candycorn
Diamond Member
The next time you look in the mirror, behold the reason some black NFL players wanted to call attention to injustice that happens to other blacks.
Injustices do not happen to other blacks. They just don't understand our laws and think they don't have to respect or obey authority. Any injustice by a police officer that does take place are already met by law.
When there is no authority, you live in an uncivilized society. We are not like that. We have laws and we live in a civilized society; it's just that some reject civilization.
All black shooting victims by police is such an easily solved problem it's ridiculous.
If a black sees warning lights behind him, it does not mean ignore them, it does not mean drive faster, it does not mean try to get away. It means pull your vehicle over.
If a police officer yells FREEZE, it does not mean run away, it does not mean turn towards the officer, it does not mean put your hands inside your pockets or remove them from your pockets. It means stop immediately and don't move a muscle.
If an officer tells you to keep your hands on the steering wheel until he finds out what's going on, it does not mean dig underweight some papers next to you for your cell phone, it does not mean go in your coat pocket to find your drivers license, it does not mean bend over and reach for your Pespsi under your car seat. It means keep your hands on the steering wheel.
Every justified police shooting (white or black) had one thing in common, and that is the subject didn't listen to the orders of the police officer. For intelligent people, the solution is simple, just listen to all orders of a police officer. If you're a big dumb jock that doesn't know how to read a newspaper, or doesn't know our laws, the solution is to disrespect our flag and our police, and of course, nothing gets accomplished.
Or put another way, after you've mowed down a judge, a congress woman or 4 blacks in SC, or at a waffle house....just put down your gun and you get 3 hots and a cot. Use your cell phone in your back yard and get shot 11 times....
Black man fatally shot in backyard after officers mistake cell phone for 'tool bar,' police say
Getting back to the topic though...I agree that CK should NOT be doing this at games. People attend the games for other reasons and he gets paid to play the sport. As a professional athlete, he has a megaphone at his disposal--the QB has a larger megaphone than most--and can adequately make his point when not in uniform. Time and place. But as for the question, "Do blacks have anything to be upset about?", only a moron would say no. Hence here you are, saying "no".
Of course I say no, and do you know why? Because hundreds of thousands of blacks interact with police every year without getting into any trouble.
In your story a guy that busted out a car window was followed by a police helicopter to the back of his home. When ground officers arrived, he ran to the back of the house. When the police told him to freeze, he went after them with "something" in his hand. IN DEFENSE, he was shot and killed.
It's exactly as I posted earlier. He was shot because he refused to obey the orders of police officers. If he just would have surrendered and not give them a hard time, he would be alive today. The cause of the problem is not his color, the cause of his problem was his bad upbringing, disrespect for the law, and being a criminal in the first place.
In defense of what...him using his cell phone?
Meanwhile, Jared Loughner shoots a federal judge and a member of Congress and is still alive.
Your logic doesn't add up.
Every situation is different. If a cop can't see what's in your hand when you run to them, what else are they supposed to think? This isn't an old western movie. One slip up could mean your life or the life of a coworker. You can't wait until you can positively identify the object in the suspects hand before you defend yourself. It happens all too quick and you can't wait until you see the flash of the suspects gun before you react.
It's very simple: obey all orders of a police officer, and you'll never end up dead.
Ahh, the old “I feared for my life” defense; useful if the guy has a cell phone, is selling cigarettes, or is several yards away running in the other direction and the suspect has the malady of being black.
Meanwhile, the bravest cops in the world with no fear for their lives regularly take down homicidal maniacs who have the added benefit of being caucasian.