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@eldranth: You don't join the KKK to try and fix it. You don't stay at the KKK after you realize what it stands for unless you're okay with it. The NYPD is a white supremacist organization and any participants therein are complicit, whether or not they themselves believe that they are white supremacists. This is semantics. You don't agree, whatever, but THAT is the fact.

Feel free to crack a book on this subject before asserting this kind of delusional bullshit is probable, let alone possible. Or you could just go watch more cop shows, up to you

"everything is not black and white" is a bullshit sentiment that doesn't serve to "encourage an ongoing dialogue" or "bridge the gaps between us" or any other kumbaya nonsense. It shuts down conclusions made by others and maintains the status quo by allowing the speaker to look thoughtful because they haven't reached any of their own.

Everyone saying that the police state is fundamentally founded on and designed to enact brutality on minorities and poor people has reached the only logical, humane conclusion. Feel free to use your own brain to come to your own. Anyone who has come to no conclusion at this point, asserting that things are not black and white, is choosing not to think because it's inconvenient for them.

The first is a thread by a black man thanking Giant Bomb for vocalizing their position. The second is this thread.

I don't have any respect for this person and I'm glad they're leaving.

bye

if mods are gonna keep this thread up, guess i'll take the opportunity to say this is a disgusting post

I want you to know that as your white ally and your brother on this earth, there is no room around me, or in the communities that I occupy, for any belief that stands in opposition to your well-being, directly or indirectly. That includes the belief that the subject of your well-being is inherently 'political' and is therefore unwelcome. I hope that we live to see a world in which such differentiation is no longer acceptable, here or anywhere.

Thank you for sharing your story.

Ryan was not your friend or colleague. How dare you chastise those who knew and loved him by using his memory against them. Fucking despicable.