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<blockquote data-quote="Packmule" data-source="post: 1502238" data-attributes="member: 33558">He was implying that it was only necessary for a person of color to be that cautious because all cops are racist and looking for any opportunity to use deadly force against them specifically. Fact is, very few cops really have racist views. And the last thing they want to do is live with having hurt or killed someone no matter how much they might have deserved it. Out here we don&#039;t have a high black population. Ours is a Native American population. Just recently had a cop respond to a residence where he was called to remove an unwanted individual. The man had been terrorizing a family with a knife. Children were present. He apparently was related to them, but toxology later showed him intoxicated and high. When the officer arrived, the man declared it a good day to die and charged him with the knife. At five feet, the officer finally opened fire killing him. All this was verified by the family present, but no matter. Would be civil rights activists are already screaming racism.Sadly, on rare occasion, it really is about racism, but so many have cried wolf it&#039;s harder to believe when it should be. And none of it makes it any easier for law enforcement to keep things non violent. And having political figures, hiding inside their safe offices, inferring in any way that cops are inherently racism is criminally unacceptable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Packmule, post: 1502238, member: 33558"] He was implying that it was only necessary for a person of color to be that cautious because all cops are racist and looking for any opportunity to use deadly force against them specifically. Fact is, very few cops really have racist views. And the last thing they want to do is live with having hurt or killed someone no matter how much they might have deserved it. Out here we don't have a high black population. Ours is a Native American population. Just recently had a cop respond to a residence where he was called to remove an unwanted individual. The man had been terrorizing a family with a knife. Children were present. He apparently was related to them, but toxology later showed him intoxicated and high. When the officer arrived, the man declared it a good day to die and charged him with the knife. At five feet, the officer finally opened fire killing him. All this was verified by the family present, but no matter. Would be civil rights activists are already screaming racism. Sadly, on rare occasion, it really is about racism, but so many have cried wolf it's harder to believe when it should be. And none of it makes it any easier for law enforcement to keep things non violent. And having political figures, hiding inside their safe offices, inferring in any way that cops are inherently racism is criminally unacceptable. [/QUOTE]

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