the cops ethnicities are relevant in part and not relevant in another part. they are irrelevant because when they put on those uniforms they represent the interests of the nypd. in an effort to protect those behind the blue shield the judge did just that; regardless of the fact that they were minorities as well.

Why their race is relevant is because it is not as if a white man was just so fearful of these black men; it was men of color who chose to let off all of these shots. Now we have to think objectively; we do not expect that two black men would react in such a way. But why not; ask a black man which cops he receives the most strife from.

That’s a different blog post but I believe that the stereotype of the black criminal is so far etched into the minds of people in this country including black police officers that we are often viewed as a threat. Merge that with some trigger happy, (only had a few drinks) having cops and we have the massacre we have before our eyes.

So I think to be a member of the ruling class in this country or quite frankly to have white privilege in this country plays a part in this decision. You would be hard pressed to see 2 black cops kill a white man in a barrage of 50 bullets and him not be found guilty in a court of law.

As for the bus boycott, that worked because it was an economic strike against a huge company. The bus company lost millions of dollars because of that strike and that is why they caved in.

From What I’ve read, it took over a year to break them. But it was a plan. A plan is what we need now. Let’s keep this discussion going. As for your comment on my page, I think that with only one of the officers being white, the other two being black and latino, it is more a discussion of what it is not to be part of the ruling class in this country rather than black, don’t you think?