Does it matter that she is a software engineer? The original article only made a passing comment of her profession. This behavior abhorrent and clearly racially motivated. Full stop!
Black women who is a Software Engineer knocked out by Cops
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#12We should never become jaded to these horrifying stories. Cops assaulting and injuring a woman for no reason at all, and then lying about it. This would not have happened if she were white, but apparently Solano County sheriffs have declared open season on Black people.
There are cases of police brutality against whites, and I believe the ratio of black to white murderers (a measure of crime rates) is higher than the ratio of blacks to whites killed by the police.
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#13> The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento asks a judge to order a jury trial for the arresting deputies This is the heart of the issue. Most police don't believe there is any accountability, even if they are good police who always do the right thing. Most, of course, will always try to do the right thing, but those who don't try are rarely weeded out of the system. This, of course, is enabled by the ot…
This is the systemic racism that organizations are accused of.
It doesn't (to me) mean that "everybody in the organization is racist and the whole thing should be disbanded/defunded" though.
I take it as simply being that when something like this happens, it's easier for those not involved, good people, to turn a blind eye than stand up for what they know is right.
Not a criticism of the individuals, I know I'd find it hard to stand up and risk being ostracized - it's a criticism of the system where doing the right thing isn't the easy thing.
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#14Does it matter that she is a software engineer? The original article only made a passing comment of her profession. This behavior abhorrent and clearly racially motivated. Full stop!
I think the original "Black woman who isn't a crack whore" possibly got a tweak by the editor.
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#15why is this flagged?
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#16We should never become jaded to these horrifying stories. Cops assaulting and injuring a woman for no reason at all, and then lying about it. This would not have happened if she were white, but apparently Solano County sheriffs have declared open season on Black people.
There are cases of police brutality against whites, and I believe the ratio of black to white murderers (a measure of crime rates) is higher than the ratio of blacks to whites killed by the police.
None of your arguments justify police brutality against black people.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are cases of police brutality against whites, and I believe the ratio of black to white murderers (a measure of crime rates) is higher than the ratio of blacks to whites killed by the police.
None of your arguments justify police brutality against black people.
Because blacks commit crimes at higher rates than whites, they will be arrested at a higher rate. The more interactions with the police, the more often police will do the wrong thing. To reduce police brutality we need the police to behave better, but we also need less lawlessness.
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#18Fuck the police edit: reading this made me sick
Police is only doing their jobs by arresting criminals. Sure, these people always says they are innocent angels... actually, prisons are full of innocence angels. I stand with the Police.
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#19> The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento asks a judge to order a jury trial for the arresting deputies This is the heart of the issue. Most police don't believe there is any accountability, even if they are good police who always do the right thing. Most, of course, will always try to do the right thing, but those who don't try are rarely weeded out of the system. This, of course, is enabled by the ot…
This is the systemic racism that organizations are accused of. It doesn't (to me) mean that "everybody in the organization is racist and the whole thing should be disbanded/defunded" though. I take it as simply being that when something like this happens, it's easier for those not involved, good people, to turn a blind eye than stand up for what they know is right. Not a criticism of the individuals, I know I'd find…
There are good cops - and they are rooted out [1] [2]. "Doing the right thing" is a fireable offense, apparently.
[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/what-polic...
[2] https://mfranciswrites.medium.com/5-good-cops-that-got-fired...
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#20search youtube for 'first amendment audit'...cops pull these sort of shenanigans fairly frequently, but with all sorts of citizens of all races and genders...the first amendment auditors wear cameras and record such shenanigans