Baltimore City Police Officer Edward Nero was acquitted Monday on all charges he faced in connection to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Mr. Nero, who had but a tangential role in Gray's detention, should never have been charged. He committed no crime........................................................................................................................................................


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion...story.html

(05-26-2016 10:54 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Baltimore City Police Officer Edward Nero was acquitted Monday on all charges he faced in connection to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Mr. Nero, who had but a tangential role in Gray's detention, should never have been charged. He committed no crime........................................................................................................................................................


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion...story.html

Is anyone really surprised?

(05-26-2016 09:09 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 08:53 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 04:19 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 03:10 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 01:21 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  No. It doesn't' make any sense. There was no injustice done there to white people...just like there's been no real injustice to white people for our entire existence as a nation. Why would there be any justification to riot?

Like it or not...there have been many cases of injustices done to blacks solely for their skin color. Now THAT is inconvenient.

Irish, Germans, Poles, Slavs and Italians may disagree with you on that one.

Solely based on their skin color???

Except that isnt what you said.

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Because I didn't have to. I was talking about black and white people. That has nothing to do with their country of birth.

and he pointed out 'white people' who have been victims of injustice.


I'd also note that when we speak of 'white people', we most often are including Asians and often Latinos... who certainly have been victims as well.

The fact is that most light skinned people in the world come from Eurasia and most dark skinned people come from Africa. Even to this day, Africa remains behind the 'development' scale of Eurasia.

Were they mistreated because they were black? Or were they mistreated because they were 'undeveloped' by the standards of the day? I'd argue the latter.... since it still happens today wherever you go. Less educated/developed people are STILL taken advantage of by the more educated/developed. I'm not saying it matters to anything other than the idea that they were enslaved because of their skin color. They were primarily enslaved because they lacked the resources/organization/development to stop it.

(05-26-2016 10:54 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Baltimore City Police Officer Edward Nero was acquitted Monday on all charges he faced in connection to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Mr. Nero, who had but a tangential role in Gray's detention, should never have been charged. He committed no crime........................................................................................................................................................


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion...story.html

Just an FYI about the authors of this opinion.

Quote:Peter Moskos (@petermoskos), a former Baltimore police officer, is assistant professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of "Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District." Leon Taylor is a recently retired Baltimore City police officer.

(05-26-2016 11:02 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 10:54 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Baltimore City Police Officer Edward Nero was acquitted Monday on all charges he faced in connection to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Mr. Nero, who had but a tangential role in Gray's detention, should never have been charged. He committed no crime........................................................................................................................................................


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion...story.html

Just an FYI about the authors of this opinion.

Quote:Peter Moskos (@petermoskos), a former Baltimore police officer, is assistant professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of "Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District." Leon Taylor is a recently retired Baltimore City police officer.

That qualifies him as an expert on the subject matter.

(05-26-2016 11:05 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:02 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 10:54 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Baltimore City Police Officer Edward Nero was acquitted Monday on all charges he faced in connection to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Mr. Nero, who had but a tangential role in Gray's detention, should never have been charged. He committed no crime........................................................................................................................................................


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion...story.html

Just an FYI about the authors of this opinion.

Quote:Peter Moskos (@petermoskos), a former Baltimore police officer, is assistant professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of "Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District." Leon Taylor is a recently retired Baltimore City police officer.

That qualifies him as an expert on the subject matter.

Also, totally unbiased!

(05-26-2016 11:09 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:05 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:02 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 10:54 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Baltimore City Police Officer Edward Nero was acquitted Monday on all charges he faced in connection to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Mr. Nero, who had but a tangential role in Gray's detention, should never have been charged. He committed no crime........................................................................................................................................................


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion...story.html

Just an FYI about the authors of this opinion.

Quote:Peter Moskos (@petermoskos), a former Baltimore police officer, is assistant professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of "Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District." Leon Taylor is a recently retired Baltimore City police officer.

That qualifies him as an expert on the subject matter.

Also, totally unbiased!

What crime did he commit?

(05-26-2016 11:37 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:09 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:05 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:02 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 10:54 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Baltimore City Police Officer Edward Nero was acquitted Monday on all charges he faced in connection to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Mr. Nero, who had but a tangential role in Gray's detention, should never have been charged. He committed no crime........................................................................................................................................................


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion...story.html

Just an FYI about the authors of this opinion.

Quote:Peter Moskos (@petermoskos), a former Baltimore police officer, is assistant professor of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of "Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District." Leon Taylor is a recently retired Baltimore City police officer.

That qualifies him as an expert on the subject matter.

Also, totally unbiased!

What crime did he commit?

Never said he did. Just saying that I would not put too much stock in the opinion of two former cops, that's all.

(05-26-2016 12:16 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:37 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:09 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:05 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:02 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Just an FYI about the authors of this opinion.

That qualifies him as an expert on the subject matter.

Also, totally unbiased!

What crime did he commit?

Never said he did. Just saying that I would not put too much stock in the opinion of two former cops, that's all.

Was there anything they said that you disagree with relative to Nero?

(05-26-2016 12:16 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:37 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:09 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:05 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-26-2016 11:02 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Just an FYI about the authors of this opinion.

That qualifies him as an expert on the subject matter.

Also, totally unbiased!

What crime did he commit?

Never said he did. Just saying that I would not put too much stock in the opinion of two former cops, that's all.

So a judge acquitted him, an expert on the subject matter agrees with the judge and you say that the expert is bias?

(05-23-2016 04:19 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 03:10 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 01:21 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 01:15 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 11:42 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Pretty poor false equivalency...and I think you know that.

I think the word you are looking for is inconvenient.

No. It doesn't' make any sense. There was no injustice done there to white people...just like there's been no real injustice to white people for our entire existence as a nation. Why would there be any justification to riot?

Like it or not...there have been many cases of injustices done to blacks solely for their skin color. Now THAT is inconvenient.

Irish, Germans, Poles, Slavs and Italians may disagree with you on that one.

Solely based on their skin color???

Right, cause ethnic discrimination is totally cool, while racial discrimination is totally uncool, bro!

(05-26-2016 10:33 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 04:19 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 03:10 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 01:21 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 01:15 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I think the word you are looking for is inconvenient.

No. It doesn't' make any sense. There was no injustice done there to white people...just like there's been no real injustice to white people for our entire existence as a nation. Why would there be any justification to riot?

Like it or not...there have been many cases of injustices done to blacks solely for their skin color. Now THAT is inconvenient.

Irish, Germans, Poles, Slavs and Italians may disagree with you on that one.

Solely based on their skin color???

Right, cause ethnic discrimination is totally cool, while racial discrimination is totally uncool, bro!

It should also be noted that Irish and Italians haven't even been classified as "white" at times in this country. But keep that racial narrative strong, lil homie.

(05-26-2016 10:33 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 04:19 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 03:10 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 01:21 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-23-2016 01:15 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I think the word you are looking for is inconvenient.

No. It doesn't' make any sense. There was no injustice done there to white people...just like there's been no real injustice to white people for our entire existence as a nation. Why would there be any justification to riot?

Like it or not...there have been many cases of injustices done to blacks solely for their skin color. Now THAT is inconvenient.

Irish, Germans, Poles, Slavs and Italians may disagree with you on that one.

Solely based on their skin color???

Right, cause ethnic discrimination is totally cool, while racial discrimination is totally uncool, bro!

When or where did I ever say that? Psst...I didn't.