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In reply to the discussion: Bill Russell on keeping his hands up during a traffic stop. [View all]uponit7771
(90,370 posts)86. I think we agree on that, its the .0001% who are not (seeing humans aren't perfect) that are not
... being held accountable when there's some obvious crap that goes wrong.
In this case the police are allowed to profile someone who's a basketball start and has no need to rob anyone, in the case of the Air Station the person wasn't profiled due to the randomness of the search.
also
When video or other evidence shows obvious miscounts of a story from a LEO or when they don't even write down reports (as what happened in Ferguson) then there should be low fruit steps in implementing consequences.
When that doesn't happen that's what tears the trust asunder
I do think federal investigations when things go wrong will go a long way of taking the onus off police of investigating themselves
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Published in October 1980. 19 f'ing 80. How much longer this going to go on ? n/t
CincyDem
Jul 2016
#4
Think of the thousands who have had their lives cut short in this manner
alcibiades_mystery
Jul 2016
#14
Very timely, considering that was the year a riot broke out in Miami over the very same problem.
forest444
Jul 2016
#21
Yup. It might just as well have been about one of the matches he played in !
Joe Chi Minh
Jul 2016
#89
Why is one incident with law enforcement relevant and another (more recent one) irrelevant?
oberliner
Jul 2016
#39
because one was justified the other the USUAL racial profiling. Your position here intimates that th
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#78
I think we agree on that, its the .0001% who are not (seeing humans aren't perfect) that are not
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#86
"Your post is an example of why the problem exists and will continue to exist for the next century."
oberliner
Jul 2016
#67
Red Herring, the point here being there's very little recourse when they don't and usually have
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#76
So I guess your point is "Just because he's with the NBA that doesn't mean..."
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2016
#26
The percentage of minority police officers in U.S. agencies almost doubled between 1987 and 2013
oberliner
Jul 2016
#48
everytime i see a cheerful little black boy. i wanna give him a hug for what is gonna change for him
pansypoo53219
Jul 2016
#22
Another Red Herring, it's not the LEOs who are white are going to openly tell the PoC LEOs that they
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#77
He's lucky he wasn't shot for .... something. They would figure it out later.
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#72
I was still working at the time "L.A. Law" was on. I interviewed Blair Underwood.
calimary
Jul 2016
#74
The reason southerners made it illegal for slaves to learn to read and write,
mountain grammy
Jul 2016
#91