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Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 05:52 PM Nov 2016

So I guess under Trump we can expect the tragedy of black police shootings to only get much worse...

With open racists and white supremacists in power I fear it's going to seem like "open season" on minorties, even more so than now.

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So I guess under Trump we can expect the tragedy of black police shootings to only get much worse... (Original Post) Locut0s Nov 2016 OP
Sadly it's called "a green light". SHRED Nov 2016 #1
Driving through a green light while black might just get you killed. nt madinmaryland Nov 2016 #3
For those who remember diagraming sentences... CincyDem Nov 2016 #5
Yes!!!! Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #2
I beleive you are correct (it is sickening) etherealtruth Nov 2016 #4
no guessing about it heaven05 Nov 2016 #6
The FOP supported Trump I imagine plenty of cops thinking his win means double down lunasun Nov 2016 #7
Remember Mao's observation that "all oppression breeds resistance." And see Rodney King, 1992. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2016 #8
Eventually some might call it Dan Nov 2016 #9
Also, if Dan Nov 2016 #10
Well ultimately the question you are asking is, is another civil war needed / worth it? Locut0s Nov 2016 #11

CincyDem

(6,362 posts)
5. For those who remember diagraming sentences...
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 06:49 PM
Nov 2016


...I believe the operative phrase here is "Driving while black".

what a world we're headed to.
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
6. no guessing about it
Sat Nov 19, 2016, 09:13 PM
Nov 2016

always has been. Open Season. And you are right. Instead of laying in the streets for hours like Michael Brown to make an example of what happens if a black man questions the authority of a racist pig-cop. I won't be surprised if the unarmed victims of white victimizers aren't hung from lamp poles and stay there for days as an example of the newly revived white power movement of the trumpfuhrer, his police and brownshirts. Horrible, horrible times are coming for the AA and 'resisters' to the white power movement geling in our society under the aegis of their trumpfuhrer.

Dan

(3,563 posts)
10. Also, if
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 12:51 AM
Nov 2016

There is a real perception that police or authorities have declared open season on minorities - then the question becomes - Should I give up and die, or fight back and be killed? The results are the same in this zero sum game.

What would you do?

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
11. Well ultimately the question you are asking is, is another civil war needed / worth it?
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 02:48 AM
Nov 2016

Because when one innocent person black person fights back against deadly oppression, or is simply gunned down by cops, we argue back and forth about whether said killing was self defence or a murder. But I guarantee you if people rose up en mass against said police actions we likely would have something of a civil war on our hands. At least in today's political climate. The only question is, is it time, and would the cost be worth it?

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