Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?
I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.
Honestly, twenty four news channels will be the downfall of American society. They have too much time to fill and to fill it they repeat anything from minutiae to nonsense to issues like Travon Martin and Brown that used to be local issues and they turn them into national causes. Yes, the media is complicit in exacerbating the Ferguson issue. That and many more.
..and, can bury things that should be national causes.
Yes I can understand that..but this issue must be investigated..Why are so many young black men being shot dead by white officers?
Bustle
There is something wrong.
Yes there is something wrong. The attempt to blame it on racist cops chief among them.
As long as the light can be diverted away from the cause and onto false narratives, the problems will remain.
What I see is complete over reaction by an over-militarized police and the ensuing images of heavily armed, tank or military vehicle response teams that look like Tiananemen Square in China. I think citziens in general are beginning to fear the police and I think the fear is often justified. In the Occupy protests the police were working for big business and that seems to be where their allegiance lies everywhere. I don't like that and don't think it is right. The Press has not been muted in the Police issue like it is in National, terrorist, geo-political events. It's hard to distort the press when it is happening all around us.
Since black people only make up about 13 per cent of the US population, and nearly 63 per cent of Americans are white, blacks are disproportionately likely to be killed.
Has a black cop ever shot a black man?
Yes I can understand that..but this issue must be investigated..Why are so many young black men being shot dead by white officers?
Bustle
There is something wrong.
I don't know whether to take your question seriously.
Again, as long as people push the racist cop meme as the reason, the problem will never be addressed.
Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?
I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.
Do take it seriously...it would be interesting to see any statistics..
I understand the policeman in question has now resigned.
Honestly, twenty four news channels will be the downfall of American society. They have too much time to fill and to fill it they repeat anything from minutiae to nonsense to issues like Travon Martin and Brown that used to be local issues and they turn them into national causes. Yes, the media is complicit in exacerbating the Ferguson issue. That and many more.
Here's some statistics ...Do take it seriously....it would be interesting to see any statistics
I understand the policeman in question has now resigned.
:shock:
You wonder if a Black cop has ever shot a Black kid?
Perhaps you should do some investigating on your own before going much further.
Under threat of death and harm to his family and the community, Officer Wilson has resigned. Again, the light is shown on something other than the problems that are destined to never be addressed.
Here's some statistics ...
In England, the black population is over-represented in frequency of arrest by 3 to 1 and in the prison population by 5 to 1.
Why is that?
As for the resignation, what do you read into that?
I did try to investigate..no luck...
Which problems are never being investigated?
Why black people are living in poverty in the richest country in the world?
One common explanation, as William A. Darity Jr. of Duke University told Salon in 2011, is that blacks are “the last to be hired in a good economy, and when there’s a downturn, they’re the first to be released.” A 2010 article testing that “last hired, first fired” hypothesis against panel data from the Current Population Survey (from which the unemployment rate is derived) found considerable support for the “first fired” part but not for the “last hired” part: Blacks are in fact disproportionately likely to lose their jobs as the business cycle weakens, but the hiring side is more complex: Early in the business cycle, those blacks with a stronger attachment to the labor force (i.e., the unemployed) are the first hired. Blacks who are nonparticipants tend to be hired late in the business cycle when labor demand is particularly strong.”
If that is the case, I would be round the 7/11 with a gun!!
I read that he and his family will probably be whisked away to a new location..and he will probably become a cop where he won't be recognised!
Makes sense, right?
It doesn't suggest culpability in any way.
But it does suggest something about others.
Now what about those British stats?
Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?
I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_KingdomThose stats sound a little exaggerated to me, maybe he could supply the source of his information?
Since black people only make up about 13 per cent of the US population, and nearly 63 per cent of Americans are white, blacks are disproportionately likely to be killed.
Has a black cop ever shot a black man?
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