This is a real question:

[vraiblonde]

Why is it that when a cop shoot someone it becomes a mark on EVERY cop, yet when a black guy shoots someone we don't hate all black men?

Again, that's a real question - for all I know there is a real reason behind it.

 

[Hijinx]

I don,t think we all blame the cop. Just à segment of society does,Most of us tend o give the cop the benefit of the doubt.

 

[LightRoasted]

If I may ...

Why is it that when a cop shoot someone it becomes a mark on EVERY cop, yet when a black guy shoots someone we don't hate all black men? Again, that's a real question - for all I know there is a real reason behind it.

Because there is a black man in the white house?

 

[barsook8]

Perhaps it comes as a result of either/or or both/and: expectations (we're biased - rightly or wrongly - to expect that police "don't," but black men "do") and "slack cut" to those some would see as underdogs ("black men" get the benefit of the doubt due to real or perceived social forces, whereas "police" do not). Police are also viewed from a very real love/hate perspective. "Black men" might be as well, but for most folks, "police" are more visible (and thus real) than the news-reported "black man."

 

[limblips]

I think it is because police are expected to adhere to a higher standard when it comes to the law. Sadly, that causes any "bad" cop action to be projected as an epidemic of police lawlessness. The pundits love to post statistics but they sure don't like to post the numbers when it comes to good vs bad cops. I am not condoning bad cop behavior and neither do other cops but to ignore the true numbers is BS.

 

[LibertyBeacon]

Why is it that when a cop shoot someone it becomes a mark on EVERY cop, yet when a black guy shoots someone we don't hate all black men?

Again, that's a real question - for all I know there is a real reason behind it.

If irony were a vitamin the recommended daily allowance would have been exceeded by this post.

By orders of magnitude.

 

[vraiblonde]

Perhaps it comes as a result of either/or or both/and: expectations (we're biased - rightly or wrongly - to expect that police "don't," but black men "do") and "slack cut" to those some would see as underdogs ("black men" get the benefit of the doubt due to real or perceived social forces, whereas "police" do not). Police are also viewed from a very real love/hate perspective. "Black men" might be as well, but for most folks, "police" are more visible (and thus real) than the news-reported "black man."

I think it is because police are expected to adhere to a higher standard when it comes to the law. Sadly, that causes any "bad" cop action to be projected as an epidemic of police lawlessness. The pundits love to post statistics but they sure don't like to post the numbers when it comes to good vs bad cops. I am not condoning bad cop behavior and neither do other cops but to ignore the true numbers is BS.

Food for thought.

I started thinking about this when I saw the vid of the young black guy being all emotional and blaming ALL cops, not just the particular one who murdered that kid. And he's in Chicago, where black men kill more other black men than cops ever dreamed of

http://home.chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2011-Murder-Report.pdf

Why is nobody protesting and rallying about that?

 

[LibertyBeacon]

I started thinking

There's your problem right there.

 

[itsbob]

If irony were a vitamin the recommended daily allowance would have been exceeded by this post.

By orders of magnitude.

If you're too stupid to answer her question just say you are.. everyone else already knows it so there really is nothing to lose.

 

[vraiblonde]

There's your problem right there.

Who peed on your turkey?

 

[LibertyBeacon]

Who peed on your turkey?

I don't eat turkey.

 

[Radiant1]

The thought crossed my mind that black men do get grouped together much as the cops do. You know the scenario, a little old white lady holds tighter to her purse when she passes a black man even though that man may be the most law-abiding citizen in the US. Generally speaking, they all get stereotyped. :shrug:

 

[Hijinx]

The thought crossed my mind that black men do get grouped together much as the cops do. You know the scenario, a little old white lady holds tighter to her purse when she passes a black man even though that man may be the most law-abiding citizen in the US. Generally speaking, they all get stereotyped. :shrug:

Stereo typing does not just come out of the mist. Of course anytime we use generalities we place the innocent in with the guilty, There are always exceptions.
But there is a background for most stereotypes.

 

[GURPS]

Why is it that when a cop shoot someone it becomes a mark on EVERY cop, yet when a black guy shoots someone we don't hate all black men?

That's Racist ....




COP is a JOB
People are Born Black

 

[dan0623_2000]

The thought crossed my mind that black men do get grouped together much as the cops do. You know the scenario, a little old white lady holds tighter to her purse when she passes a black man even though that man may be the most law-abiding citizen in the US. Generally speaking, they all get stereotyped. :shrug:

Maybe that is because blacks do more criminal acts than whites?

 

[vraiblonde]

The thought crossed my mind that black men do get grouped together much as the cops do. You know the scenario, a little old white lady holds tighter to her purse when she passes a black man even though that man may be the most law-abiding citizen in the US. Generally speaking, they all get stereotyped. :shrug:

True, but it's socially acceptable to hate and fear cops. People will put right out in public, on their Facebook in front of their friends, family, and the world that cops are killers and they suck. Imagine if someone put that in public about black men. Yes, there are people out there who loathe black people and make no bones about it, but it's not something that the rest of us sympathize with or applaud.

White media panders to black people and takes the extremists seriously, like they are representative and have a valid point. "Well, of course they want to kill all white people. Look at the way we've treated them. I mean, my god, they were slaves." It's not just cops, either; one white person uses a racial slur, and that makes ALL white people aholes. Yet it's not socially acceptable to do that with black people.

I wonder if this is just a media creation - grabbed a few nuts and make a big story out of it. It seems to go on mostly in ghettos and college campuses. I don't see this sort of negative racial interaction in my day to day life, and I'll bet you don't either. You don't see black people demanding that Giant and Target give them a "safe space" or radiating the hostility you see on TV.

 

[This_person]

COP is a JOB
People are Born Black

I think this is a lot of it. In short, police shooting someone are not living up to the expectations of those they are sworn to protect (in a few, rare cases but those are the cases that make the news). Add to that the idea that the police may carry guns and most of us cannot. Add to that the belief (real or not, it's what the news tells us) that police will get away with it, and you have a reason to resent/fear police with guns.

A citizen, be she or he white, black, brown, yellow, red, or some mutt-mix thereof, is likely to be charged, convicted, and sentenced appropriately - and they're not out there doing their job, they're just being wrong. A cop is supposed to be doing his job, and is instead violating that TRUST.

Just a thought.

 

[vraiblonde]

A citizen, be she or he white, black, brown, yellow, red, or some mutt-mix thereof, is likely to be charged, convicted, and sentenced appropriately - and they're not out there doing their job, they're just being wrong. A cop is supposed to be doing his job, and is instead violating that TRUST.

That makes perfect sense. The same reason why I dislike doctors, so it's a control thing as well - someone who has control over you and your well-being who might be untrustworthy.

It's still wrong to blanket stereotype, but now I understand it. Thanks!

 

[PsyOps]

If you're too stupid to answer her question just say you are.. everyone else already knows it so there really is nothing to lose.

The paradox is that if he is too stupid to answer the question, he's too stupid to know he's too stupid to answer the question.

 

[Bushy23]

Judging by all the comments on these type of threads, everyone around here already things all black people are criminals. So I don't see why this question is being asked.