I had heard about Claudette Colvin. I never knew her name though. One man whom I am still haunted by, is John Crawford III. While l understand the cop was told it was a guy with a gun waving it around..(notice the 911 caller patterns?..Tamir (pointing a gun), Sterling ( pulled a gun) Florida autistic (suicidal man with a gun) - might have to start prosecuting callers who CREATE scenarios to dispatchers..think Trayvon, too. How about just calling in the facts.. Or calling out dispatchers who don't pass on everything (Tamir - caller said "might be A TOY Gun"). Anyway, John was murdered..never given a moment (like Tamir) to plead anything to the police. John is the face of unforgivable error. Unforgivable gung-ho. Of course 'm not in the mind of the cop who might have thought he was protecting shoppers and employees..but fuck...it's too tragic. I'm so dismayed. My heart goes out to him and his family.
I completely agree with your examples. It horrifies me too when l see police over-reaction and brutality...who wouldn't be? You would have no soul if it didn't disturb and outrage you. (The only exception for me is if l took cops on 1 hour, 100 mile an hour chase, endangering everyone's life...yeah, l'm getting a beating when the adrenalin pumped cops catch up to me, and there isn't a cop squad in the world that wouldn't rough me or another up - just keeping it real). I read your earlier anecdotes of being pulled over (and Paniro's).. I dont know if you fear for your life at those times, for me l fear l might lose my car or be detained. Clearly not the same fear..so l totally feel where you, or more specifically AB, say you both are coming from - to be given the courtesy and the courtesy of time. I respect that desire. I never test it for myself though. I give no lip, l talk sweet and apologize. I've never been dragged or guns pulled (just hand on his gun), even when he thought my car was stolen. Not saying you do, just explaining l never want to find out. Mike Brown l'm going to revisit and see if there we're things l missed. His mom speaks tonight here in Philly. Will be watching.
It's terrible. I get the adrenaline thing, but man-handling vs. seriously beating the crap out of them is something else. I've never mouthed off either even in one case where I was pissed because I knew they were simply flexing. The thing is... You truly never know what you'll get, and while I'm not one to scare easily... I do fear them in that much can happen. We've heard cases of people being held (unjustly) for days/weeks at a time until someone basically finds them in the system. Growing up in NYC, I've seen how police would simply show up and start bullying people just for kicks. The violence against police officers is not right, but I'm convinced that in some way... part of this backlash is also... The chickens coming home to roost.
Dude they held up tamir rice and others. But let's concentrate on the thugs. If they didn't commit a crime regardless if their past then they have every right under the constitution. Hell they made trayvon martin a thug but a hero out if g. Zimmerman who had a record before and stayed in trouble.
You think just like a racist hillbilly. Your mom must be a real bedwench...an apple doesn't roll too far from the lynching tree.
