I've seen the videos. I've read the articles. "I was scared for my life." "He fit the description, his nose was wide enough." Enough is enough. How much more have to lose their lives? How much more have to bury their sons, brothers, fathers, nephews, nieces, wives, and cousins? These are rhetorical questions, of course, no one can truly answer them. No one can possibly answer the question: How can murderer walk free when everything is on camera?
Congrats America, you're moving backward.
Philando Castile (32)
Michael Brown (18)
Alton Sterling (37)
Trayvon Martin (17)
Oscar Grant (22)
Sean Bell (23)
Eric Garner (43)
Dontre Hamilton (31)
John Crawford (22)
Ezell Ford (25)
Sandra Bland (28)
Dante Parker (36)
Tanisha Anderson (37)
Akai Gurley (28)
Tamir Rice (12)
Rumain Brisbon (34)
Jerame Reid (36)
Tony Robinson (19)
Phillip White (32)
Eric Harris (44)
Walter Scott (50)
Freddie Gray (25)
Terrence Crutcher (40)
Alfred Olango (38)
Levonia Riggins (38)
Donnell Thompson (27)
Dalvin Hollins (19)
As I wrote this list out, a small chuckle escaped my lips: I keep going back to add names that I forgot. Then I think about it, I'll be typing out names for hours. I'm not sure what I'm expecting to get from this article. Part of me knows the list will only continue to grow.
As long as African-Americans and walk around with Black skin, we will be found guilty. As sad as it may seem but the fact of the reality is: "Police Shoot Unarmed Black Man" has become normal. Almost expected nowadays. Too many of the stories mention that the officers were scared for their lives.... WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE A COP. If you're not able to approach a black man without fearing for your life, then sweetheart look for a different career choice.
If you're going to freak out and become trigger happy during a routine traffic stop, then please don't sign up for the police academy. If you're going to assume that every Black person fits the description....
