In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law

Re:In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law by innguest on Monday December 15, 2014 @09:42AM (#8752162)

Putting billboards up and working to pass a new law is a much more sensible course of action than rioting. I wonder what the difference here is.

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Re:In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law by mikeash on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:07AM (#8752298)

I can think of two obvious differences off the top of my head:

1) The family sued and won almost $2 million, which is what allowed them to pay for the ad campaign.

2) White people still generally have a friendly relationship with police. There is no systematic discrimination, brutality, and killing the way there is with (at least some) minorities.

In short, this difference is precisely what you would expect to see when a member of a powerful group is wronged versus when a member of a powerless group is wronged.

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Re:In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law by happyscrappy on Monday December 15, 2014 @09:48AM (#8752197)

You are being racist.

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Re:In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law by ArtDev on Monday December 15, 2014 @11:11AM (#8752659)

Louis CK - Being White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CmzT4OV-w0

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Re:In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law by innguest on Monday December 15, 2014 @09:54AM (#8752229)

If the shoe fits... I'm simply being curious.

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Re:In Wisconsin, a Decade-Old Police Shooting Leads to New Law by innguest on Monday December 15, 2014 @01:19PM (#8753402)

Why am I being downvoted for a racist person projecting their personality onto my remark?

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