It's a total disgrace

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

You seem to think the colour of your skin is the same as physical differences such as disabilities?

You don't think that colour is a physical difference? As is gender, blindness, etc.
Or maybe you think that black people just think they're black?

Seriously - you need to stop grouping people according to colour. We are all just people.

People are grouped by their colour. Have you not noticed?
When was the last time you filled in a form, any form, and they asked you for your ethnicity.
Maybe you'd like to cancel any measuring of equality, by any means, so that no-one could claim that inequality exists?

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

if black lives really matter why aren't all these BLM types on the streets protesting to have something done about it.

The BLM movement looks to remove structural inequality and social injustice. that alone will reduce the level of crime within society.
So they are campaigning for 'something to be done about it'.

 

[JP_]

All lives matter

why don't people get it?

Oh, of course ...

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

How many cops have been charged with murder?

A more pertinent question is 'how many were convicted'

How many white people have cops killed or murdered in America compared to black people?.

I suspect you have the intelligence and resources to do your own research.

How many black cops have killed white people in America ?

One that I'm immediately aware of. He was charged with murder, (as I recall) and convicted.

Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and manslaughter,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Justine_Damond​

There is the massive difference.

 

[mitch66]

Congratulations, you lose the thread.

Dry your eyes tiny. Mummy will be along soon to pick your toys up.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

It will deepen racist views - them vs us etc.

Pathetic arguments, such as bennymultifinish's, durhamplumber's, ihavenojob's do attempt to deepen racist views.
hopefully their children will grow up more enlightened and realise the bigoted nature of their parents.

 

[IT Minion]

Dry your eyes tiny. Mummy will be along soon to pick your toys up.

I'm not upset, it's just a convention that the first person who resorts to comparing someone to a Nazi loses the thread.

 

[sxturbo]

The banner was a stupid stunt, it was clearly aimed at getting people riled up.

That said I don't believe football should be getting involved in a cause such as this, it should be looking at something a little more inclusive, a bit like F1 are doing with their #weraceasone diversity initiative. And their "racism must end" campaign.

It's a much cleverer and more inclusive pair of initiatives than BLM,

If all sports and other areas of influence done something similar I think real change can happen.

 

[noseall]

spelling overload

Apologies. I'm sh it at typing on my phone especially when it's sunny.

 

[Ihavenojob]

I suspect you have the intelligence and resources to do your own research.

I do, and I have. More white people than black people were killed by police, hardly surprising as there are significantly more white than black people in the US. So black people are nearly 3 times as likely to be killed by police than white people, and what does this tell us ? Are police picking on blacks or are blacks more likely to be committing crimes ? who knows.

 

[Ihavenojob]

One that I'm immediately aware of. He was charged with murder, (as I recall) and convicted.
There is the massive difference.

What massive difference ? That she was white? She was female ? He had to shoot around his partner to "accidentally" shoot her ? He got 12 years, the cop who killed Floyd should get no more,no less.

 

[transam]

Well I have recovered

Well sort of

Bloke on the radio this morning a Burnley season ticket holder

It was a disgrace and has caused damage to Burnley

And caused world wide embarrassment and damage

Have to agree with the bloke. Tbh

Plod are investigating the incident so let's all hope that the perpetrators are brought to book over the caper

Imo they should be thrown out of the country

 

[Munroast]

Source? Benny couldn't find anything to support that.

if we take a look at how many people the police kill in the USA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...un/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database
I have used the 2016 figures that show the police killed 266 black and 574 white so the police are killing 2.16x more whites.

Now what we need to know is who is coming into contact with the police. And to do this I will take a look at the prison population as a guide, where 34% is Black and 29% white
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incar... the U.S. Bureau,18% of the female population.
so can we assume black people are coming into contact with the police for serious crime 17% more often than whites?

so there we have it, black people are likely to be coming into slightly more contact with the police and yet the police are killing twice as many whites? From that basis may be the police are more than twice as likely to kill someone white.

I am more than happy to accept the argument that systemic racism in the US is likely to cause more crime within that community, (being poor always leads to more crime). But I am not convinced that black people are being treated more brutally by the police than whites?

 

[durhamplumber]

Or maybe you think that black people just think they're black?

They do think they are black...They are!!!

 

[durhamplumber]

bigoted nature of their parents.

Fekoff you stupid twåt..You have no idea of my parents