NYPD Cop kills off duty NYPD Cop...(Racism)

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[QUOTE="Pessu"]Boohoo racism, racism! Something bad happens between a white and a black person and suddenly the white person is a member of the KKK. But somehow black people are allowed to hate and discriminate whites all they want? Ok i'm not an american but thats what it looks like to me.Pythos77

...when did that ever happen? who the hell even suggested that? Maybe you should stop talking because you don't know what you're talking about.

If you think the word cracker carries the same weight as the N-word you're delusional, that's all I have to say

Sounds more like bad luck and poor judgement.Treflis

To everyone that has called Al Sharpton racist is pretty much just wrong. Just because he fuels the issue of racism doesn't mean he is racist. He is however a radical who wants to see racism.

I do agree that there is absolutely no evidence that the cop shot him because he was black. If anything, I think most people would probably have done the same thing.

The off duty cop acted with horrible judgement when he chased someone in the dark with his gun drawn. And unless the gun was pointed at him, the on duty cop should have shot to cripple.

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...when did that ever happen? who the hell even suggested that? Maybe you should stop talking because you don't know what you're talking about.

II_Seraphim_II

I think it was the stupid cop who decided to run through the streets with a loaded gun without the proper equipment on that should be at blame.

first every1 needs to ignore al sharpton. however there is a probem if u bother reading some of the articles about this in the new york times, things like this keep happening in 2006 an officer shot another officer in the back in a subwaystaion. i dont feel its racsim but when u have younger cops and a mentality that sees a blackman as a bigger threat there is a problem. in almost all of these cases the cop who fired broke procedure, the problem is that they seem more likley to break procedure when itis a minority,im sure the cop who fired feels horrible and is not a racsit in any way .

I think it was the stupid cop who decided to run through the streets with a loaded gun without the proper equipment on that should be at blame.

BumFluff122

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I think it was the stupid cop who decided to run through the streets with a loaded gun without the proper equipment on that should be at blame.

ironman1714

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I think it was the stupid cop who decided to run through the streets with a loaded gun without the proper equipment on that should be at blame.

BumFluff122

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I think it was the stupid cop who decided to run through the streets with a loaded gun without the proper equipment on that should be at blame.

BumFluff122

That is stupid. :\

You honestly think that guy would have put his career on the line simply because the guy was black? People these days....

Information should have been put out that their was an officer out of uniform possibly carrying a handgun over the radio. This is no ones fault but the NYPD's.

ImaPirate0202

Do you knoww hat off-duty means? He wasn't working NYPD doesn't have officers chipped and know where they are every second... He was not working so he was dressed as a civilian.

Also to those saying he should've screamed he was a cop. He could've been undercover and didn't want to blow his spot meaning he may not have been working, but if he was in the wrong area to be saying he's a cop to someone trying to jack his car that would've put a lot at risk.

what if the black cop shot the white cop?EmotronicWiiner

Yo, yo, that be justice dawg!

~Al Sharpton

I see a number of people here that don't know what is meant when someone like Sharpton mentions racism in connection with incidents like this.

He is NOT saying that the cop shot the guy "putting his career on the line" because he wanted to murder a black man. He is saying that race (even if unknowingly) played a part in his decision making at the time. Sharpton believes (as do I) that if this were a case of a white man with a gun chasing a black man, he would have likely not reacted the same. Ask more questions. Try to be sure of what was going down. The issue highlights the fact that better training in procedures as well as cultural sensitivity are needed, and in no way does Sharpton pointing this fact out make him "racist himself". Thats crazy.

I also feel the need to point out something I saw on TV a few weeks ago. It was a court show (People's Court, I believe) where a white store owner shouted out racists remarks at a customer who annoyed him. The show polled people watching on if they thought the guy was racist, andEVERYONE said "I don't think he was racist. He just got angry and it "slipped" out".

People think Sharpton plays the race card. It seems to me that white america is in denial about what constitutes racist behavior. Everyone wants to say "I am sick of the race card". Well, what are you doing to eliminate it's need? Just saying "nothing is racially inspired anymore" doesn't cut it.