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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
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I've been anxiously waiting for the Mets to win the World Series for the last 28 years so that I can finally break some store windows and steal some TV's.
 I'm still waiting for them to win...
This. THIS is the tragedy.
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
They just showed footage on CNN of Michael Brown Jr's stepfather chanting "Let's burn this B!tch down!"
Nice, really nice.
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| Posted 11/25/14 1:04 PM |
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MrsA1012
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by DaniRella
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Posted by Xelindrya
All I keep thinking about is.. (sadly)
Civil Commotion
Riot
Should be covered. Hope they called up their
All over my facebook is the meme of OJ Simpson that says "remember when the white people rioted when Simpson wasn't indicted, Me either!"
White people have not been oppressed or faced disgusting racism. They didn't have to subjected to seperate water fountains. Or be trolled in shopping stores in 2014. They don't hAve to worry about not getting a job after an interview.
I don't feel badly for white people at all.
Would you like to talk to my Jewish, white best friend??
Umm white people have never been oppressed?? Uhh SHALOM?!!!
Yeah, you've got to be kidding me with this statement. So the 70% of my WHITE, Jewish family who were murdered by the Nazis weren't oppressed ( lol, murdered, tortured and destroyed would be more accurate verbs) Or, to a much lesser extent, my mother's Italian family who were ostracized by the community, children used as low cost laborers by wealthy Americans, being denied free milk because " Italian kids don't need mlik, like American people and much more.
Guess what, oppression, human rights abuse and appalling atrocities exist ACROSS ALL races. Who sold blacks in to slavery initially? Other BLACK people. It is beyond ignorant to say that white people haven't suffered. Everyone has suffered. You know what else people don't want to talk about ? How linked all this is to socioeconomic status. An upper middle class black family will likely have a much better life than a poor white person who lives in a trailer !
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| Posted 11/25/14 1:07 PM |
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MrsA1012
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by Paramount
Posted by 2BadSoSad
With that said, I do think some of it, of course, were troublemakers, who ceased an opportunity when they saw it.
What is sickening...like stomach turning...is that by doing just that they are helping to perpetuate the stereotype of black people.
I cant tell you how many people in my Facebook feed have said things along these lines.
"animals"
"them"
"those people"
"stop their welfare"
Its so wrong. On so MANY levels.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I would refer to a looter of ANY race by those names. Well, not the stop the welfare comment,, but the rest yes. They are behaving in a disgusting,sub human manner and should be called out.
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Paramount
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by MrsA1012
Posted by Paramount
Posted by 2BadSoSad
With that said, I do think some of it, of course, were troublemakers, who ceased an opportunity when they saw it.
What is sickening...like stomach turning...is that by doing just that they are helping to perpetuate the stereotype of black people.
I cant tell you how many people in my Facebook feed have said things along these lines.
"animals"
"them"
"those people"
"stop their welfare"
Its so wrong. On so MANY levels.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I would refer to a looter of ANY race by those names. Well, not the stop the welfare comment,, but the rest yes. They are behaving in a disgusting,sub human manner and should be called out.
Agreed. However, right now, in THIS situation the looters are mostly black. because of this, in THIS specific event, it helps perpetuate the awful stereotype.
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| Posted 11/25/14 1:19 PM |
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by KittyShops
HEY AT LEAST WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT EBOLA ANYMORE, RIGHT????
Bill Cosby is probably very happy...
he gets a day or two break and hope that everyone will forget.
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| Posted 11/25/14 1:21 PM |
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by KittyShops
Don't worry, guys. Al Sharpton has arrived in Ferguson and he'll clear ALL of this up.
Out of the goodness of his selfless heart.
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| Posted 11/25/14 2:20 PM |
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by DaniRella
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by Xelindrya
All I keep thinking about is.. (sadly)
Civil Commotion
Riot
Should be covered. Hope they called up their
All over my facebook is the meme of OJ Simpson that says "remember when the white people rioted when Simpson wasn't indicted, Me either!"
