2011-08-09, 03:02 PM
Wait, wait, wait, you guys dont see the problem here? Regardless of whether the man is a drug dealer or not, the police shot him with no reason. Yes, he had a gun, but the report says it was wrapped in a sock! The only bullet fired at a police officer came from a police issued firearm, and the only other bullets recovered/accounted for were all in his chest. How is that not a problem? Regardless of a person history, the police cant go around shooting everyone just because theyve had past run-ins. The police force in England has been under fire for corruption for awhile now. There would never have even been a protest if this was just some drug dealer that pulled a gun on the cops. The REAL problem is that people are still going around saying things like
this and dont seem to have a problem with it. Just a couple days ago in Mississippii a guy gets assaulted and ran over with a truck ONLY because he was black. So im guessing he probably deserved it right? He was just gonna turn out to be a drug dealer anyway i guess, and they should all just DIE. Theres no evidence that Duggan was doing anything wrong when he got shot beyond carrying a gun, something thats done by countless people of every race around the globe daily. We should prolly shoot all of them too. The point of the protests has nothing to do with his background at all, and honestly, it has little to do with him. Its about police officers killing a man on principle rather than on evidence.
All that being said, the current looting and destruction of property is stupid, is does nothing but illegitimizes a movement that was actually meritworthy. But when you place the kind of societal pressures that have been boiling up there on people for long enough and then provide a spark like this, shits gonna hit the fan. Sure, he was guilty of probably alot of things, but neither you, me, or the police get to decide that he should have died for it.
OB3LISK Wrote:Wait wait stop arguing about if rioting is okay or not and clarify for me the reason the riot started.
Article said police shot Mark Duggan = a black drug dealer with a gun. So they started a riot over something like that??? Am I missing something?
this and dont seem to have a problem with it. Just a couple days ago in Mississippii a guy gets assaulted and ran over with a truck ONLY because he was black. So im guessing he probably deserved it right? He was just gonna turn out to be a drug dealer anyway i guess, and they should all just DIE. Theres no evidence that Duggan was doing anything wrong when he got shot beyond carrying a gun, something thats done by countless people of every race around the globe daily. We should prolly shoot all of them too. The point of the protests has nothing to do with his background at all, and honestly, it has little to do with him. Its about police officers killing a man on principle rather than on evidence.
All that being said, the current looting and destruction of property is stupid, is does nothing but illegitimizes a movement that was actually meritworthy. But when you place the kind of societal pressures that have been boiling up there on people for long enough and then provide a spark like this, shits gonna hit the fan. Sure, he was guilty of probably alot of things, but neither you, me, or the police get to decide that he should have died for it.