All things Racist...USA edition (1 Viewer)

[Farb]

I was looking for a place to put this so we could discuss but didn't really find a place that worked so I created this thread so we can all place articles, experiences, videos and examples of racism in the USA.

This is one that happened this week. The lady even called and filed a complaint on the officer. This officer also chose to wear the body cam (apparently, LA doesn't require this yet). This exchange wasn't necessarily racist IMO until she started with the "mexican racist...you will never be white, like you want" garbage. That is when it turned racist IMO

All the murderer and other insults, I think are just a by product of CRT and ACAB rhetoric that is very common on the radical left and sadly is being brought to mainstream in this country.

Another point that I think is worth mentioning is she is a teacher and the sense of entitlement she feels is mind blowing.

https://news.yahoo.com/black-teacher-berates-latino-la-221235341.html

 

[Farb]

Nonsense.

You are saying this is proof of systemic racism? Shooting a running suspect after he fought and stole the officers taser? LOL. I don't think this shows what you think it shows. Actually kinds of proves that if you are an idiot in a exchange with a LEO, then you are only increasing the odds of something bad happening. Again, those are the consequences of his actions. Sorry to sound crass, but in todays world, the truth hurts.

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

Nah, I am fully aware how the middle class has been duped by the wealthy in our society. The failing by our government and elites to protect the middle class, for their gain, is the main reason our society is on the steep decline. That is why I constantly yell 'both sides' but we know how that goes with the all the enlightened.
I consider myself low to middle class and I can tell you, buying a home is damn near impossible for me. Rent is getting so far out of hand that is equal to a mortgage and with corporations buying up real estate, it puts the 'american dream' out of reach for just about all americans. So maybe it isn't racism but classism. That could be something I have started to explore.

How is it the job of the "elites", whoever they are, to protect the middle class?

 

[Farb]

This sounds like a systemic issue, yes?
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Black people are about twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as White people, but for years the pharmaceutical industry has mostly left them out of trials intended to prove new drugs are safe and effective.

Brian Van Buren, a 71-year-old retired flight attendant, knows what that feels like. He’s been living with Alzheimer’s since 2015. Over the years he has tried to join numerous trials, but he says he’s been turned down every time. In some cases he’s been told his other health issues—he suffers from diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea—rule him out. At other times, he says, he was turned away for not having a nearby partner or caregiver.

“I have been rejected for every trial,” says Van Buren, who is Black.

A Bloomberg News analysis of 83 Alzheimer’s disease drug trials shows Van Buren is no anomaly: Only 2% of patients included in trials reported in the past decade were Black. Bloomberg’s analysis of minority enrollment looked at more than 50,000 participants in drug industry and government-sponsored trials to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s whose results were posted on the government website clinicaltrials.gov or published in major medical journals.

Two trials organized by Biogen Inc. for its drug Aduhelm, the first Alzheimer’s drug approved in almost two decades, were among those with the lowest Black representation. Only 19 people, or 0.6%, of 3,285 participants in its two final-stage trials identified themselves as Black. According to government statistics, 9.6% of Americans 65 and older are Black...........

Alzheimer’s and other brain-wasting diseases have emerged as a new frontier of medicine. The FDA approved Aduhelm in June amid controversy over its efficacy, and similar drugs are in the late stages of trial. A drug that works even modestly well for Alzheimer’s could reap many billions of dollars in sales, with the Black population potentially accounting for an important portion of the market. The Alzheimer's Association estimates that older Black people are about twice as likely to have Alzheimer's or related dementia as older White individuals.

And in a study of more than 1.8 million older people treated at Veterans Health Administration medical centers, Black veterans were 54% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia over about 10 years than White veterans, while Hispanic patients were 92% more likely to develop dementia, according to results published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on April 19th.

Bloomberg’s analysis also found very low representation of Hispanic people in trials of Parkinson’s disease drugs. Critics contend doctors can’t possibly know the safety and efficacy of new drugs among diverse populations if drug trials include few of them. Black individuals, for example, are more likely to have a gene called APOE4 that predisposes people to Alzheimer’s as well as side effects (including brain swelling) of some Alzheimer’s drugs. In the U.S., Black people are also more likely to have preexisting conditions such as diabetes and vascular conditions that could affect how the drugs work..........

Alzheimer’s Trials Exclude Black Patients at ‘Astonishing’ Rate

Black people are more prone than White people to develop Alzheimer’s yet represent only 2% of those in clinical trials.

www.bloomberg.com

Big Pharma is racist? Did our reps vote for this private policy?
Are big Pharma part of the US government? Actually, after the undying loyalty sworn to them during corvid by our politicians and citizens, they very well might be.

