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Posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Jan 30 09:40:16 2015, in response to Re: Really Dave?????? PART V Why do White cops do these things?, posted by Dave on Fri Jan 30 07:47:51 2015. From the NYDAILYNEWS.COM:Arrest of Cliven Bundy’s son highlights disparate treatment of black, white suspects: Advocates Ryan Bundy, 42, who is white, struggled with officers outside a Utah courthouse while getting cuffed Tuesday. The rancher, wanted for taking a stray horse out of an animal shelter, wasn’t injured and officers never even pulled out their guns during the ordeal — which could have ended more violently if he was black, some argued while pointing to cases like that of killed Staten Island man Eric Garner. BY Rachelle Blidner / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Thursday, January 29, 2015, 6:36 PM The recent arrest of controversial Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy's son could have had a more tragic result if he was black, according to some civil liberties advocates. The 42-year-old Ryan Bundy, who is white, struggled with officers outside a Ceder City, Utah, courthouse while getting cuffed Tuesday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. The rancher, who was wanted for taking a stray horse out of an animal shelter without permission, was not injured and the officers never even pulled out their guns during the wild ordeal — which some argued could have ended with more violently if he was black. "It is almost universally understood that people of color are subjected to the use of force by police at a far greater rate than others," Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Daily News. Last year, the deaths of African-Americans, including Eric Garner and Michael Brown, during confrontations with police sparked protests across the country. Black male teenagers are killed by police 2.3 times as often as whites, John Lott, the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, found. Black Lives Matter became protesters' motto after Brown's death because of the glaring disparity in police treatment many people say they experience. The contrast between the treatment of Bundy — whose family led an armed standoff over land with federal agents in April — and people like Garner, an unarmed man who was allegedly selling loose cigarettes outside a Staten Island store, "speaks for itself," Rev. Al Sharpton said. "It's a pattern of different strokes for different folks," Sharpton told the Daily News. The cases also highlight the importance of good police training and behavior, advocates say, noting officers should not use force unless their lives are in danger. Big'mike Jr Brown via Facebook Michael Brown Jr. was shot to death by police in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9. "(Police) have a responsibility to deescalate an encounter whenever possible and to avoid the use of excessive force," Lieberman said. "The Garner case is a tragic reminder of how devastatingly wrong things can go when police fail to follow that rule." Police heeded that principle in Bundy's case. Ryan Bundy was charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and misdemeanor interfering with an officer. He spent a night in jail. He was released without bail. His family made headlines when Cliven Bundy refused to pay for the rights to graze his cattle herds on federal lands in Bunkerville, Nev. — a conflict that evolved into an armed standoff between government officials and state militias. The government eventually backed off, citing safety concerns. Ryan Bundy's brother, Cliven Lance Bundy, 34, also made the news after violating his probation for felony and burglary theft charges in August and getting thrown into a Las Vegas jail. Garner's family grieved after their loss and after Officer Daniel Pantaleo — who put Garner in the fatal chokehold — was not indicted by a grand jury in his death in December. Their lives will never be the same, they said. |
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