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Thread #157576   Message #3720306
Posted By: GUEST,Squeezer
01-Jul-15 - 02:07 PM
Thread Name: Why action to end Systemic Racism can't wait
Subject: RE: Why action to end Systemic Racism can't wait
A dreadful incident, but I can't understand the "systemic racism" in the thread title. Surely these children were killed and injured by reckless dangerous driving, not racial discrimination?

Aren't there guidelines in Michigan about high speed pursuits, especially in urban areas? Is the police driver going to be prosecuted for causing death and injury by dangerous driving, and if not, why not?

From the British perspective, it is continually mystifying as to why American police officers who kill with guns, cars, or fists are not prosecuted. Despite the riots and demonstrations, the impression we get is that it is just accepted in the US that police may shoot people who are running away or beat them up if they resist arrest. I sometimes watch TV programmes of police videos from different countries, and the attitude of American police drivers is horrifying. It's not uncommon to see several police cars trying to cause an escaping vehicle to crash. Here, that would be illegal. There, it seems that it's what the police are supposed to do.