This story is outrageous & unacceptable. But what breaks my heart is this: “Butler had always known there was a possibility that he could be targeted by police because he is black & was taught by his father to comply with officers if that ever happened.”
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Too many families of color have to give their children this advice. Changing this & ending explicit & implicit bias in law enforcement & across the criminal justice is one of the key civil rights challenges we face.
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Also, the Trump DOJ’s retreat from using consent decrees to address civil rights violations by law enforcement is a mistake the next Attorney General must correct.
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Good things will come out of this if we can save our Democracy. We have to save it, whatever it takes. No more nonsense. Love you Joyce thank you for always being no nonsense, I wish we had a million of you. 💛
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Would you accept being AG for the next president, ? Then investigate Trump and his cronies and throw them to jail for all crimes committed when he leaves office on Jan 20, 2021?
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I have a suspicion that many PDs across the country have been infiltrated by White Supremacists. Involvement in those groups should be disqualifying for anyone involved in law enforcement as should any racist behavior.
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He was on a damn bus of college athletes!!! I hope he receives a large sum $$ for this reprehensible situation.
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You will never see a black man, by himself, open carry. Think about that. We unconsciously think with, and emanate our own learned racism.
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And even if everything becomes perfect, this advice would still be relevant and needed, because someone didn’t get the memo.