Weird thread.

If I'm following what happened...The WHITE kid got in a fight and beaten up...the fight broke up and the kid sat down on some random porch step(back yard appears fenced, so it must have been a front or side porch step or a bench in the yard)...another boy, BLACK, presumably the WHITE boys friend, walks over to check on him.

WHITE, homeowner walks outside and says "What's all this then?!". The boys attempt to be on there way...homeowner stops them and chooses to assault the BLACK boy, rather than the beaten up WHITE boy...WHITE boy films incident as it gets out of control...bitchy woman of the house has a couple of choice words for the boys.

Weird thread.

If I'm following what happened...The WHITE kid got in a fight and beaten up...the fight broke up and the kid sat down on some random porch step(back yard appears fenced, so it must have been a front or side porch step or a bench in the yard)...another boy, BLACK, presumably the WHITE boys friend, walks over to check on him.

WHITE, homeowner walks outside and says "What's all this then?!". The boys attempt to be on there way...homeowner stops them and chooses to assault the BLACK boy, rather than the beaten up WHITE boy...WHITE boy films incident as it gets out of control...bitchy woman of the house has a couple of choice words for the boys.

Did the black boy help beat up the white kid? We don't know from that video. We need to wait to find out. The cop may be a hero for saving the other kid's life.

Did the black boy help beat up the white kid? We don't know from that video. We need to wait to find out. The cop may be a hero for saving the other kid's life.

Who automatically and reflexively blamed the cop without regard for the whole story, seacrest? You just can't stop making things up, just like DiCaro.

You have no idea what immediately precipitated the cop grabbing the kid. Nor does anyone else here. This is a fact that keeps coming up and yet you don't want to acknowledge the obvious.

Stop automatically and reflexively blaming the cop without regard for the whole story, Nas. This post must have been made because you are a white guy and hate all police officers because you once got a DUI.

Well, if you want to go down that road then nobody in this thread has any business commenting on it since we don't know all the exact details.

Or, you know, you could apply a little common sense and empathy and realize that there is very little the black kid could have reasonably done to deserve what the cop was doing to him. But you'd rather just make up lies about other posters because that's your thing. Very Christian of you.

I can have empathy for the black kid, while not accusing the cop of something serious without knowing the facts.

These two things are not mutually exclusive. And exactly what would be required of a Christian.

The homeowner is clearly assaulting a 15 year old black boy.

Race has nothing to do with this in my eyes, it has to do with a grown man putting his hands on a kid. I can tell you this, if this was my kid this guy would have some serious problems.

I think this a fair statement based on what we know. And I would feel the same way if it was my son.

But the automatic assignment of racism by white suburbanites is over the top.

Everyone here can see where this looks racially motivated. It doesn't logically follow that the suburban white guy needs to yell racist based on what it looks like.

Because what the average white suburbanite DOES NOT understand, but RR and Nas do understand is this: it sucks to be profiled. And that is exactly what you have done.

Good chat.

A couple of questions.

Do you really find it impossible to be upset about a situation, and still realize that it's prudent to wait until you hear from both sides?

And do you make decisions in life based upon others having your back?