MikeK
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I watched this video earlier today. Less than an hour later CNN covered an incident in St. Louis, MO, in which a White cop shot and killed an 18 year-old Black man (Michael Brown) under "questionable circumstances."
Had I not watched the video I might be eager to know more about the circumstances of this shooting. But I did watch the video and its effect is I am not interested in the circumstances. I'm assuming the cop was sufficiently provoked to use his gun on Michael Brown.
I am aware of all the arguments against my position and I am not interested in any of it. I agree with Tank that Blacks are substantially more prone to violence than are Whites and I have seen for myself that they are gratuitously belligerent -- which probably accounts for why so many of them are shot by cops.
I'm not suggesting that cops are without fault, but one must be pretty stupid to behave belligerently toward someone who has the law on his side, who has a .40mm pistol on his hip, who quite possibly despises you, and who might just be looking for a reason to shoot you.
With such a combination of violence-prone belligerence and stupidity so plainly and so frequently displayed by young Black men I am not at all surprised when I read or hear reports of their being shot -- either by White cops or by other young Black men.
They don't ask for it. They demand it!
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