Ong. What you keep denying is that poor black people also have to go through all of that you've personally gone through.
Plus, also, in addition to that, they have to go through all the things I've mentioned.

It's not an either/or. It's a both/and.

Can I ask a question? When was the last time a non-criminal unarmed black man got shot in USA, despite complying with police?
I am a big fan of questions, bro.

IDK. I think the question is disingenuous, here's why.

Everything is a crime in the US. When I walk across the street and there's no posted crosswalk, I'm breaking the law.
Driving 5 mph above the posted speed limit is the norm. Everyone's a criminal.

The US incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country for which we have data (NK, e.g., doesn't release data).
We're so over-criminalized in every respect that literally everyone's a criminal. It's a matter of who's getting arrested for their crimes, and how the police and greater media portray those crimes.

I'm a criminal. I've been arrested twice. Once for driving with expired license plates, and once for possession of marijuana.

Neither of those times did it even cross my mind that my skin color may affect how I'm treated by the police.
THAT should be the norm. It shouldn't be a privilege, it should be the norm.

Your words to the effect that it's NOT a privilege are just missing the reality on the ground. I 100% agree with you that it should not be a privilege, but the reality is that it is. It absolutely should not be. But it is. That's what needs to be addressed, and corrected.

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Can I ask you a question?
Does every crime deserve a death sentence? No judge, no trial, no jury, just death on the spot?
Are you actually saying that this is your vision of justice?


I were the kind of criminal who had a gun, then I'd have to worry about getting shot. My skin colour isn't going to save me if I'm robbing post offices.
Did you know that the statistics show that the least gun-carrying race in the US is black people?
I.e. the odds of a black person carrying a gun are lower than the odds of any other race carrying a gun?