# If I don't protest when white people are killed in police custody ... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330 "2020-06-09T23:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/1 "2020-06-09T23:22:06Z")
… but I _do_ protest when black people are killed in police custody, wouldn’t that make me a racist? 😕 Of course it would. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/2 "2020-06-09T23:26:03Z")
It means you’re missing the point. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/3 "2020-06-09T23:35:17Z")
Ridiculous. That’s not what makes you a racist. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/4 "2020-06-09T23:35:28Z")
Yep you’ve cracked it, black people have always been the real racists. Time to move your sleuthing talents to the next level of the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/5 "2020-06-09T23:36:13Z")
I agree with the spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/6 "2020-06-09T23:39:21Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I agree with the spoiler. I haven’t clicked on it so don’t ruin it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/7 "2020-06-09T23:50:25Z")
Close or Move. Close or move. Pit ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/8 "2020-06-10T00:01:19Z")
Here is an idea for the OP. Protest all illegal/ immoral police activity and just shut the fuck up about race. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/9 "2020-06-10T00:04:16Z")
So, like, how many non-white police murders do you have to whiff on before you are reset? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/10 "2020-06-10T00:04:34Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I agree with the spoiler. He came to the right conclusion but for the wrong reasons. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/11 "2020-06-10T00:07:34Z")
Hey, **Dodgy Dude**. You can fuck right off. And take your pal **Timmy** with you. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/12 "2020-06-10T00:19:17Z")
**If I don’t protest when white people are killed in police custody …** > [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > … but I _do_ protest when black people are killed in police custody, wouldn’t that make me a racist? … Not necessarily. Not even likely. Most likely, it makes you a fucking dumbass. With chances of you being a racist fuckwad. Hey, if dumbass racist fuckwad is the hand you were dealt… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/13 "2020-06-10T00:45:55Z")
Oh, we’re in the pit now? Well alright. Dodgy dude and Tim, if this is as deep as your thought processes go on the subject, then you’re both fucking idiots AT BEST. I’m willing to bet your both fucking racist idiots who cant fucking fathom why people keep calling you racists and you refuse or can’t comprehend the concept of context in this situation, or at all. This line of reasoning you think is so insightful is suitable only for grade schoolers…or kindergarteners. Grow the fuck up and pay attention. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/14 "2020-06-10T01:00:50Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > … but I _do_ protest when black people are killed in police custody, wouldn’t that make me a racist? 😕 > > Of course it would. Have you ever, personally, protested when anyone was killed in police custody? Same question to Tim. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/15 "2020-06-10T01:04:07Z")
I know it’s the Pit, but let’s put some numbers behind this. From [here.](https://www.statista.com/chart/21872/map-of-police-violence-against-black-americans/). > [@](#): > > In 2019 data of all police killings in the country compiled by Mapping Police Violence, black Americans were nearly three times more likely to die from police than white Americans. Other statistics showed that black Americans were nearly one-and-a-half times more likely to be unarmed before their death. Anyone knows that you deal with the biggest problem first. Especially since if we fix the police killing blacks problem it will no doubt help with the police killing whites problem too. Now it would be wrong to say no one should protest white deaths. Not wrong to out your protest effort where the biggest problem is. It is kind of refreshing how the racists have come out of their sewers. Reminds me of the early '60s when Southern governors were out and out racist. Tim and Dodge, Orville Fabus and George Wallace would be proud of you. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/16 "2020-06-10T01:07:59Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > … but I _do_ protest when black people are killed in police custody, wouldn’t that make me a racist? 😕 > > Of course it would. > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I agree with the spoiler. Anyone else feel as though you’ve inadvertently stumbled into a convention for whatever the opposite of Mensa is? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/17 "2020-06-10T01:37:10Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Anyone else feel as though you’ve inadvertently stumbled into a convention for whatever the opposite of Mensa is? I couldn’t put my finger on it before, but when the level of discourse is You’re a dumbass! No, YOU’RE a dumbass! I think it’s time to tiptoe away. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/18 "2020-06-10T01:43:45Z")
[This was showing](https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gzn8tj/at_a_protest_in_arizona/) at a protest today (or yesterday) in Arizona. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/19 "2020-06-10T02:17:48Z")
While we’re here… And why don’t they have a White History Month? White Lives Matter! AmIright? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330/20 "2020-06-10T02:22:26Z")
A lot of folks of all colors seem to be protesting over the cops knocking down that 75-year old white guy in Buffalo. I thus refute the OP. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-dont-protest-when-white-people-are-killed-in-police-custody/855330.md?page=2)