Where Is The Outrage

[tonyav]

Unarmed White teen killed by police ( in America ). Family ask where is the outrage ?.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/us/unarmed-white-teen-killed-by-police-family-asks-where-is-the-outrage/ar-BBltSij

[TheChair]

"Meredith Clark, an assistant professor at the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas who is conducting research on the Black Lives Matter movement, told the Los Angeles Times the lack of outrage over Hammond's death did not appear to be race-related. She said the lack of compelling video or a history of brutality complaints with the police department was more of a reason the story did not reach national levels."

[jno]

Americans generally don't seem to get outraged by fatal shootings; it's theri law. They are outraged when there's a regular pattern of shooting of black people by white police. If a similar pattern in reverse begins to appear, you can expect similar outrage.

Meanwhile, complaining about the media won't bring his son back.

[Peter Pedant]

agree chair and the Intellect


1) white 2) no viddie 3) was being busted for droogz

[EDDIE51]

Was shot during a drugs bust. The black men were shot during riots or protests , that is the difference.

[Peter Pedant]

erm eddie not often you are wrong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown

who was thieving but not rioting ...

and neither was
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/25/baltimore-county-police-shooting-owings-mills

and for an Oz view of the police shouting 'he's armed!' when "he" wasnt see the film Animal Kingdom ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313092/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[Zacs-Master]

You can't create outrage where people don't feel it. Also, doesn't it usually start with the family?

[EDDIE51]

Thanks PP , I was wrong. However I would say that in the two examples you showed the suspect would have been shot anyway no matter what skin colour he/she was. Yet another example of the USA fascination with guns, none of these people would have died in the same situation in the UK.

[anotheoldgit]

"White Lives Don't Count"

[douglas9401]

Is it that white folk aren't living with tension, violence and hysteria bubbling just under the surface?

[anotheoldgit]

douglas9401

/// Is it that white folk aren't living with tension, violence and hysteria bubbling just under the surface? ///

'AREN'T, now you have got to be joking.

[douglas9401]

No, not joking at all. I don't think that white Americans are walking around all day just waiting for an event to tip them over the edge into mass violence and destruction.

If you thought that I meant that they didn't live alongside tension, violence and hysteria then you've misunderstood my comment.