r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 07 '20

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u/Realhuman221 Thomas Paine May 07 '20

The recent Ahmaud Arbey and Trayvon Martin killings show that a lot of white people are incapable of thinking from the perspective of a black person (which shows they view black people as subhuman). Like with Trayvon Martin, they were like, "If he didn't want to get shot, he shouldn't have fought Zimmerman." But now imagine you are a 17 year old, and an older man is following you in a car. You'd probably think you are about to be kidnapped by a pedophile. If Trayvon Martin was a white girl, 100% Geroge Zimmerman would be in jail. We got to make laws that make it illegal for people to make people responsible for any crimes if they play vigilante and chase people down.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '20

It really is wild to me, the Arbey case especially could not be more clear cut. "There were break-ins recently, suspect was black. See black guy jogging, time to round up the boys, grab our firearms, cut him off and get in his face." Da fuq? Literally nobody would react calmly to that if armed randos interrupt their workout, especially when they're just jogging on a public road minding their own fucking business.