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When Terror Wears a Badge
Sojourners Magazine ^
| 8-14-2014
| Ryan Herring
Posted on 08/17/2014 6:37:09 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Over the past three weeks there have been four separate incidents that have led to the deaths of four unarmed black men at the hands of police. For many black people, myself included, the moments following these tragic events are filled with despair, sorrow, anger, and frustration. Each incident serves as a reminder that as a black man in America, my life holds little to no value in the eyes of the general public. To be young and black in the United States means to live under constant pressure, something most non-black American citizens know nothing about.
For the majority of black people, the police do not represent protection or safety, rather they are a menacing force that terrorize those they are supposed to serve. I have never felt safe in the presence of law enforcement. In fact, whenever police are in close proximity to me, I feel in danger. Whenever a cop drives behind me or beside me I feel anxious, not protected.
Is my paranoia justified?
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It's all politics now
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:38:20 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: Citizen Zed
reverse this situation....if you’re white, go into an all black area of town....works the same way.
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:38:32 PM PDT
by
ealgeone
(obama, borderof)
To: Citizen Zed
I’ve had to here with these professional victims.
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:38:37 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(....Let It Burn...)
To: Citizen Zed
This is terror ......
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:40:49 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: Citizen Zed
“Is my paranoia justified?” If you’re robbin’ and lootin’, expect some shootin’. Otherwise, we suspend shooting any black person nationwide for ANY reason whatsoever. Is that the next step?
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:41:05 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
If America Is So Racist
How Was This Man Elected?
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:43:47 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: Citizen Zed
Wow, I didn’t know that holder wore a badge.
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:45:11 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: ealgeone
There is a huge difference. Blacks being in a White section of town is nothing, nothing happens unless there has been some sort of disagreement between groups.
Let a couple of White kids get mistakenly let off the bus/train/etc. and the likely outcome is rape, murder, assault and about any thing else a gang of criminals does.
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:45:28 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Citizen Zed
Respect is a two-way street, DUDE!
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:45:57 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(Anyone who remembers the 60's, was not there!)
To: boycott
Liberals are outraged that these pictures were released.
They say it’s character assassination against a dead man.
Or is it a piece of the puzzle of this mystery as to why this young man got shot???
I think liberals are upset that these photos upset their narrative.
To: Citizen Zed
WHEN TERROR THROWS A LIQUOR STORE CLERK AROUND LIKE A RAG DOLL
To: Citizen Zed
The so called “Sojourners” are an extreme anti-American group. Have been for years. I know, they were part of the “peace” movement, now discredited.
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:47:38 PM PDT
by
Ace's Dad
(Proud grandpa of a "Brit Chick" named Poppy Loucks (Call sign "Popsickle").)
To: Citizen Zed
Sojourners Mag, run by Obama's "spiritual Advisor" Jim Wallis.
Jim Wallis is a New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, speaker, and international commentator on ethics and public life. He recently served on the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and currently serves as the vice chair of the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum.
http://sojo.net/jim-wallis
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:47:59 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:48:07 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: SaxxonWoods
As have I. Predators playing the victim.
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:49:29 PM PDT
by
Jagdgewehr
(It will take blood.)
To: Alex Murphy
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:49:38 PM PDT
by
Citizen Zed
("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
To: Citizen Zed
This should’ve been titled “When stupidity wears a press pass”
CC
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:49:44 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: Ace's Dad
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posted on
08/17/2014 6:54:41 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
To: Jim Robinson
“dont rob liquor stores.”
But that’s where the money is.
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