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"You got nothing to say about George Floyd??"
A guy asked me, pretty close, earlier this week on Twitter.
Truth is, I still am trying to figure out Philando Castile& #39;s murder from a few yrs before. Or Eric Garner. Or the kid in Missouri. Or the guy selling CDs in La. Or or or.
A guy asked me, pretty close, earlier this week on Twitter.
Truth is, I still am trying to figure out Philando Castile& #39;s murder from a few yrs before. Or Eric Garner. Or the kid in Missouri. Or the guy selling CDs in La. Or or or.
Philando was the guy still seated in his car w/his gf beside him and infant daughter in the back. The officer thought, "Yes, THIS is the environment where this guy I just pulled over is gonna start a shoot out."
With Floyd there were folks literally saying, "You& #39;re killing him.& #39;
With Floyd there were folks literally saying, "You& #39;re killing him.& #39;
A friend of mine has an 8-yr old son, I asked him yesterday, "You ever talk w/you son abt what to do when he gets pulled over?" Part of my brain thought it was a bit of an offensive question, bc 0% I& #39;d ask that of a white guy. He didnt pause: "Multiple times, even before Monday."
. . . the kid& #39;s 8.
And his dad has already been drilling him on "how to stay alive." The only instruction I ever got from *my* father re: dealing w/police was, "Say yes sir, no sir."
Is the difference a black guy will have an assumption of fear and I won& #39;t?
And his dad has already been drilling him on "how to stay alive." The only instruction I ever got from *my* father re: dealing w/police was, "Say yes sir, no sir."
Is the difference a black guy will have an assumption of fear and I won& #39;t?
No, the diff is I& #39;ve Never Had to Consider It. Ever.
Add up every interaction I& #39;ve had w/po-po and the worst it ever turned out was probably a $218 fine and points on my license. And I knew that& #39;s as bad as it could be.
Add up every interaction I& #39;ve had w/po-po and the worst it ever turned out was probably a $218 fine and points on my license. And I knew that& #39;s as bad as it could be.
Heartbroken and some angry from last night around Atlanta. That& #39;s really not who we& #39;ve ever been here. I was a kid when Maynard got elected (celestial fist-bump for all you did for the airport), possibly the biggest fan of Andy Young in the entire city, Shirley Franklin . . .
