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The NYPD sergeants union says that cops are the victims of “blue racism,” and it’s facing backlash from critics who call the claim tone-deaf.
Ed Mullins, the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, hopes the concept of blue racism will help ease the tensions between law enforcement and the communities they serve and debunk the stereotype of cops as biased and racist.
“Something is occurring where law enforcement is becoming the target of this national racist issue, this back and forth, and being labeled the bad guy when we’re not the bad guy, we’re actually the good guy,” Mullins told Yahoo News.
On Sunday night, the police union released a controversial video that claims police officers are judged not by race or ethnicity but “an even broader stereotype, through an even more racist lens.”
“When they look at me, they see blue,” the narrator says. “To be blue, I and over 700,000 brother and sisters swore an oath to uphold the constitution of my country, my state and my city, so help me ? . Yet, even in such numbers, I’m a minority as this strange form of racism continues to engulf the country.”
The video, which includes audio of the notorious “dead cops chant,” was based on an essay by John Pappas. It was written after NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were murdered in December 2014 as supposed retribution for the deaths of Eric Garner on Staten Island, N.Y., and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Similar incidents include the killing of five Dallas cops and the killing of three Baton Rouge cops in July 2016.
“The purpose of the video was to highlight blue racism, blue bias, whatever term, and get people to understand that we too feel this bias, racism, no different from the people who’ve been affected by it for many years. We don’t agree with it. Nobody should agree with it,” Mullins said.
The video sparked almost immediate backlash on social media. Critics said the police union doesn’t appear to understand racism, defined by Merriam-Webster as “a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.”
For critics, even as an analogy, the concept of blue racism simply doesn’t hold up and belittles the discrimination — including harassment from police officers — faced by people of color.
When given an opportunity to respond to these critiques, Mullins said, “The people who you described to me just now have very valid points and I understand them. But it’s now an opportunity for us to navigate through all of that to say, ‘How do we fix the real deep-rooted issues?’”
The video concludes by condemning the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Mullins said he’s received some calls or emails from members of the NYPD who are happy that the organization is “finally explaining” the hostility to which its officers are subjected.
“The video serves as an instrument for learning,” he said. “Maybe other people will look at it and go, ‘Wait, maybe we got someone who is willing to listen.’ You got this white Irish union leader for police that may get it. So maybe that’s the way to go.”
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The pig apologist/white perspective... -
This is ridiculous
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The devil sure knows how to keep this hamster wheel spinning
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This is a serious issue.
Other victims of "blue racism" include:
FOH...
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America is full of ? dummies
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So, law enforcement is a race and they're powerless now?
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thegreatunknown wrote: »This is a serious issue.
Other victims of "blue racism" include:
FOH...
They, too, are victims of racism. -
this "blue race" is white supremacy
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all jokes aside... if people do have a problem with cops it's not some kind of made up "blue racism" or whatever the hell they really thought they were conveying there...
It's because they keep beating, murdering and setting up unarmed and innocent people.
? the police and i say that wholeheartedly. -
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how can you be racist against a profession?........? ? popo
Deez mafuckas chose this job, deal wit da consequences of being a pig.
Mafuckas act like being shot at aint part of the job,lol.......i seen these same type of ? in the military and guess what they usually become cops when they get out the service.
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yeah whatever. some stuff isn't worth devoting energy to.
they said that. ? what they said. move on. -
And look at all the ? people agreeing with it. It's like nowadays, all you really gotta have some low ass expectations from MFs. "Common sense"" is not really a ? thing.
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leftcoastkev wrote: »yeah whatever. some stuff isn't worth devoting energy to.
they said that. ? what they said. move on.
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thegreatunknown wrote: »This is a serious issue.
Other victims of "blue racism" include:
FOH...
They, too, are victims of racism.
My man skeeter has to be careful too
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? , it must be REALLY hard out here for my man....
These cacs might think he's with the Taliban or ISIS or some ? .
Plus, I'm not letting no blue racism judge MY DUDE....
Muhfuckas better fall the ? back, before they get a plasma cannon to the grill....
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Everybody clown their ass on twitter. ?
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So I guess black people can be racists against cops too right?
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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/347340-ny-police-union-were-victims-of-blue-racism-against-copsNY police union: We’re victims of ‘blue racism’ against cops
A police union in New York called the Sergeants Benevolent Association says in a new video that officers are often victims of “blue racism.”
“The average person doesn’t see the things that make me human,” a narrator says. “When they look at me, they see blue.”
The video describes a “strange form of racism” that is growing across the country, and points to the number of police officers who die while on duty. The video says that “blue racism” is “even more racist” than judging a person based on their skin color.
The video also points to a “silent majority” of Americans who the association says support police, but it says officers are “vilified” by the public and the news media.
The video cites Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, in which the civil rights leader said he hoped his children would be judged by the "content of their character" instead of the "color of their skin."
The video includes condemnation of the violent actions at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., where one woman died and at least 19 other people were injured.
The union also notes that six police officers were killed the same day the video was completed.
Smh @ bringing up MLK & using facist terms like "silent majority"… -
Between blue racism and "many sides" and the other ? deflections in the media, it tells me things wont change in our lifetime
All these statements prove white supremacy is very very stubborn -
Between blue racism and "many sides" and the other ? deflections in the media, it tells me things wont change in our lifetime
All these statements prove white supremacy is very very stubborn
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Ed Mullins, the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, hopes the concept of blue racism will help ease the tensions between law enforcement and the communities they serve and debunk the stereotype of cops as biased and racist.
Yeahhhhh, it's definitely going to do that.
Damn, how tone deaf can you be?
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They want to be victims so bad