6 Good Reasons a Black Person Might Resist Arrest

[Paul98]

You can question the police all you like however, they are not obligated to answer your questions. In fact most police departments and companies for that matter have strict policies on who is allowed to talk to the press.

I'm sure they were given ample advanced notice to disperse prior to the firing of tear gas.

Maybe you should see what they actually said the police did before you make your assumptions.

 

[werepossum]

Protip 1: Resisting arrest only make matters worst as even if you haven't committed a crime prior to being placed under arrest, resisting is a crime punishable by law.

Protip 2: If you are being arrested do not do anything that can endanger or instill fear in the arresting officer/s as they can escalate their force to secure you up to and including deadly force.

The choice is up to you.

This, exactly. If you resist arrest, you look guilty.

One thing here though - resisting arrest should not be allowed to stand on its on. If the underlying charges are bogus or otherwise fail to stand, one should not be liable for resisting arrest in the absence of arrestable grounds. That said, resisting arrest is still stupid.

 

[her209]

OMG - DOZENS of people marched. Wow, this is just such an awesome ongoing tribute to her for the prevention of gang violence and the halt to glorifying gang culture.

So some random guy kills off his family in a direct murder and? If a white cop kills a white criminal nobody is out there protesting "NO JUSTICE NO PEACE". No, the fucker got what came to him. Criminal life is a short one, you either die or get tossed in prison, period.

Its telling that you choose to label this as just some random guy because the people involved don't fit your narrative. And another telling sign is that this wasn't his family (as you claim) but rather the family of his ex-girlfriend and a family friend of the ex's family.

It's like the guy that was assaulted in Minneapolis after the Trayvon thing - nobody gave a shit because he was white. Where was Sharpton or Jackson? They didn't visit the guy. Who cares about black on white crime - but hell, if it's "white hispanic" or "white", then we need to riot and cry "no justice, no peace". If it's black on black, then nobody cares at all, it's just "meh, whatever".

No, but every time something like this happens the family loves to get Sharpton involved.

Again, is Sharpton or Jackson the representatives of all blacks now? And once again, you're just ASSuming that nobody cares.

 

[TheSiege]

Are blacks profiled, yes. Are blacks treated worse, probably. Are blacks more violent and have a higher chance of committing a crime, yes. Does that justify the profiling/treatment...I guess thats debatable. But I have said this before, unarmed != innocent.

 

[Paratus]

Its telling that you choose to label this as just some random guy because the people involved don't fit your narrative. And another telling sign is that this wasn't his family (as you claim) but rather the family of his ex-girlfriend and a family friend of the ex's family.



Again, is Sharpton or Jackson the representatives of all blacks now? And once again, you're just ASSuming that nobody cares.

He's just trying to draw attention away from the national problem of white gang violence and white on white crime:

When media discussions talk about gang-related homicides, they invariably treat it as an almost exclusively African-American problem, yet according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics for the period from 1980 to 2008, a majority (53.3 percent) of gang-homicides were committed by white offenders, and a majority of gang-homicide victims (56.5 percent) were white. When was the last time you heard a discussion about the white on white gang violence problem?

In the United States, a white person is almost six times more likely to be killed by another white person than he or she is to be killed by a black person. Yet, while the media obsesses about black on black violence we rarely if ever hear any mention of the problem of white on white violence. In fact, in 2011 (the most recent year available) according to FBI homicide data there were more instances of white homicides committed against white victims than there were black on black murders.

 

[Sattern]

I don't have to resist arrest because I fly under the radar, if I get pulled over I would probably talk my way out of it.

 

[LegendKiller]

He's just trying to draw attention away from the national problem of white gang violence and white on white crime:

How many more white people are there than blacks?

Duh.

You guys fucking suck at statistics.

 

[Paratus]

How many more white people are there than blacks?

Duh.

You guys fucking suck at statistics.

So statistics show that white gang violence reflects individual criminal choices while black gang violence reflects on black culture as a whole. Which is not racist, just stating facts.

And to say otherwise is being "PC". Anything else in your argument that I may have misunderstood?

 

[LegendKiller]

So statistics show that white gang violence reflects individual criminal choices while black gang violence reflects on black culture as a whole. Which is not racist, just stating facts.

And to say otherwise is being "PC". Anything else in your argument that I may have misunderstood?

Do you not understand the fact that whites outnumber blacks by several multiples and how that skews the numbers?

 

[Paratus]

Do you not understand the fact that whites outnumber blacks by several multiples and how that skews the numbers?

Yes I do.

Do you understand that you are implying that the actions of criminals that number in the thousands reflect the culture of a group that numbers in the millions when black but does not when white.

If that's your argument, just come out and state it.

 

[Perknose]

Why, why, why would black folk in Ferguson possibly be angry over a single, isolated incident and ever think there might be some racial component to it? :sneaky:

An officer stepped in after young white men attacked a young black man at Fairground Park in St. Louis in 1949.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Obviously not complying with the office's request is resisting. The reporter was more interested in recording than doing what he needed to do to prevent being arrested.

