The only lives that matter apparently are the lives that were lost in a manner that can be manipulated to weave a race-baiting narrative.

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Apparently so, because neither the US public or the Police seem to give a s**t about the ones that aren't black.

Turns out, ordinary law abiding black people care more about their own people than white people seem to. Where is the campaign for poor white people killed by the police - there isn't one, because no one's been paying attention and raising the issue.

Don't expect other people to fight for your rights, you have to fight for them yourself.

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It is because the vast majority are poor. When the police behave like this with middle or upper class people, there is a huge fuss. BLM are able to use these shootings because they are able to tap into a broader narrative of historical oppression. Poor white people, particularly in the south, are part of the problem for the part of the political spectrum that claims to care.

All this has been highlighted by the fact that many blue collar white people are voting for Trump, or for Sanders, as they have both offered an alternative to the mainstream which, in turn, has rejected them for having the audacity to stay poor (Republican), or for have the gall to remain poor and white (Democrat).

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

the recent one in minnesota (wifey was filming it) was especially impactful b/c it wasn't a poor, young black man in a crap neighborhood. he was in a good neighborhood. had a 4yo in the back seat. wife in the front seat. tail light was out in the car.

cop was all worked up b/c he was black. i feel bad for the cops here - never know who has a gun (there's one by where i grew up where the cop gets shot at just walking up to the car).

but in the instance of minnesota, it was just trigger happy. that doesn't usually happen to white people in a decent neighbhorhood. actually never does.

over a tail light.

I believe that these are for the most part dealt with, by the criminal justice system in the US, with the perpetrators usually ending up in prison? I don't think there is a problem there. System generally seems to be working.

Or they don't know. I don't see how this relates to police use of lethal force. See, the reality of how politics work is that you have to escalate issues with the system. The media etc won't do it for you.

Its f**king absurd to claim that white people are held to a higher standard, given the increased likelihood of a black suspect receiving a custodial sentence for the same crime as a white guy.

I don't see how this relates to Police officers killing people with excessive force. You seem to have a divergent view that thinks that the Black Civil Rights movement should do what you want, rather than its own remit.

And Black Civil Rights movements are very big on the issue of black on black murder and gang violence. Just not this one.

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