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In reply to the discussion: You might want to re-think that comment you are about to post about Ferguson [View all]OLDMADAM
(82 posts)It's that mindset that has me rethinking my initial opinions.. That is to say, I am old enough and black enough to distrust the police when it comes to their justification to excuse, or deflect attention away from the abundance of evidence when confronted with the deliberate overreaction to the use of deadly force against Black males..
I have recently moved from Chicago to Texas, something I was reluctant to do, and am only now beginning to feel safe when leaving my home in a much different setting than I felt so naturally fearful to do in my former neighborhood back home.. The atmosphere in my new neighborhood is so different, as this is such a low crime area, I am only now beginning to realize how desensitized I was to the dysfunction and lawlessness so prevalent back home..
I never thought it was so bad when it was the only thing I knew throughout my life, that I didn't even think about it, it was just the way it was, and it wasn't ever going to be different, because we just never did anything different to change it, except to hunker down to just survive.. We distrusted the police, for damned good reasons, because they were as desensitized to the threats as we were, and may have had a hair trigger for self preservation as the kids they confronted, these deadly situations were inevitable..
I don't know what I am trying to say, it's just so sad, for everyone..