White people have not been oppressed or faced disgusting racism. They didn't have to subjected to seperate water fountains. Or be trolled in shopping stores in 2014. They don't hAve to worry about not getting a job after an interview.
I don't feel badly for white people at all.
Would you like to talk to my Jewish, white best friend??
Umm white people have never been oppressed?? Uhh SHALOM?!!!
Best. Line. Ever.
To the author of the super naive line "White people have never been oppressed": Jews were banned from housing, jobs, politics or even entering many businesses right here in US of A for a very large part of 20th Century. BTW, it still is going on in the rural parts of USA.
For a large portion of 20th century no Greek of Italian could buy a house in a "nice" neighborhood right here in USA.
As far as the rest of the world: I invite you to look up "growing up Jewish in the Eastern block" or "Being Jewish in Soviet Russia". It isn't pretty AT ALL! Jews were systematically (and with the government blessing) banned from jobs, political offices, good colleges, etc, etc. You could be picked on anywhere in public-school, store, bus, subway- just for not looking quite slavic enough.
No matter how well you did in school, being Jewish AUTOMATICALLY eliminated your chances of getting into any good colleges in the country.
Look up what was going on in Czechoslovakia in the mid 60s. Czechs are white people...
Look up Jews in Iran in the 60s and 70's. Why do you think most of them left their country of birth?
There are many, many more examples like the ones I listed...
Yet NOT ONCE were people running amuck through a city, rioting, shooting and stealing...
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| Posted 11/25/14 2:24 PM |
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by Kitten1929
Posted by DiamondGirl
If we are all being honest with ourselves it is a reality, black men are more of a "threat" than white men. Statisically speaking they are more dangerous and I do think it might have been a different outcome had he been a white kid. Again I am not saying the Officer purposely killed him bc he was black but I think the underlying issue is there.
I'm sorry, what?
Can't speak for Diamondgirl but I feel like I know enough about her to say that she didn't mean this as you're taking it. I think she means many black men are incarcerated way more that white men, and that typically, a group of black men hanging on a street corner seems more dangerous than a group of white men. It's how people are conditioned to think. It's wrong. And I think she's saying that this thought lies in the back of many white minds and even if you don't claim to be racist or think that you are, you can have these tendencies of thoughts and if given a gun and a badge, it can override you.
Unless I'm wrong and then Diamondgirl can clarify. But that's how I perceived it. And I know DG is not ignorant at all.. She's the opposite..intelligent and well-read.
Thank you for clarifying - at first I was very taken aback but I understand her reasoning.
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| Posted 11/25/14 2:24 PM |
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Posted by KittyShops
Don't worry, guys. Al Sharpton has arrived in Ferguson and he'll clear ALL of this up.
Out of the goodness of his selfless heart.
 
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| Posted 11/25/14 2:27 PM |
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by WhatNow
Posted by DaniRella
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by Xelindrya
All I keep thinking about is.. (sadly)
Civil Commotion
Riot
Should be covered. Hope they called up their
All over my facebook is the meme of OJ Simpson that says "remember when the white people rioted when Simpson wasn't indicted, Me either!"
White people have not been oppressed or faced disgusting racism. They didn't have to subjected to seperate water fountains. Or be trolled in shopping stores in 2014. They don't hAve to worry about not getting a job after an interview.
I don't feel badly for white people at all.
Would you like to talk to my Jewish, white best friend??
Umm white people have never been oppressed?? Uhh SHALOM?!!!
Best. Line. Ever.
To the author of the super naive line "White people have never been oppressed": Jews were banned from housing, jobs, politics or even entering many businesses right here in US of A for a very large part of 20th Century. BTW, it still is going on in the rural parts of USA.
For a large portion of 20th century no Greek of Italian could buy a house in a "nice" neighborhood right here in USA.
