Discussion: As Baton Rouge Reels From Shootings, Mayor Calls Racial Profiling ‘Bullshit’

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Translation: “Be good little Hitler youth, and you won’t get stopped. Unless your black.”

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The “Do what is expected of you” quote bothers me quite a bit…

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I always thought the command was “Do what is expected of you, boy!”

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Can I call bullshit on the mayor’s bullshit?

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The mayor’s message is succinct: Conform or Die.

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The denial of reality—not to mention the Uncle Tomism—is truly breathtaking.

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‘It hasn’t happened to ME so complaints are BS’…and anybody that doesn’t fall in line will be targeted. Yep.

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So Kip finally came out of hiding. Only to protect his next election, it seems. Too little, too late, Mayor.

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How about, stop acting so uppity?

I don’t know how any black person can stand there and say black folks get the same treatment as whites. That is bullshit.

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Does the mayor have Stockholm syndrome?

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i’m no cheerleader for the mayor, but the past couple weeks have been pretty tense in my city if you haven’t noticed. can everyone give us a chance to come up for air?

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From the debauchery of Bourbon Street to the voodoo in the back allys …the deplorable condition of the state’s economy…the denial of the state’s myriad social issues…is there anyone living in reality down on the bayou?

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i’ll get back to you as soon as i finish sacrificing this chicken. it’s a 2-piece spicy with mash potatoes.

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Totally divorced from reality. This is what happens when someone’s mind goes into a mental crouch.

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I think the mayor stepped on his own lines. If the police aren’t stopping and frisking people at random, what are they doing? And if they are disproportionately stopping and frisking black people, that’s pretty much the definition of racial profiling.

So, do the police keep statistics? Are whites stopped at the same rates in proportion to their population? So far, it seems that every time someone actually studies the situation it turns out that blacks: 1) Aren’t disproportionately likely to commit crimes compared to whites in similar economic straights and: 2) Over-policing blacks means under-policing whites and letting those white hoodlums slide.

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I’ll join the chorus!

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“They’re not stopping and frisking people at random.
Just do what is expected of you and you won’t be stopped and frisked,” he added.

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jw1

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that guy looks like a ventriloquists dummy…or just a dummy.