I fit the description…. A first-person account by Steve Locke, a black college professor, about being stopped and questioned by the police for a crime he didn’t commit, is going viral. The article has a racial angle, implying that white officers are deliberately singling out blacks just for sport or due to prejudice. Yes, it… Continue reading He Fit the Description
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Why Police Fire At Targets Multiple Times
Michael Brown, Ferguson County, and ‘Black Lives Matter’ are in the news again, and there are a couple misconceptions about police conduct and police weapons that need to be dispelled – that a lethal shot is instantly lethal (like in the movies) and that stun guns and tasers should be as effective as guns at… Continue reading Why Police Fire At Targets Multiple Times
Smart People On Reddit Giving Police Benefit of Doubt
Reddit, to their credit, is showing their support for the police, as shown by up-voting 10,000 times this imgur post about how, contrary to liberal belief, police stop blacks not out of racial prejudice but because genuine infractions were made, and that the proper course of action is to not become combative and assume racial… Continue reading Smart People On Reddit Giving Police Benefit of Doubt
People Agree: Michael Brown Deserved to Die
All over social media, on sites like 4chan, Reddit, Digg and Buzzfeed, many commentators, some of whom are well-educated and don’t meet the profile of the ‘racist republican redneck’, agree that Michael Brown deserved his fate for instigating the situation, endangering the lives of attending police officers, and for having no redeeming value as an… Continue reading People Agree: Michael Brown Deserved to Die