From another country, it might look like what’s happening in the US has nothing to do with race … but it does. It also doesn’t – but it still does. Until recently in the US – in New York City of all places – not being white meant police claimed (aloud) the authority to stick their hands in your pockets & accost you. It may be hard to understand what living under that racist oppression is like, today, in 2014 – but slimy thuggish plutocrats like Mike Bloomberg (who was the mayor of New York City) have made sure that… Read more »
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nick
9 years ago
as someone from a different country, i can’t help but think that the US needs to stop making this about race. Race should have nothing to do with it.
Why aren’t more people upset that police are killing unarmed suspects, regardless of race.
It shouldn’t matter what race Eric Garner was, the simple matter is the police killed an unarmed man, using an outlawed chokehold.
You do realize that “Hands up, don’t shoot” never happened, right?
From another country, it might look like what’s happening in the US has nothing to do with race … but it does. It also doesn’t – but it still does. Until recently in the US – in New York City of all places – not being white meant police claimed (aloud) the authority to stick their hands in your pockets & accost you. It may be hard to understand what living under that racist oppression is like, today, in 2014 – but slimy thuggish plutocrats like Mike Bloomberg (who was the mayor of New York City) have made sure that… Read more »
as someone from a different country, i can’t help but think that the US needs to stop making this about race. Race should have nothing to do with it.
Why aren’t more people upset that police are killing unarmed suspects, regardless of race.
It shouldn’t matter what race Eric Garner was, the simple matter is the police killed an unarmed man, using an outlawed chokehold.