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Chris Rock on Baltimore: ‘Weird’ That Cops Never Shoot White Kids
This week, The Guardian published a wide-ranging interview with Chris Rock that covered everything from Bill Cosby (“The whole thing is just sad”) to Trevor Noah (“They hired the right guy”) to his Top Five producer Scott Rudin, who was caught saying some racially insensitive things about President Barack Obama in the Sony hack (“Scott Rudin’s not racist. Scott Rudin hates EVERYBODY”).
But later in the piece, Rock weighed in for the first time in any major way on the latest protests over police violence in Baltimore. “It’s not that it’s gotten worse, it’s just that it’s part of the 24-hour news cycle,” the comedian said of all the recent stories about police killing young, black men.
“What’s weird is that it never happens to white kids,” he continued. “There’s no evidence that white youngsters are any less belligerent, you know? We can go to any Wall Street bar and they are way bigger ? than in any other black bar. But will I see cops stop shooting black kids in my lifetime? Probably not.”
Rock said he was “kinda surprised” that six officers were charged in Freddie Gray’s homicide, crediting a black mayor, police chief (and state attorney) for making it happen. “But, hey, charged and convicted are different,” he said, “so we’ll see.”
On the impact of having a black family in the White House, Rock said it affects “white people’s kids” more than his own. “It’s white people who have made progress,” he said. “To call it black progress suggests we deserved everything that happened to us: the kids my kids grow up with won’t have a hard time picturing my daughters in an executive capacity — that’s progress, you know what I mean?”
And for the record, Rock is still an Obama supporter. “Oh yeah — he’s been good. Great, even,” he said of the president. “He wasn’t going to solve America, but the country was off the rails and he was like Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross, you know? He really sorted ? out.”
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He dropped real ? about white people being the ones to make progress. They need to work on their close mindedness and constant stereotyping and fear of others because someones skin color is different.
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Great drop. Chris always speaks for us.
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actually white kids do get shot by the cops
A two-year-old case involving the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old white man by a black police officer is gaining attention on social media in the wake of this week’s protests and rioting in Ferguson, Missouri.
Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old under the influence of drugs was shot and killed Oct. 6, 2012, by Officer Trevis Austin, who is black, in Mobile, Alabama. Despite public pressure for an indictment, a Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.
The circumstances mirror those of the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, a black unarmed 18-year-old under the influence of drugs by Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, in Ferguson.
SEE ALSO: Legal scholars praise Ferguson grand jury for fairness beyond the norm
A St. Louis County grand jury’s decision Monday not to indict the officer ignited violence and looting in Ferguson and days of protests nationwide against racial injustice.
The discrepancy in the reaction to and coverage of the two grand jury decisions has not been lost on social media, where critics are citing the Collar case to counter those who say Brown was the victim of racism in both law enforcement and judicial system.
On Thursday, the website Conservative Tribune headline trumpeted the case: “Unarmed White Teen Gunned Down by Black Cop … Where’s the Outrage?”
PHOTOS: Stunning scenes of violence in Ferguson
Former CNN host Piers Morgan blasted the police response in Mobile days after Collar was killed, saying he “didn’t deserve to die,” but otherwise the case has received little attention outside Alabama, prompting critics to accuse the national media of a “whiteout.”
Said Julie on Twitter: “Hello? Media? Two years, and still only crickets. Where’s Al Sharpton for #GilCollar?”
Critics also note there has been no rioting or sustained protest in Mobile, even though the slightly built Collar, unlike Brown, never touched the officer and, because he was naked when he was shot, was more obviously unarmed.
Both shooting victims were found with marijuana in their systems.
“There’s riots for #MikeBrown but none for #GilCollar,” said one commenter, @samstuff, in a Wednesday post on Twitter.
“Nobody burnt buildings to the ground for them,” said commenter Gomer Pyle on Twitter, referring to Collar and Dillon Taylor, a white 20-year-old shot Aug. 11 by a minority police officer in Utah. “You never even heard of them until now.”
Others have pointed to the cases as evidence that police are routinely using excessive force against young men no matter what their race.
“To those of you who called #MikeBrown a thug please reconsider your stance on the issue now that the thug is a white male, who the system failed as well!” said India Washington on Instagram.
