| Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
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Outrage and horror and cries of racism. All that led to the Houston Police Department going down the road toward Tazers. Various groups of people were screaming and shouting that HPD was shooting too many black people. So they got Tazers. This was to help protect the members of the force, the general public, and the scumbags who rob, rape, kill, and generally disregard other people's right to their own property, person, and life.
HPD shootings went down dramatically.
Flash to today. Outrage and horror and cries of racism. Now the SAME various groups are screaming and shouting that HPD is Tazering too many black people. Hey! I have a suggestion! Don't rob people! Don't rape people! Don't kill people! That way you won't get Tazered OR shot. Amazing concept.
Oh, and to the various groups of people shouting "racism", instead of making up your own statistics, listen to the statistics HPD puts out (hey, they're the ones that have the data) showing that there is no per capita difference in the races of people who are Tazered but the truth has never been high on the priority of people screaming racism.
I actually heard one idiot on the radio today saying that the only people who should be able to "police" black people are other black people in the community. This person said that all police officers are crooked, racist, prejudiced, and violent. I wonder if that includes all the black officers?
I mean, c'mon. Does anyone REALLY believe that a cop is going to shoot or Tazer a guy running at them with a knife if the guy is black, but offer to share a cup of hot chocolate with them if they're white? Holy crap.Labels: headlines, law |
posted by Carol @ 8:40 PM  |
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