The problem with statements like this is that it's not an even playing field. Some black people are shitty, so as a result many black people are executed by police. Some cops are shitty, so what happens ? They don't even lose their jobs. They're almost never found guilty of wrongdoing, on the rare occasion they're even investigated.Black Jacques wrote:Some cops are shitheads, but most aren't. Some black people are shitheads, but most aren't. There is definitely a socioeconomic/systemic problem that puts black people at a greater risk of finding themselves in a dangerous confrontation with the law, and it's an issue that needs to be addressed, but that does not absolve them from all responsibility nor does it mean the police should handle the situation any differently than if it were a more privileged human.
And the statement that black people (and Native people here in Canada) shouldn't be treated any differently than more privileged people is the entire crux of the argument -- they ARE treated differently. I agree that if you commit a crime it needs to be addressed, but we need to address first and foremost the things that are causing people to be criminals, which include black/native youth being much more likely to be raised in poor, underprivileged communities; being much more likely to end up in the youth prison system for the same crimes as white youth; and being the target of police profiling.
But yeah, go ahead and lump us in with the Eriks and Meatgreases of the world who are saying that it's a simply the result of the evil criminal genetic make-up of the blacks. These fucking morons on par with phrenologists and homeopaths.