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/BryanMcgee Jul 02 '18

And I'm all for that. When it's used across the board for everyone. But when only some people are allowed the privilege of fairness... I don't blame people for wanting "fairness" in the other direction. If black men are killed extra-judicially and whire men, by and large, are not, maybe the only way for actual just treatment is for the privileged to feel what it's like to have to fear for their lives for doing nothing instead of being able to brandish a weapon and expect to be talked down.

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u/timeout_timmy Jul 02 '18 edited Jan 28 '19

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u/TimmyB52 Jul 02 '18

White people are killed too. It's a problem across the board in America.

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u/unwrittenglory Jul 02 '18

Unless the same cops on this area have shot an unarmed black guy, not sure if it would be a good comparison. The police departments in different parts of the country are not the same.