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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Mon Feb 22, 2016, 07:48 PM Feb 2016

Conservatives ought to direct their rage toward angry white men actually killing our police officers

not Beyoncé

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-white-men-killed-7-8-cops-u-s-year-article-1.2539913?cid=bitly

Across the country, conservative politicians and police unions are voicing their outrage at Beyoncé, Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter movement.

We hear rumblings that some police departments are going to refuse to provide security for her concerts. Other police chiefs are actually blaming her Super Bowl performance for police shootings.

So far in 2016, eight police officers have been tragically shot and killed in the United States. That's eight too many, but if we listened to police unions it would seem that black men with large afros or even black women dancers in afrocentric costumes are responsible for these eight deaths....

The facts are seven of eight officers who've been killed this year in the United States have been killed by angry, armed white men.

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Conservatives ought to direct their rage toward angry white men actually killing our police officers (Original Post) KamaAina Feb 2016 OP

republicans aren't that smart or real MariaThinks Feb 2016 #1

Very interesting malaise Feb 2016 #2

They won't be able to even consider it Hayduke Bomgarte Feb 2016 #3

Does that mean that... Last_Stand Feb 2016 #4

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #5

I've been called worse... Last_Stand Feb 2016 #6

Not for nothing but this isn't true 9 officers shot 3 by blacks, 5 by whites and 1 unknown. pault420 Feb 2016 #7

Yeah, that's for nothing -- King's 7 of 8 stat is accurate Gormy Cuss Feb 2016 #9

Asking them to do that would have the same reaction kentauros Feb 2016 #8

MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)

1. republicans aren't that smart or real

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 07:49 PM

Feb 2016

malaise

(269,050 posts)

2. Very interesting

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 07:50 PM

Feb 2016

No wonder there's no discussion on M$Greedia

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)

3. They won't be able to even consider it

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 08:07 PM

Feb 2016

It's sensible, reasonable and logical. Never happen.

Last_Stand

(286 posts)

4. Does that mean that...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 09:27 PM

Feb 2016

BLM should spend more time concentrating on who is actually killing the majority of young black men & women?

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Last_Stand

(286 posts)

6. I've been called worse...

Reply to Last_Stand (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:31 AM

Feb 2016

by smarter and less emotional people.

pault420

(26 posts)

7. Not for nothing but this isn't true 9 officers shot 3 by blacks, 5 by whites and 1 unknown.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:17 AM

Feb 2016

And the unknown was a juvenilve.

I hate when people like King put out talking point that get me into "gotcha moments".

Was pointing this out to someone I was "debating" with and they said 3 out of 9 is disproportionate and went on racist rant.

Where did King get his numbers from? I was referred to this site....

https://www.odmp.org/search/year

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)

9. Yeah, that's for nothing -- King's 7 of 8 stat is accurate

Reply to pault420 (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:29 AM

Feb 2016

and easily confirmed by googling news coverage of each shooting. All but Greg Barney were white cops killed by white assailants.
The ninth officer, not included in King's tally, was Lee Tartt who was also killed by a white man.

So that's eight of nine killed by white assailants.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

8. Asking them to do that would have the same reaction

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:22 AM

Feb 2016

as what happened to Alex in A Clockwork Orange after he'd been conditioned against committing violent acts

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