White teen Gilbert Collar killed by black cop, Grand Jury refuses to charge cop

[TheSanityAnnex]

Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old under the influence of drugs was shot and killed Oct. 6, 2012, by Officer Trevis Austin, who is black, in Mobile, Alabama. Despite public pressure for an indictment, a Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.






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Crickets

[Oh, Gee!!]

Maybe 'bama folks don't give a shit about police officer shootings

[ChumpDumper]

This shooting seemed to be even less necessary.

I dunno, basing justification on the shooter's professed fear just seems too easy.

[Oh, Gee!!]

The implied logic is that Officer Wilson isn't a racist bc a black cop shot a white kid.

[Koolaid_Man]

Gilbert Collar, a white, unarmed 18-year-old under the influence of drugs was shot and killed Oct. 6, 2012, by Officer Trevis Austin, who is black, in Mobile, Alabama. Despite public pressure for an indictment, a Mobile County grand jury refused to bring charges against Officer Austin, concluding that the officer acted in self-defense.






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Crickets

Show a nigga like Kool a systemic problem if not STFU.

[2pac > Kobe]

damn, rip to another sawm

[DarrinS]

Never heard of him.

[RD2191]

Non issue.

[DMC]

Whites don't feel part of a collective. We are generally "meh" or even happy when another white person dies because that means more air for us to breathe.

[100%duncan]

itshappening.gif

[lefty]

White guilt

[Malik Hairston]

This case isn't really similar to the widely-discussed, mainstream incidents of late IMO..this kid clearly deserved what happened, I have to side with the police on this one..

[Aztecfan03]

The implied logic is that Officer Wilson isn't a racist bc a black cop shot a white kid.

No the implied logic is the double-standard from liberals.

[Spurminator]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/justice/alabama-student-killed/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/justice/alabama-student-killed/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/10/07/gilbert_thomas_collar_university_of_south_alabama_ campus_police_shoot_kill_naked_freshman.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/us-usa-shooting-alabama-idUSBRE8971AE20121008
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/06/us-usa-shooting-alabama-idUSBRE8950FN20121006
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/11/gil-collar-shooting-video_n_1958480.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/gil-collar-grand-jury-trevis-austin_n_2812514.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/gil-collar-naked-killed-alabama-student_n_1948206.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/07/gil-collar-naked-shot-killed-by-alabama-officer_n_1946100.html
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/10/collar_story.html
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/students-plan-protest-shooting-ala-campus
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/video-shows-ala-teen-fatal-shooting-article-1.1181371
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2217235/Gil-Collar-University-police-officer-shot-naked-student-WAS-carrying-baton-pepper-spray.html
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/university_of_south_alabama_st.html

I remember this story. The national dialogue revolved more around police brutality and itchy trigger fingers, rather than race. Which makes sense.

Let's not forget that the Michael Brown story didn't become a national racial flashpoint until the store was vandalized, which provided a great opportunity to pit the "black people are doing it to themselves" arguments against the "system is racist" arguments that generate so much dialogue and so so many website clicks.

BTW, people brought this up in response to the Trayvon Martin story as well.

[spurraider21]

I remember this story. The national dialogue revolved more around police brutality and itchy trigger fingers, rather than race. Which makes sense.
why does that "make sense"

because it isn't against blacks?

[TheSanityAnnex]

I'm having trouble finding any footage of the riots.

[Spurminator]

why does that "make sense"

because it isn't against blacks?

What exactly would be the larger racial angle in this story? Police mistreatment of white people?

[spurraider21]

What exactly would be the larger racial angle in this story? Police mistreatment of white people?
why must we have the urge to look for a larger racial angle in every story? just report the damn story

police mistreatment is police mistreatment

[Spurminator]

why must we have the urge to look for a larger racial angle in every story? just report the damn story

police mistreatment is police mistreatment

Race became a key part of the Ferguson story before it was reported that way. People started taking sides on Wilson/Brown as soon as the story broke. Especially when the vandalism started. Of course the media is going to go along with that. It's great for ratings regardless of which side you report from.

[spurraider21]

Race became a key part of the Ferguson story before it was reported that way. People started taking sides on Wilson/Brown as soon as the story broke. Especially when the vandalism started. Of course the media is going to go along with that. It's great for ratings regardless of which side you report from.
and thats where i start losing sympathy with these stories. if people are going to act like they actually care about the overarching issue, but then always play the card/race angle, i lose interest quickly, and i lose sympathy. its an archaic, backwards way of thinking which i have no interest in taking part in

[Oh, Gee!!]

No the implied logic is the double-standard from liberals.

What double standard? Two different communities, two different reactions.