Manhattan Democrat Charlie Rangel says he’s sorry for the comments he made recently that Harlem is so unsafe these days that even the highly protected president of the United States would run into trouble with New York’s finest if he didn’t have his ID with him. He made the statement following the fatal shooting of a Black police officer by a White fellow officer last week. Read more.
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Al , should protest the congressman’s comments .
david why are you alive?
AND IF NOT WHY NOT?
I would not have apologized, I would have told them to go to hell. I can’t help it if the truth hurts.
When I was alive my body longed for Bubba Long my Big Beefy Black lover!!
well he wasn’t have to apolozize ,because police must of the time make to much mistake,and they are to much violence themselve.
police should proteck us ,not killed us.
whatever police the situation is ,tequilizi men whatever women,
you not above the law.
stop to be agressive with the public ,whatever the case you try to solve or handlle it,
look a black men passed 22 years in jail for a crime he did not commit .police whatever they put on their statement ,they were wrong.but the men passed 22years lock that a long time to fight and why in america they don’t have a subtitu where people can continue to plege their innocent because passed all this years in jail for a crime you did not commit that suck.why police they make a lots mistake and need to give exemple themself and stop the violence.
After reading congressman’s Rangals’ comment, I believe that his statement is an accurate asessment. Not so much as The President would need his ID and he just might actually need it with these guys that claim to be Policemen.
This is an ongoing situation all across America. Especially now that this country is ran by a man who looks very much like a Black man. He is only a man of color but too dark for most racist non black and people of a darker hue. There are some Whites who are very ignorant and have no understanding at all when it comes to Mr. Obama. Listen to rush limpbaugh and some of the other republicans. This is not a time for this but here we are. Its open season with most of your white policemen against people of color, especially Blacks.
What really gets me is that the media really plays this whole thing out of proportion, sensationalism, ratings.
Across the nation we need to make sure that the proper training is in place for all policemen and they should live within the city they serve. Not outside of the city some 40 and 50 miles away from where they work.
Part of this would insure a better department and curtail resentment and also profiling from outside prejudices.