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Originally posted by ladygreek
I guess I believe if that had been a 350lb redneck high on Coke and PCP and behaving the same way, the same amount of force would have been used. So what concerns me most is that we, Black folx, are using the race card more and more. Not that it isn't warranted in many cases, but when we use it to defend behavior that is inappropriate in the first place, we lessen the credibility of the real cases of racism.
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My Soror..My Soror...did you or did you not hit the nail on the head?!?!? I was SO offended when a black woman (I'm not sure if she's the head of an organization or a member of the man's family) said the we must end the "LYNCHING" of black men in America!!
How on earth could she compare a black man being LYNCHED to this brother who's high, beliggerent, and making racist comments?? It is so true that the race card seems to be played whenever there are black and white people involved..and we don't get our way. It's almost expected everytime something like this happens....
And I sincerely believe that a 350 pound white guy would have been handled the same way. Just as not all white/black people are racist or evil ...not all police (whether in Ohio or NYC) are bad.
I'm anxious to see what the coroner's report will say.