It's 3 am and I can't even fall asleep. This is absolutely ridiculous and terrifying to see that this is the reality we live in today. Day after day, black men and women are being shot, choked and straight up brutalized and murdered and those are only among the ones we see on camera. This needs to stop. And yes, while other minority groups are also subject to discrimination and brutalization from the bad cops, the amount of black individuals that have been murdered and profiled within the past decade and farther that are undocumented is completely absurd.
It's a horrible feeling knowing that this same situation can happen to me, my brothers, my parents, my friends, my whole family and many other families and that this is a constant fear we must have. In the United States being black is basically the same as committing a crime and the fact that that mindset is cultural normalcy is absolutely comical. It's almost like a natural instinct as a black individual to feel scared for your life in America, especially in encounters with police officers. It's gut wrenching to even talk to cops because you said something in an "aggressive tone", and he feels that's justifiable to shoot you. …show more content…
Reacting to this massive fuck-up with solidarity and a refusal to condemn your fellow officers will only make the public vilify the police more. Please do not bring up the argument of there being "good cops" out there because while it may be true, they are 100% a part of the problem if they sit back and defend the cops that commit these terrible offenses and get off
It's a horrible feeling knowing that this same situation can happen to me, my brothers, my parents, my friends, my whole family and many other families and that this is a constant fear we must have. In the United States being black is basically the same as committing a crime and the fact that that mindset is cultural normalcy is absolutely comical. It's almost like a natural instinct as a black individual to feel scared for your life in America, especially in encounters with police officers. It's gut wrenching to even talk to cops because you said something in an "aggressive tone", and he feels that's justifiable to shoot you. …show more content…
Reacting to this massive fuck-up with solidarity and a refusal to condemn your fellow officers will only make the public vilify the police more. Please do not bring up the argument of there being "good cops" out there because while it may be true, they are 100% a part of the problem if they sit back and defend the cops that commit these terrible offenses and get off