there are several clouded issues here

1st: the shooting of MB, is still undetermined, so for a RMPLOYEE of the citizens to show support is something like allowing teachers to say a prayer,, their personal position has no place in their job

off the job , they should wear whatever they wish

2nd, in no circumstance should it be ok for an officer to hide who they are,, that is the only way to hold them accountable , INDIVIDUALLY, for their actions

3rd, in this case, where there were armed suspects, and clearly there would be evidence of one of the arms being fired,, there would have not been any 'riots', due to evidence of the suspect being a potentially fatal threat(having fired from the arm they were carrying)


4th, all I got from this is that a couple of criminals ran from and shot at a cop,,, that's something people sometimes do because they want to GET AWAY,,,, and comes with the territory

there may be some 'criminals' who 'target' cops, and there may also be cops who target,, certain people ,,,as well,,,because of implicit fear that they have developed

being that the latter are PAID with an expectation to 'protect and serve' , and not 'target and execute',,,,they certainly should expect to be held accountable for their action JUST AS MUCH as any 'criminal'...and must therefore be identifiable,,,

all individuals can have individual racial bigotry

institutions, however, with a majority of a certain group of these individuals will disparately and negatively impact the minority,, however many of them have personal bigotry

that is why there are womens rights, not because women cant be sexist individually, but because of the COLLECTIVE impact of sexism amongst those with the wealth and power (who have predominately been MEN) and the disparate and 'oppressive' results of that collective impact against women

when we speak about institutional racism, that is what blacks are referring to, not saying that blacks cant AS INDIVIDUALS feel and be racist

and 'reverse' racism is just racism, but the fact that it is so historically and legally been against minorities,, it is called 'reverse' (of the norm) when it is by minorities

I have believed from the beginning, as with most media reporting, that time is needed to reveal more 'facts'


I have believed from the beginning that rioting is defeatist activity.


I have also believed that peaceful assembly is a valuable weapon in the arsenal for change.

I don't believe in a 'reverse racism'

I do believe it is very reasonable for people to become upset (as I do) when an unarmed teen or unarmed non teen is shot dead,,,,by someone paid to protect the community.

I have seen something like that on TV. There is a spate of these going on everywhere. This is what the world is coming to. I thought the law was to protect and serve?

It should be different, because its just as wrong now as it was then,, it has to change,,,

Shawshank redemption

I live in the country so I would have to say alone or I invite a friend over to spend the night and have a few drinks. Its at least 35 to 40 miles to a pub and I do not like to drink and drive. When I do go out to pubs I drink pepsi so I don't kill someone driving home all loaded up.

Well i just don't get the reverse psychology of it all.....everyone is beautiful in their own way....there are people who are homeless , in war torn countries , and are dying .....beauty is the least of their worries....i just don't understand the thread....jmo

I never understood this thread.....do people need validation so bad.....

There's duties......... ........I just came for the cake.......