Mammoth Jones
Member
Cops shoot quick cause in their minds there is no such thing as a law abiding Black man with a gun.
Someone remind me of the Black male that was in a car accident and was running towards the officer for help and got gunned down.
Or the Black male reaching for his wallet as instructed that got gunned down.
Or the Black male that was legally carrying a toy gun in Walmart when he was shot on sight. Meanwhile open carry is legal in that state.
Or the Black boy carrying a bb gun and was gunned down.
None of them got a chance to surrender. And by "chance" I mean more than 1 second. There is a bigoted fear of Black males that many people have and in law enforcement that bias, that prejudice can have lethal consequences. If police are so scared they can't give people time to properly surrender then they should not be cops. They should quit. Go be a mechanic. A baker. Toy store clerk. Anything other than being empowered to enforce the law. We shouldn't b email tolerating such bias in our public servants.
Because meanwhile in America: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liber...ns-police-officers-and-managed-not-get-killed
As my parents reminded me over and over growing up that I'm a big scary black male and I can't ever put myself in a situation where law enforcement even gets an incling that I'm up to no good cause my friends who ain't black will get the benefit of the doubt but my black ass will take a trip downtown. I vehemently disagreed with them as a kid. As an adult it's heartbreaking to realize again and again how right they were.
Someone remind me of the Black male that was in a car accident and was running towards the officer for help and got gunned down.
Or the Black male reaching for his wallet as instructed that got gunned down.
Or the Black male that was legally carrying a toy gun in Walmart when he was shot on sight. Meanwhile open carry is legal in that state.
Or the Black boy carrying a bb gun and was gunned down.
None of them got a chance to surrender. And by "chance" I mean more than 1 second. There is a bigoted fear of Black males that many people have and in law enforcement that bias, that prejudice can have lethal consequences. If police are so scared they can't give people time to properly surrender then they should not be cops. They should quit. Go be a mechanic. A baker. Toy store clerk. Anything other than being empowered to enforce the law. We shouldn't b email tolerating such bias in our public servants.
Because meanwhile in America: http://www.alternet.org/civil-liber...ns-police-officers-and-managed-not-get-killed
As my parents reminded me over and over growing up that I'm a big scary black male and I can't ever put myself in a situation where law enforcement even gets an incling that I'm up to no good cause my friends who ain't black will get the benefit of the doubt but my black ass will take a trip downtown. I vehemently disagreed with them as a kid. As an adult it's heartbreaking to realize again and again how right they were.