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?
(Excerpt) Read more at sojo.net ...
Agreed. And chumps like Al Sharpton and The Sojourners are only race baiting until the November vote. Bought and paid for by BO.
I think liberals are upset that these photos upset their narrative.
Our federal government didn’t want the photos released. They preferred gas on the fire.
I believe Obama and his thugs would like to see some good ole race riots. It would take the attention off the illegals crossing the border. Obama’s failed policy in Iraq and Syria. His failed economic policy. They are grabbing for anything they can to change things in their favor before the mid-term elections.
I would hate to know I had a son doing that shortly before he died. I wonder if that thought ever crossed his parent’s minds.
Yes, that sentence is actually in this "essay."
I foolishly squandered four minutes of my life reading the whole thing.
” 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. “
Each incident of robbery, burglary, murder ....
Whites feel the same way when they see those lights in the mirror. Its not race, its the elite vs. Slaves.
I would be so ashamed of my son if he did something like that that I would disown him.
If I’m walking down the sidewalk and 4-5 black teens are heading my way, I don’t even think about it, I cross the street. I don’t care who you are, ya better do the same. Am I paranoid or avoiding a situation that could get out of control?
I don’t know, I just do it. I really try to stay out of those areas but if I can’t I try to make it about 9 Am and then scoot.
I would tell Mr. Herring, that change starts with one person......the one in the mirror.
Sojourners is the voice of Liberation Theology. Consider the source.
And how many unarmed black people have been killed by aspiring rappers and other black thugs in the last 3 weeks.
just look at the disproportional percentage of population and the percentage of violent crime committed by blacks compared to all other races.
That's a lie.
Clean cut, well-behaved young men and woman of any color have absolutely no additional pressure because of their color and may even have an advantage.
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