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4. When I see cops throw a woman on the floor of a Waffle House, strip her naked, and mount her, then choke her, I don't need to see what happened before the police arrived to know that what I just saw was wrong and excessive.
5. When I learn that police in Detroit tasered a child riding a 4 wheeler through his neighborhood from a moving police car, while the child is riding full speed, killing that child and shatter every bone in his face, I don't need to know what happened beforehand. #DamonGrimes
6. When I learn that Louisiana police literally choked this young brother to death, I don't need to see footage of what happened before they murdered him to know that police should never choke ANYONE to death.
#KeevenRobinsonpic.twitter.com/aqXfRs7bvX
7. At the root of this question of, "But what happened before the video was being filmed" is the poisonous thinking that "Black misbehavior" warrants brutality and murder without trial or due process. That's the bedrock of lynching.
8. Because day after day after day, we see American police peacefully arrest fully armed white men who've actually murdered people. Those men then get meals, attorneys, doctors, evaluations, compassionate op-eds, then trials by a jury of their peers.
9. The operating philosophy of American policing is that violent, murderous white men deserve safe, measured, thorough policing but that Black people, no matter the situation, be it an argument at Waffle House, or the music too loud, simply don't deserve such fair, safe treatment
I agree so much with all of this.. why do I have to preemptively prove I am innocent because I am black? Regardless, I can end up dead. That is truly frightening. Living in Chicago, the police presence is strong. I wish I could find that comforting like my white colleagues.
You mean how he stole the four wheeler and was fleeing from the police and that was why they had to pursue him? Sounds like pretty important information to me.
Exclusive reporting today by @FreepOnGuard investigative reporters John Wisely and Elisha Anderson reveals two Michigan State troopers accused of trying to cover up details fatal tasing of a Detroit teen while riding ATV. Read complete investigation here:http://bit.ly/2rNE1RE
Then stop the vehicle and allow the justice system to work.
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