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I still think the root cause of the "outrage" is the media....... There are many many examples..... It's SAD that we live in a Country where Sandra Bland (who had an attitude and resisted and every fact points to her taking her own life) gets more media coverage, more opinion articles and more public outrage than a terrorist that murders unarmed marines our our soil........

​The statistics and numbers do not support your claim. 11 million arrest and 400 police killings per year......even if all black (BTW majority is white) ....do the math. you have a .003637 chance of getting killed by a cop.....

Very good point.....and in my example, I would have went with the jeans and beer drinkers......my parents were middle middle class.....my Dad taught me the value of a dollar.....He was raised poor on a houseboat....everything I got he made me earn.....and I love him for that

​We need to go have that beer!

​That happened to me in High School.....We had just picked up beer from a buddy and both made up stories of where we were going.......neither wanting to admit we were going get drunk and go to a party. I guess I was profiled Blue........ #whiteguysgetprofiledto

Because people are more comfortable with people that look like them and have the same or similar life experiences. I could make this next example black or white, but i'll make it about social class. I'm a middle aged white dude living a middle class life, and according to my girlfriend, going through a mid life crisis....If I walked into a room of white people I did not know, some in nice expensive suits drinking wine, others in jeans drinking beer, and some with long haired and young doing shots......I'm going straight to the guys that look most like me. My brother lived the segregation black/white at TJ. I lived it when the Asians came to TJ. With my brothers era, whites and blacks did not get along. In my era, Blacks and whites got along pretty good, so good we would team up against the Asians. You can't force people to like each other. We have to understand we are all more comfortable with our own. That does not make one a racist. I find different cultures and races interesting. I probably ask too may questions...... When the world makes it OK to be "you", that is when racism will go away....... My two cents.....i hope that was on topic Buddy:)

​My bad.......I also misspelled politics..... Is this an official warning?

This question was posed on PA Pilitics and it really rings true in this forum......with the exception of a few(Buddy is one) Blacks tend to side with the black victim Whites tend to side with the cops Blacks will only post about Black victims.... Whites will post about white victims, maybe not because we are outraged, but because we are pointing out that whites are victims to...... Thoughts?

Yes.....It can. In this instance, that is not what caused her to go to jail......assualt is what caused her to go to jail.

Greg Richard is black.....and just begging for attention

Thank God she was tired

This is too close to home

Kinda funny.......based on your opinion, his post are crap and I'm sure you honestly believe that......but why is your opinion right and his wrong? They are both opinions.....and I agree with all of them but the first lady comment.....honestly I think she would make a better President that her husband......but I am far from Racist.....

I would absolutely have a beer with you. It's ok to disagree, if everyone agreed on everything it would be such a boring world. I'm sure I would learn things from you. I think the media, just like in the article above has an agenda and is not reporting fairly...... Maybe it's time to set up a setxsports beer summit

​His opinion......Should he not be able to express it? Let me ask you this....... I think Obama is a bad President, he has helped divided the races. I think Sharpton and those like him are race baiter, just looking for fame and money. I think taking down the Confederate battle flag at war memorials was wrong. I think cops should be respected and you should do what you are told. I'm not a big fan of rap music......or classical. So, with that information........Am I a racist? Could I not be a police officer? What about a Manager that manages all races? Should I not volunteer at the food bank anymore because of my beliefs? I also volunteered my time for the students of Memorial, I gave them a finance class.....I was planning on doing it again......should I not? I want honest answers

​Here is the thing about that..... Is saying Al Sharpton is a race baiter racist? Is calling the 1st lady a "bi%^&" racist? Can anyone, regardless of color be called any of those names?? Chief Blanton is a spineless little (see word above) if anything happens to the officers....

Hopefully nothing happens to them

In my 20's, I got enough tickets in I think a 1 or 2 year period, that I was put on a years probation by Judge Barbara Dorman......... I was called a "habitual violator of traffic laws" No White Privilege for me......

[Hidden Content] #1 Video killed the radio star,,,,,,,,,,,,lol

​I bet in all those situations you did not act a fool. If we want to get "bad cops" off the street, we(the public) can't act stupid and react to a cop having a bad day. We have to hold our composer and handle it in the court, or simply file a complaint with the department.

​Not if he is my Son......I was a "racer" with my Mustang......He wants a truck, so I'm sure I will be pulling him out of mud hole one night when he is supposed to be at the movies..... But if he does get pulled over, he better not act like she did.....

​There is an article somewhere, Facebook maybe, about all the suicide attempts in the Jefferson County jails.......At first it surprised me, but after some thought, if you are a somewhat normal person, jail should be a VERY low point in your life..... I

Legal Experts say he did nothing illegal in the arrest.... [Hidden Content] I showed my Son this video as a teaching moment.......What can happen when you are a jerk to a cop......He will be driving in 2 years.....

​Yes.....he broke policies but that does not mean he caused death.

​Even if it did, would only prove she hit her head during a legal arrest. She was alive when she went in the cell, and she hung herself. It seems pretty cut and dry.