what is your answer? Age, gender, how he talk (what if he had a british accent?), would he have had the same treatment?
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When your hands are handcuffed behind your back and you have the living **** beat out of you and pepper sprayed. Funnily enough, the human body will try anything to get away from the situation.
So your saying this a racist attack?
Are you saying attacks from the police don't happen to other genders/ages/accents?