Originally Posted by
Brent
Respect has to be earned and my guess is that 1) you're not black 2) never have you been black or lived in a black cultural environment 3) you're the typical "oh just shut up and do what they say and you'll be fine" group. How can they "respect" the same cops that are abusing and killing them? What are they supposed to do? "Oh, are you a good or bad cop?" After their entire lives of witnessing and seeing the abuse on their people, at some point you just get fed up and fight back. It pains me to see white people try to justify the bad cops behaviors when they have ZERO idea what it's really all about. It only proves that white privilege is alive and well. I did grow up in a black community and witnessed first hand the abuse and I myself was beaten by cops for hanging out with my black friends and called a N***** lover by the cops that were kicking my ***. So unless you grew up in it. Keep your uninformed opinions to yourself, all you're doing is reassuring everyone that white privilege/ignorance is alive and well. As for the nurse. She has every right to resist wrongful arrest if she so chooses. She was only doing her job and the cop was trying to make her break the law. It's also true that it may be better to be arrested than dead. Live to fight another day in court, which you have zero chance of winning if you're black. It's been proven over and over again that if you're a white cop and murder a black man, you will get a paid vacation while you await your acquittal.