In what may be a sign of things to come in the Brown case, parents Bonnie and Reed Collar filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the officer in July.
An earlier lawsuit named the university and Police Chief Zeke Aull, but courts ruled that both had legal immunity, leaving Officer Austin as the sole defendant.
Collar was a freshman at the University of South Alabama when he ingested two hits of the synthetic drug 25-I, a hallucinogen, which caused him “either to become extremely hot or to believe that he was very hot,” according to the original complaint filed in federal court in Mobile County.
“Gilbert Collar lost the ability to fully understand his actions and to reason,” says the complaint. “As a result, Gilbert Collar took off his clothes and began running into and out of traffic on the campus of the University of South Alabama.”
Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich described Collar’s erratic behavior at a March 2013 press conference after the grand jury issued its decision.
She said the student ran in the direction of the campus police department, rambling incoherently and at one point attempting to climb into a car over the driver.
Collar also tried to bite the driver while the vehicle’s passenger, a former university football player, punched him repeatedly in the face.
Although Collar was just 5-feet-7 and 135 pounds, the blows “didn’t faze him,” Ms. Rich said at the press conference, a video of which was posted on AL.com.
When he arrived at the police station, Collar began banging on the outside windows, then walked in the general direction of Officer Austin, who had his gun drawn.
The officer shot Collar in the chest while he was still several feet away, according to reports based on a surveillance video.
“At no point during the ensuing moments did Gilbert Collar ever touch Officer Austin. On one or more occasions, Gilbert Collar went to the ground and put distance between himself and Officer Austin,” the complaint said.
“Officer Austin had ample opportunity to obtain his baton and pepper spray, to holster his weapon and to use his own physical abilities, if necessary, or to prolong the situation and wait for back up to arrive.”
Ms. Rich stressed that Collar, a former high school wrestler, was “an outstanding member of his community,” but that “the drug that was taken produced conduct that caused Gil Collar’s death.”
The Collars have said that any damages awarded would be used to fund a scholarship. Officer Austin, whose attorney has declined to comment on pending litigation, was reinstated on the police force after the grand jury refused to indict him on any criminal charges.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/27/white-teen-gilbert-collar-killed-by-black-cop-trev/#ixzz3ZbKwjnL8
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That's why I always liked Chris Rock as a comedian because he always came with the real without being too over the top.
And to the poster stating that white people get shot also............... of course some do but I would venture to say that the disparity between black or minorities in general getting profiled/shot and whites is pretty huge.
Not to mention how the media and government in general handle certain types of protest or demonstrations varies drastically. When these idiots go out and ? up places due to a sports team winning a championship the media coverage isn't nearly as bad and the actions of the authorities aren't either. I know it's 2 totally different situations but they have similarities. -
No white people in the Baltimore
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Cops shoot white kids, too.
Perhaps he should have brought up the fact that BLACK cops NEVER shoot unarmed whites... -
Allah_U_Akbar wrote: »Cops shoot white kids, too.
Perhaps he should have brought up the fact that BLACK cops NEVER shoot unarmed whites...
He just posted a story
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense
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Allah_U_Akbar wrote: »Cops shoot white kids, too.
Perhaps he should have brought up the fact that BLACK cops NEVER shoot unarmed whites...
He just posted a story
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense
Welp there you have it folks systemic racism doesn't exist.
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Allah_U_Akbar wrote: »Cops shoot white kids, too.
Perhaps he should have brought up the fact that BLACK cops NEVER shoot unarmed whites...
He just posted a story
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense
Welp there you have it folks systemic racism doesn't exist.
Boom -
Allah_U_Akbar wrote: »Cops shoot white kids, too.
Perhaps he should have brought up the fact that BLACK cops NEVER shoot unarmed whites...
He just posted a story
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense
Welp there you have it folks systemic racism doesn't exist.
Boom
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He dropped real ? about white people being the ones to make progress. They need to work on their close mindedness and constant stereotyping and fear of others because someones skin color is different.
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White people out here scared of everything. Reminds me of the opening scene from bowling for columbine
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Allah_U_Akbar wrote: »Cops shoot white kids, too.
