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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The BBC was brought into play legitimately, Seph, due to their response to the BLM issue.
However, we should not allow racists to water down the fact that this movement gained popular support due to US police violence against black people.
This is not about statues, attacks on the white population or the sensibilities of the flakes, and it’s certainly not about violent protest and damage to property. It’s about the continuing violent repression towards blacks in the US, which operates in plain sight. I have no time for the U.K. version, which has the overthrow of capitalism as one of its objectives - nothing to do with addressing discrimination against black people at all.
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The incidents happen because of the violence of Black people against the police. The videos show that. Eg if you're going to suddenly struggle, attack police, grab a taser(could've easily been the gun) and drunkly aim it at an armed person, you are going to be shot. At the very least the police officers could've been blinded by the taser barbs, never mind it went near a major artery in the neck. Would you like in the current situation, like to be spat upon?
They get treated the SAME as anyone would in the SAME situation and acting up the SAME way.
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The Angiolini Review of deaths in police custody found that, while the death rate of black individuals arrested was not disproportionate to white people in England, the proportion of deaths involving use of force was.
It also found that mental health and intoxication was a major factor in deaths in police custody, meaning black people with mental health issues often suffered "double discrimination".
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