Black Man Gets Convicted of Killing Two White Teens And in Court Says THis

[yardman]

Damn them nikkas look like some buffoons.

I know man. Some straight sucka shyt.

You've got city, state, and federal legislatures either introducing or passing bills requiring police officers to wear body cameras. (Not the end all be all but it's a start)

Ferguson now has a citizen review board (again not the best thing in the world but it's a step), recruiting more minority officers, and more officers from the city. Doesn't look like Wilson is facing federal charges but the FPD may come under federal oversight.

Federal legislation introduced to address the DOD program giving surplus military equipment to law enforcement.

The President has a task force addressing policing recommendations, focusing on inherent biases that officers hold. Baltimore PD is going through this kind of training so let's hope it gains popularity or becomes mandated. At very least there has been A LOT of attention to the subject.

Holder's reduction of civil forfeiture practices may or may not be linked to this but I wouldn't be surprised if it were.

Patrick Lynch's tantrums may be getting him knocked out of the union leadership. VERY good news if for nothing else than he's an a$$hole.

You've got increased political recognition (this is probably the most important piece) of the problem. Hillary Clinton (very probably the next POTUS) throwing her name behind black lives matter and supporting the protests.

We've gotten international support. This is that soft stuff. The CIA torture report and Garner decisions were released the same week. We're losing ground on the international stage and if we wanna keep up good appearances (which we want and need to do), there's gonna have to be a correction. You've got foreign heads of state citing Ferguson as a reason not to come to the table with us.

Again none of these things are alone sufficient to solve the problem. In terms of this guy speaking out at his sentencing, it's not helpful. This is about political capital. Is Clinton or Obama or a very conservative House and Senate going to support federal legislation when Willie Horton just decided to join in on camera? When someone says the wrong thing, your support from upstairs runs. They no longer want to be associated with toxic assets. The importance of this can't be overstated in black civil rights matters. Scalise and Boehner and Paul can get away with that kinda stuff. We can't. Despite a conservative House and Senate, the President is on a bit of a roll. IF something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen when it's politically viable. What we don't need is someone screwing that up. According to just about every insider or analyst, the President and Holder are both big on civil rights. If they could've come up with a case against Wilson, they would've gone for it. They are notoriously difficult to successfully prosecute. The department is the next best thing and they intend to clamp down on them. And we'll see about a lot of this legislation. NYPD's pouting resulted from this and from what I understand it's great.

It's slow and unsteady. But what we don't need is anybody around who is gonna screw it up. That's the way the game gets played. Off the cuff comments can topple political appeal.

so much for that movement

 

[25YOUTHS!!]

You've got city, state, and federal legislatures either introducing or passing bills requiring police officers to wear body cameras. (Not the end all be all but it's a start).


You've got increased political recognition (this is probably the most important piece) of the problem. Hillary Clinton (very probably the next POTUS) throwing her name behind black lives matter and supporting the protests.

We've gotten international support. This is that soft stuff. The CIA torture report and Garner decisions were released the same week. We're losing ground on the international stage and if we wanna keep up good appearances (which we want and need to do), there's gonna have to be a correction. You've got foreign heads of state citing Ferguson as a reason not to come to the table with us.

Again none of these things are alone sufficient to solve the problem. In terms of this guy speaking out at his sentencing, it's not helpful. This is about political capital. Is Clinton or Obama or a very conservative House and Senate going to support federal legislation when Willie Horton just decided to join in on camera? When someone says the wrong thing, your support from upstairs runs. They no longer want to be associated with toxic assets. The importance of this can't be overstated in black civil rights matters. Scalise and Boehner and Paul can get away with that kinda stuff. We can't. Despite a conservative House and Senate, the President is on a bit of a roll. IF something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen when it's politically viable. What we don't need is someone screwing that up.

It's slow and unsteady. But what we don't need is anybody around who is gonna screw it up. That's the way the game gets played. Off the cuff comments can topple political appeal.

I think the bolded is the most tangible thing to come out of all this, now we just have to see if police departments utilize it like they should. There's already reports of departments having the cameras but refusing to release the tape or officers "conveniently" not having them on when shyt happens.

Breh even though I disagree with your stance on this issue, I can respect where you're coming from.

Personally I don't believe the passive, kumbaya, slow and steady wins the race mindset is the best or quickest way to bring about change and reform. The truth is the majority of middle white america doesn't give a fukk about these issues, and of those that do, the majority are trolling the internet on some racist shyt or at best think it's a non-issue and minorities are just causing noise and trynna disrupt the status quo. So fukk trynna go about it in a manner that appeases them.

America needed to see the alternative (potential?) of black people adapting the Malcolm X mindset for them to finally say ok maybe MLK isn't such a bad guy. Even he had to go b/c the stuff he was advocating for was too "radical."

It's not always possible to bring about change abiding by the laws that legislate the inequality to begin with.

 

[Denzel_Saucegton]

First off, RIP to the deceased and dead for respect and I wonder how many of my black brother's have seen this same fate just for the color of their skin. The media doesn't even say one bit about the teens being out in the middle of the night looking for drugs though.

 

[beanz]

Evil is evil. All races are capable of evil. Dudes in here are so fukking dense sometimes