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Not sure that qualifies as the final answer simply because the one guy was a vet. I suppose that if the choice is sit or kneel, kneeling would be preferable. However, Both are improper and disrespectful. So is linking arms, holding hands, fist in the air....anything other than standing facing the flag or music, hand on heart. Unless you are disabled or elderly and can not stand, then it is perfectly acceptable to remain seated.
So was it a picture of freedom when slavery was thriving?
...and liberals are the sensitive snowflakes?
Facts. The media doesn’t push this because it doesn’t benefit their end goal. There are bad people in every profession and across all walks of life but 99 % of law enforcement are good folks who put their lives on the line for us daily.
From USA Today Online, August 27, 2016:
Excellent. There are people who actually think it is impossible for a black person to be racist, simply because all racism is against blacks. I’ve actually heard people say that before. Racism exists in every society in every country. It’s not relegated to one particular skin color.
Isn't there a CFB game on we could all be watching. Even if it is ACC its got to be better than this redundant tirade.
I guess hats are okay to keep on whlie holding a conversation? I’ll wait
Blacks make up about 13% of the population yet commit about 52% of yearly homicides.
Of all the black murders NATIONWIDE, 89% of black homicides are by other blacks.
Just stating facts since you asked for more percentages. The thing you’re failing to realize is sitting for the anthem has no coo relation to cops. It’s pure disrespect for the BLACK, WHITE, HISPANIC, ASIAN, INDIAN, etc Americans who fight for your and mine freedom.
I don’t see why the race card has to get pulled in any and everything. I guess the blacks who disagree with Collin Kaepernick are racist too?
Simply making the point that he was willing to sit down and discuss his issue/point with the other side. Be heard and let the other side be heard. And come to a compromise
Again, you bring up Trump...who had nothing to do with this issue when it first started. All the stuff Kap was protesting started under Obama's watch. Why is nobody criticizing that guy?
Okay Obama. Now what?
Dude, that is the US Flag Code. That’s what you are supposed to do.
Big Dawg, apparently you only see the negative side of America. I’m sorry. I served in the military many years with a number of people (black and white) who disagree with these protests against our flag, Anthem, and country. I guess we all have a right to protest in our great country.
I made a pretty decent argument about why Trump back on the second page of this thread. Don't know if you saw it
So what? Jerry should have his hat off. What’s your point?
Links and Citations? Also include social and economic factors. Please discuss the justice system as well. Young Padawan don’t throw out “facts” in a vacuum ,the entire picture must be presented. You might be too young or inexperienced for this discussion . It’s okay you might learn in due time until then keep on the grind sunshine .
When adjusted for population:
According to Fatal Encounters, the database created by former Reno News & Review editor and journalism instructor Burghart (which tracks all deaths resulting from interactions with police), a total of 1,388 people were killed by police in 2015, 318 (23%) of them black, and 560 (40%) of them white. So roughly 23 percent of those killed by any police interaction in 2015 were black and just over 40 percent were white. According to those statistics (adjusted for racial demographics), black people had a 2.7 higher likelihood of being killed by police than whites.
The grim trend has carried over into 2016. Of the 1,034 people killed and tracked by Burghart’s Fatal Encounters database so far this year, 215 were black while 338 were white, **so thus far in 2016 black Americans have been three times more likely than white people to die in interactions with police. **
Under Bill Clinton: highest % of blacks ever incarcerated.
Under Obama: highest % of blacks ever on welfare.
Under Trump: highest % of blacks ever in the work force.
Trump wasn’t a racist until he stated he was running for the Republican Party.
I guess Herschel walker, Yeezy, and mike Tyson are all racist as well.