Even if there is no disproportionate number of blacks killed by cops, for sake of argument, in that moment; didn’t matter. The narrative is out there and there are examples of it & I can 100% understand the fear of a white person calling the cops on a black person could create /5
This history is there, plenty of examples of whites calling the cops on innocent black people or just the threat of it. I experienced that first hand on a simple bus ride in Baltimore. Even when I am skeptical of certain rhetoric or data I never doubt the fear is real
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