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So the right wing spin is in. Fox News started talking about black on black crime statistics, and now every single right winger is parroting the narrative. "X% of blacks are killed by other blacks! How come this doesn't spark outrage?"
So, here's some education for conservatives:
The part that sparks outrage is "the killer gets away with it."
It took MPD 20 minutes to confront and murder Floyd for the alleged crime of writing a bad check. The evidence they started with was a phone call. It took MPD four days to arrest a cop for murder. The evidence they started with was the murder captured on video. Yes, I know, the state AG is saying this is the fastest they've ever charged a police officer. That's part of the problem. Cops are given far more leeway than the rest of us. If there was video of me kneeling on a guy's neck until he died, I'd be in jail as soon as the cops could find me.
Trayvon Martin's case didn't become a national outrage because the victim was black. It became a national outrage because the cops didn't arrest the killer. The arrest happened after a national outrage.
The Arbery shooting happened months prior to the arrest. The arrests only happened after a national outrage.
Want to head off public outrage? Promptly arrest killers. Start holding the police to the same standard as the rest of us. They'll get their day in court. If the killing turns out to be justified, then they'll be acquitted.
So, here's some education for conservatives:
The part that sparks outrage is "the killer gets away with it."
It took MPD 20 minutes to confront and murder Floyd for the alleged crime of writing a bad check. The evidence they started with was a phone call. It took MPD four days to arrest a cop for murder. The evidence they started with was the murder captured on video. Yes, I know, the state AG is saying this is the fastest they've ever charged a police officer. That's part of the problem. Cops are given far more leeway than the rest of us. If there was video of me kneeling on a guy's neck until he died, I'd be in jail as soon as the cops could find me.
Trayvon Martin's case didn't become a national outrage because the victim was black. It became a national outrage because the cops didn't arrest the killer. The arrest happened after a national outrage.
The Arbery shooting happened months prior to the arrest. The arrests only happened after a national outrage.
Want to head off public outrage? Promptly arrest killers. Start holding the police to the same standard as the rest of us. They'll get their day in court. If the killing turns out to be justified, then they'll be acquitted.