As far as the rest of the world: I invite you to look up "growing up Jewish in the Eastern block" or "Being Jewish in Soviet Russia". It isn't pretty AT ALL! Jews were systematically (and with the government blessing) banned from jobs, political offices, good colleges, etc, etc. You could be picked on anywhere in public-school, store, bus, subway- just for not looking quite slavic enough.
No matter how well you did in school, being Jewish AUTOMATICALLY eliminated your chances of getting into any good colleges in the country.
Look up what was going on in Czechoslovakia in the mid 60s. Czechs are white people...
Look up Jews in Iran in the 60s and 70's. Why do you think most of them left their country of birth?
There are many, many more examples like the ones I listed...
Yet NOT ONCE were people running amuck through a city, rioting, shooting and stealing...
Wow. I just cant go back and forth today. But just wow if you don't feel there are examples of other races rioting. This is so much bigger than a "black" thing.
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MrsA1012
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by Paramount
Posted by MrsA1012
Posted by Paramount
Posted by 2BadSoSad
With that said, I do think some of it, of course, were troublemakers, who ceased an opportunity when they saw it.
What is sickening...like stomach turning...is that by doing just that they are helping to perpetuate the stereotype of black people.
I cant tell you how many people in my Facebook feed have said things along these lines.
"animals"
"them"
"those people"
"stop their welfare"
Its so wrong. On so MANY levels.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I would refer to a looter of ANY race by those names. Well, not the stop the welfare comment,, but the rest yes. They are behaving in a disgusting,sub human manner and should be called out.
Agreed. However, right now, in THIS situation the looters are mostly black. because of this, in THIS specific event, it helps perpetuate the awful stereotype.
Well, maybe the looters should have thought about that before they started rioting and acting like wild beasts. If you behave in a negative way and it furthers a stereotype, bo f****ing woo. You brought on yourself.
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| Posted 11/25/14 3:53 PM |
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PaddysGirl
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by Paramount
Posted by 2BadSoSad
With that said, I do think some of it, of course, were troublemakers, who ceased an opportunity when they saw it.
What is sickening...like stomach turning...is that by doing just that they are helping to perpetuate the stereotype of black people.
I cant tell you how many people in my Facebook feed have said things along these lines.
"animals"
"them"
"those people"
"stop their welfare"
Its so wrong. On so MANY levels.
Guilty. But these people who are rioting are animals. It doesn't matter the color of the skin.
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| Posted 11/25/14 4:16 PM |
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Paramount
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by PaddysGirl
Posted by Paramount
Posted by 2BadSoSad
With that said, I do think some of it, of course, were troublemakers, who ceased an opportunity when they saw it.
What is sickening...like stomach turning...is that by doing just that they are helping to perpetuate the stereotype of black people.
I cant tell you how many people in my Facebook feed have said things along these lines.
"animals"
"them"
"those people"
"stop their welfare"
Its so wrong. On so MANY levels.
Guilty. But these people who are rioting are animals. It doesn't matter the color of the skin.
AGREE.
All I'm saying is THESE people (Being shown on TV in this town) happen to be Black, so its helping to perpetuate the stereotype.
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| Posted 11/25/14 4:34 PM |
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Bearcat
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
I just read some of the 4000+ pages of the grand jury transcript. Very interesting stuff.
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| Posted 11/25/14 4:52 PM |
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Ian&EmmesMommy23
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by WhatNow
Posted by DaniRella
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by Xelindrya
All I keep thinking about is.. (sadly)
Civil Commotion
Riot
Should be covered. Hope they called up their
All over my facebook is the meme of OJ Simpson that says "remember when the white people rioted when Simpson wasn't indicted, Me either!"
White people have not been oppressed or faced disgusting racism. They didn't have to subjected to seperate water fountains. Or be trolled in shopping stores in 2014. They don't hAve to worry about not getting a job after an interview.
I don't feel badly for white people at all.
Would you like to talk to my Jewish, white best friend??
Umm white people have never been oppressed?? Uhh SHALOM?!!!
Best. Line. Ever.
