Riots in America!

[Q Classic]

i think the asian community will be in such an occurance, split as it always is.

the "assimilated" folk with the whites, the rest with the minorities.

i think i'll move in such an event, back to asia, because even though i'm assimilated/americanized, i have no interest in a racewar.

[Spiffor]

I also think this death was merely the spark that set the powder keg off. It's a stupid spark, I agree on that, but I wonder what the real reasons of the riots are. The death of a fleeing motorist definitely is not the "real reason"

[Hydey]

perhaps the police should just shoot first

[Jac de Molay]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I also think this death was merely the spark that set the powder keg off. It's a stupid spark, I agree on that, but I wonder what the real reasons of the riots are. The death of a fleeing motorist definitely is not the "real reason"

Apparently, there was some longstanding tension between some black motorcycle gangs and the cops.

The place is a bit of a hellhole- like Detroit but without the glitz. But rioting makes a bad situation much worse. You can drive through some neighborhoods in Detroit from the 67 riots that still haven't been rebuilt.

Yes I know black people are afraid of cops. So it serves me right.

Not afraid, but very distrustful. And who can blame them? In both Detroit and Benton Harbor, there is literally a physical street or border that separates affluent white neighborhoods from black ones - You can walk across a street and go from a DMZ to Bel Air.

Trust me, this isn't accidental, and police tactics play into keeping it that way to this day.

[Sprayber]

If there is a race war it will be between Blacks and Hispanics to see who gets to be the favored minority. Hispanics just passed Blacks as the most numerous minority.

[Vandal-1]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I also think this death was merely the spark that set the powder keg off. It's a stupid spark, I agree on that, but I wonder what the real reasons of the riots are. The death of a fleeing motorist definitely is not the "real reason"

I have to agree that the information is incomplete in this case and the riot was not possibly generated from one felony pursuit. "Many of the city's residents believe they are unfairly targeted by police from the more prosperous white communities that surround them, said Charlie Ammeson, a local attorney" We open up the can of worms that contain racial profiling practices employed in a ghetto enviroment and go fishing for trouble eh, other examples of this existed in the Five Points region of New York during the early 20th through WW2 with the Irish,Italian ,Jewish and Chinese peoples.people typically unassimilated. It is a symptom of human territorial rights in a restrictive state.

[Az]

Apparently, there was some longstanding tension between some black motorcycle gangs and the cops.

Who were also black.

[Jac de Molay]

Originally posted by Azazel

Apparently, there was some longstanding tension between some black motorcycle gangs and the cops.

Who were also black.

Not in this particular instance.

http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/03...tro-198301.htm

The motorcyclist who died, Terrance Shurn, 28, of Benton Harbor, was black. The police officers from neighboring Benton Township who pursued him into Benton Harbor, where he lost control of his bike and crashed, are white.

[Az]

Not in this case, but it was said here that this was just the spark to set off the powder keg, and that there were many cases of confrontation between police and black bikers. The majority of the policemen in the town are black, and so is the Chief of the Police Department.

[Inverse Icarus]

shoot the rioters.

blacks commit crimes. so do whites. it's not our fault the majority of the crimes are committed by minorities.

now the rioters are messing up infastructure, economy, etc.

well, at least most of them probably don't have jobs.

[Vandal-1]

Why are police forces superceding jurisdictions are the locals failing to enforce the law themselves or are they exporting crime to nieghboring villages.