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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Not quite that, TSN. First of all, look at the LA PD as an example that racial discrimination by police departments is still occuring. Cincinnati has had a long history of a racist police department, and Thomas was the fifth black man killed by the police in four months or so. I mean -- c'mon. A black guy gets sodomized by a plunger in New York, another gets the crap beaten out of him by four LA cops, it's hard not to believe they're not racist. It's also important to understand that African-Americans are very conscious of their history in this country. For a vast majority of them, slavery and segregation are still very close. I've got friends who get angry when we're walking to the mall because white people in their cars suddenly lean over and lock their doors. Pretend that racism no longer exists all you want -- you're deluding yourself. Remember that Texaco scandal last year? Ted Danson's "black-face" routine? African-Americans are a bit more sensative to this subject than a white male (which is what most of us* are) can probably imagine. <small>*Us being the Flare posters</small> Thomas was wanted on ONE warrant for not appearing for court on a variety of fairly minor midemeanors -- including one for not wearing his seat belt. And now he's dead. Cincinatti didn't work hard enough to stop or find the cause of the racial tension in their city, and now they're paying the price for it. Hope they get their act together when all is said and done. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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