John Crawford Case: It’s Open Carry for Whites and Open Season on Blacks

[decocker 7,198]

Who is brushing it off? Certainly not me.

Safe handling and situational awareness are imperative when you are handling a firearm. These need to be drooled into anyone looking to use a firearm - and that includes air rifles, pellet guns, etc. Anyone not displaying either doesn't need to be handling one.

And not complying with an instruction given by a police officer who has his weapon drawn and pointed at you, no matter what the circumstances, is just plain idiotic.

to my knowledge, there is no prerequisite in place to keep an untrained person from carrying one around walmart.

[Pooky 3,786]

to my knowledge, there is no prerequisite in place to keep an untrained person from carrying one around walmart.

So what?

Without the proper instruction, people should not be handling these types of weapon anywhere

[lostinblue 1,989]

Black folks are always saying they are targeted by the police.. Now you have a situation where a gun drawn on you and you choose to disregard what that officer tells you to do. ... A bit of a disconnect there.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Black folks are always saying they are targeted by the police.. Now you have a situation where a gun drawn on you and you choose to disregard what that officer tells you to do. ... A bit of a disconnect there.

You know the drill, if Blacks kill each other at the rate of hundreds per year in places like Chicago, it's because white people don't care, and cops don't police black neighborhoods.

If they police black neighborhoods and start rounding up bad criminals, they are profiling.

It's no win situation

Not to mention, if someone tries to kill them and they hurt someone, there life is ruined forever

[Dakine10 5,452]

Trying to do the math here..

If you are Asian and don't lower your weapon when told to by the cops you will be shot 90+ percent of the time

If you are Hispanic and don't lower your weapon when told to by the cops you will be shot 90+ percent of the time

If you are White and don't lower your weapon when told to by the cops you will be shot 90+ percent of the time

If you are Black and don't lower your weapon when told to by the cops you will be shot 90+ percent of the time

If you are predisposed to seeing boogeymen then perhaps there is a way to see it as anti-black but from where I am sitting the problem is with your analysis of the situation and maybe you should look at your own bias.

Perhaps where the math works out differently is in what happens before the police show up.

If you are white and walking around Walmart with a rifle in an open carry state, you are a patriotic American defending your God given 2nd amendmend right to bear arms. Nobody calls 911. No police show up.

If you're black, obviously it's a 211 in progress.

[Karee 4,190]

You know the drill, if Blacks kill each other at the rate of hundreds per year in places like Chicago, it's because white people don't care, and cops don't police black neighborhoods.

If they police black neighborhoods and start rounding up bad criminals, they are profiling.

It's no win situation

Not to mention, if someone tries to kill them and they hurt someone, there life is ruined forever

Bingo.

[decocker 7,198]

You know the drill, if Blacks kill each other at the rate of hundreds per year in places like Chicago, it's because white people don't care, and cops don't police black neighborhoods.

If they police black neighborhoods and start rounding up bad criminals, they are profiling.

It's no win situation

Not to mention, if someone tries to kill them and they hurt someone, there life is ruined forever

the best things about your posts nb, is you summarize what other people are saying so ineffectively. no wonder you're always hysterical, jumping from cops are getting out of line to raising money for cops. you're a trip.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Black folks are always saying they are targeted by the police.. Now you have a situation where a gun drawn on you and you choose to disregard what that officer tells you to do. ... A bit of a disconnect there.

All of them? Every last black person on the planet? 24/7? Always, as in every moment of each day?

#facepalm

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

All of them? Every last black person on the planet? 24/7? Always, as in every moment of each day?

#facepalm

Can't speak for him, cuz I ain't him, but as for me, I took it to mean the ones here we interact with on VJ on a regular basis.

#facepalmfacepalm

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

All of them? Every last black person on the planet? 24/7? Always, as in every moment of each day?

#facepalm

And this is why these guys don't understand why people call them racist.

They have to talk about blacks collectively, they have to talk about the black community as a collective. This is the limit of their understanding.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Can't speak for him, cuz I ain't him, but as for me, I took it to mean the ones here we interact with on VJ on a regular basis.

#facepalmfacepalm

True. You can't speak for him cuz you ain't him.

[JohnR! 5,495]

They do that because it fits their skewed narrative. Put all black persons in one same box, stick a label and you're done. Minimal brain effort.

And this is why these guys don't understand why people call them racist.

They have to talk about blacks collectively, they have to talk about the black community as a collective. This is the limit of their understanding.

[Karee 4,190]

And this is why these guys don't understand why people call them racist.

They have to talk about blacks collectively, they have to talk about the black community as a collective. This is the limit of their understanding.

Wait a sec. Seems the black community leaders do the same thing when it comes to claiming victimhood. "We're getting a raw deal because we're black" But if someone points out numbers that paint the black community in a bad light, that's somehow racist? Seems like a double standard to me.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Wait a sec. Seems the black community leaders do the same thing when it comes to claiming victimhood. "We're getting a raw deal because we're black" But if someone points out numbers that paint the black community in a bad light, that's somehow racist? Seems like a double standard to me.

Of course it is. And no more apparent nor utilized than right here on VJ.

True. You can't speak for him cuz you ain't him.

You can select which part of my post you wish to read or emphasize, just as you can opt to misinterpret his meaning. At the end of the day, it doesn't change the overall correctness of said posts, it just shows your own lack of ability to grasp the meaning, or (I hope not) your own narrow mindedness.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Wait a sec. Seems the black community leaders do the same thing when it comes to claiming victimhood. "We're getting a raw deal because we're black" But if someone points out numbers that paint the black community in a bad light, that's somehow racist? Seems like a double standard to me.

I actually think it's a fallacy to suggest that there's a single, unified 'black community'.