Perhaps he should have brought up the fact that BLACK cops NEVER shoot unarmed whites...
He just posted a story
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.
Officer Trevis Austin shot and killed Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old man who was under the influence of drugs. A Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense
Welp there you have it folks systemic racism doesn't exist.
Yep, it's true. Black cops are slaughtering unarmed whites at an alarming rate.
White privilege is a myth.
Boy, how could I have been so wrong?
SMH
I knew somebody was gonna do some research and find that one in a billion case where a Black cop shoots a white.
The I.C. has become so predictable. -
r.prince18 wrote: »actually white kids do get shot by the cops
A two-year-old case involving the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old white man by a black police officer is gaining attention on social media in the wake of this week’s protests and rioting in Ferguson, Missouri.
Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old under the influence of drugs was shot and killed Oct. 6, 2012, by Officer Trevis Austin, who is black, in Mobile, Alabama. Despite public pressure for an indictment, a Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.
The circumstances mirror those of the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, a black unarmed 18-year-old under the influence of drugs by Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, in Ferguson.
SEE ALSO: Legal scholars praise Ferguson grand jury for fairness beyond the norm
A St. Louis County grand jury’s decision Monday not to indict the officer ignited violence and looting in Ferguson and days of protests nationwide against racial injustice.
The discrepancy in the reaction to and coverage of the two grand jury decisions has not been lost on social media, where critics are citing the Collar case to counter those who say Brown was the victim of racism in both law enforcement and judicial system.
On Thursday, the website Conservative Tribune headline trumpeted the case: “Unarmed White Teen Gunned Down by Black Cop … Where’s the Outrage?”
PHOTOS: Stunning scenes of violence in Ferguson
Former CNN host Piers Morgan blasted the police response in Mobile days after Collar was killed, saying he “didn’t deserve to die,” but otherwise the case has received little attention outside Alabama, prompting critics to accuse the national media of a “whiteout.”
Said Julie on Twitter: “Hello? Media? Two years, and still only crickets. Where’s Al Sharpton for #GilCollar?”
Critics also note there has been no rioting or sustained protest in Mobile, even though the slightly built Collar, unlike Brown, never touched the officer and, because he was naked when he was shot, was more obviously unarmed.
Both shooting victims were found with marijuana in their systems.
“There’s riots for #MikeBrown but none for #GilCollar,” said one commenter, @samstuff, in a Wednesday post on Twitter.
“Nobody burnt buildings to the ground for them,” said commenter Gomer Pyle on Twitter, referring to Collar and Dillon Taylor, a white 20-year-old shot Aug. 11 by a minority police officer in Utah. “You never even heard of them until now.”
Others have pointed to the cases as evidence that police are routinely using excessive force against young men no matter what their race.
“To those of you who called #MikeBrown a thug please reconsider your stance on the issue now that the thug is a white male, who the system failed as well!” said India Washington on Instagram.
In what may be a sign of things to come in the Brown case, parents Bonnie and Reed Collar filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the officer in July.
An earlier lawsuit named the university and Police Chief Zeke Aull, but courts ruled that both had legal immunity, leaving Officer Austin as the sole defendant.
Collar was a freshman at the University of South Alabama when he ingested two hits of the synthetic drug 25-I, a hallucinogen, which caused him “either to become extremely hot or to believe that he was very hot,” according to the original complaint filed in federal court in Mobile County.
“Gilbert Collar lost the ability to fully understand his actions and to reason,” says the complaint. “As a result, Gilbert Collar took off his clothes and began running into and out of traffic on the campus of the University of South Alabama.”
Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich described Collar’s erratic behavior at a March 2013 press conference after the grand jury issued its decision.
She said the student ran in the direction of the campus police department, rambling incoherently and at one point attempting to climb into a car over the driver.
Collar also tried to bite the driver while the vehicle’s passenger, a former university football player, punched him repeatedly in the face.
Although Collar was just 5-feet-7 and 135 pounds, the blows “didn’t faze him,” Ms. Rich said at the press conference, a video of which was posted on AL.com.
When he arrived at the police station, Collar began banging on the outside windows, then walked in the general direction of Officer Austin, who had his gun drawn.
