Posted on 04/25/2021 2:41:26 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
On MSNBC, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) argued that police officers “could shoot in the air” and that “Teachers go and break up fights with knives every day.”
Beatty said, “We have to have a better way of de-escalating. Here is an occurrence where the police knew they were coming with two girls fighting — or a girl and two adults fighting. You can’t say that you are trained to only shoot to the center of the body. Four shots, I mean, come on, the first shot would knock the knife, a kitchen knife to the ground. When you look at the number of percentages of fatal shootings at the hands of law enforcement in Franklin County, we’re rated 18th out of 100 of the largest, most populous cities in the nation. We need to take a longer look at our system. How are we training police officers? I find it unacceptable that one way of training, one system, one size cannot fit all. You cannot put four bullets into a 16-year-old’s chest. You can’t put six bullets into a person’s back. Now, we’re going from a kitchen knife, a sandwich, a cell phone, car keys. We have to call for more transparency, more training, and more justice.”
She added, “So, if you have a [1]6-year-old with a knife in her hand looking like she’s going to attack her sister, what, you shoot her four times in the chest? I think it’s ridiculous. You could shoot in the air. If you look at that video, with Ma’Khia Bryant, the first shot, the knife is on the ground, people are scattering. It did not make sense. Teachers go and break up fights with knives every day. So, there has to be a better way in this situation.”
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Look no further for “Systemic Racism!”
Or, “Institutional Racism!”
Or, plain old racism!
Look no further for “Systemic Racism!”
Or, “Institutional Racism!”
Or, plain old racism!
I taught at an urban black Catholic school. Broke up a few fist fights — was easy by creating a distraction. But a knife fight? No friggin way, this woman is an idiot.
One of my colleagues, a black male math teacher (a rarity) came to our school after teaching in the public system. Told me, “It’s so nice not to have my life threatened every day now.”
I was picked on, too, as a kid. Those early experiences taught me a lot.
But, yes, some kids can be pushed too far. Some kids in our schoolyard would taunt a boy who walked by every day, until one day the boy came into the schoolyard and pulled a knife on one of them. No one was hurt. He wanted to scare them, and it worked. I don't remember if the police were called, but we didn't see that boy again.
All I hear is, “Let black kids kill one another. It’s none of your business.”
Someone hearing him: "A tough life. Were you a maximum security prison guard?"
"No, math teacher."
"Scary stuff. Glad you made it out of there in one piece."
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