If it's the exact same scenario just different victims then yes they probably would have acted the same regardless.
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I think you’re continuing to argue against a point that isn’t being made. I addressed this here:
Nobody in the thread has yet suggested that this was a ‘racist’ or ‘racially motivated attack’. But this doesn’t mean how the victim was treated wasn’t informed by his perceived social/class/racial identity.
I’ll say it again with different words: just because an attack isn’t racially motivated doesn’t mean that how a victim was treated wasn’t informed by his perceived identity.
If I was a criminal out looking to mug someone, I would be targeting someone that I assumed I could successfully mug. If that happened to be an elderly person, that wouldn’t make it an ‘ageist motivated crime’ - yet it would have indirectly affected what took place.
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You're right, female privilege does protect them. Society is systemically sexist against men.
Of course you don't becusse you believe the dude is having the living snot beat out of him due to systematic racism within the police force.
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I don't think you understand the point being made at all.
PROFILING, not just racisim. Skin colour is only 1 of the aspect in the profile.
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Ethnicity clearly has an effect here, but I'd be amiss trying to argue why without the help of a psychologist though casually I can quite easily say that the dehumanisation required to beat a man to death is surely helped along by the furore over race in America and no I don't think the ethnicity of the officers matters much here as there has always been victims-turned-violators throughout history in just about every case institutional oppression, in fact they're often the worst perpetrators.
Do you think the blonde or old man in your scenario would have resisted initially and/or ran away?
The absolute gymnastics required to make this white man's fault is Olympic gold worthy.
I shudder to think what some people got away with before the cameras were a thing.
agree - they haven't released any prior dashcam coverage to explain history, but why he then antagonized them, and ran off (even though subsequent confrontation obviously unacceptable),
they have deadly force why wouldn't you comply (it's a normal, that UK/eu population can't relate to), however you see elements of antagonizing, in the way that likes of bianca williams&co respond to uk police (slippery slope)
Cameras/recording equipment have been around for a loooong time
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True, but i can't think of a defence how the victim abuse you verbally would justify several of them kicking him to death for several minutes when he is now handcuffed, tazed and now on the floor.
I can't even imagine using that as a defence in court....say "he called my mum a whore! so I had to kick him in the head" ???
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I'm not saying that at all, African-American communities are their own worst enemy and incidents like this proves it. I'd hope it was a chance to admit it but I doubt they will.
Surely he has every reason to resist/run away since he was murdered for it?
Fair enough, it does come across that way in your post though.
It's GD, urban youth innit.
Police bodycams have only been worn widely in the US since 2012 and in the UK since 2005 according to Wikipedia. That doesn't seem like a long time ago to me.
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