i think really the police in general is an overblown issue.. but of course there's always room for improvement.. it would be more forgivable if they were just trying to get police to behave better in general like you said... but i'd say, put cameras on them, sure.. beyond that, do we really need this massive campaign? these kids forget.. they act like this is a new issue.. the current state of affairs is a result of a work in progress.. transforming a caste type society with strict racial boundaries to a multiracial melting pot where everyone is equal. that **** is not going to be smooth all the time.. but i would say my interactions with everyday people here in the south, which is supposed to be the most racist part of the country, is that most white people and black people in general want to move on from that ****. so we really don't need a bunch of liberals stirring the pot with their cops hate black people propaganda campaign.. that only serves to sew the seeds of distrust.

nah cause me and you seem to have different messages

i'm saying don't believe the hype

and you're saying not only should you believe the hype, but enroll in the nearest black panthers chapter to fight off these white terrorist cops

It's statistics, nothing personal or attributed directly to race. It's a result of post-WWII economic crunch, in which blacks were getting shoved into neighborhoods that got neglected by standard community services, creating a ****ty environment for anybody to grow up in. Young black males were being excluded from the typical community organizations (e.g., Boy Scouts). The education sucked, the police and hospital services sucked. For somebody of any race, that creates an unstable environment and crime rates go up; but it was worse because there was systematic prejudice (a bunch of white people, even the ones that had good intentions, were ignorant of black issues and didn't know how to address them so their policies were ethnocentric).

Gang activity in such neighborhoods is often a sort of replacement of those services deprived. It provides a community environment, a type of security or safety, and a trade skills that are economically viable. But it also further increases crime rates.

Yer so matter of fact sometimes ya sound dickish.

@ xurtio

see you want to be careful saying **** like that tbh

cause yea, you could say that the crips in LA or the vice lords in chicago originally started as a sort of community-based security force... but modern day gangs operate more along the lines of cartels... motivated by profit, they basically hold an entire neighborhood hostage so they can use it as part of their criminal enterprise

I don't understand how I sound dickish. I am matter of fact, yeah, but honest discussion is preferred to sugar coating isn't it?

:laughing: No.

Well, I can't be part of a discussion if it requires some form of lying. I'm too aspie for that.

:laughing: samuel l jackson is an irl troll

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I don't think it can be considered hype when it's caught on video pal. What's "hype" about it? You think it was staged? The woman died, ffs! Hanged in her cell. For not indicating when she turned. You think she committed suicide over that?? :yikes:

Come on bro
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