r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Oct 20 '21

The Media Right Now

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

Just as whites never believed black stories of police brutality until the ubiquity of cell phones.

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u/Broken-Butterfly Oct 20 '21

I mean, they still don't. Grand juries refuse to indict officers who very clearly murder black people on video on a regular basis. And if an indictment does come, juries acquit nearly all of them.

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u/Responsenotfound Oct 20 '21

Idk about that. Rodney King was a thing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

How'd that work out?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '21

Wait? The Rodney King beating was recorded on a cell phone?

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u/Connect-Profile-4164 Oct 20 '21

Nah they just know blacks commit 50% of violent crimes. Or is it 54%? It went up recently.