# Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942 "2014-10-10T07:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9896
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/9896 "2016-10-26T16:15:01Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Trying to have a serious discussion with you. 1 in a million Muslims (or fewer) shoot up nightclubs. 50 years ago, 1 in x sheriffs brutalized black people or allowed it to happen… what do you think x was? Fifty years ago, I was in grade school, and you weren’t even born. It’s 2016 - you could look it up. Fifty years ago, racism was a significant factor in police shootings. Now, it isn’t. Jim Crow is dead, and there is no such thing as institutional racism. And nearly all the shootings BLM and related buffoons are protesting have nothing to with racism. Because it’s not fifty years ago - it’s now. Emmet Till wasn’t a dangerous thug. Michael Brown was. Martin Luther King preached non-violence. Jamar Clark broke his girlfriend’s ankle and attacked the police and rescue squad workers trying to help her. The Freedom Riders had a point. The Black Panthers didn’t. And neither does BLM. Regards, Shodan --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942)._