On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:22:05 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>On 2/26/2021 7:02 PM, Bruce wrote:

>> Back to the original point before we disappear into the sunset: do you
>> think the police would have opened fire if the crowd had been black?
>
>Probably not. Police didn't open fire in all the "black lives matter"
>protests that turned into riots.

You have a point there.

>Saw a statistic on the news the other day. Highest rate of gun deaths is
>among young blacks under age 30. DUH! It's been that way for years.
>
>The few 'death by police' incidents were mostly all criminals that
>didn't yield to the cops. Very stupid of the suspects and very unfair
>to the police for defending themselves.

Over the past few years, I've seen a few videos of totally unnecessary
killings of black men.

>Police lives matter too.

Yes, and if it's between a police officer and an aggressive criminal,
I'm on the side of the officer. But murder is another matter.

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