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Bonobo

(29,257 posts) Thu Feb 27, 2014, 07:19 AM Feb 2014

Death at the hands of police. [View all]

Among the many things that struck me about this was that it is one of the dangers you face if you are a man.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/25/1280319/-Watching-your-husband-die-at-the-hands-of-police-Warning-graphic-video

If you are a woman, there is very little chance of this happening. Not zero chance, but relatively little.

How many men reading this have been bullied or threatened by the police? I have.

Yes, this is a men's issue and we have a right to talk about it. And no, it doesn't matter that the one's doing it are also men. That is missing the point. The point is that this is the Men's Group and we talk about issues that men deal with it.

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Death at the hands of police. [View all] Bonobo Feb 2014 OP

In general, I haven't been badly treated by cops. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #1

That is a pretty awful story. I'm sorry that happened to you. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #5

I consider it kind of trivial. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #13

Valid point. But I tend to think it has more to do with race, and even social class, than gender. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #14

Maybe. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #15

No argument there. The systematic criminalization of entire segments of society is an atrocity. n/t nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #16

Don't start nutn', won't be nutn'. rrneck Feb 2014 #2

That simply is not true. Bonobo Feb 2014 #3

It was a too short post. rrneck Feb 2014 #4

Quite interested to see your not quite finished OP... sibelian Mar 2014 #10

I hope so. rrneck Mar 2014 #11

Cool. sibelian Mar 2014 #12

Men of color may experience this more frequently, but white men certainly do as well. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #6

Gay men get the short end of the stick too. Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #8

Certainly attracts a lot more violent psychos than most professions. That's rather self-evident. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #9

More male privilege right here (Graphic warning) Bonobo Mar 2014 #7