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Old 06-11-2020, 07:24 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Apia resurrected View Post
We have our racists here for sure, we don’t live in paradise, but what I see from the US is an other dimension of injustice and violence.
We had 159 POCs die in police custody since 1990, most of them never properly investigated or anybody punished for it. One specifically horrendous case the police pretended Oury Jalloh set himself on fire while bound hands and feet To a bed and police was acquitted of any wrong doing.

I understand the impulse but reacting with 'oh we are doing ok compared to a country that is fully out of control' is most definitely not the best take here because that makes it look like we should not be worried when there is plenty wrong here too.
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