| "The main reason people take offense at the ALM slogan is that it seems belittling of the (very serious, and more to the point, seriously unequal) threats to their physical safety that blacks (and other minority groups) have to deal with on a daily basis." Do you have proof of this? The few cases we see in the media nearly all involved criminals fighting or antagonizing the police. I have yet to see a case where a minority was minding their own business and the cops came and decided to shoot them dead. The real issue is minority -> minority homicide rates. It's astronomical compared to pretty much any other statistic. Yet, it's not hip or cool to talk about. The main problem I see is that all of these groups are separating us even more by race, to gain power. Just look at all of these groups on college campuses that only allow minorities to participate (whites need not apply). It's the exact same type of racist bullshit that happened during the 50s and 60s in this country, but because the shoe is on the other foot, it's somehow justified. All lives do matter. Until we can accept this, we will never have equality. |
Unfortunately, this happened in my city (Cincinnati, Ohio) last year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Samuel_DuBose
It resulted in The University of Cincinnati's Police Department being disbanded and replaced by longstanding and experienced leadership from the City of Cincinnati Police Department.