tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473417.post116465085827189392..comments2023-10-02T13:19:15.470+02:00Comments on Stop State Racism: Sean Bell killed by NYPDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473417.post-1164844201789968212006-11-30T00:50:00.000+01:002006-11-30T00:50:00.000+01:00This issue is indeed an increasing police state me...This issue is indeed an increasing police state mentality, fed by stereotyping of mass numbers of individuals:<BR/><BR/>Note how in America today everyone is supposed to dress casual and act ghetto/thug/hip-hop; this makes it easier for the police to target folks who are less apt to have any real power in society.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, as a former NAACP legal redress chair and as an attorney with a fair amount of Civil Rights experience (stateside and in private practice) I believe it still remains to be seen if these gentlemen are crime victims pursuant to New York Statute.<BR/><BR/>I discuss that issue, and my successful arguments for crime victim status at the hands of Ohio police in my post on this matter, as I also wonder why the survivors were apparently handcuffed to their respective hospital beds without a warrant:<BR/><BR/>http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2006/11/sun-rises-for-naacp-legal-chair.html<BR/><BR/>And by the way, I love me some old-school (and some new) hip-hop, so this is not an anti-rap rant by any means.<BR/><BR/>Just an observation.<BR/><BR/>Peace to all.<BR/><BR/>-cChristopher Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366216769773124756noreply@blogger.com