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Police Kill Unarmed Teen In Ferguson, Missouri
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Look at this scumbag *****
I keep telling yaw he ain't getting charged
This was one of the realeast most realeast thing I heard in awhile but its point on to what is going on with our society..... I mean, what he said made me fold and shocked me and I just paused.. Man I just hope all whites dont think they way susan do or whoever posted that thug thing
See the thing is certain people keep us separated, media gov, certain people of races. Nobody is better then anybody and once we relieze this we will become better as human beings.
I mean somebody can say yea were thugs and kill each other but atleast we dont rape babies and children.. I mean come on, we all have faults. I just wish for us to come to an understanding and stop this stupid stuff. But some people are just ignorant and dont speak as a whole
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There is only one ethnicity which all others have been literally dying to prove their humanity to...
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The realest thing you ever wrote. Repped.
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Crazy how stupid people think they can just post their stupid thoughts and nothing is going to happen.
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I'm glad they are so stupid, one less ******* cop on the force. Just like all the idiots who go on social media advertsing their latest exploits. From criminals, to unfit parents and more. Let them keep it up.
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What can people do though? The Ferguson protests had A LOT behind it. Social media. People out there in the trenches. People letting their voice be heard for the mayor, senators, etc. to hear. If that doesn't work, what will? Kinda pains me to even imagine what's gonna happen next. Darren Wilson is gonna be deemed innocent. Police is going to be told to end the protests, they're going to WIPE them out, and the media is going to paint those people as savages that were rioting in response to the verdict. The same people outraged now are going to be outraged. The same people that think Brown was a thug that deserved it are going to agree with what the cops did. Those happen to be a majority in America AND the people in positions of power. Nothing changes.
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Told to take his hands out his pockets. takes his hands out his pockets gets shot to death.
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was this supposed to be the black dude that killed a white dude?
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Don't get discouraged my dude. Keep the faith going. Remember what Dr. King did for us barely over half a century ago. We
Peep the work Shaun King is orchestrating right now.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/...Cards-level-corruption-in-Ferguson-and-beyond
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I'm not sure but I know this guy had his headphones in his ears and couldn't hear anything and got shot.
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Hmm wonder what the go to deflection will be now that video is out and that cop clearly isn't Black.
"Black cop shot a white kid in SLC and nobody cares. Reverse racism!!!"
"Black cop shot a white kid in SLC and nobody cares. Reverse racism!!!"
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Who cares of the cop isn't black and the kid is white. This stuff goes why beyond a racism thingHmm wonder what the go to deflection will be now that video is out and that cop clearly isn't Black.
"Black cop shot a white kid in SLC and nobody cares. Reverse racism!!!"
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Who cares of the cop isn't black and the kid is white. This stuff goes why beyond a racism thingHmm wonder what the go to deflection will be now that video is out and that cop clearly isn't Black.
"Black cop shot a white kid in SLC and nobody cares. Reverse racism!!!"
Black people have to focus on fixing the way cops treat us before we start fighting other peoples battles.
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I agree with this but lets not act like racism isn't a major factor when it comes to law enforcement.Who cares of the cop isn't black and the kid is white. This stuff goes why beyond a racism thingHmm wonder what the go to deflection will be now that video is out and that cop clearly isn't Black.
"Black cop shot a white kid in SLC and nobody cares. Reverse racism!!!"
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I agree there is of course racism. But I believe its more into inner city stereotypes.
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Who cares of the cop isn't black and the kid is white. This stuff goes why beyond a racism thingHmm wonder what the go to deflection will be now that video is out and that cop clearly isn't Black.
"Black cop shot a white kid in SLC and nobody cares. Reverse racism!!!"
Black people have to focus on fixing the way cops treat us before we start fighting other peoples battles.
Kinda agree, kinda don't.
Reminds me of Malcolm's words about "sincere white people".
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Who cares of the cop isn't black and the kid is white. This stuff goes why beyond a racism thingHmm wonder what the go to deflection will be now that video is out and that cop clearly isn't Black.
"Black cop shot a white kid in SLC and nobody cares. Reverse racism!!!"
Black people have to focus on fixing the way cops treat us before we start fighting other peoples battles.
Kinda agree, kinda don't.
