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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
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.
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for my gc'ers who live in the cincy area, i pray that your city gets through this!!
i have seen the video on my local news and this issue has me a bit torn. although it was a horrible thing to see this man being beaten, i am feeling in some ways that he did it to himself. according to what i have heard and read, he was intoxicated/high. in addition he was a large man. most people with sound judgement know that when you are stopped a cop, you do not resist! yes sir and no sir should be the only things you say unless you are asked a question by the officer.
from what i saw of the tape, at one point, he looked as of he was attacking one of the cops. why? why would you knowingly put yourself in more harms way unless your faculties were impaired?
this undoubtedly will cause additional tension in this city and the race card will be used. but i am afraid that in this instance this poor man has no one else to blame but himself
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so senseless!
a shame!!
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