[barry-cotter]

No, they don't care when white people die either, but it's not national news because [retracted]white people don't riot and[/retracted] it doesn't fit the narrative.

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/21/local/la-me-ln-zacha...

>In a mixed verdict, a federal judge awarded $3 million to the parents of an 18-year-old honor student shot and killed by plainclothes drug enforcement agents, but also determined that the authorities were not negligent in their actions.

U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald said that DEA agents had reason to believe they were in danger, but determined that the agents should not have fired their weapons at Zachary Champommier's car because shooting at a moving vehicle would not have helped their predicament.

[jmathai]

> white people don't riot

Middle to upper class people (many white) rioted when the SF Giants won the World Series [1]. I don't recall any police officers in military gear.

I believe it's because middle or white crowds don't pose any perceived threat even though they're burning cars and otherwise breaking the law. There were arrests, though.

If you're community is poor and black then you're SOL.

[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/san-francisco-riots...

[seanmcdirmid]

> [retracted]white people don't riot and[/retracted]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests

[bdevani]

"white people don't riot" you're right, when white people are on the streets its a protest.

[pavanred]

It's a peaceful protest even if the people are heavily armed [1]. But at Ferguson unarmed protests are considered as non peaceful protests and dealt with force. There's one conspicuous difference between the people who were protesting on each occasion.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff#Confrontations_...

[aaronbrethorst]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:White_American_riots_i...

"The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total."

edit: and also this, of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Summer#Violence

[forgotpasswd3x]

And after a lot of MSU games.