[Vision2020] Cleveland - latest media circus of 'white cop shoots black kid'

[Sunil]

'It's appropriate to look at it as a 'cop shoots 12 year 
kid armed with a toy gun'.  The whole 'white cop shoots black kid' is a 
distraction if there is no hint that this was a racially motivated 
killing.'

I agree here.

'But then again, the only reason this is in the news is because of the racial aspect isn't it?'

Perhaps, but the tragedy deserves attention independent of whether race played a part in it.

'The point could be statistically proven.' 

Well, have at it. I await with great interest the statistical proof. You'll have to get it from a parallel universe.

Sunil
From: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Cleveland - latest media circus of 'white cop shoots black kid'
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:28:21 -0700




It's appropriate to look at it as a 'cop shoots 12 year kid armed with a toy gun'.  The whole 'white cop shoots black kid' is a distraction if there is no hint that this was a racially motivated killing.  But then again, the only reason this is in the news is because of the racial aspect isn't it?  Just like Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman which wasn't a racially motivated killing and just like Michael Brown / Darren Wilson which wasn't either.

The point could be statistically proven.

From: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 12:44:43 -0800
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Cleveland - latest media circus of 'white cop shoots black kid'







I don't think it's a 'Media Circus.' I think it's appropriate to look at this, and I don't disparage the press by calling this a circus.

I also disagree with your fear-mongering:

'Aside from that, prosecuting cops gives criminals more power and the number of dead cops will rise.'

First, I would replace the word 'criminals' with 'the people.' Second, I don't think you can prove that point, and I don't think it's true. 

Sunil

From: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:35:00 -0700
Subject: [Vision2020] Cleveland - latest media circus of 'white cop shoots	black kid'




'Cleveland Cop in Toy Gun Killing Resigned From Previous Job After 'Dismal' Handgun Performance'

http://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-cop-toy-gun-killing-resigned-previous-job/story?id=27352626

There might actually be an indictment and a conviction in this case.  The scripts need to be reversed here by the prosecutor and defense teams.  In this Cleveland case, the prosecutor needs to push for the whole story (past history showing bad cop) and the defense needs to press the jury to focus on 'It was a split second reaction.  Anyone could have made the same mistake'.  In the Ferguson case, the lynch pin of getting a conviction would have been for the prosecutor to focus on the sliver in time of 'clearly he had his hands up' and trying like mad to suppress evidence and witness testimony of the preceding robbery & assault.


 		 	   		  

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