Danger said:
I have to agree that the story shouldn't be about racism, but that is how they are trying to portray it.
The story should be about how ANY cop would do this to ANY person. But given the history of the media on this subject, it is painfully obvious they are searching for their white racist scapegoat.
Its about how you all interpreting it as well. The thread should be mostly about the cop and the tyranny of our militarized police force...but some of you are more concerned about how this story might make white men look. We even had one troll incorrectly calling Mr Scott a thug, when nothing in his history makes him so.
He was simply a down on his luck guy who kept getting in trouble because of family court issues. Might have been a deadbeat....or he might have been another man screwed over by the system. But like backbreaker said earlier...its quite telling how the manosphere responds to such situations depending on the race of the people involved. Ive seen it here and on other websites when this story or others are being discussed. For men who sure love saying how unfair the family courts are and how trifling women are, the manosphere is quick to bash a non-white man who doesnt let women or the family court system hold him by the balls.
So while its so easy to blame the media for the racial narrative...the media simply recognizes that many Americans have a racial bias within...and they play into that for views. The media doesnt change the fact that many Americans (including cops) will react different to someone depending on their race and gender. Media or no media, people will react the way they want to. Just see some of the articles for the shooting before the video released.
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150404/PC16/150409635 Sure seems like the local media in South Carolina and many early comments were quick to believe the cop. And I saw plenty of comments across the net throwing racial language around about Mr. Scott before the video surfaced. So lets not blame the media for things people choose to believe themselves. And if you look through the newer responses to some of the early comments, youll see how quiet the haters are after they had the video thrown in their faces. I digress.
Kill all the armed criminals they can...Im with that...but many of the unarmed people who didnt deserve to die are minorities. Tamir Rice, John Crawford, Akai Gurley, Jessica Hernandez...the list goes on. There are white guys who see the same fate...but its much rarer. And its minorities who have to live in communities like Ferguson where the cops target their citizens in order to increase revenue. And its minorities who make up large portions of communities where a cop like Slager would get away with framing a man if it wasnt caught on tape. I repeat, I agree with shooting armed criminals...but its become too common in America for unarmed people being killed who should have never been killed.
If cops can go to the Bundy ranch with snipers pointing at them and not kill anyone...they can stop killing unarmed citizens. If they can capture the Batman shooter and Boston bomber alive, they can refrain from killing unarmed people who didnt harm anyone. Id also like to say cops definitely need to learn how to deal with the mentally ill Americans in society and stop killing them too. No more Kelly Thomas or Dontre Hamilton situations. Both of those men are dead and no one is in prison for it.