To the author of the super naive line "White people have never been oppressed": Jews were banned from housing, jobs, politics or even entering many businesses right here in US of A for a very large part of 20th Century. BTW, it still is going on in the rural parts of USA.
For a large portion of 20th century no Greek of Italian could buy a house in a "nice" neighborhood right here in USA.
As far as the rest of the world: I invite you to look up "growing up Jewish in the Eastern block" or "Being Jewish in Soviet Russia". It isn't pretty AT ALL! Jews were systematically (and with the government blessing) banned from jobs, political offices, good colleges, etc, etc. You could be picked on anywhere in public-school, store, bus, subway- just for not looking quite slavic enough.
No matter how well you did in school, being Jewish AUTOMATICALLY eliminated your chances of getting into any good colleges in the country.
Look up what was going on in Czechoslovakia in the mid 60s. Czechs are white people...
Look up Jews in Iran in the 60s and 70's. Why do you think most of them left their country of birth?
There are many, many more examples like the ones I listed...
Yet NOT ONCE were people running amuck through a city, rioting, shooting and stealing...
problem with this is people don't usually associate Jewish people as "white people". I'm jewish...i can say this. I've met a lot of people who think my race and nationality is Jewish. I have to correct people all the time and tell them I'm WHITE but my RELIGION is Judaism.
people...all people...need to stop seeing themselves as oppressed. i speak as a Jewish person too. what happened to ALL of us was horrible and in the past. in order to not let it happen again we can't act like victims. are the native americans victims...yes. do they act like it? no. its 2014...almost 2015...we need to all act like we're equal and stop bringing up the past.
the looters and rioters in Ferguson are giving stereotypes a true meaning. they want to be treated as civilized people...act like it. stop stealing from a Dollar Tree
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Sash
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by IansMommy23
people...all people...need to stop seeing themselves as oppressed. i speak as a Jewish person too. what happened to ALL of us was horrible and in the past. in order to not let it happen again we can't act like victims. are the native americans victims...yes. do they act like it? no. its 2014...almost 2015...we need to all act like we're equal and stop bringing up the past.
I agree with eveything you wrote but the above made me LOL because I thought of one of Chris Rock's comedy skits. Where he talks about everyone crying racism but what about the Native Americans. 
Angry or not, there is no reason to act like savages. Unfortunately, ignorance and ghetto behavior comes in all colors, shapes and sizes.
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My2Girlz11
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by Bearcat
I just read some of the 4000+ pages of the grand jury transcript. Very interesting stuff.
What was interesting?
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| Posted 11/25/14 5:32 PM |
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WhatNow
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by IansMommy23
the looters and rioters in Ferguson are giving stereotypes a true meaning. they want to be treated as civilized people...act like it. stop stealing from a Dollar Tree
I think this pretty much sums it up!
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| Posted 11/25/14 5:43 PM |
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WhatNow
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by IansMommy23
problem with this is people don't usually associate Jewish people as "white people". I'm jewish...i can say this. I've met a lot of people who think my race and nationality is Jewish. I have to correct people all the time and tell them I'm WHITE but my RELIGION is Judaism.
people...all people...need to stop seeing themselves as oppressed. i speak as a Jewish person too. what happened to ALL of us was horrible and in the past. in order to not let it happen again we can't act like victims. are the native americans victims...yes. do they act like it? no. its 2014...almost 2015...we need to all act like we're equal and stop bringing up the past.
the looters and rioters in Ferguson are giving stereotypes a true meaning. they want to be treated as civilized people...act like it. stop stealing from a Dollar Tree
I think this is one of the reasons I so despise the whole Black Vs. White comparison. WHITE is SUCH a broad term! An Irish immigrant stepping on US soil for the first time is white. Blue blooded heiress living on 5th Av is white. Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe are white...
SO completely different, yet all thrown into one large silly group: white people... "White people were never oppressed", "white people have it easier", "white people are not discriminated against"...
