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After a night of violent protests, Milwaukee residents gathered Sunday evening to mourn an armed man shot to death by police and begin the healing process.
Family and friends of Sylville Smith, 23, held a candlelight vigil at the site of Saturday's shooting in a residential area of North Milwaukee.
The shooting triggered unrest in the city's north side Saturday night as protesters torched businesses and threw rocks at officers. Four officers were injured and 17 people were arrested, Mayor Tom Barrett said.
Tensions on Sunday gave way to calls for peace as activists gathered outside the affected businesses.
Smith's sister, Sherelle Smith, condemned violence carried out in her brother's name, saying the community needs those businesses.
Black Lives Shatter
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/milwaukee-violence-police-shooting/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @04:12PM
> black "people" think their freedom and equality is someone else's responsibility.
On the contrary, it is white people's responsibility to stop giving white assholes a free pass.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @04:56PM
i didn't mean that as an excuse for injustice. I agree completely with your statement except your misunderstanding of mine. Both statements can exist just fine together. cops shouldn't be allowed to shoot people whenever the hell they feel like it and useless sacks of shit can take some responsibility for their own lives, equal treatment and freedom. Also, a disturbing percentage of blacks in poorer neighborhoods openly accept preying on their own through drugs(not supporting the drug war, just don't think it's right to prey on people's weakness), robbing old white people, smacking hoes, raping white women, etc. This degenerate, beastly behavior is why some will give the cops a pass under some circumstances. I think most of the race part of the equation is just a smoke screen for the real cause of the animosity. It is really due to the purposeful violation of constitutionally protected rights. these encounters between cops and half way normal black people(not necessarily this case) wouldn't be happening if it weren't for the drug war and other treason. A cop's prejudices wouldn't matter quite as much if he/she were only dealing with actual criminals instead of generally peaceful people minding their own business. also there would be less crime for the cops to have to deal with in the first place which should help. the tv/press wants to start a race war b/c they work for the government and the government wants more control by "whatever means necessary".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @05:09PM
Also, a disturbing percentage of blacks in poorer neighborhoods openly accept preying on their own through drugs(not supporting the drug war, just don't think it's right to prey on people's weakness), robbing old white people, smacking hoes, raping white women, etc.
Oh yeah? What is that percentage, exactly? And don't give me the percentage of people who are arrested and black, I want to know percentage of the black population that meet your description. Because I'm pretty sure you are applying the base rate fallacy to communities that are overwhelming not OK with any of that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @09:50PM
Let's look at the reported crime numbers then, not the arrest numbers, just the reported crimes.
Or is looking at numbers that don't support your narrative too racists for you now?
Hell, my vote is to stop policing black neighborhoods altogether, and just let nature run it's course. Then we'd see how much black lives matter, wouldn't you agree?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @10:53PM
> Let's look at the reported crime numbers then, not the arrest numbers, just the reported crimes.
Er, what does that have to do with what the average black person thinks about such crimes?
It isn't about the number of people who commit those crimes, it is about the number of people who do NOT commit those crimes.
If 999 out of 1000 white people don't commit this crimes and 998 out of black don't commit those crimes, the difference between the two groups is negligible.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @10:02PM
Because I'm pretty sure you are applying the base rate fallacy to communities that are overwhelming not OK with any of that.
Ha ha. What a moron comes my way. Riddle me this, dumbass. What percentage of German were actually okay with gassing jews? How did that turn out?