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0 pointshcnews7y ago0 comments

Good for him that he isn't black in today's America.

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This week there was an event at the UFC where on of their biggest fighters (Conor McGregor) and a dozen or so of his associates attacked a bus, smashed windows and injured several people in the bus who then couldn't fight at the event. He posted 50k bail and is now on the way home to Ireland.

When I saw this I thought to myself if some poor black teenagers had done exactly the same thing they would be in jail for the next 10 years or be dead by now.

acct17717y ago

You're making this about race when it's about money.

If instead of MacGregor and his goonsquad, Floyd Mayweather and his goonsquad had done this, it'd have resulted in more or less the same outcome.

maxxxxx7y ago

I wrote "poor black". I think being poor gets counted the most but being black also gets counted against you. I think the point of this thread is that bad behavior gets treated differently for different people. I don't even want to consider what would have happened if a bunch of illegal Muslim immigrants had attacked the bus.

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bmpafa7y ago

or rather, good for him he isn't poor? or would a black Harvard student have been prosecuted for this crime?

maxxxxx7y ago

Being poor is probably what counts the most but being black woldn't help either.

sangnoir7y ago

Here's the harrowing experience of a multi-millionaire athlete at the hands of the police: https://www.theroot.com/video-nfl-player-michael-bennett-ass...

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maxxxxx7y ago

When I saw this I thought to myself if some poor black teenagers had done exactly the same thing they would be in jail for the next 10 years or be dead by now.

acct17717y ago

You're making this about race when it's about money.

If instead of MacGregor and his goonsquad, Floyd Mayweather and his goonsquad had done this, it'd have resulted in more or less the same outcome.

maxxxxx7y ago

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bmpafa7y ago

or rather, good for him he isn't poor? or would a black Harvard student have been prosecuted for this crime?

maxxxxx7y ago

Being poor is probably what counts the most but being black woldn't help either.

sangnoir7y ago

Here's the harrowing experience of a multi-millionaire athlete at the hands of the police: https://www.theroot.com/video-nfl-player-michael-bennett-ass...

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