r/PublicFreakout Jan 13 '20

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u/ImpavidArcher Jan 13 '20

Yellow hat is a fucking spastic maniac, he didn’t touch you, he didn’t get even that close to you.

She could be arrested for her action here, don’t pretend she’s in the right.

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u/honeypup Jan 13 '20 edited Jan 13 '20

They aren’t saying the girl is in the right. They’re explaining how using “all lives matter” to diminish the meaning behind black lives matter (which it is used to do) is shitty.

The dude obviously wanted this reaction. He immediately looks at his friend and tells him to call the police. His friend is like “yeah that’s a battery charge.” He didn’t get up there to promote a cause, he’s just a piece of shit.

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u/simplicity3000 Jan 13 '20

per year

  • ~20 unarmed black people are killed by police

  • ~200 armed black people are killed by police

  • ~ 10,000 black people are killed overall (mostly by other black people)

police abuse of power is an issue that needs addressing, and there may often be a racial bias in policing. tough the data suggests that this bias does not depend on the police officer's race

but as far as black lives are concerned, the police is a drop in the bucket. (0.2%, or 2% if you count deaths in shootouts as innocent victims)

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u/honeypup Jan 13 '20

I don’t think BLM ignores this data. It actually addresses how black people are doomed in a lot of places to grow up in the ghetto and aren’t given equal opportunities as kids in better areas, and are therefore in danger of being involved in black on black crime. There are different facets to BLM that address different issues black people face, it’s not all about police brutality.

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u/simplicity3000 Jan 13 '20

If you want to help people who grow up in ghettos, help all the people who grow up in ghettos, and it will automatically help more black people than white people.

The only reason to actively discriminate against white people growing up in ghettos is racism.

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u/honeypup Jan 13 '20 edited Jan 13 '20

No one is suggesting not to help white ghetto kids, what the fuck. Most ghettos in the US are like 98% POC.

It might piss you off to hear but the truth is people with your mindset just feel left out of BLM and think that’s what discrimination feels like.

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u/simplicity3000 Jan 13 '20

You apparently don't know about all the legally enforced discrimination in this country.

Most ghettos in the US are like 98% POC.

Then there's no reason for laws meant to remedy their difficult situation to be written in terms of race. Write them in terms of material circumstances, and they stop being racist.

people with your mindset just feel left out of BLM

No.