On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 08:42:08 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 8/8/2020 2:40 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 22:00:24 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 8/7/2020 9:17 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 17:23:21 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 8/7/2020 4:10 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 09:26:58 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 8/7/2020 6:51 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/07/2020 01:04 AM, wrote:
"58 percent of respondents who identified as police officers said they
view Black Lives Matter favorably."

Majority of Police Officers See Black Lives Matter Positively, Support
Reforms
Newsweek Magazine - July 8, 2020
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https://www.newsweek.com/majority-po...s-poll-1520131



Voters in police households of color were 27 points more likely to have
a favorable view of Black Lives Matter than voters in white police
households, and also significantly more likely to view police negatively
(44 percent versus 23 percent).

https://morningconsult.com/2020/07/2...phics-polling/


Surprise, surprise...



If you were raised your whole childhood being told by parents how
careful you had to be to avoid being targeted by police (because you
were likely to be no matter what you did) you would probably feel the
same. Profiling happens and puts black lives into levels of continuous
stress that you surely have no concept of.

And yet, you think the problem is all on them. Crazy.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...police/491435/

I grew up being told if you fight with the police you get your ass
kicked and they like it.


Just one of thousands of stories:


One of my white acquaintances was handcuffed to a bench in the police
locker room of the 14th precinct in DC and 2 shifts of cops got to
bitch slap him. **** happens.


So you won't complain when it happens to you or your children.

I will ask them what the **** were you doing?
The difference between an unconstitutional car stop and search and an
ass whipping is usually attitude.
Yes I have been stopped and searched illegally before and I knew I had
the right to say no but it wasn't worth the hassle.
Say Yes Sir, let them see you don't have a trunk full of heroin and
get home in one piece that night.


OR, you are black, and get shot reaching for your license.

There is a big difference, and it is time America did something about it.

Old white people like Fretwell can't understand what all the fuss is about.
They say things, "fight with the cops and you get your ass kicked", which
completely misses the point. Black people don't have to fight with the
police. They don't really have to do anything, and yet the real possibility
of at least severe harassment, and possibly death, lingers over their heads
like a cloud.