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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 05:46 AM Aug 2015

White man threatens to kill police knocks one out sends two to the hospital injures 7 officers

And he's still alive! Imagine that!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/13/1411668/-White-man-threatens-to-kill-police-knocks-one-out-sends-two-to-the-hospital-injures-7-officers

This is the definition of white privilege.

"The defendant rolled down the window and said 'I know why you stopped me.' The defendant then made reference to the events in Ferguson, Missouri," according to the criminal complaint.

Joseph Parker, 34, in a wild rant, threatened to kill police, then pounced, police said. He punched 57-year-old Lt. Jeremian Goodwin, knocking him out.

From the overnight scene to lockup, Parker allegedly injured seven officers. The police chief says the man battled, nearly breaking the metal detector.

In the meantime, be black and:

Sell cigarettes, get killed
Play at a park, get killed
Shop at Walmart, get killed
Walk with friends, get killed
Go down the stairs, get killed
Come home from work, get killed

In all of those cases, and in hundreds more like them, unarmed African Americans who posed no physical threat to police were killed by law enforcement.

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White man threatens to kill police knocks one out sends two to the hospital injures 7 officers (Original Post) eridani Aug 2015 OP
Where I live in Oregon we have only a few Black folks. The cops kill white people here, mostly. Shrike47 Aug 2015 #1
Probably income-related, no? Bet the ones that get killed aren't rich n/t eridani Aug 2015 #3
White privilege in so many ways CincyDem Aug 2015 #2

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
1. Where I live in Oregon we have only a few Black folks. The cops kill white people here, mostly.
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 07:47 AM
Aug 2015

It seems to be a cop thing as well as a racial thing.

CincyDem

(6,363 posts)
2. White privilege in so many ways
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 08:36 AM
Aug 2015

That he's alive is the outcome of privilege.

What kept him alive was the implicit understanding that a white cop can "fear for his life" just being in the same area with a black man (of any stature or physical condition) and knowing that society will believe him but that defense rings hallow when race is eliminated from the equation.

If Parker had come to, pulled out his gun and shot Goodwin (probably in the back) because he feared for his life, the broad response would be "WTF??? Are you kidding. Be a man and take a whooping when you're whooped". If seven cops had piled onto Parker and suffocated him, the broad response would be "WTF??? Are you kidding. It took 7 of you to subdue his scrawny white ass."

There is just so much wrong with this.


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