Next it’s going to be Hoggish Greedly.

One of the first questions I asked when I started reading the Root was something along the lines of “how can I be better white person?” It really is kind of a loaded question, and several people called me on it but one was kind enough to give me what I have taken for good advice. Just try to be a good person. All the…

I agree completely, but once some jerk calls the police and asks them to remove someone from privately owned property, they have to do it. They don’t have to do it the way the did it. They can be polite, calm, respectful. Let the woman say her piece because a) she has every right to be angry and b) even if she didn’t,…

To some this may not be related... but this whole tragedy illustrates multiple levels of white privilege.

To be fair, I think objectively anyone would agree that it would be better to have a gun in the very specific situation James Shaw was in.

He was armed when they took him too.

Go east. I visit there often because I love the Smokys, but damn. There’s some big flea markets I like to stop at where they sell guns openly. A friend I go with told me it’s actually illegal, but no one cares to enforce it so people do it anyway. Don’t even get me started about the open racism.

This is coming from someone who’s against a total gun ban, but doing it would not be difficult at all. It’s very simple. Make it illegal to own or sell firearms and ammo. Ban reloading equipment. Guns are useless without bullets. No new guns could be manufactured and sold. Undoubtedly, people would be hoarding…

I mean, we don’t know that for sure...

Cowardly police have no idea how to handle a confrontation without escalating it. When I asked a cop family member why this is he told me they are pretty much trained to behave the way you see in the video, as if that makes it acceptable.

Some people want to reject the notion that white supremacy exists in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. They know they are wrong, but have too much pride to admit it so they double down on their willful ignorance. This makes them feel insecure, and wanting to prove how not racist they are, they seek to…

I love this. As always, thanks for sharing.

I know it happens all the time, but I still don’t understand how someone can get charged with resisting arrest when resisting arrest is the only thing police are claiming happened. I see that bs assault charge, but that came after. Again, this is practically a rhetorical question at this point, but what were they…

I wanted to say basically the same thing, but less eloquently. It really was a nice clapback. I get a certain amount of schadenfreude from watching Trumpanzees go after each other.

Ah, I got ya. Feeding trolls is a waste of energy.

(I thankfully restrained myself from responding)

You realize what their rebuttal to this is right?

I understand what you’re saying, but you should be able to call the police in this situation and expect trained professionals to arrive and patiently resolve the situation. There is no reason they couldn’t have closed the street and waited the situation out. There is no excuse for anyone here getting hurt. The man…

The thing that gets me the most regarding modern US society is that white people in the US have nothing to lose. There are enough resources in our system for everyone. In previous societies, voluntarily ceasing oppression could lead to some pretty negative outcomes for the former oppressor. Are white people that…

Yes you did. Everyone knows this.