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In reply to the discussion: Black Man gets in a serious car accident---seeks help--- get's shot and killed by a Police officer. [View all]emsimon33
(3,128 posts)I grew up in the South and the few of times that I had problems on the highway (once a deer ran into my car in what was then a very deserted section of I64, once in a heavy rain storm my car skidded and went off the road and down into the steep divide between the east and west lanes, and two other times I had a flat tire--one late at night--, it was not the many White drivers who drove right past me but Black gentlemen who stopped and helped me.
That the cops now seem to shoot first and ask questions later is dangerous for everyone.
I hope that the cop who killed the young man is put in jail--no matter what his excuse is. I am tired of the "I was just defending myself" lies when it comes to killing young men of color.
I also don't care if the young man killed was a star football player, a surgeon, or a young man recently on parole. He did not deserve to die. The killing has to stop!!!!!!!