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rocktivity

(44,577 posts) Sat Aug 29, 2020, 11:45 AM Aug 2020

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Wow -- even TMZ gets it [View all]

TMZ: These 2 videos are circulating, showing 2 very different interactions between civilians and cops, and it's pretty eye-opening.

...(T)he white guy...is enraged and uncooperative, hurling profanities, jumping out of the truck and even threatening to kill the cop...all as the officer patiently listens. It never escalates into physical contact.

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Now compare that with...a black man (whose) hands are up...yet one of the cops kicks the guy in the back...

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Wow -- even TMZ gets it [View all] rocktivity Aug 2020 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #1

The black guy was using his third eye to signal to the person in the car to get a gun tulipsandroses Aug 2020 #2

Can black people do all this without getting shot? dalton99a Aug 2020 #3

She stole a truck AND a gun? Fee fi fo fum rocktivity Aug 2020 #6

This is amazing. thucythucy Aug 2020 #10

There are people at DU who will tell you that wryter2000 Aug 2020 #15

I grew up in inner-city Philly - a neighborhood called Kensington and raised by a single mom. PaulRevere08 Aug 2020 #22

Well as long as she's cute... IronLionZion Aug 2020 #19

And now for something completely ironic rocktivity Aug 2020 #4

Are these really for real? underpants Aug 2020 #5

Yup M0rpheus Aug 2020 #7

Sad and amazing underpants Aug 2020 #9

The D.A.'s office had better dimsiss -- not drop -- the charges ASAP rocktivity Aug 2020 #20

To be fair, we want the black citizens to be treated like the white ones Johnny2X2X Aug 2020 #8

Yes, just fair, equal & reasoned treatment for all. And to employ de-escalation techniques first.nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #11

The first video was really disrespectful Johnny2X2X Aug 2020 #12

And that's the type of treatment that Jacob Blake should iluvtennis Aug 2020 #13

If we want real change in justice... Layzeebeaver Aug 2020 #21

The woman in the second video wryter2000 Aug 2020 #14

The whole concept of killing people who don't comply 100% with every order IronLionZion Aug 2020 #16

I noticed the police in my town recently Historic NY Aug 2020 #17

Thanks for posting. PatrickforO Aug 2020 #18