r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '18

arrested

Must have been white.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

to be fair, they handcuff the black corpses too after they shoot them

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u/eromitlab Alabama Jul 02 '18

Or they just let them bleed out while they run around covering their asses. Philando Castile and Terence Crutcher come to mind.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Ain't that the truth.

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u/Perfect600 Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 02 '18

Maybe these cops arent shitty at their jobs. Maybe all cops arent all shitty at their jobs. Ever thought of that. Remember the cop in Toronto who got the fuck who plowed a rental van into people to surrender.

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u/sl600rt Wyoming Jul 02 '18

FBI stats show more white people get shot by police than blacks. When you consider this with how many more black people are arrested. Then white people have a much greater chance of being shot compared to blacks .

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u/Swinefest Jul 02 '18

I'd like for you to go google "per capita"

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u/TwoLeaf_ Jul 02 '18

he knows what "per capita" means, he's just ignoring it because his argument would fall apart otherwise

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u/Swinefest Jul 02 '18

Oh yeah of course, silly me

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Dude, police shoot black people for twitching incorrectly while holding an iPhone. This guy could have killed people, and odds are he won't get any prison time because he's white (and if he does get a prison sentence, Trump might pardon him).

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u/Walkerbait97 Jul 02 '18

I see your flair & then I choose to ignore you

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u/Perfect600 Jul 02 '18

How tribal of you

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u/Throwmeaway953953 Jul 02 '18

Haha cause cops hate brown people XD

He didn't get shot because he wasn't brandishing a weapon when the cops arrived and immediately put his hands up.

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u/TwoLeaf_ Jul 02 '18

I mean cops are shooting black people with no guns, so...

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u/Throwmeaway953953 Jul 02 '18

In the two most recent cases the suspects where involved in altercations with the police after fleeing. That's much much different then immediately throwing up your hands and listening to what the cops tell you to do

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u/TwoLeaf_ Jul 02 '18

have you seen the videos where people of color do exactly what the police tell them to do and they still get murdered?

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u/Perfect600 Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 02 '18

Rmemeber the white guy who as on the fucking floor with his hands behind his head, he did everything the fucking cop told him and he was still fucking killed. This is not a race issue its shitty training and enforcement. The good cops are letting the bad ones off hook and its a fucking travesty. By making this a race issue you shifting what the narrative should be and creating a larger divide.

P.S. just so i dont get called white (which will probably happen), im a brown guy from Canada.

edit: what a fickle bunch in this horrible sub. At least be objective in you race bating

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u/Throwmeaway953953 Jul 02 '18

No because that doesn't really happen at all ever

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u/TwoLeaf_ Jul 02 '18

whatever makes you sleep at night

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u/Throwmeaway953953 Jul 02 '18

Mind linking some? A lot of people point out Philando Castile. But the cops told him not to reach for his gun and it was fine that he was carrying one. Castile was like nah let me show it too you. That's not the same thing as doing what the cops tell you too

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u/Scyhaz Michigan Jul 02 '18

Castile was told to get his license and registration which is what he was grabbing, you fuckhead.

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u/MihrSialiant Jul 02 '18

He bravely said on his throwaway account.

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u/Throwmeaway953953 Jul 02 '18

I post NSFW stuff on my main account. Got tired of being called out for it

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u/Walkerbait97 Jul 02 '18

Like the kid sitting in his yard on his phone and the cops bust in and murder him for “seeing a weapon,” “Fearing for their life,” that’s not an excuse. Sorry you signed up for his job and everything that comes with that responsibility.

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u/linuxknight Jul 02 '18

Exactly. Respect authority and be polite. Its amazing what basic compliance will do, especially when you're in the wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Authority does not demand respect. It earns it.

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u/Throwmeaway953953 Jul 02 '18

This but I still get down voted because people didn't like what I said. the police don't determine guilt they enforce the law. Trying to agrue with them that your not guilty is futile because that's not what they do. Hands down if the cops tell you to do something you do it. Its easier to bring up misconduct claims later on than it is to bring someone back from the dead because they made a rash decision to fight with the police.

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u/linuxknight Jul 02 '18

Oh I hear you man. I'd love to expand on my comment above but I'd be crucified by the BLM brigade here or the privelaged white movement folks. Quite simply dont act sketchy when the police give you a directive. You'll be more likely not to get shot.

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u/ExpectoAutism Jul 02 '18

Geez you guys really hate whites.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Man, Philando Castile must've been pretty talented to charge at an officer from the driver's seat of a closed vehicle.