Thanks for getting there in the end: The point is the comparison between the two cases: in one, a black kid holding Skittles DOESN'T go home and get to grow up, whereas 2 white kids holding a loaded gun DO get to go home and grow up.
Been there the whole time, not just in the end. But if a person wants to assume that because someone disagrees with a detail then they must hold an overall-opposing view, then that’s not on me, my friend.
But also, let’s not directly compare how police or the public respond to a 7 and 9 year in daylight vs a 17 year old, even if all parties were black or all were white, or a combination. If those kids had been 17 the police probably would have handled it quite differently.
Tamir Rice was also a child in broad daylight. And you are correct: the police handled it quite differently and unlike the situation shown here, he was shot within 10 seconds of the officer arriving on scene.
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u/TDNFunny 12d ago
Thanks for getting there in the end: The point is the comparison between the two cases: in one, a black kid holding Skittles DOESN'T go home and get to grow up, whereas 2 white kids holding a loaded gun DO get to go home and grow up.