Cannon Hinnant shooting
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There are a lot of murders in the USA; I'd only expect to hear about one here in the UK if there was something extraordinary, or political about it..
In this case, judging from wikipedia it is just a tragic case of nutter murders child. No police officers involved, and the boy's parents who must have known the nutter ,as he lived next door, have not alleged a racial motivation.
In this case, judging from wikipedia it is just a tragic case of nutter murders child. No police officers involved, and the boy's parents who must have known the nutter ,as he lived next door, have not alleged a racial motivation.
mac96 said:
There are a lot of murders in the USA; I'd only expect to hear about one here in the UK if there was something extraordinary, or political about it..
In this case, judging from wikipedia it is just a tragic case of nutter murders child. No police officers involved, and the boy's parents who must have known the nutter ,as he lived next door, have not alleged a racial motivation.
This ^. It’s not some conspiracy or bias. There are about 100 shootings in the US per day, or about 4 per 100,000 people. In the U.K. total murder rate is 1.2 per 100,000. The U.K. road death rate is 2.9 per 100,000. This is not in the news because it’s every day occurrence. For the US this is nothing out of the ordinary.In this case, judging from wikipedia it is just a tragic case of nutter murders child. No police officers involved, and the boy's parents who must have known the nutter ,as he lived next door, have not alleged a racial motivation.
George Floyd protests were about the behaviour of the police towards one group in society. They were, in part, about the fact that police officer we’re getting away with murder. This case is, to Americans, something they accept as a cost of their “rights”.
In the Hinnant case, he was arrested and charged at the time, whereas the killing of Floyd wasn't properly investigated until the protests started.
There's also the simple matter than a police officer is expected to uphold the law at all times - it's a fairly fundamental part of their job - so when they don't, it's major news.
This is interesting reading - how some sections of the conservative media in the US tried to turn the Hinnant case into a race one, despite the boy's father and the police saying there was no racial connection. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08...
There's also the simple matter than a police officer is expected to uphold the law at all times - it's a fairly fundamental part of their job - so when they don't, it's major news.
This is interesting reading - how some sections of the conservative media in the US tried to turn the Hinnant case into a race one, despite the boy's father and the police saying there was no racial connection. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08...
sfella said:
Anyone else seen this?
Black guy in America shot a 5 year old white boy in the head and kills him? Absolute minimal media coverage, total opposite to George Floyd.
Kid was playing on his bike outside his house and was basically executed by this guy.
The media are professional race grifters. So of course they won't cover it.Black guy in America shot a 5 year old white boy in the head and kills him? Absolute minimal media coverage, total opposite to George Floyd.
Kid was playing on his bike outside his house and was basically executed by this guy.
You see similar everyday racism; people like Ash Sarkar, Susan Rosenberg, Sarah Jeong, or Priyamvada Gopal. Explicit hate speech, it's referred to police and... No action.
The irony of this;
t". There is not a systemic issue of black men shooting little white boys and the authorities ignoring it.
Mr_Megalomaniac said:
The media are professional race grifters. So of course they won't cover it.
is laid bare by this;rscott said:
This is interesting reading - how some sections of the conservative media in the US tried to turn the Hinnant case into a race one, despite the boy's father and the police saying there was no racial connection. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08...
The George Floyd issue was not "a white man killed a black man" it was "a police officer killed a black man (yet again) and (yet again) nobody in authority gives a st". There is not a systemic issue of black men shooting little white boys and the authorities ignoring it.otolith said:
The George Floyd issue was not "a white man killed a black man" it was "a police officer killed a black man (yet again) and (yet again) nobody in authority gives a st". There is not a systemic issue of black men shooting little white boys and the authorities ignoring it.
As I said, professional race grifters.t". There is not a systemic issue of black men shooting little white boys and the authorities ignoring it.
If you bothered to analyse the stats (and of course, you haven't) you'll see that, given an encounter, Whites are killed more frequently by police officers than blacks.
However blacks have more run ins with police officers per capita; which isn't 'systemic racism', but because of the commission of a crime.
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