I agree that the officer shouldn't have been kneeling on George Floyd's neck. However, this situation is being blamed on whitey and how evil whites are. Of the four officers there, one was white, one was Hispanic, one was Arab, and one was Asian. According to the Bureau of Justice, Blacks commit 90% of interracial crime on whites while whites only commit 10%. Keep in mind Blacks make up about 15% of the population while whites are more like 60%. Black Supremacist groups are also the most common hate group in this country, not white supremacist groups. People are being misled and lied to by the media and celebrities. Share this information with your wife, children, and friends. Its based on cold hard facts and cannot be refuted based on emotions.

I agree.

It’s a small percentage of that 15% but like the LGBT folks the media would have you believe they are 80% of the population.

Arson and stealing are not protest. It is thieves running amok because politicians are afraid to confront them. National Guard and L.E. want to put a stop to it.

True

I think you misunderstand the issue driving the protesters. It's the systemic racism against blacks by various police departments across the country that they're protesting. The other officers standing around while the white officer killed the suspect may not have been white, but being white isn't the issue.

Jim

Show me proof of systemic racism in police departments and then we can address that together. The only reason this is an issue is because the media decided to make it one.

Looters looking like animals and cops looking professional who knew.

I don't understand the systemic racism thing. Of course there is individual racism alive and well today, there's no denying that. But as far as I know, no police department has a different set of rules for how to treat blacks and whites. Their policies don't have racism written in to them, even though officers may treat black differently than whites. That's an individual problem with that individual officer, though, not a problem with the system.

I just heard on the news that you should invite your friends of another race to your house for supper so that you can mind the racial divide. They didn’t say what you were supposed to do when you get home the next day and find all your silverware missing, I think not, lol

Councilor, I believe it is you who misunderstand the issue. Oviously you have never been in a neighborhood where you actually fear for your life. The hood rats hate whitey, where if a black couple moves into a white neighborhood, they are accepted. I've seen it in many areas of this country. The percieved racism your talking about is what is broadcast 24-7 on all the liberal rag media outlets. I have had to work in black areas in Kc and Tulsa, Whichita and St, Louis, where you wouldn't dare be there after six in the afternoon. They look at you like your something to eat, not another human, just there doing a job. You can have all the white guilt you can carry, but don't try to tell me the difference, as I have experienced it. Those areas we were installing new gas lines in, for the betterment of the area, but every night when we got done, we had to drive all the equipment to a safe area, or everything was ruined by morning. This has been my experiences with hood rats, and when they ever start acting human, they will be treated that way. Till then, I don't have much hope!

It’s not the treatment by the officers, it’s the perception by suspects.

I had a black neighbor a few years ago. He moved. I wish he hadn't. Got some real winners renting that place now. If he still lived there and dropped in at supper time I dont see how that would help this stealing and burning.

i think the systemic racism talked about by the media refers to the high number of incarcerated black men compared to the percentage of the population. IMO that has nothing to do with systemic racism but rather who is committing crime. Go to the neighborhoods where crime is out of control and you will quickly see why that disparity among incarcerated felons exists. I have no doubt it is hard to avoid preconceived ideas when forced to deal with that FACT every day. I myself do not call that systemic racism.

The media described white racist, white supremacist cop is married to a Laotian woman, which certainly seems an odd thing for white racist and white supremacist to do.

Keith

There is a white America and a black America . We look at things opposite from each other.

And the media! They and the polititions are fueling this thing.

The media is the true evil in the USA.

No government department, including police, would ever be stupid enough to write down discriminatory policies. Nevertheless, if a department tolerates individual officers who treat blacks differently, then there's more than a hint of systemic racism.

Since crimes are disproportionately committed by blacks, it's not hard to see how officers become prejudiced against members of that race. Prejudice has to be trained out of them. They should be taught to identify the prejudice inside themselves and to set it aside.

Jim

Come on, Keith. Is the officer accused of being a white supremacist?

Being married to a Laotian woman has nothing to do with whether the officer is prejudiced against blacks. He probably doesn't see Laotians committing crimes every day.

Jim

So there is no difference in white criminals and black criminals behavior?