Just because a cop asks you to stop filming does not mean that you have to stop filming!!
The supreme Court has been very clear on that subject!!

 

[JEDIYoda]

The police were evacuating the restaurant and that's all they needed to know. The reporters were not the only ones asked to leave however, they were the only ones not complying with the order to evacuate in a timely manner.

No the police were acting like the very thugs they are!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Why, why, why would black folk in Ferguson possibly be angry over a single, isolated incident and ever think there might be some racial component to it? :sneaky:

An officer stepped in after young white men attacked a young black man at Fairground Park in St. Louis in 1949.

Congratulations to the community for getting even.

 

[loganone]

He's just trying to draw attention away from the national problem of white gang violence and white on white crime:

It seems the hole in this boat is the fact that the FBI statistics lumps in Hispanics, who have much higher murder rates than Caucasians, as white. Also the hilariously slanted website your quote seems to have originated from cherry picked data from a table that accounted for less than half the murders committed in the US. Their conclusions were pulled out of thin air.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/uc...w-enforcement/expanded/expanded-homicide-data

This was the data they referenced:

Single victim/single offender situations accounted for 48.4 percent of all murders for which the UCR Program received supplemental data. (See Expanded Homicide Data Table 4.)

On the other hand:

Of the offenders for whom race was known, 52.4 percent were black, 45.2 percent were white, and 2.4 percent were of other races.The race was unknown for 4,077 offenders. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 3.)

How can there be more white on white murders when blacks comprise both the majority of murder victims and offenders?

 

[Perknose]

Congratulations to the community for getting even.

Getting even? For years upon years, DECADES of very personal, often violent degradation? What a blind, bullshit answer!

Getting even? Last I looked, the killing total was white cops 1 blacks 0. And THAT'S just the most recent score, which was my effing point.

... A point, I might add, that you seem willfully blind to. :'(

 

[nehalem256]

1) The idea that "if you didn't do anything wrong, you don't have anything to fear" does not hold true for black people. Most people who end up being exonerated for crimes they served time for, but didn't commit, are people of color.

And resisting arrest(which is a crime) is going to help you how exactly?

2) Blacks routinely serve higher sentences than whites—for the same crimes.

And resisting arrest is going to help them get shorter sentences?

3) Once in custody, black men are rough-handled by police more often than whites.

And resisting arrest is going to reduce this how?

4) Racial profiling and bias in police departments across the country is well-documented.

And resisting arrest is going to reduce this how?

6) Scientific studies shed light on how racial bias can influence witness testimony, like this finding that race can make people "see" guns, or a reach for a gun, where no weapon was present.

And resisting arrest is going to make a person look more sympathetic in court?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Getting even? For years upon years, DECADES of very personal, often violent degradation? What a blind, bullshit answer!

Getting even? Last I looked, the killing total was white cops 1 blacks 0. And THAT'S just the most recent score, which was my effing point.

... A point, I might add, that you seem willfully blind to. :'(

So how many more wrongs will it take to make things right? I'm not blind, I see exactly what's going on and there's nothing right about any of it, but hey if you want to keep score, be my guest.

The whole world blind is your answer. So be it.

 

[ivwshane]

So how many more wrongs will it take to make things right? I'm not blind, I see exactly what's going on and there's nothing right about any of it, but hey if you want to keep score, be my guest.

The whole world blind is your answer. So be it.

How many more wrongs does it take till more people do more than "see exactly what's going on"?

No you aren't blind, you are just awfully quite.

Racism isn't dead and it's not going to die just because black people start being nice. How fucking dumb do you have to be to buy that load of shit?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

How many more wrongs does it take till more people do more than "see exactly what's going on"?

Racism isn't dead and it's not going to die just because black people start being nice. How fucking dumb do you have to be to buy that load of shit?

Well I'd say that is pretty dumb. Shall we bring back those lynchings and maybe hang some white people? I take it you volunteer. I understand anger, but I don't care who the fuck you are or where you came from. Once you harm another you are shit.

 

[nehalem256]

Congratulations to the community for getting even.

Im not sure how looting your own community is "getting even".

It think its called cutting off your nose to spite your face

 

[Carson Dyle]

? How about a thread titled:

6 Good Reasons a Black Person Might Rob a Liquor Store

I'm sure someone can think up at least six reasons.

 

[ivwshane]

Well I'd say that is pretty dumb. Shall we bring back those lynchings and maybe hang some white people? I take it you volunteer. I understand anger, but I don't care who the fuck you are or where you came from. Once you harm another you are shit.

Yeah, it's not surprising that you don't understand context and the 100+ years of struggle, or maybe you do understand but you choose to ignore it. You are all about that false equivalency.

 

[shortylickens]

Bad reason # 1: The cops always stomp on blacks resisting arrest.

Better to have a recording device and sue the city later on.

 

[waggy]

idiotic list. there is never a good time to resist arrest.

I'm not a scared of a black man. but then i'm white. i statisitclly safer then another black male around a black guy.

the black community should be more uspet with itself. take a look at a the paper every morning in Chicago. how many black men are killing other black men?

its a huge story when NO black man dies from another.