{"id":218389,"date":"2020-07-14T09:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T09:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2020\/07\/14\/alice-cooper-says-racist-police-in-america-need-to-be-weeded-out\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T09:17:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T09:17:32","slug":"alice-cooper-says-racist-police-in-america-need-to-be-weeded-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/14\/alice-cooper-says-racist-police-in-america-need-to-be-weeded-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Cooper says racist police in America need to be \u2018weeded out\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 Alice Cooper has discussed the Black Lives Matter movement and police reform in a new interview.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Hawaii Public Radio, Cooper stated that he believes that racist police in America need to be “weeded out”.<\/div>\n
Discussing the violent protests of the 1960s and civil rights marches, Cooper said: “Well, isn’t it amazing that that was 50, 60 years ago, or something like that, and we’re still dealing with the same problem?<\/div>\n
 “You would have thought that that solved the problem. But there’s always that five percent of people that are racist.<\/div>\n
“To be honest with you, I know a lot of cops,” he added. “I don’t know one racist cop. But I guarantee you that five percent of the police force in every city have got a racial problem. And those are the guys that get all the headlines, because they do all the stupid things.”<\/div>\n
Cooper continued: “I think we have to look at that like almost in everything. Five percent of the Muslim population — maybe five percent — back ISIS.<\/div>\n
“The rest of ’em are just like we are. If you put a Muslim family with an American family, they’d have a barbecue and they wouldn’t be even talking about politics, but there’s always that five percent that will upset the entire world.<\/div>\n
(NME)<\/div>\n
“And I think that’s our problem with the police department. You don’t have a full police department of racists in there; you have maybe a small percentage, and those are the guys that need to be weeded out. I can’t see why we don’t spend the money on getting a committee in every city to weed out the bad guys.”<\/div>\n
His comments follow the death of George Floyd, whose death in police custody earlier this year sparked protests across the globe.<\/div>\n
Back in May, Alice Cooper released stirring new song ‘Don’t Give Up’, written to encourage fans to “keep our heads up” during the coronavirus crisis.<\/div>\n
This week, it was revealed that Cooper is to release his own brand of chocolate milk, with all proceeds going to Solid Rock, Alice Cooper’s non-profit organisation. (NME)<\/div>\n
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