Reminds me of Malcolm's words about "sincere white people".
I know it sounds pretty cold but in the past Black people have helped other minorities/people problems (Civil Rights Movement/Womens rights) and when its time to return the favor other minorities don't step up.
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Kinda pains me to even imagine what's gonna happen next. Darren Wilson is gonna be deemed innocent. Police is going to be told to end the protests, they're going to WIPE them out, and the media is going to paint those people as savages that were rioting in response to the verdict. The same people outraged now are going to be outraged. The same people that think Brown was a thug that deserved it are going to agree with what the cops did. Those happen to be a majority in America AND the people in positions of power. Nothing changes.
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Asked to identify the age of a young boy that committed a felony, participants in a study routinely overestimated the age of black children far more than they did white kids. Worse: Cops did it, too.
The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, aimed at figuring out the extent to which black children were likely to be treated differently than their white peers solely based on race. More specifically, the authors wanted to figure out the extent to which black kids were dehumanized. "Children in most societies are considered to be in a distinct group with characteristics such as innocence and the need for protection," author Phillip Atiba Goff of UCLA told the American Psychological Association. "Our research found that black boys can be seen as responsible for their actions at an age when white boys still benefit from the assumption that children are essentially innocent."
The researchers ran four different experiments aimed at gauging how people perceived criminal acts (both misdemeanors and felonies) depending on if the boy that committed it was black or white. Participants took a series of tests gauging racial attitudes and subtle associations. One test "primed" participants by flashing the names of either great cats, like lions, or apes. Two groups of people were interviewed, college-aged students and police officers. The group of police officers were evaluated on another metric: their on-the-job record of use of force against criminal suspects.
We'll start with that last bit of data. The graph at right shows the number of use of force incidents by officers in the study (though a small majority of officers had never used force). "[T]he implicit dehumanization of Blacks," the study's authors write, "was a significant predictor of racial disparities in the use of force against children" — though they're clear to note that it is "plausible that negative interactions with Black children disproportionately produce implicit anti-Black dehumanization."
The correlation between dehumanization and use of force becomes more significant when you consider that black boys are routinely estimated to be older than they are. The two graphs show the age estimates for the college students, left, and police participants in the study.
The general population respondents overestimated the boys' ages in felony situations by 4.53 years, meaning that "boys would be misperceived as legal adults at roughly the age of 13 and a half." The police had a slightly wider spread: 4.59 years. The college students were also less likely to judge black boys innocent in the presented scenarios once they were 10 years of age of older. At every age level after 10, black boys were considered less innocent than either white or unspecified children.
Priming the officers with different associations produced different results in their age guesses. The researchers used the apes / great cats priming before running one set of experiments. When police officers were primed with either cats or apes, the graph at right resulted. When the officers were primed with names of apes, the officers were even more likely to overestimate the age of the black boys involved in the situation. But when the situation involved a white boy, the ape priming lowered the age estimate in the case of felonies.
The less the black kids were seen as human, the less they were granted "the assumption that children are essentially innocent." And those officers who were more likely to dehumanize black suspects overlapped with those who used more force against them.
In 2012, data from the Department of Education revealed that black students were far more likely than white students to face harsh discipline following infractions at school than student of other races. That sort of uneven system of discipline prompted the Obama administration to call for zero-tolerance policies to be dropped. If this study is any guide — and it's only one study, of course — the tendency to give white kids the presumption of innocence and youth that isn't afforded to black students might be one of the reasons for that discrepancy.
The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, aimed at figuring out the extent to which black children were likely to be treated differently than their white peers solely based on race. More specifically, the authors wanted to figure out the extent to which black kids were dehumanized. "Children in most societies are considered to be in a distinct group with characteristics such as innocence and the need for protection," author Phillip Atiba Goff of UCLA told the American Psychological Association. "Our research found that black boys can be seen as responsible for their actions at an age when white boys still benefit from the assumption that children are essentially innocent."
The researchers ran four different experiments aimed at gauging how people perceived criminal acts (both misdemeanors and felonies) depending on if the boy that committed it was black or white. Participants took a series of tests gauging racial attitudes and subtle associations. One test "primed" participants by flashing the names of either great cats, like lions, or apes. Two groups of people were interviewed, college-aged students and police officers. The group of police officers were evaluated on another metric: their on-the-job record of use of force against criminal suspects.
