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I am sick to death of comments like this. A Black man close to us recently ended up in a police pursuit due to a warrant for assault with a deadly weapon. Turns out the warrant was for missing a child support hearing and tied to a (contested) charge of assault../1 https://twitter.com/martyrian_slave/status/1298314405646684160
stemming from 10 years ago. Never was a weapon (deadly or otherwise) involved. Never. 6 officers hunted the guy at his home, his work, the home of friends. BELIEVING HE WAS ARMED AND DANGEROUS. He was neither. Turns out the warrant was wrongly tagged in the /2
system. "It happens all the time." Was the official word. Hard not to wonder what might have happened if he'd been found by police. To be clear, he didn't know they were looking for him. Didn't know about the warrant. He was living his life, driving from work to his home. /3
Anyone who doesn't see the misuse and abuses of policing against PoC is willfully ignorant and blinded by their own privilege. Don't come at me with Bible verses about "obeying authority" then sing praise songs at rallies protesting wearing a mask. /4D
Don't scream about your personal freedoms being stripped because your kids can't play football and then say it's fair that PoC are killed by police for not following instructions. /5
Don't whine about your mistrust of the media but tell me the "justice" system isn't detrimentally flawed and police deserve our trust across the board. /6
If you think "personal freedom" is only related to not wearing a mask and singing at your mega-church on Sunday and is UNrelated to PoC being able to drive or walk or work or disagree or argue without dying? You're a racist. Have the conviction to be honest about it. /end