BTW, there are a lot of different types of Jews as I am sure you know... Ashkenazi Jews ARE white... Sephradic Jews are also white, they just don't "look" white... So, yeah, I see where the confusion comes from!
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Ian&EmmesMommy23
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by Sash
Posted by IansMommy23
people...all people...need to stop seeing themselves as oppressed. i speak as a Jewish person too. what happened to ALL of us was horrible and in the past. in order to not let it happen again we can't act like victims. are the native americans victims...yes. do they act like it? no. its 2014...almost 2015...we need to all act like we're equal and stop bringing up the past.
I agree with eveything you wrote but the above made me LOL because I thought of one of Chris Rock's comedy skits. Where he talks about everyone crying racism but what about the Native Americans.
Angry or not, there is no reason to act like savages. Unfortunately, ignorance and ghetto behavior comes in all colors, shapes and sizes.
That's hilarious!!! And true!!
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This behavior is absolutely sickening and mind blowing. Who in their right mind thinks it is OK to destroy THEIR OWN community and the livelihood of others because they disagree with a verdict!!??
I wonder how many of these looters, rioters and arsonists actually know all of the FACTS of this case. it seems to be many of them hear -white cop-black teen and make their judgement call right there. So sad.
I just cannot rap my head around this. And I swear Al Sharpton has done more to HARM race relations than anything.
One last thought, why is it that black on black crime is never shown in the media. It happens every day and yet nobody is in an uproar about that?! I just don't get it. I absolutely hate this divide in our world.
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by lipglossjunky73
I think what's going on with the riots are awful and ridiculous. But I heard conflicting reports about the kid shot though.so I'm confused...
I heard he never robbed that store?
He was unarmed, right?
Not arguing, just trying to understand how the officer got off with shooting an unarmed kid though.
I'll be honest I am not studying this story so of anyone has all the facts... Please explain!
Thanks!
There is a very clear video of what happened in the store. I'd be fascinated by anyone claiming he didn't do anything in the store.
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by IansMommy23
people...all people...need to stop seeing themselves as oppressed. i speak as a Jewish person too. what happened to ALL of us was horrible and in the past. in order to not let it happen again we can't act like victims. are the native americans victims...yes. do they act like it? no. its 2014...almost 2015...we need to all act like we're equal and stop bringing up the past.
the looters and rioters in Ferguson are giving stereotypes a true meaning. they want to be treated as civilized people...act like it. stop stealing from a Dollar Tree
Its hard to stop seeing yourself as oppressed when you actually are oppressed.
I am not condoning the riots and violence, but we do not live in an equal society. There is a systemic racial problem in this country.
In the first half of 2014, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 27,527 times.
22,682 were totally innocent (82 percent).
14,549 were black (53 percent).
7,662 were Latino (28 percent).
3,363 were white (12 percent).
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Re: Officer Wilson not indicted....
Posted by JME78
Its hard to stop seeing yourself as oppressed when you actually are oppressed.
I am not condoning the riots and violence, but we do not live in an equal society. There is a systemic racial problem in this country.
In the first half of 2014, New Yorkers were stopped by the police 27,527 times.
22,682 were totally innocent (82 percent).
14,549 were black (53 percent).
7,662 were Latino (28 percent).
3,363 were white (12 percent).
Of course you can. You can make a choice to not be a victim. You can choose to rise above what anyone else thinks or says and be your best self. No one defines who I am but me.
In regards to the statistics you posted, yes, that's correct. What also needs to be considered is the demographics of the areas in which the stops took place. My husband works in an area where it is 97.9% non-Caucasian. He could literally walk up and down the street all day and trying to find a white person is a tall order. He loves his job and loves the area he works in. He serves his students but not a single one of them is white. So, if he was a cop and part of his duty was to stop the residents periodically to safe check for weapons, of course the vast majority would be non-Caucasian.
It's like going to Scotland looking for Japanese people. Certain races and religions and groups of people live largely together, in pockets. That's how NYC is... And a lot of Long Island too.
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