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TCJ70

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48. I'm just trying to figure out if you actually believe what you wrote:

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #47)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 01:24 PM

Apr 2021

that lethal deadly force is ... NOT ... used against white people even when justified

Do you think that’s true?

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Maddow is going through ***RIGHT NOW*** what black people on DU have stated ... [View all] uponit7771 Apr 2021 OP

The racism in the police has always been there. panader0 Apr 2021 #1

America's first police forces were created to hunt down escaped slaves. Dawson Leery Apr 2021 #2

Snopes misanthrope Apr 2021 #31

It is the root reason for their existence! CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #28

Fuck republicans I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2021 #3

People who are cheering for the guy who killed the girl with a knife piss me off and Maraya1969 Apr 2021 #4

Peyton Ham. 16. . . . Journeyman Apr 2021 #8

More info bdamomma Apr 2021 #10

Calling the cops doesn't mean anything. Calista241 Apr 2021 #14

Lawrence O'Donnell bdamomma Apr 2021 #19

We have confirmation on who called the police? greenjar_01 Apr 2021 #22

Yea, why don't they fire warning shots anymore? And he could have easily shot Maraya1969 Apr 2021 #26

Warning shots? MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #40

Yes, like Jackie Chan. I was thinking, not as if she's a professional assassin well-trained in betsuni Apr 2021 #27

Cheering? kcr Apr 2021 #36

Cheering? MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #41

Wasn't justified lethal force used to shoot a white protestor on January 6th? Pachamama Apr 2021 #5

1. the capital terrorist weren't "protesting" 2. you're making my point for me by posting ... uponit7771 Apr 2021 #9

One white protestor in a mob of 5,000+ meadowlander Apr 2021 #11

A fair number of armed black groups have protested in the last 6 months. Calista241 Apr 2021 #15

"armed black groups" have protested in last 6 months, and none were shot ?!? FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #17

The armed black groups weren't protesting with BLM protestors on purpose IINM uponit7771 Apr 2021 #18

Their comment on January 6th: meadowlander Apr 2021 #21

you're not following the narrative here Skittles Apr 2021 #33

How many of them forcibly invaded a government building Bettie Apr 2021 #54

I don't believe race becomes an issue for the January 6th insurrection FakeNoose Apr 2021 #16

One would have to be a fucking idiot to be part of that racist lynch mob on Jan 6. backscatter712 Apr 2021 #20

I knew a white guy torius Apr 2021 #29

You'd be surprised at the rates I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2021 #30

It's just horrible torius Apr 2021 #32

Mental Health Professionals bdamomma Apr 2021 #39

Yes. There was that poor woman with dementia recently in the news kcr Apr 2021 #37

Excellent program malaise Apr 2021 #6

Excellent program malaise Apr 2021 #7

Been going on for decades...What is new HipChick Apr 2021 #12

Technological developments malaise Apr 2021 #13

Not exactly news to anyone paying any kind of attention at all. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #23

Certain lives haven't mattered here for a long time, sadly. . .sometimes if ever. AZLD4Candidate Apr 2021 #24

Rachel did good. triron Apr 2021 #25

Why do you post such a monstrous untruth? Sympthsical Apr 2021 #34

Why bring MAGA Media tripe here like you don't understand the word "disproportionate" and its uponit7771 Apr 2021 #35

You claimed a falsehood, and now you double down and accuse me of being right-wing Sympthsical Apr 2021 #50

You used a lot of letters to admit you ignored the word "Maddow" in my op title like the ... uponit7771 Apr 2021 #51

You cannot admit you're wrong Sympthsical Apr 2021 #52

This is false relative to the segment of that night, if you don't know what the segment was uponit7771 Apr 2021 #53

"A couple of people on the internet think I'm right," isn't an argument Sympthsical Apr 2021 #55

Rachel Maddow video: Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #38

If black people are saying lethal force is not used against white people even when justified... TCJ70 Apr 2021 #42

No one but MAGA Media is proffering this asinine assed strawman. The issue is disproportionality uponit7771 Apr 2021 #43

Your OP doesn't say anything about proportionality... TCJ70 Apr 2021 #44

No one has to, that's been part of the argument forever. Do you really think people marched in ... uponit7771 Apr 2021 #45

You're deflecting. TCJ70 Apr 2021 #46

You're not paying even half assed attention and your question is shitty on its face uponit7771 Apr 2021 #47

I'm just trying to figure out if you actually believe what you wrote: TCJ70 Apr 2021 #48

In the context of Maddow's segment of course I do, if you extract that statement away from her segme uponit7771 Apr 2021 #49