tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33548399.post3968859852918393277..comments2024-03-08T04:50:50.878-05:00Comments on TMB-Music.com: THE BRIEFING: Was it About Race?ThroatChopUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669865879154277781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33548399.post-81448352255200720772009-06-02T00:48:56.788-04:002009-06-02T00:48:56.788-04:00Living in NYC, the NYPD are notorious for treating...Living in NYC, the NYPD are notorious for treating black people (especially in the poor neighborhoods), like shit. Notice, I said "the NYPD"... Because it could be a black cop, hispanic cop or white cop. So I believe it was race related absolutely... it just happened to be a fellow officer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33548399.post-28041571503193289952009-06-01T11:43:10.842-04:002009-06-01T11:43:10.842-04:00I don't know, I mean the whole situation is sad. I...I don't know, I mean the whole situation is sad. I am half Puerto Rican and half Irish so I have always kinda been caught in the middle. I can kinda see both sides of everything in a way, but at the same time I have never been able to understand how race even comes into play when making decisions. I can't really understand how someone would say to themselves "oh look, there's a black man running down the street with a gun, fuck protocol, I'm gonna shoot him <I>because</I> he is black." So I like to think that in situations like this, the rookie cop didn't clearly identify himself, but then again, that's just me. It's hard because I don't want to think that race had a role in the other cop's judgment but at the same time.. It very well might have. <br /><br />It's such a tragedy. Sad sad sad.Aimee F. Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18246657174238832175noreply@blogger.com