Arman · 9 answers · 4y

Do you think after the current protests in the US, there will be real changes that help alleviate and hopefully stop racial inequality and police brutality?

I’m going to have to sit down because I’m going to get tired waiting. I’m hopeful, but considering our “track record”, I wouldn’t say the odds are in our favor.

I wouldn't hold my breath. It's been 28 years since the Rodney King riots and this shit hasn't changed. Cops are still getting acquitted for using unjustified lethal force (even in spite of video evidence). There's just ZERO accountability, internal affairs which is supposed to police the police acts on like 2% of complaints and that's not an exaggeration.

No, not enough people ultimately care, at least not so much that they actually make demands of their leaders and vote them out for not fulfilling them, it will be more lesser evil bullshit and maaaybe some half measures would be enacted that the next president from the other party will roll back anyway (see Obamacare at present)

No, like I was saying to slagathor, I think from the government's point of view the riots are simply something to be quashed, and they have too much pride to capitulate and give us police reform because of a bunch of rebels/"terrorists"/looters, etc. I honestly feel like they'd go so far as to fight and win a civil war before giving into rioter's wishes. But idk.

Fuck al~ err I mean, I don't know if riots and protest are going to make racists change their mind.

No. Racism and brutality are deeply connected to that culture. The original inhabitants of north America are still living as small communities of former tribes and some conquerers say that America has to remain clean of foreigners. You must have a nerve and gut to say that aloud.

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