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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 01:16 PM Jul 2015

Black Cop Helps White Man at KKK Rally


Updated: Sunday, July 19, 2015 | Sean Rowe
... When the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan rallied at the steps of the South Carolina statehouse to protest the removal of the Confederate flag, one older protester was affected by the heat. A photographer captured what happened next: Police Officer Leroy Smith, who is black, helped the protester, who was wearing a National Socialist movement T-shirt, up the stairs and out of the heat ...
http://www.abc6onyourside.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/GOING-VIRAL-Black-Cop-Helps-White-Man-at-KKK-Rally-169186.shtml#.VavZGCpVhHw
http://time.com/3963726/south-carolina-kkk-rally-black-cop/
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Black Cop Helps White Man at KKK Rally (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2015 OP
Wow. just wow. progressoid Jul 2015 #1
kick Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #2
As Obama has said, we must leave the days of 'Might Makes Right' and come to embrace freshwest Jul 2015 #3
Fuck being a moral compass for the rest of the country he should've let that piece of shit die. craigmatic Jul 2015 #4
I disagree Quackers Jul 2015 #5
Well we have to disagree then. craigmatic Jul 2015 #6
It happens. Quackers Jul 2015 #7
It looks to me like a photo of a professional public servant helping a sick old man struggle4progress Jul 2015 #8
And that last part of your sentence is what many cops think about black people. Lancero Jul 2015 #9
That's why I said he should have let that animal die. craigmatic Jul 2015 #10
Hey, guess what - Cops think that about black people too! Lancero Jul 2015 #11
I don't care I'd rather get even than be better. craigmatic Jul 2015 #19
I am appalled by your comment. Tipperary Jul 2015 #14
That's nice. cwydro Jul 2015 #13
No but this fucker made it known that he hates blacks and other minorities. I feel no sympathy for craigmatic Jul 2015 #18
you're sinking to their level Skittles Jul 2015 #17
Exactly, but the comment that poster made suggests to me that he is already at that level. Tipperary Jul 2015 #20
agreed Skittles Jul 2015 #21
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #12
that cop is a class act. nt m-lekktor Jul 2015 #15
I wonder if this changed any minds DavidDvorkin Jul 2015 #16

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
3. As Obama has said, we must leave the days of 'Might Makes Right' and come to embrace
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:30 PM
Jul 2015
'Right Makes Might.'

Because the black community is doing what is right before the eyes of god and man.

They will be the moral example in the long run.


Quackers

(2,256 posts)
5. I disagree
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 05:05 PM
Jul 2015

We can't let hate keep dividing us. The black officers family looks up to him. He showed compassion and love to someone that hates him. That's a role model any family should want for their kids.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
8. It looks to me like a photo of a professional public servant helping a sick old man
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 05:29 PM
Jul 2015

who seems to have a serious mental problem

I have no idea what the incident meant to the sick old white supremacist -- but I suspect he simply thought he was receiving some assistance from someone he thought was obligated to render it: the supremacists are a strange bunch of psychologically disoriented ingrates

Lancero

(3,003 posts)
9. And that last part of your sentence is what many cops think about black people.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 05:39 PM
Jul 2015

It's that exact line of thinking which has played a part in recent AA deaths in America.

Lancero

(3,003 posts)
11. Hey, guess what - Cops think that about black people too!
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 05:42 PM
Jul 2015

"Let the piece of shit die"

"Let the animal die"

Got any more cop logic you want to pass off?

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
14. I am appalled by your comment.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 06:25 PM
Jul 2015

Really, that anyone would wish death on anyone. Clearly, that police officer has moral standards that you would not even recognize.

smh

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
13. That's nice.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 06:18 PM
Jul 2015

If you came upon an accident scene, would you interrogate anyone who was injured as to their political beliefs before you helped them?

 

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)
18. No but this fucker made it known that he hates blacks and other minorities. I feel no sympathy for
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 01:36 AM
Jul 2015

him.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
20. Exactly, but the comment that poster made suggests to me that he is already at that level.
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 03:13 AM
Jul 2015

Very sad to read comments like that here.

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