Can& #39;t sleep. The Elijah McClain story is sickening. It was an avoidable death to a seemingly kind soul. Unarmed 140 lb 22 yo Black male wearing a ski mask walking home at night from the convenience store; someone called 911 (on EM?) for looking sketchy. https://youtu.be/q5NcyePEOJ8 ">https://youtu.be/q5NcyePEO...

The caller doesn& #39;t convey much fear, just concern - probably b/c it is a black guy wearing a mask.
You might ask, why he was wearing a ski mask in Aug, let alone a & #39;black guy& #39; in Aug at night - in articles EM& #39;s sister details why - but that tells me you have some growing to do.

And maybe believe, & only for the sake of argument, that the way a woman wears her clothing is asking to be sexually assaulted.

Surprise! Neither behavior should never equal that primitive response. EM didn& #39;t provoke anyone.

No, INSTEAD, ask, "what is it in my (flawed, ignorant) rationale leads me to think my abusive behavior is OK?"

But I digress. This is an abuse of power - a group of cops isn& #39;t punished/retrained proportional to behavior but is rather subconsciously enabled by the (power) system.

Nothing from the vid suggests 140 lb EM merited the treatment from 3+ cops.
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& I know they& #39;re not the same, but EM et al dying while the Dylan Roof& #39;s, after TERRORIZING & MURDERING, are apprehended alive are REALLY BAD OPTICS & should only make you ask Q& #39;s: can we do better?

Thank God for body cameras. We need police to learn from their mistakes, and erase and improve upon the "cover up culture" that permeates, pollutes, and corrupts many police depts.

This is not a political issue but a society, humanity issue.
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7 am alarm is going to suck.