2010-01-24

Haiti Violence & Pittsburgh Racism

Commentary on a CNN article:
Who's talking about Africans? Haitians may've descended from African slaves, but it's been a while now. Were you being racist, or do you just not know where Haiti is?

This street justice seems fine to me. A judge and jury may look more formal and take longer to get the job done, but you get the same result. Think of it this way: In that situation, losing your limited supplies of food and water may mean that you perish. Maybe that guy didn't have a choice because he had nothing, but that's what happens when resources are in contention. That's why people will never stop fighting.

And yet another article on racist cops on a power trip:
If the cops didn't identify themselves verbally and pull out their badges, which I highly doubt they did, then they were 100% in the wrong. I dislike pinning things on race, but how do you chalk this one up? Lucky for the cops that the guy didn't have a CCW. It's a lot harder to be a racist psycho when your victims are packing heat.

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