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Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance... by leereeves on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:33PM (#23356361)
When cops who choke a white person to death aren't charged, there's far less outrage. For example, David Glen Ward was killed by a police choke hold six months ago. The deputy responsible was fired, but no charges have been filed.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11818476/deputies-blunt-force-neck...

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Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance... by kitotik on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:20PM (#23357207)
Not trying to justify the cops killing that guy, but it’s a pretty different scenario for at least a couple reasons:

1) The guy was armed and leading a high speed chase

2) I don’t think there is a long, long, documented history of cops murdering the unarmed white guys without any real consequence

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Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance... by uxp100 on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:16PM (#23357888)
> I don’t think there is a long, long, documented history of cops murdering the unarmed white guys without any real consequence

There is. Police disproportionately kill black men, but there is ALSO a long history of cops murdering unarmed white men.

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Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance... by vsl on Sunday May 31, 2020 @01:09AM (#23367356)
So how about these?

https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1266715217398030336

There does seem to be bias in media coverage and therefore society outrage or lack thereof.

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