Democrat hypocrisy: no republican mayors in 50 years

smdh

Would you like me to just hand you a straw?

You understand, of course, that systemic racism and white privilege and unconscious bias know no party lines.

And I don’t know where you are getting this supposed narrative that Republicans are responsible for hiring bad cops.

They're not being criticized for posting something that may not be favorable, they're being criticized for posting a complete red herring - I've seen absolutely no one suggest "So let's at least stop with the false narrative that the republican leaders are the ones guilty of hiring bad cops." or even that Republicans are at the root of police brutality.

I actually think we could have had a very interesting discussion on how the Democratic party has done pretty much nothing to address institutional racism and taken black voters for granted for 50+ years. But that's not what the OP post stated.

Good for you?

This.

The only American mayor that comes to mind is Rudy Giuliani of New York because his policing policy made the news over here. He's Republican isn't he?

Can you site any source (or a quote from a Pea) that said Republican leaders  are responsible for hiring bad cops?

Just trying to figure out what the hell you are talking about and where this came from.

Yet another shit stirring troll post from teach4u

I am, by the screen name, assuming the OP is a teacher. That breaks my heart.

Seriously, what is your point? 

The OP didn't provide any sources for the claim and everyone is saying, YUP Democrats are racists too. 

First, to correct misinformation; according to Wikipedia (admittedly not an academic level source), Minneapolis had an Independent mayor in 1977. Detroit's mayors, while Democratic in personal registration, have run on a non-partisan (ballots do not contain affiliation) basis since 1918. NYC was under 20 years of Republican/Independent leadership (1994-2014: Giuliani/Bloomberg).

Second, I've not seen this narrative you've claimed of Republicans being the root of police brutality, so if you have sources, please provide.

Third, to demonstrate that police brutality is an issue in all states, regardless of affiliation (with taking the liberty of assuming your post is attempting to show that brutality exists in Democratic cities/states), here are two reports, done in 2014 by two Oklahoma newspapers, investigating police shootings across our state (Tulsa World article, reference years of 2007-2014) and Oklahoma City, specifically (Oklahoman article, reference years of 2003-2014). Both show that police shootings in their respective areas of focus tended to disproportionately be against Blacks, when looking at percentage of population (the Tulsa World article lays out the details in a particularly clear manner; the ethnicity makeup of the state and OKC run similar). During the reference years of the article, Oklahoma had both Democrat and Republican governors; the mayor of OKC has been a Republican since 1987.

In summary (in my opinion): Police brutality in America is due to systemic racism and a culture that allows police to act with relatively few checks/balances and great protections. There's an argument to be made that one party is more open to addressing brutality and criminal justice reform, but that's tangential to the root cause.

Source articles:

www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/109-fatal-police-shootings-in-oklahoma-since-2007-108-ruled-justified/article_53d7764e-8a4b-5b7f-9561-572bb728f081.html

oklahoman.com/special/article/4747453/deadly-force-a-decade-of-oklahoma-city-police-department-shootings

Post and run is the OP's M.O. on political posts. I doubt she'll be back to clarify this any further.