Why Do The Us Police Keep Murdering Blacks?

[Millwallmike]

Many say "God bless America" and the "Greatest country in the world" But it seems it maybe but only if you'r not black or hispanic.

Is America and racist country?

[New Judge]

I think so far it has been ruled that none of the people killed recently by the police were murdered.

[Baldric]

I thought we'd done this to death (no pun intended) in the last week or three, but, whatever ... .. .

[sandyRoe]

America's a violent country where robust policing is needed. It's a sad fact that that sometimes leads to loss of life.

[Zeuhl]

Pity the poor people there who are Black AND Hispanic

[VHG]

Yes the USA is a racist country. In the 1960's their treatment of blacks, particularly in the South, was every bit as bad as South Africa at the time.

Did you notice in the town of Ferguson where they had those protests that while most of the people protesting were black almost all of the police were white. The balance of black policemen in the town did not match the racial mix of the city.

However murder is a deliberate premeditated act and so those police did not murder anyone.

I think you will also find blacks kill far more whites than the other way round. Blacks also kill many black people as well.

[Pete65]

Ask the Native Americans.
Most of their land was stolen, and they were looked upon as vermin and murdered.
Yes, America is racist.

[Baldric]

Pete, the OPer is suspended!

[BlackadderV]

...and his alter ego is banned.

[solvitquick]

The USA is not really a single country like e.g.Sweden etc. It is a union of states, each of which has its own laws which are only subservient to the Federal Law. It is more akin to a super-EU despite its acceptance as a single country by everyone and international law. It is also a very young country and still developing.
Hence the difference between Alabama and California in education, attitude to drugs, blacks or coloured people etc.
So when we discuss racialism it is best to discuss the individual state-statistics rather than lump them all under umbrella of the USA.
I love the highly developed intellectually developed areas of the USA but would not chose to visit or live in those southern states who do not appear to accept that the civil war is over and that the blacks are not their inferiors but are equal to the whites. Similarly many southern states are religious maniacs who don't even accept Darwinism.
Sure, it's a great country and economically the most powerful but like all countries it has weaknesses to address - maybe more than the older ones.
Certainly time to get rid of the gun-laws but no political party could achieve this - crazy and the reason for the USA's horrific civilian violence.
SIQ.

[Pete65]

Right, Baldric, I didn't realise.
For his post?

[wolf63]

Pete - I get the feeling that other crimes have also been taken into consideration.

[Pete65]

OK, Wolf, thank you.
Intriguing!

[wolf63]

You may be Intrigued - I am just totally confused. Just sit back and enjoy!

[anotheoldgit]

How can America be racist, it is a country formed on all different races and cultures.

[anotheoldgit]

I think a better question would have been "Why is America so violent"?

And since the UK is now becoming the same, is there an obvious connection?

[brionon]

How many Cops are killed every year in America ?

[Svejk]

Black people are a hundred times more likely to be killed by a brotha.

[retrocop]

svejk
yo bro same as here in the uk innit !!!