Police have murdered Black ppl in America with few repercussions since the beginning. Meet Walter Francis White. He was a Black man with blond hair and blue eyes, parents born into slavery. In 1920, he used his lightskin to infiltrate KKK meetings. Guess who was there?

THE POLICE WERE THERE! They were so convinced he was a white man that they swore him in as a sheriff’s deputy in Oklahoma. But secretly, he was investigating lynchings for the NAACP.

When he was sworn in as sheriff’s deputy, Walter Francis White was told, “Now you can go kill any Negro you see and the law will be behind you.” Even with 10 yrs worth of evidence with photos, covering 41 lynchings and 8 race riots - there were no convictions.

Someone asked me for more info on this quote. The book I was reading from used slightly different wording BUT White's original text said, "Now you can go out and shoot any n*gger you see..." Either way, it's true. This actually happened. http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai3/segregation/text2/investigatelynchings.pdf

I meant to say consequences in the beginning instead of repercussions but you get my point.

More info on White: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/white-walter-f-1893-1955/