Aren't you white? I don't see how it's our place to tone-police what is likely a moment of catharsis for POC who have to deal with the constant threat of way worse than what happened to this lady. I guarantee you nobody here thinks police brutality is a net positive for society.
if she took the ticket in first place it'd be a non issue not sure how it's irrelevant
If you have something to say to someone, why not quote them so you make sure they see it? If you're interested in a dialogue anyways and not afraid of what the other side might have to say.
I'm confused as to how you think people are being bigots in this thread
Of course the disparity is a problem, and I haven't seen anyone argue differently, but two wrongs don't make a right
I don't excuse white privileges the same as I don't excuse the ones using the issue to make their bigotry known by laughing at such a video. If you're gonna act like motherfucking children, you might as well not tackle serious issues considering the lack of empathy you demonstrate in the first place. Get the fuck out of here with that nonsense.
Who is doing that, specifically?
Sure, anyone can have an opinion, just usually you want them to be as informed as possible.
Well I wont speak for other people but I used this as an example because it's the video in the OP. My initial reaction to the video was how much worse that would have been if that was someone who had the skin tone of my or my boyfriend or many of my friends. So I called it disturbing. If I were going to convince someone that police brutality is rampant in America, there are about a thousand other videos I can pull up on Youtube that I'd use before this one.
that analogy fails since most sports depend on the idea that referee calls are final and inarguable (except where video is instantly available). why should such an idea be applied to policing?
Sounds like we mostly agree after all. I guess I was just more focused on how the cop was acting poorly as opposed to Karen (who I agree, acted like an idiot). I do believe the police should be held to a higher standard than the citizens they pull over.
Karen being tasered and nearly killed is not an example of white privilege. Seriously. The fact that she is white and not dead does not mean she should be. Like don't you see how utterly warped that is?
It is if the threat for black and brown folks performing the same action is instead the use of bullets.
This too. Come on now.
Well it's white privilege that kept her alive. I think (hope) that people want this privilege extended to everyone else rather than wanting it specifically taken away from white people.
Gotcha, I figured there was something that made signing that important, you put it a whole lot better than I could. Thanks!
Any Woman that age and that weight could easily cardiac arrest after a couple of tasers.
This is ridiculous; you are demonizing her too?
Karen thinks the those rules don't apply to her and militarization is fine as long as it only happens to black people.
I don't see what's wrong with pulling the gun out? I think he wanted to avoid getting physical with this old lady. The gun was to coerce her to comply. Instead, he had to go in and wrestle her to the ground because she wouldn't listen.
You're decrying POC in this thread feeling catharsis over what happened to this woman when it makes perfect sense why they would, you complained about "actively cheering it on".
Again, who? Why are you so scared of saying who you are talking about? All you gotta do is put an @ in front of their username and they will see what you have to say about them, if you're gonna talk shit you can at least sit up straight and say it to their faces.
