My Lord, can you help but grimace when you hear that yet another black person has been shot by the police or by a private citizen who police apparently give special treatment? Remember when George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in February, 2012 but was not arrested until April that year--although he was the confessed killer? Later he was acquitted and set free.
Are we now seeing a repeat of the same scenario in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, where former NY Jet running back, Joe McKnight, was shot at a traffic intersection by a white civilian? The shooter stayed at the scene and confessed he did the killing, yet he was allowed to go free as the investigation is proceeding.
Without knowing the details in this particular case, what is just as important is how this looks in the context of all the other killings during the recent period. And the atmosphere that Donald Trump is fomenting by his evident alliance with white hate groups, leaves black people little option but to wonder if their safety, their lives are considered as important as the lives of white people.
All charges were dropped this week in Charlotte, NC against a police officer who shot a black man to death; and the nation awaits the jury verdict in the case of the North Charleston, SC police officer, who was shown on video tape shooting a man in the back as he ran. As of this writing the jury has been unable to decide what many presume is an open and shut case. How much of a threat can a man be if his back is turned and he is running way? Or how can a man be a threat, being held down on the side walk by several strong men, crying "I can't breathe!?"
They use to say a picture (video) is worth a thousand words", but not any more. Even if there are no fish around, things sure do smell "fishy".
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