The officer shot Collar in the chest while he was still several feet away, according to reports based on a surveillance video.
“At no point during the ensuing moments did Gilbert Collar ever touch Officer Austin. On one or more occasions, Gilbert Collar went to the ground and put distance between himself and Officer Austin,” the complaint said.
“Officer Austin had ample opportunity to obtain his baton and pepper spray, to holster his weapon and to use his own physical abilities, if necessary, or to prolong the situation and wait for back up to arrive.”
Ms. Rich stressed that Collar, a former high school wrestler, was “an outstanding member of his community,” but that “the drug that was taken produced conduct that caused Gil Collar’s death.”
The Collars have said that any damages awarded would be used to fund a scholarship. Officer Austin, whose attorney has declined to comment on pending litigation, was reinstated on the police force after the grand jury refused to indict him on any criminal charges.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/27/white-teen-gilbert-collar-killed-by-black-cop-trev/#ixzz3ZbKwjnL8
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
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He dropped real ? about white people being the ones to make progress. They need to work on their close mindedness and constant stereotyping and fear of others because someones skin color is different.
Bolded is crucial
White people out here scared of everything. Reminds me of the opening scene from bowling for columbinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGYFRzf2Xww
I think it's the opposite, these crackas aren't scared of ? .
Cops use the "i feared for my life" ish on the police report. They be cool, calm and focused when they're shooting their fleeing targets in the back. -
People need to learn a little thing about Statistics. Especially whites.
1. More whites than blacks get shot by police.
2. Black cops ? whites
3. White cops ? whites
^^^ ALL facts.
But once you add this little word called LIKELIHOOD. The story begins to change.
1. The LIKELIHOOD of a black person being murder by a white cop is so high as to suggest it's not just a happenstance but a symptom of a larger -even purposeful -problem.
2. The Likelihood of a black cop killing a white kid is miniscule.
3. *see #1*
...idiots need to take a Statistics 101 class.
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Cop shoot white people here but they get charged and it does not happen often
they shot a white teen in the face and the cops got charged and convicted
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People need to learn a little thing about Statistics. Especially whites.
1. More whites than blacks get shot by police.
2. Black cops ? whites
3. White cops ? whites
^^^ ALL facts.
But once you add this little word called LIKELIHOOD. The story begins to change.
1. The LIKELIHOOD of a black person being murder by a white cop is so high as to suggest it's not just a happenstance but a symptom of a larger -even purposeful -problem.
2. The Likelihood of a black cop killing a white kid is miniscule.
3. *see #1*
...idiots need to take a Statistics 101 class.
I say this all the time…if white people were as stupid and naive as they pretended to be there's no way they would have conquered the world. They know how full of ? they sound. -
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I hate when people speak generally and nontechnically and people try to hold them to some technical standard. When Chris says it doesn't happen to white people, he's not saying it's never happened to a white person in the history of the world. He's saying the frequency that it happens with whites is insignificant compared to how it happens with blacks.
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Chris Rock is an amazing observationalist. I'd love to see Chris Rock with a show similar to Bill Mahers. ? would be epic. Also, I hate when white people try and compare apples and oranges. If anything, I'm proud of the black cop that shot the white dude and got away with it. ? is called reciprocity, where I'm from...
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He dropped real ? about white people being the ones to make progress. They need to work on their close mindedness and constant stereotyping and fear of others because someones skin color is different.
Bolded is crucial
White people out here scared of everything. Reminds me of the opening scene from bowling for columbinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGYFRzf2Xww
White folk are not scared. They are just natural blood thirsty violent people. Some of the bloodiest wars have taken place in Europe. Cavemen savqges they are. -
He dropped real ? about white people being the ones to make progress. They need to work on their close mindedness and constant stereotyping and fear of others because someones skin color is different.
that will never happen.white people want to still fool the world that they rule and that black people are animals(even though white people have sex with animals) but that's another story lol
we live in a country that still praises racism and separatism.We need laws to be passed to protect people of color.white people are showing that they dont give a ? about black people. -
manofmorehouse wrote: »I'm proud of the black cop that shot the white dude and got away with it. ? is called reciprocity, where I'm from...
I'm sure the black cop had getting back at white people in mind when shot the white kid...
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