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Why can’t police behave the same way for Black protesters as they do for White post-game rioters? Five thousand students took to the streets and rioted near the Cal campus after a football game was either won or lost, and of course lots of alcohol was consumed. Fires were started and cars were destroyed. But how did cops react to this violent crowd? “Did they roll in the tanks like they did in Ferguson, and they do in other minority communities? No. No use of force by the police…” “In Ferguson, in other places, don’t they usually come out and go ‘this community, what are they doing, why are they rioting…’ when it’s White people, ‘no, no, you can’t blame all White people…’” “I’m glad the cops didn’t overreact. Can we just then take that standard and also apply it to Black people where you go after the people who actually committed the assaults and not pepper spray and baton everybody and then blame it on them?” YouTube

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Team Spirit? The Young Turks Ask Why Cops Can’t Approach Black Protesters The Same Way They Deal With White College Kids [Video]