It was your odd choice of analogy. My question was why is it reasonable for black people to be more concerned about black people being killed by police rather than people in general. You came back with a terrible analogy in the same thread that you accused someone else of making false equivalences.
I am not playing dumb. I dont understand why it is reasonable for black people to be more concerned about black people being killed by police rather than people in general. That doesn't mean that I don't get that they do. I just don't find it reasonable.
And that is a lie that keeps being perpetuated. I am also not struggling with the fact that they do in fact feel this way. So there is no complications with my thinking here. I just don't find it reasonable.
So you'd be ok with lethal force had she been 30? Thats such a silly take, bro. Her intentions was to try and kill. To commit murder. 15 or 30, it doesn't matter. She was attempting to take a life, dude. Sure the officer took a life---but he saved one too.
What should he had done? What would you have done? What if it were your daughter on the other end of that knife? Its not like she was standing there, holding the knife, bro---She lunged at the girl, with the intent to fuking stab her. How is this even a ****ing discussion? When is it ok for the police to use deadly force---When they are shot, stabbed, etc, etc..?? SHould the cop have waited until the girl stabbed the other---then shot?
Where did I say it wasn't a terrible situation? Its terrible for all----Yes, including the police officer who took the life of a young woman. Not saying you specifically, but to many try and paint a different picutre, using age as their brush. That is wrong. And just as tragic.
I guess things do need to be spelled out for most of you....HIs post is an example of people painting a different picture, using age as their brush. Of course its terrible. Its terrible in many ways. But trying to question an officers actions b/c she was 15, is just as bad.
See this is what I mean...Damned if you do---damned if you don't. Lets say he uses his taser---it doesn't stop her----She then stabs and kills the young woman...The cop then undoubtedly uses deadly force..
It seemed as so. Maybe you should ask him. Regardless, its how I took it. Hence how I responded. But thats irrelevant, dude.
WHich we will never know---After all , when a white cop shoots a white suspect, we rarely here about it. So who knows....
We should all care when anyone is wrongfully killed whether it be by a neighbor or a cop, black or white. The problem is, the vast majority of these cases are objectively justified but are viewed as criminal acts by the police. It is very rare that a person is wrongfully killed by the police. It's always tragic and it can in most cases be argued that other actions could have been taken. But it is almost never that the person killed by the police wasn't responsible for their own demise. We scream from the rooftops about reforming the police. But we never hear any screams for reforming society.
Naaah....I have chosen a different route. I care period when anyone is wrongly killed(by the police).
I am all for common sense reform on gun laws. Pretty stupid of you to make that assumption without having anything to base your assertions on. Is there something in my post that you disagree with that we can address specifically?
Sure, skippy....But how about we talk about shit that needs talked about....Not some situation where a person is trying to kill another person, and gets shot in the process. Do that, and I'll happily shut the **** up.
Look. I know it is your thing to be super neutral and reasonable. But good lord, quit being so damn stuck up. I was not comparing the two, I was saying that we should all have compassion for everyone who has been wrongfully killed no matter the situation or the race of the victim. And what societal issues are you talking about when you say people talk about them all the time?
