When is Enough ,Enough?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Interaction with police will lead to your death. 60 million interactions a year across this country.

Yeah but when it does typically it's a black man involved. And really isn't that the big picture issue we're talking about? A long established history of racial inequality and the police overstepping time and time again when it comes to minorities.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by MTK

Yeah but when it does typically it's a black man involved. And really isn't that the big picture issue we're talking about? A long established history of racial inequality and the police overstepping time and time again when it comes to minorities.

There is a prior history and it’s been acknowledged by everyone. Systematic changes have been made...improvements everywhere. Are there areas we can improve? absolutely. Better training, oversight and a weeding out of bad cops....but we can’t loose our heads and that’s what happening in the last 36 hours. The data shows 9 black unarmed killed last year by police...I don’t know the stories. 19 white unarmed.

The looting and rioting is unacceptable period. The killing of George Floyd is unacceptable period. The media spin is helping fuel this as usual, the dishonesty is offensive.

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by MTK

Yeah but when it does typically it's a black man involved. And really isn't that the big picture issue we're talking about? A long established history of racial inequality and the police overstepping time and time again when it comes to minorities.

More whites are killed by police than black people, it just never gets the media coverage, and no one riots over it. Speaking of racial inequality of minorities, ever look at crime statistics for Asians? Ever look at the rate they get killed by police? They are better behaved than the average white person, and less likely on a percentage basis to get killed by a cop than a white person.

Asians have been victims of racism in this country for decades all the way back to Chinese railroad workers working in miserable conditions for next to nothing pay as recent immigrants after the civil war. Didn't we round up all the Japanese and put them in internment camps during WWII?

How have Asians been able to over come obstacles that other minorities that were discriminated against could not? I think my answer would be their culture. I worked at a company that had lots of Asian workers. They spoke of disciplined up bringing and strong family values. If an Asian boy brought home bad grades or hung out with the wrong crowd you could bet he would be in for a rough time from his parents. I often heard people make fun of Asians at that job in the early 90's. There was one rather large guy who couldn't stop referring to them as dog eaters sometimes right to their face. He unfortunately did not work under me so I could not send him to the unemployment line. His boss just thought his behavior was funny.