(04-28-2015 01:13 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Income inequality & white people.

Gotcha.

(04-28-2015 01:09 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  Do you know why Baltimore burned on Monday?

Blame pent-up anger over police brutality and the mysterious death of Freddie Gray.

And blame the disgusting looters who robbed stores and beat up reporters — in broad daylight.

But the real culprit isn’t a new problem.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/04/28/why-baltimore-burned/

(04-28-2015 02:23 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  FOH

(04-28-2015 02:34 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  This guy looks enraged to me

(04-28-2015 02:36 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Too many guns in our society.

The cops are scared of everyone on the streets, so they use excessive force.

The victims of the violence aren't perfect, so juries tend to take the police's side in the few cases where police brutality is being challenged. A total lack of faith by certain communities that the criminal justice system will work for justice when their community is targeted.

Cops not living in the cities they police so they might not understand or respect the dynamics of the communities they are policing.

Economic issues. Its better to have a 'talented 45%' than a 'talented tenth', but that still leaves a lot of people on the outside looking in. And the have nots are increasingly marginalized in concentrated communities.

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The solutions

1) Gun control. You can't reduce increasing police force while increasing the number of lethal firearms in the society. Its not going to work

(04-28-2015 02:36 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Too many guns in our society.

The cops are scared of everyone on the streets, so they use excessive force.

The victims of the violence aren't perfect, so juries tend to take the police's side in the few cases where police brutality is being challenged. A total lack of faith by certain communities that the criminal justice system will work for justice when their community is targeted.

Cops not living in the cities they police so they might not understand or respect the dynamics of the communities they are policing.

Economic issues. Its better to have a 'talented 45%' than a 'talented tenth', but that still leaves a lot of people on the outside looking in. And the have nots are increasingly marginalized in concentrated communities.

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The solutions

1) Gun control. You can't reduce increasing police force while increasing the number of lethal firearms in the society. Its not going to work

2) Stricter oversight and control of our law enforcement officers. Body cams and an end to harassment of bystanders taking film of cops would be a start.

3) Additional legislation to prevent jury nullification or to enable guilty verdicts when police are obviously overstepping their authority.

4) On economic issues, I don't know what the solution is, but additional tax cuts for rich whites (or rich blacks), opposition to living wage issues, or taxpayer handouts to religious schools isn't likely to be the answer. I think living wage legislation might help. Maybe equality in funding for school districts (no more carve outs for rich, largely white, school districts)

5) An end to Fox News/white cheerleading of those perpetrating violence against African Americans. Trust me, people saw the cheerleaders for Zimmerman and the cops that killed in Ferguson.

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Violence begets violence. More guns = more violence. More police brutality = more violence. More impunity = more violence. I'm not cheerleading it, but something like this (or even worse) was largely inevitable.

(04-28-2015 02:43 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(04-28-2015 02:36 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Too many guns in our society.

The cops are scared of everyone on the streets, so they use excessive force.

The victims of the violence aren't perfect, so juries tend to take the police's side in the few cases where police brutality is being challenged. A total lack of faith by certain communities that the criminal justice system will work for justice when their community is targeted.

Cops not living in the cities they police so they might not understand or respect the dynamics of the communities they are policing.

Economic issues. Its better to have a 'talented 45%' than a 'talented tenth', but that still leaves a lot of people on the outside looking in. And the have nots are increasingly marginalized in concentrated communities.

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The solutions

1) Gun control. You can't reduce increasing police force while increasing the number of lethal firearms in the society. Its not going to work

You've already gone full retard. I don't need to read anymore of that nonsense.

(04-28-2015 02:44 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-28-2015 02:43 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(04-28-2015 02:36 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Too many guns in our society.

The cops are scared of everyone on the streets, so they use excessive force.

The victims of the violence aren't perfect, so juries tend to take the police's side in the few cases where police brutality is being challenged. A total lack of faith by certain communities that the criminal justice system will work for justice when their community is targeted.

Cops not living in the cities they police so they might not understand or respect the dynamics of the communities they are policing.

Economic issues. Its better to have a 'talented 45%' than a 'talented tenth', but that still leaves a lot of people on the outside looking in. And the have nots are increasingly marginalized in concentrated communities.

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The solutions

1) Gun control. You can't reduce increasing police force while increasing the number of lethal firearms in the society. Its not going to work

You've already gone full retard. I don't need to read anymore of that nonsense.

Police killings in the US last year 439. In Britain, 0. What's the difference..... Guns...and the likely result of a police force that has to assume that everyone is armed.

(04-28-2015 02:44 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-28-2015 02:43 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(04-28-2015 02:36 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Too many guns in our society.

The cops are scared of everyone on the streets, so they use excessive force.

The victims of the violence aren't perfect, so juries tend to take the police's side in the few cases where police brutality is being challenged. A total lack of faith by certain communities that the criminal justice system will work for justice when their community is targeted.

Cops not living in the cities they police so they might not understand or respect the dynamics of the communities they are policing.

Economic issues. Its better to have a 'talented 45%' than a 'talented tenth', but that still leaves a lot of people on the outside looking in. And the have nots are increasingly marginalized in concentrated communities.

---

The solutions

1) Gun control. You can't reduce increasing police force while increasing the number of lethal firearms in the society. Its not going to work

You've already gone full retard. I don't need to read anymore of that nonsense.

Police killings in the US last year 439. In Britain, 0. What's the difference..... Guns...and the likely result of a police force that has to assume that everyone is armed.