POLICE BRUTALITY CASES: WALTER SCOTT MURDER & MORE

[Blindgreed1]

Haven't heard of any protests or anything really about the guy on the horse since the day it happened. Maybe I just missed it? Or maybe he's not the right demographic? Hmmmm...

I agree that that demographics likely play a part in the degree and types of protesting that are underway.

It may well be that had the horse thief been black and living in a predominately black community, we'd be seeing more public assembly protests.

I also think if Pusok had died and/or if Pusok lived in an urban area, there would be more people gathering in-person, in addition to all of the people currently protesting on social media and by phone. SBPD claims that the latter types of protesting and threats are keeping them from releasing the names of the officers involved.

Pusok is supposed to appear in court today. I'm kinda anxious to see if the hearing will be open to the public and, if so, what kind of shape he's in.

Regardless of how liberal and accepting of other races and religions in our nation we think we are, actions like this from the media promote the racial divide. This is why I have an issue with the media only covering stories of blacks vs. white cops and those being the only protests "worthy" of protesting. Take the color out of it and deal with the real issue at hand. Black people arent the only victims of police brutality and white cops aren't the only villians in all of this. You just don't hear about it unless it's a white cop vs. a black person. As narrow minded as you accuse me of being HoTD, you have to admit that what I'm saying is making more and more sense as time goes by. Blanket statistics don't tell the whole story. In predominantly hispanic communities I'm sure you will find that hispanics are victimized by the cops more than the black or Asian folks and the same for predominantly Asian communities and so on. Stratify the data. Report what the real issue is. We have cops on the street who shouldn't be carring a badge and a gun. As Duchess pointed out with the cover of Time, White vs. Black sells right now (and has for 100's of years). Personally, I won't be picking up an issue.