American media is trying to keep Americans angry and divided

Gonna have to stop you right there. Seems you fell for clickbait. That's completely false, and kind of the purpose of this thread, I think.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wa...t-man-they-say-wielded-firearm/?client=safari

Now, the officer who shot the man with his hands up... we've all agreed it's unjust. Shitty trigger discipline, and she really had no reason to have her gun out to begin with. I can't change the past, that man is still gone.

People bring up violence in cities because there's always an outrage anytime a police officer shoots and/or kills anyone. The reason it's brought up, is because people ignore all the facts (like the man was reading in his car and some cop just decided it's a day to murder a non-cop), and claim police violence, but there is no national news covering violence across the nation evenly. It's cherry picked.

Also you ask what Obama has done for black people? What would you have him do? This is a question I have yet to find an answer for.

 

Well yes, because he's discussing today's media influence. There is no doubt that the way stories have been covered has resulted in an increasing enmity between the citizenry and police officers. He's not dismissing or endorsing racially motivated law enforcement or shootings/killings. The country is becoming more divided in spite of what Obama claimed he would/could do and the media is making it worse.

Or perhaps to hell with the facts......

"Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney, at a news conference Wednesday, rejected claims that Scott was holding a book, not a gun, and said the gun had been recovered by detectives. No book was found, Putney said.

“It’s time to change the narrative, because I can tell you from the facts that the story’s a little bit different as to how it’s been portrayed so far, especially through social media,” Putney said."

Nonsense. Rioting, property destruction, and threats of violence are what has been the primary focus of groups that gain media attention. The point is, where is all that behavior when blacks kill blacks? Why aren't crime rates going down, single parent homes decreasing, less dependence on welfare....what the media represents is that the black community can get very worked up over certain things but take no responsibility in other areas.

What is the process to determine "bad" and "good" and where is the data to show how many arrests and basic law enforcement activities go just as they should? Is there any chance that the cases the media puts out there are a small fraction of it all?

 

Fair? He made the quote during a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation event honoring Hillary for becoming the first female presidential nominee of a major party. Hillary spoke as did others who ripped Trump. Yes, he wants blacks to vote....but he wants them to vote for Hillary.

We agree 100%.

 

You should talk to your nupe buddy and ask him about the conversation he and I had yesterday

 

And how many of those were justified? I bet a bunch.

 

I think the incident in Tulsa highlights a huge problem and that is training or lack of it. There is also an issue with leadership and placement of officers. That woman should have never been on that scene. More to follow. Cabin doors are closing.

 

It's part of it, but it's also individual liability. if you can't remember trigger discipline, that's on you.

 

You have no god damn clue what I do give a fuck or don't give a fuck about. It's very fair to point out Chicago because an excessive amount of homicides are committed there every week, but that doesn't conveniently fit your narrative. And your blind hatred must have missed many posts on here citing Chicago murders and gang violence for a plethora of reasons, mainly gun control. My point was this article blatantaly pointing out that this police officer was white in order to stir up racial tension when it could have easily just said "police officer" I don't know what happened in this case, from the video I watched it was hard to tell and there was no audio, pardon me if I'm not quick to pass a sentence on someone when I don't know what happened, Crutcher or the cop.