We'll start with that last bit of data. The graph at right shows the number of use of force incidents by officers in the study (though a small majority of officers had never used force). "[T]he implicit dehumanization of Blacks," the study's authors write, "was a significant predictor of racial disparities in the use of force against children" — though they're clear to note that it is "plausible that negative interactions with Black children disproportionately produce implicit anti-Black dehumanization."
The correlation between dehumanization and use of force becomes more significant when you consider that black boys are routinely estimated to be older than they are. The two graphs show the age estimates for the college students, left, and police participants in the study.
The general population respondents overestimated the boys' ages in felony situations by 4.53 years, meaning that "boys would be misperceived as legal adults at roughly the age of 13 and a half." The police had a slightly wider spread: 4.59 years. The college students were also less likely to judge black boys innocent in the presented scenarios once they were 10 years of age of older. At every age level after 10, black boys were considered less innocent than either white or unspecified children.
Priming the officers with different associations produced different results in their age guesses. The researchers used the apes / great cats priming before running one set of experiments. When police officers were primed with either cats or apes, the graph at right resulted. When the officers were primed with names of apes, the officers were even more likely to overestimate the age of the black boys involved in the situation. But when the situation involved a white boy, the ape priming lowered the age estimate in the case of felonies.
The less the black kids were seen as human, the less they were granted "the assumption that children are essentially innocent." And those officers who were more likely to dehumanize black suspects overlapped with those who used more force against them.
In 2012, data from the Department of Education revealed that black students were far more likely than white students to face harsh discipline following infractions at school than student of other races. That sort of uneven system of discipline prompted the Obama administration to call for zero-tolerance policies to be dropped. If this study is any guide — and it's only one study, of course — the tendency to give white kids the presumption of innocence and youth that isn't afforded to black students might be one of the reasons for that discrepancy.
For centuries, society has grappled with both implicit and explicit examples of racism that have played out in many different areas, including legislation and the criminal justice system. But now scientists may be able to provide more insight as to why this may be the case.
A recent study examining racial disparities reveals that people are more empathetic towards whites than towards blacks, particularly when related to medical treatment or pain. The discovery, known as the racial empathy gap, shows that people, including medical personnel, assume black people feel less pain than white people and helps explain disparities in areas from health care to criminal justice.
The findings come just several months after a study published in a March issue of the American Journal of Public Health reported researchers found that two-thirds of doctors harbored "unconscious" racial biases toward patients.
The racial empathy gap serves as an explanation for these "unconscious" racial biases, as assumptions about what it means to be black-- as it pertains to privilege and adversity-- could, in fact, be the reason behind the findings.
HuffPost Live host, Marc Lamont Hill, hosted a conversation about the study, discussing the possible reasons behind why people think black people feel less pain and how it affects society as a whole.
A recent study examining racial disparities reveals that people are more empathetic towards whites than towards blacks, particularly when related to medical treatment or pain. The discovery, known as the racial empathy gap, shows that people, including medical personnel, assume black people feel less pain than white people and helps explain disparities in areas from health care to criminal justice.
The findings come just several months after a study published in a March issue of the American Journal of Public Health reported researchers found that two-thirds of doctors harbored "unconscious" racial biases toward patients.
The racial empathy gap serves as an explanation for these "unconscious" racial biases, as assumptions about what it means to be black-- as it pertains to privilege and adversity-- could, in fact, be the reason behind the findings.
HuffPost Live host, Marc Lamont Hill, hosted a conversation about the study, discussing the possible reasons behind why people think black people feel less pain and how it affects society as a whole.
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seeing a 13 year old as an 18 year old??View media item 1205455
Asked to identify the age of a young boy that committed a felony, participants in a study routinely overestimated the age of black children far more than they did white kids. Worse: Cops did it, too.
The study, published
in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,aimed at figuring out the extent to which black children were likely to be treated differently than their white peers solely based on race. More specifically, the authors wanted to figure out the extent to which black kids were dehumanized. "Children in most societies are considered to be in a distinct group with characteristics such as innocence and the need for protection," author Phillip Atiba Goff of UCLA told
the American Psychological Association. "Our research found that black boys can be seen as responsible for their actions at an age when white boys still benefit from the assumption that children are essentially innocent."
