• Kelly Aster 🏳️‍⚧️
    link
    English
    346 months ago

    Why does it matter that the guy was black?

    You know exactly why it matters. Go troll somewhere else.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      -156 months ago

      I’m not trolling, I read the article and a few things stood out.

      This guy has two kids, I have 3 at similar ages, he has a family that loved him. The article states he had some mental health issues, but doesn’t go into how severe (I assume low level, otherwise it would have stated it). It says that he was unarmed, you know what American gun culture fucks up to many things for you, this shouldn’t even be a point of note.

      The least interesting thing about a murder victim should be their race. Would it make any difference if he was Chinese, Indian or Samoan? A man was killed, his kids will miss him, is family will morn him.

      As for

      You know exactly why it matters.

      I have an idea why you think it matters, I know why I think it doesn’t. If this was a race based killing, that can be taken into account at sentencing.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        56 months ago

        I have an idea why you think it matters, I know why I think it doesn’t. If this was a race based killing, that can be taken into account at sentencing.

        There’s a pattern of disproportionate use of force against black folks by police in the US. I’m not going to argue with you about that fact. You either know it’s true, or will not be swayed by any evidence I present anyhow. And when police kill someone who may be yet another example of this, it matters and is worth including.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          -96 months ago

          I know I shouldn’t engage.

          But how exactly is it racist, to be concerned with the fact that a murder occurred. I don’t find murder a political issue.

          Why do you think murder is political?

          • prole
            link
            fedilink
            English
            5
            edit-2
            6 months ago

            You’re so bad at this. Just say it with your full chest, my dude. We all know it already, and I’m sure the people in your real life know it.

            Racists are always the biggest fucking pussies about honestly expressing their own world view and ideology.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            46 months ago

            Why do you think murder is political?

            Why do you think racial injustice is about politics not basic human rights and decency?

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        16 months ago

        If this was a race based killing, that can be taken into account at sentencing.

        Oh so you think that racism should be an aggravating factor in sentencing? That sounds like it would be inconsistent with your other statements here. I would expect something like “why is there a lesser punishment for killing a white person you hate than killing a black person you hate?”