# Can we please not call Joseph Rosenbaum a "hero"? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 20, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-not-call-joseph-rosenbaum-a-hero/954657 "2021-11-20T04:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 86
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-not-call-joseph-rosenbaum-a-hero/954657/86 "2021-11-25T22:31:58Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > My point was simply that I believe **crowmanycloud’s** statement “Meanwhile, black guys get shot for carrying a wallet”, when juxtaposed with a picture of Rittenhouse carrying his gun, creates a misimpression. It does not. May I introduce you to this thread. where many black people were shot because cops _thought_ they had guns? Where a black cop was beaten because other cops _thought_ he was a protestor? If Rittenhouse had been black, he would have been shot no matter what side he was on. > [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/2232): > > face_with_raised_eyebrow --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-not-call-joseph-rosenbaum-a-hero/954657)._