The researchers ran four different experiments aimed at gauging how people perceived criminal acts (both misdemeanors and felonies) depending on if the boy that committed it was black or white. Participants took a series of tests gauging racial attitudes and subtle associations. One test "primed" participants by flashing the names of either great cats, like lions, or apes. Two groups of people were interviewed, college-aged students and police officers. The group of police officers were evaluated on another metric: their on-the-job record of use of force against criminal suspects.
We'll start with that last bit of data. The graph at right shows the number of use of force incidents by officers in the study (though a small majority of officers had never used force). "[T]he implicit dehumanization of Blacks," the study's authors write, "was a significant predictor of racial disparities in the use of force against children" — though they're clear to note that it is "plausible that negative interactions with Black children disproportionately produce implicit anti-Black dehumanization."
The correlation between dehumanization and use of force becomes more significant when you consider that black boys are routinely estimated to be older than they are. The two graphs show the age estimates for the college students, left, and police participants in the study.
The general population respondents overestimated the boys' ages in felony situations by 4.53 years, meaning that "boys would be misperceived as legal adults at roughly the age of 13 and a half." The police had a slightly wider spread: 4.59 years. The college students were also less likely to judge black boys innocent in the presented scenarios once they were 10 years of age of older. At every age level after 10, black boys were considered less innocent than either white or unspecified children.
Priming the officers with different associations produced different results in their age guesses. The researchers used the apes / great cats priming before running one set of experiments. When police officers were primed with either cats or apes, the graph at right resulted. When the officers were primed with names of apes, the officers were even more likely to overestimate the age of the black boys involved in the situation. But when the situation involved a white boy, the ape priming lowered the age estimate in the case of felonies.
The less the black kids were seen as human, the less they were granted "the assumption that children are essentially innocent." And those officers who were more likely to dehumanize black suspects overlapped with those who used more force against them.
In 2012, data from the Department of Education revealed
that black students were far more likely than white students to face harsh discipline following infractions at school than student of other races. That sort of uneven system of discipline prompted the Obama administration
to call for zero-tolerance policies to be dropped. If this study is any guide — and it's only one study, of course — the tendency to give white kids the presumption of innocence and youth that isn't afforded to black students might be one of the reasons for that discrepancy.
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View media item 1205474
For centuries, society has grappled with both implicit and explicit examples of racism that have played out in many different areas, including legislation and the criminal justice system. But now scientists may be able to provide more insight as to why this may be the case.
A recent study examining racial disparities
reveals that people are more empathetic towards whites than towards blacks, particularly when related to medical treatment or pain. The discovery, known as the racial empathy gap, shows that people, including medical personnel, assume black people feel less pain than white people and helps explain disparities in areas from health care to criminal justice.
The findings come just several months after a study published in a March issue of the American Journal of Public Health
reported researchers found that two-thirds of doctors harbored "unconscious" racial biases toward patients.
The racial empathy gap serves as an explanation for these "unconscious" racial biases, as assumptions about what it means to be black-- as it pertains to privilege and adversity-- could, in fact, be the reason behind the findings
.
HuffPost Live host, Marc Lamont Hill, hosted a conversation about the study, discussing the possible reasons behind why people think black people feel less pain and how it affects society as a whole.
Link
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What can people do though? The Ferguson protests had A LOT behind it. Social media. People out there in the trenches. People letting their voice be heard for the mayor, senators, etc. to hear. If that doesn't work, what will? Kinda pains me to even imagine what's gonna happen next. Darren Wilson is gonna be deemed innocent. Police is going to be told to end the protests, they're going to WIPE them out, and the media is going to paint those people as savages that were rioting in response to the verdict. The same people outraged now are going to be outraged. The same people that think Brown was a thug that deserved it are going to agree with what the cops did. Those happen to be a majority in America AND the people in positions of power. Nothing changes.
Now short term resolutions that I can think of other than getting better govt officials elected to prevent this from reoccurring
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Yep this was that story all those right wing blogs were pushing after Mike Browns death claiming a black cop killed a white kid.
But we're the race baiters.