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

You are saying this is proof of systemic racism? Shooting a running suspect after he fought and stole the officers taser? LOL. I don't think this shows what you think it shows. Actually kinds of proves that if you are an idiot in a exchange with a LEO, then you are only increasing the odds of something bad happening. Again, those are the consequences of his actions. Sorry to sound crass, but in todays world, the truth hurts.

Let me see. A guy gets pulled over for a license plate not matching the car, he runs and gets killed. Hummmm, sounds a tad suspicious to me. The police had the car and a passenger. Just let him go and get him later. But no, he's black, so shoot him.

 

[Farb]

Let me see. A guy gets pulled over for a license plate not matching the car, he runs and gets killed. Hummmm, sounds a tad suspicious to me. The police had the car and a passenger. Just let him go and get him later. But no, he's black, so shoot him.

Why did he run? Did he think that if he ran, he is improving the situation? Dumb decisions lead to dumb actions. I feel bad for the cop for having to shoot this this guy.

Who is killed more my police, black or white offenders?

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

Does anyone think a white 20 something year old from any of these places, who gets pulled over in his town for a traffic violation and runs from the police, would get shot in the head?

Here are the top 10 richest places in the U.S., according to Bloomberg:


1. Atherton, California
Average household income: $525,324
2. Scarsdale, New York
Average household income: $452,041
3. Hillsborough, California
Average household income: $430,681
4. Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Average household income: $406,314
5. Los Altos Hills, California
Average household income: $405,073
6. Short Hills, New Jersey
Average household income: $388,760
7. Highland Park, Texas
Average household income: $365,025
8. Glencoe, Illinois
Average household income: $358,543
9. Winnetka, Illinois
Average household income: $353,700
10. Darien, Connecticut
Average household income: $352,839

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

Why did he run? Did he think that if he ran, he is improving the situation? Dumb decisions lead to dumb actions. I feel bad for the cop for having to shoot this this guy.

Who is killed more my police, black or white offenders?

What difference does it make why he ran? He ran. That isn't an act deserving of the death penalty.

 

[MT15]

Why did he run? Did he think that if he ran, he is improving the situation? Dumb decisions lead to dumb actions. I feel bad for the cop for having to shoot this this guy.

Who is killed more my police, black or white offenders?

What do you think you are getting at with your second question?

 

[Farb]

Does anyone think a white 20 something year old from any of these places, who gets pulled over in his town for a traffic violation and runs from the police, would get shot in the head?

What are the crime statistics in those areas?

 

[Farb]

What difference does it make why he ran? He ran. That isn't an act deserving of the death penalty.

What about fighting the officer and wrestling away control of a taser? Is that a reason for the officer to defend himself?

 

[Farb]

What do you think you are getting at with your second question?

That police kill more white suspects than black suspects, year in year out.

 

[The Other Liberal]

So the onus is on me to prove that something that does not exist actually does not exist? Yeah, no thanks.
Sadly, I did that exercise here already for the sake of honest dialogue, so feel free to look up those posts.

No. I've been reading your post. Evasion doesn't count as evidence to prove your claim.

 

[samiam5211]

What about fighting the officer and wrestling away control of a taser? Is that a reason for the officer to defend himself?

Did he actually wrestle away control of the tazer?

The only evidence of that i've seen is the cop screaming at him like a girl to let go of the tazer.

 

[MT15]

That police kill more white suspects than black suspects, year in year out.

You’re almost close to getting something. But do they kill more black people than white people proportionally?

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

What about fighting the officer and wrestling away control of a taser? Is that a reason for the officer to defend himself?

The police officer didn't need to kill the guy to protect himself. He could have stood up with his weapon pointed at the guy. If the guy runs again, he runs again. Get him later. If when the officer gets up off him with his weapon pointed at him and the guy begins to point the taser at him, if he has it in his hand, then you have an argument, maybe.

 

[brandon]

That police kill more white suspects than black suspects, year in year out.

This stupid comment again.

Rates are a thing.

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

What are the crime statistics in those areas?

Ah, you don't kill a guy during a traffic stop just because you're in a high-crime area.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

Why did he run? Did he think that if he ran, he is improving the situation? Dumb decisions lead to dumb actions. I feel bad for the cop for having to shoot this this guy.

Who is killed more my police, black or white offenders?

So he is automatically guilty for running, but the officer isn't guilty for conviently turning off his body cam before he shot him in the back of the head?