Also, I haven't seen anyone saying ALL cops are abusive. Just that those who are aren't being stopped by those who aren't.
They are in some places.Charleston, for instance. Michael Slager was fired, and he's been charged with murder.
Okay, first, it doesn't matter what people say about cops. Cops aren't an enthnic group or nationality, their a fucking line of emoloyment. Saying that cops suck is no different than saying lawyers are greedy or politician are corrupt.
I'd like you to remember that the next time somebody criticizes civil rights activists.
As far as I'm concerned if a group that has been bullied by cops for the past 150 years is going to hate cops that's fine.
No, it isn't. All it does is create a vicious cycle of animosity. Fact is, African-Americans have every right to be angry at the police, but this is a problem that can only be solved through actual dialogue and cooperation. I know that we should beware of false equivalences and the middle ground fallacy, but taking it for granted that the responsibility for fixing the problem rests entirely on one party's shoulders ain't any better.
Furthermore, calling people monsters accomplishes nothing, which is something I've touched on before.
Secondly, wow, an officer who was caught on tape shooting a fleeing unarmed man and planting evidence afterwards now faces the possibility of getting some sort of punishment. THE SYSTEM WORKS!!!
He's
already been punished! He was fucking fired! And he's going on trial! What, would you rather he get lynched by an angry mob?
In fact, let's change that around:
...wow, an uppity thug who was caught on tape shooting a cop in cold blood now faces the possibility of getting some sort of punishment. THE SYSTEM WORKS!!!
You see?
And the reason that cartoon is bullshit is because
1. I have never seen any black guy on the news ever say cops are bad, like, ever.
Not in so many words, no. But "dog-whistle terms" have never been unique to the establishment.
2. The reason it's bullshit is because it's pushing the crap about how the misunderstandings and prejudices blacks have about white are just as harmfull as the ones white people have about blacks.
Tell that to Colin Ferguson's victims. Or white Zimbabweans. Or the people massacred in Haiti.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacreThey may not be "just as harmful", at least in the U.S., but
they're still harmful. You can calculate privilege all you want, but at the end of the day, they're still dead because of racism.
White people cant act like we have any seriouse grievances towards black people, but black people
have been brutally oppressed by the white establishment for 400+ years.
Jews have been oppressed for millennia, but that doesn't stop people from calling a Jew out when he/she says something less than stellar.
